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Barangays in Cagayan Valley

The barangay is the smallest local government: where the government's plans and services reach the community, and where neighbours settle disputes.^[1] A punong barangay, often called the kapitan, leads it with seven elected kagawad and the chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan.^[1]

A barangay is created by law or by an ordinance of its province or city, and only when its voters approve it in a plebiscite. It needs at least 2,000 people, or 5,000 in Metro Manila and the highly urbanized cities.^[1]

Open Cagayan Valley

Barangays in Cagayan Valley, at a glance

Barangays: 2,311^[2]
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 3,777,608^[3]
Urban or ruralUrban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 190 urban^[4]; 2,121 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Rizal^[5]; Santiago City, Isabela; 14,030 people
Largest by landLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: Lapi^[6]; Peñablanca, Cagayan; about 833.28 km²
Fastest growing, 5,000 people or moreGrowth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: Curva^{[5, 7]}; Pamplona, Cagayan; 6.21% a year, 2020 to 2024
Fewer people than in 2020Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: 536 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Fermin, −2.80% a year.

Each row is a barangay, with its 2024 census figures. Choose a column heading or a sort button to order the list, and choose it again to turn the order round. Narrow it with the menus.

2,311 barangays, 451 to 500 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cagayan Valley, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
451	GaddananSan Mateo, Isabela	2,292	about 327	about 7.01 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
452	Dubinan EastSantiago City, Isabela	2,291	about 9,164	about 0.25 km²	−0.14% a year	Urban
453	LuquiluCabagan, Isabela	2,287	about 3,677	about 0.622 km²	−1.42% a year	Rural
454	BinalanAparri, Cagayan	2,282	about 169	about 13.53 km²	−0.76% a year	Rural
455	LabinabCauayan City, Isabela	2,279	about 517	about 4.41 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
456	CulungTuao, Cagayan	2,278	about 214	about 10.65 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
457	AlannayLasam, Cagayan	2,275	about 748	about 3.04 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
458	AmmowegAmbaguio, Nueva Vizcaya	2,273	about 219	about 10.39 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
459	LullutanIlagan City, Isabela	2,272	about 909	about 2.50 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
460	San AntonioBasco, Batanes	2,264	about 270	about 8.37 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
461	MananoMallig, Isabela	2,263	about 126	about 17.91 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
462	San PedroBagabag, Nueva Vizcaya	2,260	about 962	about 2.35 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
463	Fuga IslandAparri, Cagayan	2,257	about 22	about 101.37 km²	3.71% a year	Rural
464	Yeban NorteBenito Soliven, Isabela	2,257	about 264	about 8.54 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
465	MalapatCordon, Isabela	2,256	about 326	about 6.92 km²	0.50% a year	Urban
466	RoxasNaguilian, Isabela	2,256	about 750	about 3.01 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
467	CallaoAlicia, Isabela	2,254	about 515	about 4.38 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
468	Marasat PequeñoSan Mateo, Isabela	2,254	about 566	about 3.98 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
469	BalellengSanto Tomas, Isabela	2,252	about 610	about 3.69 km²	3.07% a year	Rural
470	VillaSanta Teresita, Cagayan	2,252	about 1,062	about 2.12 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
471	CalamaguiSolana, Cagayan	2,251	about 1,316	about 1.71 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
472	BattungTuao, Cagayan	2,250	about 571	about 3.94 km²	−0.49% a year	Rural
473	LibertadEchague, Isabela	2,249	about 304	about 7.39 km²	1.51% a year	Rural
474	AlibagoEnrile, Cagayan	2,248	about 1,147	about 1.96 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
475	BaybayogAlcala, Cagayan	2,246	about 394	about 5.70 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
476	PinayagKayapa, Nueva Vizcaya	2,245	about 73	about 30.96 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
477	OyaoDupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya	2,242	about 132	about 16.97 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
478	TangatanSanta Ana, Cagayan	2,240	about 3,642	about 0.615 km²	−3.21% a year	Rural
479	Nungnungan ICauayan City, Isabela	2,238	about 281	about 7.96 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
480	District IICauayan City, Isabela	2,232	about 5,566	about 0.401 km²	−0.34% a year	Urban
481	MapayaoKayapa, Nueva Vizcaya	2,232	about 141	about 15.78 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
482	BaculodAlcala, Cagayan	2,228	about 646	about 3.45 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
483	MatucayAllacapan, Cagayan	2,225	about 288	about 7.72 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
484	CaliatQuezon, Nueva Vizcaya	2,223	about 243	about 9.13 km²	2.59% a year	Rural
485	VillafuerteSan Mateo, Isabela	2,223	about 397	about 5.60 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
486	CajelDiffun, Quirino	2,217	about 259	about 8.55 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
487	CasatBayombong, Nueva Vizcaya	2,214	about 361	about 6.14 km²	4.35% a year	Rural
488	LinguSolana, Cagayan	2,214	about 1,118	about 1.98 km²	0.76% a year	Urban
489	LabbenAllacapan, Cagayan	2,212	about 316	about 6.99 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
490	LunaQuirino, Isabela	2,212	about 351	about 6.30 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
491	DalenaSan Pablo, Isabela	2,206	about 147	about 14.99 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
492	District IIGamu, Isabela	2,205	about 1,480	about 1.49 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
493	San RoqueBurgos, Isabela	2,205	about 1,736	about 1.27 km²	2.95% a year	Rural
494	Poblacion 3Santa Maria, Isabela	2,203	about 5,954	about 0.37 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
495	CentroBuguey, Cagayan	2,201	about 3,083	about 0.714 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
496	Centro 2San Guillermo, Isabela	2,200	about 627	about 3.51 km²	−1.77% a year	Rural
497	Sinamar SurSan Mateo, Isabela	2,195	about 739	about 2.97 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
498	BagnosAlicia, Isabela	2,191	about 231	about 9.49 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
499	SalvadorSantiago City, Isabela	2,189	about 152	about 14.42 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
500	BetiAritao, Nueva Vizcaya	2,188	about 216	about 10.15 km²	0.18% a year	Rural

How it fits

A barangay is the smallest unit of government, led by a punong barangay (the kapitan) and a council of kagawad. Every city and municipality is made up of barangays.

Sources

The list shows each place's own figures: people from the PSA's 2024 census, growth from its 2020 census, land areas from the Land Management Bureau's 2019 masterlist. A barangay's area is measured inside its border on UN OCHA's map and is approximate, and a barangay shows no growth where its border changed after 2020. Every figure's source is on its place's page; how Scene works out the rest.

1.Congress of the Philippines. Republic Act No. 7160: the Local Government Code of 1991. Published October 10, 1991. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Publication Datafile. Published June 30, 2026. Read by Scene September 24, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
3.Philippine Statistics Authority. Population and Annual Population Growth Rate of the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities Based on the 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2024 Population Census (OpenSTAT table 0211A6DAPG0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
4.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population and Urban Population by Urban Classification and Region, Province, Highly Urbanized City, City/Municipality and Barangay: Philippines, 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0231A6DPUP0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
5.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: Cagayan Valley (OpenSTAT table 0021A6DTPH1). Published August 4, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
6.UN OCHA, from the PSA and NAMRIA. Philippines: Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB), barangay layer. Published February 13, 2025. Read by Scene September 25, 2026. CC BY-IGO 3.0. Open the source
7.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 4th Quarter 2022: Publication Datafile, with the 2015 and 2020 census counts (the PSA's file, as the Internet Archive keeps it). Published December 31, 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source

Scene adds what the sources do not print themselves: growth rates, shares, barangay areas and densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances, each computed from the figures and borders above. How each is made.

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