Sucat is an administrative division in southern
Metro Manila
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,
Philippines
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. It is an
urban barangay
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in
Muntinlupa
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with many high-rise condominiums and commercial establishments.
The area is also well-known for the Sucat exit of the
South Luzon Expressway and
Metro Manila Skyway.
It is bounded on the north by Barangays
Bagumbayan and South Daang Hari of
Taguig
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; on the south by the Sucat River and Barangays
Buli and
Cupang; on the west by Barangays
San Martin de Porres, Marcelo Green,
San Antonio
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, and
BF Homes of
Parañaque
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; and on the east by
Laguna de Bay.
Etymology
The name of the barangay comes from the
Malay and
Filipino vernacular word ''
sukat, ''which means "measurement". Historically, the community was measured several times by the Posadas family when Don Juan Posadas, who at that time had a very close association with the Spanish government officials, was the
mayor
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of
Manila
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. He acquired all the land that he wanted to measure.
When it was a barrio, it was spelled as Sukat, apparently stylized in
Tagalog.
Subdivisions
While barangays are the administrative divisions of the city, and are legally part of the addresses of establishments and homes, residents also include their
subdivision
Subdivision may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Subdivision (metre), in music
* ''Subdivision'' (film), 2009
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* ''Subdivisions'' (EP), by Sinch, 2005
* "Subdivisions" (song), by Rush ...
. Listed below are the subdivisions in this barangay.
* Augusto Posadas Village
* Corinthian Villas
* Don Juan Bayview Subdivision
* Doña Rosario Heights Subdivision
* Doña Rosario Bayview Subdivision
* Lakefront
**La Posada
**Marina Heights
**Presidio
**The Marfori
* Patio Homes
* Southbay Gardens
(shared with Parañaque
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)
Sitio
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Bagong Silang, located in southwestern Sucat, is disputed with the adjacent barangay of
BF Homes in
Parañaque
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.
Meanwhile, Sitio Pagkakaisa in barangay
San Martin de Porres, Parañaque is erroneously considered as part of Sucat, Muntinlupa; in fact, Sucat Elementary School has an annex campus in this sitio.
Demographics
Barangay Sucat is the fifth most-populated barangay in Muntinlupa, with a population of 56,354 people according to the 2020 census,
down from a population of 57,504 in the 2015 census.
See also
*
Sucat People's Park
*
Sucat Thermal Power Plant
*
Sucat railway station
References
{{Metro Manila populated places , state=collapsed
Muntinlupa
Barangays of Metro Manila