Tunasan

Tunasan got its name from a medicinal plant locally called tunas (Nymphaea nouchali), which was abundant on the Tunasan River and the shoreline of Laguna de Bay.

There are also three legends or myths that possibly explain the origin of Tunasan's name:{{cite web|url=https://www.muntinlupacity.gov.ph/?page_id=2906|title=Brgy. Tunasan|website=City Government of Muntinlupa|accessdate=June 7, 2022}}

• Tunasan was apparently named after Datu Tuna Asomal, who was registered as the area's landowner according to a document called Torrens Title. His father, Datu Manaplo, founded the present-day settlement as Bagbagan in the mid-13th century when they settled here upon docking at Laguna de Bay from Panay and Ancient Tondo (present-day Manila). Bagbagan was said to be later renamed Tunasan in 1735.
• According to old folks, Tunasan was a haven of hardened criminals and pirates (Tagalog: tulisan), hence, it was called such.
• According to a legend, when the Americans stocked their tuna sardines in the area, the people hid them. Every time they eat, they send an errand boy to get some, and he would ask, "Where?" (Tagalog: s'an, shortened term of saan). Being so repeatedly through time, the term Tuna-san was coined, which became the name of the place.

Tunasan was called "Tunasancillo" during the Spanish colonial period, and it was a barrio and also a part of the vast hacienda owned by the Augustinian Recollects in the pueblo or town of San Pedro Tunasan in the province of La Laguna.{{Cite book| title = Diccionario geografico, estadistico, historico de las islas Filipinas| last = Buzeta| first = Manuel| year = 1831| pages = 464}} San Pedro Tunasan was annexed to Biñan in 1903.{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|number=939|title=An Act reducing the thirty municipalities of the Province of La Laguna to nineteen|url=https://lawyerly.ph/laws/view/l4037|date=October 12, 1903|accessdate=June 15, 2023}} Eventually, the barrio became part of Muntinlupa, which was then part of Taguig in the province of Rizal when San Pedro Tunasan sold it in 1907 during the American period.{{Cite web| url = http://withonespast.blogspot.com/2008/10/part-of-history.html| title = Part of History| last = Cruz-Araneta| first = Gemma| date = October 20, 2008| website = With One's Past| access-date = February 28, 2016}}{{self-published source|date=June 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://muntinlupacity.gov.ph/history/|title=History|website=City Government of Muntinlupa|accessdate=June 19, 2023}} After the separation, San Pedro Tunasan changed its name to San Pedro and the sold barangay of Tunasancillo was renamed Tunasan.

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While barangays are the administrative divisions of the city and are legally part of the addresses of establishments and homes, residents also include their respective subdivisions. Listed below are the subdivisions in this barangay.{{cite web|title=LIST OF SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF MUNTINLUPA|url=http://www.muntinlupacity.gov.ph/sep/139%20list%20of%20subdivision.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114133838/http://www.muntinlupacity.gov.ph/sep/139%20list%20of%20subdivision.htm|archive-date=January 14, 2016}}

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• Abbey Place
• Aguila Village
• Brazilia Heights Subdivision
• Camella Homes 3
• Camella Homes Ridgeview I Subdivision
• Camella Homes Ridgeview II Subdivision
• JPA Subdivision
• Lake Shore Subdivision
• Lindenwood Residences
• Lodora Subdivision
• Midland II Subdivision
• Parkhomes Subdivision
• Sto. Niño Village
• Susana Heights Subdivision
• Teosejo Industrial Complex
• Teosejo Subdivision
• Victoria Homes Subdivision
• Villa Carolina I
• Villa Carolina II

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SM Development Corporation donated an {{convert|8,348|sqm|adj=on|sp=}} property in Laguerta, Barangay Tunasan for residential use.{{cite web|last1=Gamil|first1=Jaymee|title=Low-cost homes set for Muntinlupa gov't workers, squatters|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/614432/low-cost-homes-set-for-muntinlupa-govt-workers-squatters|website=Inquirer.net|date=26 June 2014 }} Several government offices and buildings are also in this area.{{cite news|last1=Hicap|first1=Jonathan|title=Earthquake-proof, self sustaining city government building rises in Muntinlupa|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/earthquake-proof-self-sustaining-city-government-building-rises-in-muntinlupa/|access-date=August 24, 2015|publisher=Manila Bulletin}}

• Department of Education - Muntinlupa
• Tunasan National High School
• Muntinlupa City Health Office
• Muntinlupa City Police Headquarters
• Museo ng Muntinlupa
• Bulilit Center

The Tunasan Baywalk is a reclaimed area behind Muntinlupa Science High School, where the Muntinlupa Sports Complex is located.

• Tunasan River

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