Burdeos, officially the Municipality of Burdeos (Tagalog: Bayan ng Burdeos), is a municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,644 people.[4]
History
Burdeos was established on June 12, 1948 from the barrios of Burdeos, Amot, Aluyon, Calotcot, Karlagan, Magdalo, Patnanungan, San Rafael, and Palasan island, which were previously part of the town of Polillo.[6] Later on June 18, 1961, barrios Amaga, Busdak, Kilugan, Lood, Patnanungan Norte and Patnanungan Sur were separated from Burdeos to form the new municipal district of Patnanungan.[7]
Geography
The municipality of Burdeos is geographically located in the coastal part of Polillo Island in the first Congressional District of the Province of Quezon, a town that is trapezoidal in shape, facing the vast Pacific Ocean with an area of approximately 20,948 hectares (51,760 acres). Burdeos is composed of 13 barangays, three of which are island barangays, with 25 islands which are potential tourist spots. The territorial water of this municipality is a good fishing ground with abundant aquatic resources.
Barangays
Burdeos is politically subdivided into 13 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Aluyon
Amot
Anibawan
Bonifacio
Cabugao
Cabungalunan (including Anirong Island and Anawan Island)
Lucena (Administratively independent from the province but grouped under Quezon by the Philippine Statistics Authority. However, qualified voters of this city are still allowed to participate in the election of provincial officials as part of Quezon’s 2nd Sangguniang Panlalawigan district.)