Barangay Palingon-Tipas

• Identity & location: Palingon, officially Palingon-Tipas, is one of the four barangays of the historic Tipas district in northeastern Taguig, bounded by Napindan (north), Calzada (south), Laguna de Bay (east), and Ibayo-Tipas/Ligid-Tipas/Ususan on other sides. Coordinates ~14.5381, 121.0800, elevation ~7.4 m — flat, low-lying, lakeside.
• Etymology: From the Taguig CLUP — inhabitants of a portion of Tipas turned their heads at the sound of the church bell from Taguig town; lumilingon (“to turn one’s head”) became “Palingon.” (Tipas itself from tinagpas/tiga-gapas, reaping rice.)
• History: One of the original nine barrios of Taguig under the 1587 pueblo decree of Juan Basi. On August 26, 1920, politicians from Palingon, Tipas, Ibayo, Calzada and Napindan petitioned Gov. Gen. Francis Burton Harrison to split off as a new municipality called Tipas — denied for lack of finances. Carved into its own barangay in 1974 (PD 557 era), part of the 1970s IRP subdivision into 18 barangays.
• Demographics: 16,119 (2020 census, 1.82% of Taguig), up from 13,705 in 2015 — 3.47% annual growth. Median age ~25, heavily young. 3,038 households (2015), avg 4.5 members.
• Land: 117 hectares (1.17 km²), 2.58% of city area — density around 13,800/km².
• Economy: Industrial spillover from Kalawaan, Pasig; traditional fishing on Pasig River/Laguna de Bay; Palingon Creek and Panday Pira Creek run through it. Tipas hopia heritage nearby.
• Flooding: Reported 0.30 m flooding at Panday Paltok during the July 2024 Habagat; April 2026 demolition of ~300 residents’ homes on Monocrete-owned land along Panday Pira Creek, with aid from Col. Julius Añonuevo and Kap. Charlie M. Mendiola.
• Institutions: Tipas Elementary School (47-O F. Manalo St., est. early 1900s as Tipas Barrio School, land donated by Fortunato Dingginbayan in 1917) and Tipas National High School (Mariano St., est. 2002) — Palingon is the education hub of Tipas. Barangay hall on F. Manalo St.; Dambanang Kawayan (St. John the Baptist, 1969) is the district’s landmark just over in Ligid-Tipas.
• Politics: District 1 (Taguig–Pateros), Punong Barangay Charlie M. Mendiola.

Still open: current 2023-elected council roster and SK chair, exact purok breakdown, and the 2024 census figure for Palingon specifically (citypopulation.de was behind a captcha). None of these block a good answer — I can write the piece now and note the council lineup is incomplete, or fetch it first if you’d rather have it complete.