Panukulan
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Panukulan, officially the Municipality of Panukulan (Template:Langx), is a municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 16,376 people.Template:PH census
Geography
The establishment of the municipality of Panukulan begun with the separation of barangays Panukulan, Calasumanga, Libo and Lipata from its former unit the municipality of Polillo, for incorporation into the new municipality of Panukulan by virtue of the passage of Republic Act No. 2452 on June 21, 1959.
Panukulan is located in the northwestern part of the island of Polillo in the Polillo Islands which is 26 nautical miles from Infanta, Quezon. It is geographically situated at 121°48.50′ longitude and 14°56′ latitude. It is bounded in the north by the Philippine Sea (Pacific Ocean), on the east by the municipality of Burdeos, Quezon, on the south by Polillo, Quezon, and on the west by Polillo Strait. Infanta, Quezon is its nearest commercial center. Its travel time by motor boat going to Infanta and vice- versa is about 1.5 hours to 2 hours, depending on the weather condition.
Only a single regular trip is available, which leaves the Municipal Port at 7:30 AM and return from Infanta at 2:00 PM. All its barangay are accessible through banca or motorboat. Only Barangay Balungay up to the boundary of Barangay Pag-itan can be reached through land transportation. However, there are also Tricycle Operator at Barangay Libo to Kinalagti, Barangay Libo to Pandan and Barangay Calasumanga is now also connected with the municipality of Polillo through Tricycle.[1]
Barangays
Panukulan is politically subdivided into 13 barangays, as indicated below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
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- Balungay
- Bato
- Bonbon
- Calasumanga
- Kinalagti
- Libo
- Lipata
- Matangkap
- Milawid
- Pagitan
- Pandan
- Rizal
- San Juan (Poblacion)
Climate
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Demographics
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Economy
Government
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Elected officials
Municipal council:[2]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Mayor | Alfred Rigor S. Mitra |
| Vice-Mayor | Herminio Kinda Penamante |
| Councilors | |
| Jim Avellano | |
| Reagan Virrey | |
| John Paul Penamante | |
| Dante Villamin | |
| Jean Paul Rojo | |
| Janice Penamante | |
| Titing Gucilatar | |
| Joe Abel Erracho |
See also
References
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External links
- Panukulan Profile at PhilAtlas.com
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120701062625/http://www.quezon.gov.ph/about/panukulan.html
- [[[:Template:NSCB detail]] Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
- Philippine Census Information
- Local Governance Performance Management System
- www.chanrobles.com
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