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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, 751 to 800 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cagayan, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
751	CataligananLasam, Cagayan	436	about 87	about 5.02 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
752	NagsabaranAmulung, Cagayan	432	about 53	about 8.16 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
753	CallaoGonzaga, Cagayan	429	about 99	about 4.32 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
754	Sto. TomasClaveria, Cagayan	420	about 47	about 9.00 km²	1.73% a year	Rural
755	Bacsay Cataraoan NorteClaveria, Cagayan	412	about 275	about 1.50 km²	2.09% a year	Rural
756	Santa FelicitasSanto Niño, Cagayan	412	about 8	about 52.02 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
757	Afusing BatoAlcala, Cagayan	410	about 138	about 2.98 km²	1.65% a year	Rural
758	LiuanRizal, Cagayan	408	about 239	about 1.71 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
759	AbagaoCamalaniugan, Cagayan	403	about 213	about 1.89 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
760	Tubungan EsteGattaran, Cagayan	403	about 278	about 1.45 km²	2.34% a year	Rural
761	San VicenteClaveria, Cagayan	385	about 84	about 4.57 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
762	CambabanganRizal, Cagayan	376	about 53	about 7.04 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
763	SantiagoClaveria, Cagayan	368	about 111	about 3.32 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
764	BalzaBuguey, Cagayan	361	about 169	about 2.13 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
765	MabitbitnongSanto Niño, Cagayan	360	about 145	about 2.49 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
766	Centro 7Tuguegarao City, Cagayan	352	about 5,509	about 0.0639 km²	3.01% a year	Urban
767	CapaccuanRizal, Cagayan	350	about 25	about 14.24 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
768	GattuPamplona, Cagayan	350	about 12	about 29.19 km²	−6.87% a year	Rural
769	LuecCamalaniugan, Cagayan	344	about 284	about 1.21 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
770	San AntonioClaveria, Cagayan	333	about 424	about 0.785 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
771	CampoIguig, Cagayan	331	about 52	about 6.41 km²	2.55% a year	Rural
772	Sto. NiñoClaveria, Cagayan	329	about 85	about 3.86 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
773	BauanAmulung, Cagayan	328	about 343	about 0.955 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
774	AgguiritAmulung, Cagayan	323	about 58	about 5.59 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
775	Santa MariaSanto Niño, Cagayan	322	about 63	about 5.12 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
776	Sta. AnaGattaran, Cagayan	320	about 75	about 4.27 km²	−3.30% a year	Rural
777	Centro 3Tuguegarao City, Cagayan	315	about 6,774	about 0.0465 km²	−2.16% a year	Rural
778	IbuloBaggao, Cagayan	308	about 119	about 2.58 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
779	BuenavistaClaveria, Cagayan	306	about 98	about 3.12 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
780	SantiagoSanchez Mira, Cagayan	305	about 9	about 35.88 km²	4.39% a year	Rural
781	Centro 7Aparri, Cagayan	297	about 24,344	about 0.0122 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
782	PortabagaSanta Praxedes, Cagayan	297	about 106	about 2.80 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
783	San IsidroClaveria, Cagayan	280	about 106	about 2.64 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
784	KittagSanchez Mira, Cagayan	279	about 13	about 22.01 km²	−4.09% a year	Rural
785	TulutugingCamalaniugan, Cagayan	276	about 334	about 0.827 km²	−3.98% a year	Rural
786	Dammang SurCamalaniugan, Cagayan	265	about 13	about 19.75 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
787	SantiagoIguig, Cagayan	264	about 33	about 8.02 km²	2.01% a year	Rural
788	Centro 6Tuguegarao City, Cagayan	249	about 3,562	about 0.0699 km²	−0.66% a year	Urban
789	GagaddanganAllacapan, Cagayan	239	about 91	about 2.63 km²	1.68% a year	Rural
790	TagumCamalaniugan, Cagayan	230	about 75	about 3.08 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
791	Centro 6Aparri, Cagayan	225	about 21,845	about 0.0103 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
792	MapitacSanto Niño, Cagayan	224	about 35	about 6.44 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
793	PasinganRizal, Cagayan	223	about 31	about 7.15 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
794	RosarioLal-Lo, Cagayan	221	about 27	about 8.25 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
795	ParagatCamalaniugan, Cagayan	211	about 285	about 0.74 km²	−6.32% a year	Rural
796	FuguGattaran, Cagayan	194	about 111	about 1.74 km²	253.71% a year	Rural
797	San MiguelSanta Praxedes, Cagayan	193	about 23	about 8.50 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
798	SalungsongSanta Praxedes, Cagayan	189	about 43	about 4.39 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
799	LangganGattaran, Cagayan	187	about 78	about 2.40 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
800	T. ElizagaGattaran, Cagayan	181	about 13	about 14.30 km²	−2.25% 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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