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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, 601 to 650 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
601	CayapesKapangan, Benguet	942	about 338	about 2.79 km²	2.52% a year	Rural
602	Lay-asanTanudan, Kalinga	941	about 152	about 6.20 km²	5.36% a year	Rural
603	Bato-AlatbangMayoyao, Ifugao	936	about 1,899	about 0.493 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
604	LuzongLuba, Abra	931	about 90	about 10.36 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
605	AlinayaPidigan, Abra	930	about 73	about 12.74 km²	−2.08% a year	Rural
606	LimosPinukpuk, Kalinga	925	about 160	about 5.79 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
607	BacsayLuna, Apayao	922	about 82	about 11.25 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
608	Ba-ugSan Juan, Abra	921	about 197	about 4.67 km²	−6.34% a year	Rural
609	BagumbayanTabuk City, Kalinga	918	about 41	about 22.37 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
610	KimmalabaDolores, Abra	917	about 195	about 4.70 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
611	PoblacionMayoyao, Ifugao	917	about 169	about 5.44 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
612	PongayanKapangan, Benguet	917	about 84	about 10.98 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
613	MadatagKabugao, Apayao	916	about 49	about 18.79 km²	2.75% a year	Rural
614	PoblacionVillaviciosa, Abra	914	about 158	about 5.80 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
615	AmlaoTabuk City, Kalinga	913	about 40	about 22.67 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
616	Poblacion NorthSan Juan, Abra	910	about 532	about 1.71 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
617	Tublay CentralTublay, Benguet	910	about 186	about 4.89 km²	2.03% a year	Rural
618	BaluganSagada, Mountain Province	909	about 230	about 3.95 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
619	DeetTayum, Abra	904	about 344	about 2.63 km²	−1.75% a year	Rural
620	Lap-lapogVillaviciosa, Abra	904	about 172	about 5.25 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
621	NagaparanDanglas, Abra	904	about 10	about 94.14 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
622	JacmalAguinaldo, Ifugao	901	about 60	about 15.06 km²	−2.82% a year	Rural
623	ToonLa Paz, Abra	901	about 435	about 2.07 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
624	BuscalanTinglayan, Kalinga	898	about 64	about 14.13 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
625	DalaguisenLagangilang, Abra	896	about 837	about 1.07 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
626	BelwangSadanga, Mountain Province	894	about 29	about 30.63 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
627	AlemPudtol, Apayao	889	about 295	about 3.01 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
628	PoblacionSabangan, Mountain Province	888	about 1,842	about 0.482 km²	−4.27% a year	Rural
629	RiangPeñarrubia, Abra	888	about 538	about 1.65 km²	2.75% a year	Rural
630	Cal-laoVillaviciosa, Abra	887	about 64	about 13.84 km²	−1.38% a year	Rural
631	PoblacionPudtol, Apayao	887	about 906	about 0.979 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
632	SaliokNatonin, Mountain Province	885	about 20	about 44.57 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
633	Abanao-Zandueta-Kayong-Chugum-OtekBaguio City, Benguet	884	about 17,931	about 0.0493 km²	7.03% a year	Urban
634	BasbasaTayum, Abra	884	about 207	about 4.27 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
635	LubongBangued, Abra	878	about 480	about 1.83 km²	−0.62% a year	Rural
636	AbatanHungduan, Ifugao	877	about 20	about 43.33 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
637	San AntonioSanta Marcela, Apayao	877	about 205	about 4.28 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
638	BangaanSagada, Mountain Province	875	about 311	about 2.81 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
639	MawigueConner, Apayao	875	about 67	about 13.08 km²	3.05% a year	Rural
640	AlaoaTineg, Abra	872	about 14	about 63.22 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
641	CagubatanTadian, Mountain Province	872	about 221	about 3.94 km²	1.02% a year	Rural
642	PoblacionPeñarrubia, Abra	872	about 1,333	about 0.654 km²	−1.38% a year	Rural
643	SaclitSadanga, Mountain Province	871	about 39	about 22.56 km²	−1.20% a year	Rural
644	BunegLacub, Abra	870	about 8	about 104.14 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
645	EmilianaSanta Marcela, Apayao	870	about 152	about 5.73 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
646	PinococPinukpuk, Kalinga	867	about 40	about 21.75 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
647	PidipidLa Paz, Abra	866	about 442	about 1.96 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
648	PiezaLamut, Ifugao	866	about 246	about 3.52 km²	3.12% a year	Rural
649	MapawoyMayoyao, Ifugao	865	about 282	about 3.07 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
650	EddetKabayan, Benguet	864	about 126	about 6.86 km²	−1.67% 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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