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Barangays in Cordillera Administrative Region

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]

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Barangays in Cordillera Administrative Region, at a glance

Barangays: 1,178^[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: 1,808,985^[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: 138 urban^[4]; 1,040 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Irisan^[5]; Baguio City, Benguet; 36,932 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: Caganayan^[6]; Tineg, Abra; about 214.53 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: Loo^{[5, 7]}; Buguias, Benguet; 4.19% 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: 557 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Camp 3, −3.28% a year.

Region: Cordillera Administrative Region

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1,178 barangays, 501 to 550 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cordillera Administrative Region, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
501	BedbedMankayan, Benguet	1,135	about 156	about 7.27 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
502	MasablangTabuk City, Kalinga	1,135	about 273	about 4.16 km²	1.09% a year	Rural
503	MataguisiPudtol, Apayao	1,135	about 145	about 7.84 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
504	PoblacionLagangilang, Abra	1,132	about 1,048	about 1.08 km²	−4.46% a year	Rural
505	ChayaMayoyao, Ifugao	1,131	about 216	about 5.24 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
506	KinamaRizal, Kalinga	1,131	about 80	about 14.16 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
507	Babalag EastRizal, Kalinga	1,125	about 218	about 5.16 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
508	DamagAguinaldo, Ifugao	1,125	about 88	about 12.76 km²	1.65% a year	Rural
509	Guina-angPasil, Kalinga	1,123	about 230	about 4.88 km²	3.35% a year	Rural
510	San AntonioBangued, Abra	1,119	about 295	about 3.79 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
511	TocucanBontoc, Mountain Province	1,119	about 52	about 21.53 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
512	BokiawanHungduan, Ifugao	1,118	about 57	about 19.78 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
513	Balbalan ProperBalbalan, Kalinga	1,112	about 69	about 16.18 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
514	EkipBokod, Benguet	1,108	about 65	about 16.97 km²	3.45% a year	Rural
515	LesebBauko, Mountain Province	1,104	about 282	about 3.92 km²	−1.62% a year	Rural
516	TabiogBucay, Abra	1,103	about 94	about 11.69 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
517	San JoseAlfonso Lista, Ifugao	1,096	about 149	about 7.35 km²	3.72% a year	Rural
518	LabaanSan Quintin, Abra	1,094	about 71	about 15.31 km²	1.43% a year	Rural
519	TaggayPinukpuk, Kalinga	1,093	about 52	about 21.06 km²	−3.26% a year	Rural
520	PangolTanudan, Kalinga	1,092	about 15	about 72.89 km²	2.78% a year	Rural
521	BalaoaTadian, Mountain Province	1,090	about 145	about 7.52 km²	−0.86% a year	Rural
522	BadduatKabugao, Apayao	1,087	about 37	about 29.64 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
523	CalamaganBuguias, Benguet	1,085	about 177	about 6.14 km²	3.74% a year	Rural
524	Poblacion WestPidigan, Abra	1,082	about 321	about 3.37 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
525	BuayaBalbalan, Kalinga	1,080	about 54	about 19.91 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
526	Gawa-anBalbalan, Kalinga	1,080	about 41	about 26.43 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
527	PagalaBucay, Abra	1,079	about 177	about 6.10 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
528	PoblacionLacub, Abra	1,079	about 98	about 11.00 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
529	DanggoTinoc, Ifugao	1,073	about 29	about 37.40 km²	−1.32% a year	Rural
530	GuilayonTabuk City, Kalinga	1,072	about 65	about 16.53 km²	2.81% a year	Rural
531	Uma del NorteLubuagan, Kalinga	1,072	about 138	about 7.78 km²	−2.94% a year	Rural
532	San MarianoSanta Marcela, Apayao	1,071	about 222	about 4.82 km²	1.98% a year	Rural
533	LuttuacanKabugao, Apayao	1,070	about 79	about 13.62 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
534	CabcaboraoSan Juan, Abra	1,061	about 193	about 5.49 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
535	Eva PuzonCalanasan, Apayao	1,059	about 8	about 138.05 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
536	PakawitPinukpuk, Kalinga	1,055	about 84	about 12.57 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
537	SiblongBucay, Abra	1,054	about 299	about 3.53 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
538	ChumangMayoyao, Ifugao	1,053	about 151	about 6.97 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
539	AbatanBauko, Mountain Province	1,052	about 350	about 3.01 km²	−1.11% a year	Rural
540	LiguisLa Paz, Abra	1,050	about 139	about 7.53 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
541	CalupaanAlfonso Lista, Ifugao	1,049	about 91	about 11.53 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
542	CubaKapangan, Benguet	1,049	about 130	about 8.04 km²	0.72% a year	Urban
543	Balinciagao NortePasil, Kalinga	1,046	about 70	about 14.89 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
544	PalaquioBucay, Abra	1,045	about 228	about 4.59 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
545	TurodLuna, Apayao	1,038	about 61	about 17.13 km²	−3.22% a year	Rural
546	LingtanBangued, Abra	1,037	about 1,477	about 0.702 km²	0.71% a year	Rural
547	TawangBalbalan, Kalinga	1,037	about 13	about 78.63 km²	3.85% a year	Rural
548	CalafugConner, Apayao	1,035	about 34	about 30.12 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
549	CabuloanBangued, Abra	1,033	about 158	about 6.54 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
550	Villa MercedesSan Quintin, Abra	1,033	about 299	about 3.45 km²	0.23% 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: Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) (OpenSTAT table 0151A6DTHP4). Published August 3, 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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