The Atlas

Barangays in Sorsogon

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 Sorsogon

Barangays in Sorsogon, at a glance

Barangays: 541^[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: 845,066^[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: 33 urban^[4]; 508 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bibincahan^[5]; Sorsogon City, Sorsogon; 22,265 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: Osiao^[6]; Sorsogon City, Sorsogon; about 37.73 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: Balogo (Sorsogon East District)^{[5, 7]}; Sorsogon City, Sorsogon; 2.10% 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: 189 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Zone II Pob., −0.47% 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.

541 barangays, 501 to 541 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Sorsogon, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
501	PinagsalogPilar, Sorsogon	472	about 271	about 1.74 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
502	PoblacionMagallanes, Sorsogon	465	about 7,922	about 0.0587 km²	−1.96% a year	Rural
503	LeonaPilar, Sorsogon	455	about 316	about 1.44 km²	6.42% a year	Rural
504	TinampoBulusan, Sorsogon	454	about 112	about 4.04 km²	−1.47% a year	Rural
505	Market Site Barangay 3Donsol, Sorsogon	452	about 12,591	about 0.0359 km²	13.35% a year	Rural
506	DaganasBulan, Sorsogon	446	about 47	about 9.39 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
507	PerlasPrieto Diaz, Sorsogon	434	about 5,779	about 0.0751 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
508	CawayanIrosin, Sorsogon	429	about 21	about 19.96 km²	−1.91% a year	Rural
509	LagoBarcelona, Sorsogon	428	about 299	about 1.43 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
510	AntipoloBulan, Sorsogon	414	about 170	about 2.44 km²	4.91% a year	Rural
511	BarasDonsol, Sorsogon	405	about 291	about 1.39 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
512	Sinang-AtanMatnog, Sorsogon	405	about 654	about 0.619 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
513	CristoDonsol, Sorsogon	401	about 93	about 4.33 km²	−2.47% a year	Rural
514	SuguianDonsol, Sorsogon	394	about 99	about 3.99 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
515	MaaloJuban, Sorsogon	391	about 34	about 11.66 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
516	BandiDonsol, Sorsogon	387	about 143	about 2.70 km²	1.41% a year	Rural
517	Juan AdreDonsol, Sorsogon	384	about 134	about 2.86 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
518	CogonBulusan, Sorsogon	382	about 229	about 1.67 km²	−2.19% a year	Rural
519	LourdesDonsol, Sorsogon	377	about 67	about 5.62 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
520	Bon-Ot SmallMatnog, Sorsogon	373	about 345	about 1.08 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
521	Central Barangay 2Donsol, Sorsogon	365	about 11,300	about 0.0323 km²	−2.17% a year	Rural
522	DangcalanCastilla, Sorsogon	362	about 82	about 4.43 km²	−3.11% a year	Rural
523	GirawanDonsol, Sorsogon	361	about 168	about 2.15 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
524	MalbogMagallanes, Sorsogon	358	about 40	about 8.99 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
525	New MaguisaDonsol, Sorsogon	354	about 102	about 3.48 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
526	PinamanaanDonsol, Sorsogon	346	about 61	about 5.63 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
527	BayawasPilar, Sorsogon	335	about 146	about 2.29 km²	−0.49% a year	Rural
528	RectoBulan, Sorsogon	328	about 47	about 6.93 km²	−2.66% a year	Rural
529	PoctolBulusan, Sorsogon	311	about 9,540	about 0.0326 km²	−0.76% a year	Rural
530	Cocok-CabitanBulan, Sorsogon	304	about 107	about 2.83 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
531	PawalaDonsol, Sorsogon	301	about 145	about 2.07 km²	3.48% a year	Rural
532	MagsaysayMagallanes, Sorsogon	298	about 54	about 5.47 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
533	CentralBulusan, Sorsogon	283	about 5,787	about 0.0489 km²	−1.78% a year	Rural
534	MalinaoDonsol, Sorsogon	281	about 69	about 4.09 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
535	Poso Pob.Donsol, Sorsogon	247	about 5,867	about 0.0421 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
536	TagbacDonsol, Sorsogon	237	about 215	about 1.10 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
537	ParinaDonsol, Sorsogon	230	about 25	about 9.07 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
538	Old MaguisaDonsol, Sorsogon	213	about 98	about 2.18 km²	−1.82% a year	Rural
539	LoobanBulusan, Sorsogon	208	about 6,520	about 0.0319 km²	−2.18% a year	Rural
540	SalvacionCastilla, Sorsogon	193	about 100	about 1.93 km²	−25.78% a year	Rural
541	CalpiMatnog, Sorsogon	110	about 4	about 25.20 km²	3.32% 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: Bicol Region (OpenSTAT table 0051A6DTPH4). 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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