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Barangays in Cagayan

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 Cagayan, at a glance

Barangays: 820^[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: 1,284,676^[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: 67 urban^[4]; 753 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Cataggaman Nuevo^[5]; Tuguegarao City, Cagayan; 9,797 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: 199 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Maura, −1.22% 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.

820 barangays, 701 to 750 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cagayan, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
701	Linno-CRizal, Cagayan	598	about 72	about 8.28 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
702	TubelAllacapan, Cagayan	597	about 96	about 6.24 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
703	Centro 2Tuguegarao City, Cagayan	592	about 10,764	about 0.055 km²	0.00% a year	Urban
704	SimbalucaSanta Teresita, Cagayan	586	about 83	about 7.02 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
705	MabnangClaveria, Cagayan	580	about 132	about 4.41 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
706	CullitCamalaniugan, Cagayan	577	about 241	about 2.39 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
707	DunganRizal, Cagayan	572	about 95	about 6.04 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
708	PataguelegPeñablanca, Cagayan	566	about 101	about 5.59 km²	−4.97% a year	Rural
709	Bacsay MapulapulaClaveria, Cagayan	560	about 235	about 2.38 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
710	BattutRizal, Cagayan	560	about 71	about 7.85 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
711	San VicenteBaggao, Cagayan	559	about 31	about 17.93 km²	−3.05% a year	Rural
712	CatarauanAmulung, Cagayan	558	about 262	about 2.13 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
713	AlimoanClaveria, Cagayan	556	about 195	about 2.85 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
714	FusinaLal-Lo, Cagayan	556	about 135	about 4.12 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
715	Bacsay Cataraoan SurClaveria, Cagayan	555	about 582	about 0.953 km²	2.39% a year	Rural
716	San JuanBuguey, Cagayan	555	about 142	about 3.92 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
717	Finugo NorteLasam, Cagayan	551	about 227	about 2.43 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
718	San JuanSanta Praxedes, Cagayan	549	about 75	about 7.32 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
719	PatayaSolana, Cagayan	548	about 386	about 1.42 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
720	NagsabaranClaveria, Cagayan	545	about 88	about 6.19 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
721	TabbuganClaveria, Cagayan	545	about 67	about 8.16 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
722	SidemGattaran, Cagayan	541	about 65	about 8.28 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
723	Afunan CabayuCamalaniugan, Cagayan	540	about 201	about 2.69 km²	2.41% a year	Rural
724	NabbabalayanPeñablanca, Cagayan	535	about 52	about 10.34 km²	−6.66% a year	Rural
725	GarabIguig, Cagayan	522	about 80	about 6.53 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
726	Poblacion IPiat, Cagayan	518	about 480	about 1.08 km²	−17.93% a year	Rural
727	LuzonClaveria, Cagayan	507	about 104	about 4.86 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
728	San JuanPamplona, Cagayan	505	about 183	about 2.76 km²	−9.08% a year	Rural
729	CanagatanBaggao, Cagayan	502	about 43	about 11.80 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
730	Minanga NorteLasam, Cagayan	499	about 195	about 2.56 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
731	San JuanAllacapan, Cagayan	497	about 33	about 14.96 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
732	Sta. MariaClaveria, Cagayan	496	about 181	about 2.74 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
733	PalusaoSanto Niño, Cagayan	494	about 80	about 6.14 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
734	San LorenzoIguig, Cagayan	484	about 78	about 6.18 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
735	AlituntungAmulung, Cagayan	482	about 266	about 1.81 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
736	FabricaLal-Lo, Cagayan	481	about 23	about 21.08 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
737	TagaoLasam, Cagayan	478	about 186	about 2.57 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
738	LablabigClaveria, Cagayan	459	about 224	about 2.05 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
739	MasicalSanto Niño, Cagayan	459	about 53	about 8.70 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
740	GoranAmulung, Cagayan	458	about 94	about 4.87 km²	1.87% a year	Rural
741	MabbangRizal, Cagayan	457	about 293	about 1.56 km²	−0.92% a year	Rural
742	SinickingRizal, Cagayan	453	about 142	about 3.18 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
743	Tubungan WesteGattaran, Cagayan	446	about 133	about 3.36 km²	20.49% a year	Rural
744	BaccuitAmulung, Cagayan	441	about 207	about 2.13 km²	−2.06% a year	Rural
745	AbagaoLal-Lo, Cagayan	440	about 71	about 6.22 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
746	CabayuGattaran, Cagayan	439	about 86	about 5.11 km²	2.69% a year	Rural
747	Camalaggoan/D LeañoClaveria, Cagayan	438	about 193	about 2.27 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
748	Mala EsteBuguey, Cagayan	438	about 521	about 0.84 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
749	NanauatanRizal, Cagayan	438	about 60	about 7.30 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
750	TanaAmulung, Cagayan	438	about 205	about 2.14 km²	−1.12% 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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