Bungad
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Bungad | |
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Barangay | |
![]() Map of Quezon City showing Bungad | |
Coordinates: 14°39′2″N 121°1′29″E / 14.65056°N 121.02472°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | National Capital Region |
City | Quezon City |
District | 1st District of Quezon City |
Government | |
• Type | Barangay |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
Zip Code | 1105 |
Area code | 02 |
Bungad (PSGC: 137404130) is one of the 142 barangays of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines bounded by Veterans Village in the North, San Antonio in the West, Paltok in the South and West Avenue in the East.
Neighboring barangays include Bahay Toro, Katipunan, Sto. Cristo, Alicia, Phil-Am, West Triangle, Del Monte and Bagong Pag-Asa under the first Legislative district in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines..
Development of North Edsa corridor
After the completion of SM City North EDSA as the country's first SM Supermall, the West Avenue area has developed into a business and commercial hub of office and hotel buildings, automobile accessories and automotive repair shops and transport hub for commuters going to and from Downtown Manila and Northern Quezon City areas.
Notable landmarks include SM Cyber West at North EDSA, West Insula Condominium, Westlife Building, Cablelink Holdings (Quezon City office), Sulit Hotel along West Avenue, McDonald's along Baler Street and service stations of Shell, Caltex, Clean Fuel and Total.
Other business offices in the area are Gerry's Grill Headquarters, SBS Philippines Corporation (formerly Sytangco Philippines Corporation), PLDT STQ (formerly EDSA Quezon City Office), Uratex Corporation, Pacific Corporate Center, The West Wing Building, Hua Yan Buddhist Learning Society, Amron System and Khong Guan Biscuits Incorporated.
A number of public and private schools have also been established in the vicinity such as St. Vincent School, Kolisko Waldorf School, Montessori West School, government-run Bungad Elementary School and Judge Juan Luna High School.
Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials
List of Punong Barangay[1]
Full Name | Term Began | Term Ended |
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SHERILYN D. CORPUZ | June 30, 2018 | June 30, 2020[2] |
RICARDO B. CORPUZ | November 30, 2013 | June 30, 2018 |
Members of Sangguniang Barangay
Title | Name |
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Barangay Captain Punong Barangay |
Sherilyn D. Corpuz (unofficial) |
SK Chairperson Sangguniang Kabataan |
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Secretary Kalihim |
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Treasurer Ingat Yaman |
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Barangay councilors Kagawad |
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The new Barangay and SK Councils were elected on May 14, 2018.
Demography
As of the 2015 census of the National Statistics Office (Philippines), the population of Barangay Bungad is 8,057.[3]
Places of Worship
The Roman Catholic parish church of Santo Cristo de Bungad is located along M.H. Del Pilar Street while Capitol City Baptist Church is situated at the corner of West Avenue and Bulacan Street.
See Also
- Barangays of Quezon City
- Legislative districts of Quezon City
- Vincent Crisologo
- Quezon City
- Manila LRT Line 1
- Manila Metro Rail Transit System
- Manila Metro Rail Transit System Line 7
- Barangay elections