Pinyahan
{{Short description|Barangay in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines}}
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| leader_name = Jesus N. Lipnica III{{cite web|title=Barangay Officials|url=http://quezoncity.gov.ph/index.php/about-the-city-government/barangay-officials|publisher=Quezon City Local Government|access-date=3 March 2019}}
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Pinyahan, sometimes spelled Piñahan, is a barangay of Quezon City, the Philippines.
Etymology
History
Barangay Pinyahan was previously part of Central District Diliman. Central District Diliman was divided into two separate entities, namely Barangay Central and Pinyahan.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083509/http://www.qcpubliclibrary.org/qcmanuscript.php Quezon City Public Library – Quezonian Newsletter]}}{{cite web|title=History of Quezon City Barangays|url=http://www.qcpubliclibrary.org/qcmanuscript.php#chapter_15|work=Quezonian Newsletter|at=Chapter 15 History of Quezon City Barangays|publisher=Quezon City Public Library|access-date=23 February 2015|quote=On June 22, 1963, RA 3590 known as the Revised Barrio Charter amending RA 2370 was enacted expanding the scope of the barrio power. Membership in the council was increased to include a barrio executive as Barrio Captain and six councilmen and granting powers to the barrio officials. Barangay Pinyahan has been originally a part of Central District Diliman and Central District was divided into two which became Barangay Central and Pinyahan. The area of Pinyahan has been popularly known as a place for growing abundant pineapples since the early 1930s until it was subdivided in 1948 by the PHHC.|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083509/http://www.qcpubliclibrary.org/qcmanuscript.php#chapter_15|archive-date=24 September 2015}}
Health
Several hospitals are based in Pinyahan including Lung Center of the Philippines, National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI), Urology Center of the Philippines and the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center along V. Luna Avenue.
Education
Pinyahan Elementary School{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/pinyahanelementaryschool|title=Pinyahan Elementary School|website=Pinyahan Elementary School|access-date=26 February 2019}} and Flora A. Ylagan High School are public schools based in Pinyahan. The AFP Medical Service School, is located within the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center.{{cite web|title=AFP Medical Service School|url=http://www.afpmedicalcenter.com/mc6/homepage/afpmss.htm|website=Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Center|access-date=1 May 2015}}
Culture
The barangay celebrates its fiesta every May 15. The barangay patron saint is San Isidro Labrador.
Law
The barangay is also the main mailing address of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG), which is the largest and most prestigious human rights legal network in the country.
External links
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