| Barangay Punta, Calamba City Barangay ng Punta, Lungsod ng Calamba |
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| — Barangay — | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Province | Laguna |
| Region | CALABARZON (Region IV-A) |
| City | Calamba City |
| Number of Puroks | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Petronilo Saliva |
| • Councilors | Victoria Carandang Anatacio Malabanan |
| • SK chairman | Ma. Fenadee Encinas |
| • SK Councilors | Sherwin Osial Jaypee Villanueva |
| Area | |
| • Land | 3.31 km2 (1.3 sq mi) |
| Population (projection based on 2007 NSO Growth Rate) | |
| • Total | 2,898 |
| • Density | 875.53/km2 (2,267.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| • Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+8) |
| Area code(s) | 49 |
Punta, Calamba City, a rural barangay of Calamba City, Laguna in the Philippines, lies in the central-south portion of the city.
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Punta lies in the central-south of Calamba City. The barangay has been bounded by other barangays of Calamba City which are: Kay-Anlog (south); Bubuyan (west); Tulo (east) and, Palo Alto (north-west) and, Barandal (north). The barangay has a total land area of 331 hectares. Punta is divided in 6[1] puroks, these are:
Most of the people from Punta believe that the name of their barrio is the another Tagalog term for tubo (sugarcane), and they also believe that the name of their barrio was derived from that because before there were much of sugarcane farms there. Though, dictionaries (like UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino) doesn't show that the word punta and sugarcane were synonymous. But in Tagalog, the word punta also means:
Also, punta also describes a kind of music genre originated from West Africa.
According to 2007 Census, Punta has a population of 2,615. Making one of barangays with least population in Calamba City. Below is the table of population of Punta for the years 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2007.
| Year | Population |
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| 2007 | 2,615 |
| 2000 | 1,555 |
| 1995 | 1,214 |
| 1990 | 1,108 |
| 1980 | 986 |
Punta has 5 schools (3 were public and 2 were private) these are: Punta Day Care Center, Punta Elementary School, Punta National High School, Asian Computer College and Saint Isidore Children Center.
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