Salangbato, Laguna

Salang Bato is a barangay in Famy, Philippines.

Salang Bato is one of twenty barangays, the smallest unit of governance with the Philippines. It is a toehold of land, southwest of Luzon island in the Laguna Province and is near the Laguna de Bay. It has an altitude of 334 feet (102 m). The English translation from Tagalog is "Salang Rock" or "Rock of Salang." It was named after nomadic seafarers called Salang, an ancient Eurasian ethnicity.

The barangay of Salang Bato is governed by a council of 8, consisting of one chair and 7 council members. The current chair is Oscar A. Martin. As of the 2000 National Census, its population consisted of 556 people in 117 households.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Title unknown". Archived February 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.

Coordinates: 14°28′00″N 121°28′00″E / 14.46667°N 121.4667°E / 14.46667; 121.4667


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