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Sitio Veterans, Quezon City

Sitio Veterans or commonly known as Veterans is a land locked community located in northeast portion of Barangay Bagong Silangan, 2nd district of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is bounded on the north by Barangay Payatas, Mountainview Subdivision and Filinvest Subdivision on the west, Spring Country and Spring Valley Subdivisions on the northwest, Payatas C and Sitio Bakal on the east, Filheights Subdivision, Brookside, Bagong Silangan and the Municipality of San Mateo, Rizal on the south.

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Sitio Veterans is a territorial enclave of Barangay Bagong Silangan. In terms of population and land area, Sitio Veterans is considered as the largest sitio in Bagong Silangan following by the Sitio Rolling Hills (Purok 7), Sitio Kumunoy, Sitio Bakal and Sitio Pugot. In land area, Sitio Veterans is larger than the Barangay Bagong Silangan proper and to other sitios.

Topography

Geographically, Sitio Veterans is situated mainly in highland area opposite to its northern and southern portion is a low-lying area which considered as the catch basin of waters when Payatas Creek on the north and the west bank of Marikina River overflows during wet season. Other acts of nature may arise in the sitio such as heavy floods and landslides in different areas and whirlwinds arise from the river bank.

Since, Sitio Veterans is adjacent in Bagong Silangan and both located directly in Marikina Valley fault line, the community is prone to earthquakes.