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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, 751 to 800 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
751	MaoayBangued, Abra	727	about 152	about 4.79 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
752	LiwonAsipulo, Ifugao	726	about 37	about 19.62 km²	−1.43% a year	Rural
753	DemangSadanga, Mountain Province	724	about 180	about 4.02 km²	−4.91% a year	Rural
754	Kayan EastTadian, Mountain Province	723	about 303	about 2.39 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
755	UmalbongHingyon, Ifugao	723	about 58	about 12.49 km²	−0.62% a year	Rural
756	PantocSan Quintin, Abra	722	about 75	about 9.69 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
757	BungaTadian, Mountain Province	719	about 123	about 5.83 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
758	Upper UmaLubuagan, Kalinga	719	about 182	about 3.94 km²	−3.93% a year	Rural
759	NanengTabuk City, Kalinga	714	about 98	about 7.30 km²	−2.04% a year	Rural
760	Dagsian, UpperBaguio City, Benguet	708	about 9,685	about 0.0731 km²	2.34% a year	Rural
761	PoblacionTineg, Abra	707	about 76	about 9.33 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
762	CabaruanDanglas, Abra	705	about 175	about 4.02 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
763	MalamsitPeñarrubia, Abra	705	about 75	about 9.38 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
764	DibagatKabugao, Apayao	701	about 24	about 29.42 km²	3.15% a year	Rural
765	BenbenLa Paz, Abra	700	about 153	about 4.57 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
766	ImmuliPidigan, Abra	700	about 168	about 4.17 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
767	LingeyBucloc, Abra	700	about 44	about 15.94 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
768	AlunoganNatonin, Mountain Province	697	about 22	about 31.46 km²	−5.90% a year	Rural
769	AbangBucay, Abra	696	about 51	about 13.65 km²	−2.27% a year	Rural
770	DataSabangan, Mountain Province	695	about 113	about 6.14 km²	−4.36% a year	Rural
771	NaguirayanPidigan, Abra	694	about 352	about 1.97 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
772	SumadelTadian, Mountain Province	691	about 376	about 1.84 km²	−2.41% a year	Rural
773	DacalanTanudan, Kalinga	687	about 9	about 74.05 km²	16.07% a year	Rural
774	Mount DataBauko, Mountain Province	685	about 263	about 2.60 km²	1.42% a year	Rural
775	GapangPilar, Abra	684	about 102	about 6.70 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
776	Supi-ilSan Juan, Abra	684	about 77	about 8.94 km²	−3.45% a year	Rural
777	AbualanSan Juan, Abra	683	about 23	about 29.44 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
778	BadeoKibungan, Benguet	682	about 49	about 14.01 km²	−5.59% a year	Rural
779	Bun-ayanSabangan, Mountain Province	682	about 60	about 11.30 km²	−4.24% a year	Rural
780	DemangSagada, Mountain Province	681	about 294	about 2.32 km²	−2.04% a year	Rural
781	Bayan Park VillageBaguio City, Benguet	680	about 10,398	about 0.0654 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
782	PacocLacub, Abra	678	about 27	about 25.49 km²	−0.76% a year	Rural
783	San Juan SurManabo, Abra	675	about 171	about 3.95 km²	−1.44% a year	Rural
784	NalbuanLicuan-Baay, Abra	674	about 32	about 21.14 km²	−3.53% a year	Rural
785	DagdagSagada, Mountain Province	673	about 623	about 1.08 km²	−4.23% a year	Rural
786	GaangTanudan, Kalinga	671	about 56	about 11.88 km²	9.65% a year	Rural
787	DuacanKabayan, Benguet	669	about 82	about 8.14 km²	−2.95% a year	Rural
788	Bangad CentroTinglayan, Kalinga	668	about 101	about 6.60 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
789	Lower LuboTanudan, Kalinga	668	about 78	about 8.52 km²	5.85% a year	Rural
790	CaneoBontoc, Mountain Province	666	about 18	about 37.21 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
791	Legarda-Burnham-KisadBaguio City, Benguet	664	about 1,078	about 0.616 km²	−1.63% a year	Urban
792	PappaSablan, Benguet	664	about 51	about 13.06 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
793	CacalagganPudtol, Apayao	663	about 51	about 12.95 km²	3.91% a year	Rural
794	San JoseFlora, Apayao	660	about 102	about 6.47 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
795	AnabaBanaue, Ifugao	658	about 106	about 6.20 km²	−1.20% a year	Rural
796	MabacaBalbalan, Kalinga	658	about 5	about 137.36 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
797	CardonaDolores, Abra	657	about 128	about 5.12 km²	3.29% a year	Rural
798	NungawaAsipulo, Ifugao	656	about 159	about 4.12 km²	1.09% a year	Rural
799	San Juan NorteManabo, Abra	656	about 220	about 2.98 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
800	Ta-angAguinaldo, Ifugao	656	about 62	about 10.58 km²	−2.50% 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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