Purok
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A purok (Template:Langx) is an informal division within a barangay in the Philippines.[1][2] While not officially considered a local government unit (LGU), a purok often serves as a unit for delivering services and administration within a barangay.[3] Puroks are usually numbered (e.g. Purok 2, Purok B, Purok 7-C) but some have names.
A purok is typically composed of twenty to fifty or more households, depending on the particular geographical location and cluster of houses.[3] The term purok is often applied to a neighborhood (zone) within an urbanized barangay, or a portion (district) of a less densely populated, but still relatively geographically compact, barangay. This contrasts with the sitio, which is usually a cluster of households (hamlet) in a more dispersed, rural barangay.
If created and given a mandate by an ordinance of the barangay, municipality, or city, a purok could perform government functions under the coordination and supervision of their local officials.[3] Sometimes, a barangay councilor may be recognized as the leader of their purok.[4]
New barangays are often created by officially enumerating which puroks and/or sitios are included within the territory.[5][6] On rare occasions, a purok may also be enumerated in the creation of a municipality, as in the case of Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao, where the puroks of Libutan East and Pagatin I were directly named as one of the constituent parts of the new municipality.[7] These two puroks were later recognized as full-fledged barangays by the Philippine Statistics Authority in early 2010.[8]
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