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Municipality of Busuanga
Map of Palawan showing the location of Busuanga.
Map of Palawan showing the location of Busuanga. Palawan is an Island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region.
Country Philippines
Region Mimaropa (Region IV-B)
Province Palawan
Districts 1st District of Palawan
Barangays 16 Barangays
Government
 - Mayor Samuel A. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP MIMAROPA is one of the two regions of the Philippines having no land border with another region Eastern Visayas being the other and is designated Palawan is an Island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region. The Legislative Districts of Palawan, namely the first and second districts, are the representations of the Province of Palawan in the Philippine House This article refers to a political administrative division See Barangay Ginebra Kings for other uses de Jesus (2007-2010)
 - Vice Mayor Tommy C. Cruz (2007-2010)
Busuanga redirects here. This article is about the municipality. A municipality ( bayan, sometimes munisipyo in Cebuano or used infrequently in Tagalog) is a local government unit in the Philippines For the island, please see Busuanga Island. Busuanga Island is the largest island in the Calamian Group in the province of Palawan in the Philippines

Busuanga is a municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. A municipality ( bayan, sometimes munisipyo in Cebuano or used infrequently in Tagalog) is a local government unit in the Philippines The provinces of the Philippines are the primary administrative divisions of the Philippines. Palawan is an Island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region. The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP The territory of Busuanga covers the western one-third of Busuanga Island, which is part of the Calamian Group of Islands lying between Mindoro and mainland Palawan. Busuanga Island is the largest island in the Calamian Group in the province of Palawan in the Philippines The Calamian is a group of islands in the Philippine province of Palawan. For the unincorporated community of Mindoro Wisconsin in the United States of America see Mindoro Wisconsin. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 16,287 people in 3,047 households.

The municipality is approximately 50 kilometers from the nearest municipality of Coron. Travel time is approximately two and a half to three hours by land.

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Barangays

Busuanga is politically subdivided into 16 barangays. This article refers to a political administrative division See Barangay Ginebra Kings for other uses [1]


History

Quezon was reinstated as a barangay in 2000. [5]

Notes

  1. ^ Burabod and Halsey are not listed by PSGC making their count as 14.
  2. ^ Spelled as "Bogtong" by PSCG
  3. ^ Spelled as "Buluang" by PSCG
  4. ^ Spelled as "Panlaitan" by PSCG
  5. ^ NSCB - 2001 Factsheet - 12 New Cities Created, July-December 2000.

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Coordinates: 12°10′N 119°57′E / 12.167, 119.95

A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system.
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