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Barangays in Central Luzon

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 Central Luzon

Barangays in Central Luzon, at a glance

Barangays: 3,105^[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: 12,989,074^[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: 1,086 urban^[4]; 2,019 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Loma de Gato^[5]; Marilao, Bulacan; 74,133 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: Kalawakan^[6]; Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan; about 351.15 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: San Pablo 2nd^{[5, 7]}; Lubao, Pampanga; 16.75% 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: 577 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Sapangbato, −9.83% 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.

3,105 barangays, 751 to 800 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Luzon, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
751	Sapang TagalogTarlac City, Tarlac	4,960	about 2,157	about 2.30 km²	−1.24% a year	Rural
752	AssumptionSan Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan	4,959	about 12,066	about 0.411 km²	3.12% a year	Rural
753	TugatogMeycauayan City, Bulacan	4,959	about 11,169	about 0.444 km²	0.52% a year	Urban
754	AkleSan Ildefonso, Bulacan	4,956	about 619	about 8.01 km²	1.52% a year	Urban
755	BuliranSan Antonio, Nueva Ecija	4,953	about 621	about 7.98 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
756	BagnaMalolos City, Bulacan	4,944	about 5,593	about 0.884 km²	−0.01% a year	Rural
757	Prado SiongcoLubao, Pampanga	4,940	about 1,152	about 4.29 km²	2.59% a year	Rural
758	Santo Cristo SurGapan City, Nueva Ecija	4,917	about 1,064	about 4.62 km²	2.24% a year	Rural
759	DumaraisLa Paz, Tarlac	4,916	about 526	about 9.34 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
760	Sumacab NorteCabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija	4,916	about 1,503	about 3.27 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
761	Santo RosarioHagonoy, Bulacan	4,908	about 11,309	about 0.434 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
762	San AgustinCastillejos, Zambales	4,906	about 1,020	about 4.81 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
763	Pag-asaTalavera, Nueva Ecija	4,904	about 8,079	about 0.607 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
764	Sto. NiñoSan Felipe, Zambales	4,901	about 1,210	about 4.05 km²	0.02% a year	Urban
765	San RoquePaombong, Bulacan	4,888	about 727	about 6.72 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
766	CaramutanLa Paz, Tarlac	4,885	about 1,183	about 4.13 km²	2.66% a year	Urban
767	Sta. RitaMinalin, Pampanga	4,882	about 1,930	about 2.53 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
768	KapunitanOrion, Bataan	4,876	about 36,388	about 0.134 km²	4.02% a year	Rural
769	AtatePalayan City, Nueva Ecija	4,872	about 788	about 6.18 km²	5.21% a year	Rural
770	LugamMalolos City, Bulacan	4,871	about 5,785	about 0.842 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
771	TabonSan Isidro, Nueva Ecija	4,870	about 384	about 12.68 km²	2.53% a year	Urban
772	Sepung CalzadaTarlac City, Tarlac	4,869	about 6,791	about 0.717 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
773	LumbacPulilan, Bulacan	4,868	about 3,833	about 1.27 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
774	Hermogenes C. Concepcion, Sr.Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija	4,867	about 1,963	about 2.48 km²	0.55% a year	Urban
775	San Josef NorteCabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija	4,867	about 7,800	about 0.624 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
776	TucopDinalupihan, Bataan	4,856	about 1,268	about 3.83 km²	1.41% a year	Rural
777	TapulaoOrani, Bataan	4,846	about 4,660	about 1.04 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
778	San RoqueAngat, Bulacan	4,843	about 3,535	about 1.37 km²	0.48% a year	Urban
779	Ablang-SapangMoncada, Tarlac	4,842	about 220	about 21.99 km²	2.87% a year	Rural
780	Plazang LumaArayat, Pampanga	4,841	about 4,986	about 0.971 km²	−2.42% a year	Urban
781	LourdesLubao, Pampanga	4,839	about 2,602	about 1.86 km²	−8.73% a year	Rural
782	MulawinOrani, Bataan	4,839	about 958	about 5.05 km²	0.47% a year	Urban
783	Real de CacarongPandi, Bulacan	4,833	about 2,517	about 1.92 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
784	General LunaCarranglan, Nueva Ecija	4,832	about 80	about 60.05 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
785	BerteseQuezon, Nueva Ecija	4,830	about 654	about 7.38 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
786	San JoaquinMabalacat City, Pampanga	4,827	about 1,835	about 2.63 km²	−2.33% a year	Urban
787	ConsueloFloridablanca, Pampanga	4,823	about 1,332	about 3.62 km²	7.20% a year	Rural
788	Minuyan IVSan Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan	4,821	about 15,502	about 0.311 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
789	La TorreTalavera, Nueva Ecija	4,820	about 945	about 5.10 km²	−0.28% a year	Urban
790	TabacaoTalavera, Nueva Ecija	4,810	about 943	about 5.10 km²	1.86% a year	Rural
791	AbagonGerona, Tarlac	4,807	about 924	about 5.20 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
792	San NicolasConcepcion, Tarlac	4,793	about 7,197	about 0.666 km²	−0.44% a year	Urban
793	Bagong SilangCabiao, Nueva Ecija	4,790	about 5,583	about 0.858 km²	2.79% a year	Rural
794	KapitanganPaombong, Bulacan	4,788	about 2,100	about 2.28 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
795	PinulotDinalupihan, Bataan	4,787	about 1,786	about 2.68 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
796	PinambaranSan Miguel, Bulacan	4,786	about 1,322	about 3.62 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
797	AtlagMalolos City, Bulacan	4,778	about 12,346	about 0.387 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
798	UmirayDingalan, Aurora	4,777	about 26	about 182.47 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
799	Dulong IlogCandaba, Pampanga	4,776	about 1,388	about 3.44 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
800	Pio CruzcosaCalumpit, Bulacan	4,774	about 3,789	about 1.26 km²	0.57% a year	Urban

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: Central Luzon (OpenSTAT table 0031A6DTPH2). Published August 5, 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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