Official Name: | Carmona |
Settlement Type: | Barangay |
Pushpin Map: | Metro Manila |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Philippines |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | National Capital Region |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Makati |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | 1st Legislative district of Makati |
Named For: | Isidro Carmona |
Government Type: | Barangay |
Leader Title: | Barangay Captain |
Leader Name: | Ricardo Perfecto Garcia |
Leader Title1: | Sangguniang Barangay |
Leader Title3: | SK Chairman |
Leader Name3: | Mikyllie Chua |
Leader Title4: | SK Kagawad |
Established Date: | 1960 |
Area Total Km2: | 0.34 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 2745 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | PST |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Coordinates: | 14.5761°N 121.0185°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | 1207 |
Area Code: | 02 |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 137602000 |
Carmona is one of the 23 barangays of Makati. It is located in the northern part of the city. It is a residential area with a population of 2,745 as of the 2020 census, making it the least populous barangay in the city. The barangay was named after Comandante Isidro Carmona, a Filipino soldier who fought during the Philippine Revolution against the Spaniards.
From the American period and under a sovereign Republic of the Philippines, Carmona was a sitio of Barrio Tejeros until the early 1960s. The full official name of the then sitio was Comandante Carmona. It was also alternatively spelled as Kupang, apparently stylized in Tagalog.[1] Its namesake was the Filipino commander Isidro Carmona, who participated in several revolts during the 1896 Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire.
The barrio captains Miling Mangahas and Emiliano San Pascual, along with their respective barrio councilors, worked to have Carmona secede from Tejeros as an independent barangay that later came into fruition.[2]