Patnanungan, officially the Municipality of Patnanungan (), is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
province
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of
Quezon
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,
Philippines
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 15,052 people.
History
Patnanungan was once a barrio part of Polillo, dating back to the Spanish colonial era. On June 12, 1948, barrio Patnanungan was excised from Polillo and incorporated into the newly established municipality of Burdeos.
Patnanungan was established as a municipal district on June 18, 1961, out of six barrios and ten islands previously from Burdeos.
Geography
A shoe-shaped island municipality facing the Philippine Sea, it has various island and islet borders like Burdeos, Jomalig Island, Pollilo Strait, Lamon Bay and Palasan Island. It is part of the Polillo Islands.
Barangays
Patnanungan is politically subdivided into 6
barangay
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s, as indicated below. Each barangay consists of
purok
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s and some have
sitios
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.
* Amaga
* Busdak
* Kilogan
* Luod
* Patnanungan Norte
* Patnanungan Sur (
Poblacion
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