A sitio in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay, the location of which may be distant from the center of the barangay itself.

During Spanish occupation, sitios were named to make a centralized government for municipalities through the barrio system now called barangay.

[edit] See also

• See Bilogo for good examples of Sitio role in a barangay.

[edit] Connections

• Barangay
• Purok

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