Tag:admin_type:PH=barangay

A barangay is the smallest formal administrative unit in the Philippines. They are the primary subdivision of most cities and municipalities, but sometimes they are grouped into districts or zones. They are further subdivided into puroks and sometimes sitios.

How to map

Place a node at the center of the barangay, usually near the barangay hall, or at a centrally located park, market, school, religious building or road junction and tag it with the appropriate place=* tag depending on the settlement characteristics.

Common values:

• place=village - A rural barangay with only few amenities and limited shops available, most people travelling to nearby municipal and city centers to access services and for shopping
• place=suburb - A large urban barangay that is part of a bigger continuously built-up area, is further divided into many administrative and non-administrative subareas mapped as quarters and neighbourhoods
• place=quarter - A smaller urban barangay that has only one level of smaller subareas, common in very densely populated cities but also in poblacion areas of rural municipalities

Uncommon values:

• place=neighbourhood - A very small urban barangay that has no puroks
• place=hamlet - A very small rural barangay that has almost no amenities and shops, population <300
• place=town - A barangay that is not part of primary continuously built-up city area but has many amenities like hospitals, universities, malls, etc. and serves as a regional town center for surrounding villages and suburbs

Tags to use in combination

Required tags:

• admin_level=10
• name=* - Unabbreviated common name

Optional tags:

• official_name=* - "Barangay Xyz"
• alt_name=*
• old_name=*
• short_name=*
• nat_name=* - If name in PSGC is different from locally used name
• population=* - Population from latest PSA census
• population:date=2020-05-01 - Date of latest census
• ref=* - New 10-digit PSGC code
• old_ref=* - Old 9-digit PSGC code
• is_in=* - Useful especially if municipal or city boundaries are not mapped
• postal_code=*
• wikipedia=*
• wikidata=*
• ele=* - Elevation in MASL