Busuanga is a municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines

Philippines

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. The territory of Busuanga covers the western one-third of Busuanga Island

Busuanga Island

Busuanga Island is the largest island in the Calamian Group in the province of Palawan in the Philippines. Busuanga Island is, in fact, the second largest island in the province after Palawan island itself. The island is located halfway between the islands of Mindoro and Palawan with the South...

, which is part of the Calamian Group of Islands lying between Mindoro

Mindoro

Mindoro is the seventh-largest island in the Philippines. It is located off the coast of Luzon, and northeast of Palawan. The southern coast of Mindoro forms the northeastern extremum of the Sulu Sea.-History:...

 and mainland Palawan. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 16,287 people in 3,047 households.

The Busuanga town proper, Salvacion, is approximately 50 kilometers from the town proper of its neighboring municipality of Coron. Travel time is approximately two and a half to three hours by land.

Barangays

Busuanga is politically subdivided into 16 barangay

Barangay

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s.

• Bogtong
• Buluang
• Cheey
• Concepcion
• Maglalambay
• New Busuanga (Pob.)
• Old Busuanga
• Panlaytan
• Quezon
• Sagrada
• Salvacion
• San Isidro
• San Rafael
• Santo Niño
• Burabod
• Halsey

History

Busuanga was created from the barrios of Concepcion, Salvacion, Busuanga, New Busuanga, Buluang, Quezon, Calawit, and Cheey of the town of Coron

Coron, Palawan

Coron is a first class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it had a population of 32,243 people in 6,264 households....

in 1950.

Quezon was reinstated as a barangay in 2000.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information