The Atlas

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, 801 to 820 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cagayan, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
801	PalacuAmulung, Cagayan	171	about 105	about 1.63 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
802	Centro 5Aparri, Cagayan	170	about 14,050	about 0.0121 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
803	Centro 8Tuguegarao City, Cagayan	158	about 3,305	about 0.0478 km²	−3.08% a year	Urban
804	MacatelSanta Praxedes, Cagayan	156	about 9	about 17.52 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
805	AnunguRizal, Cagayan	154	about 44	about 3.49 km²	29.15% a year	Rural
806	Centro 8Aparri, Cagayan	148	about 10,137	about 0.0146 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
807	SiculSanta Praxedes, Cagayan	146	about 23	about 6.48 km²	−0.49% a year	Rural
808	CabayoSanto Niño, Cagayan	132	about 29	about 4.58 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
809	Centro 11Aparri, Cagayan	124	about 11,810	about 0.0105 km²	−1.31% a year	Rural
810	Centro 4Aparri, Cagayan	117	about 10,541	about 0.0111 km²	4.09% a year	Rural
811	DafunganayAmulung, Cagayan	112	about 17	about 6.50 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
812	Centro 10Aparri, Cagayan	109	about 11,426	about 0.00954 km²	−3.23% a year	Rural
813	AnurturuRizal, Cagayan	108	about 34	about 3.15 km²	−4.70% a year	Rural
814	Centro 12Aparri, Cagayan	106	about 12,198	about 0.00869 km²	1.65% a year	Rural
815	Centro 14Aparri, Cagayan	92	about 1,901	about 0.0484 km²	−21.62% a year	Urban
816	Centro 13Aparri, Cagayan	67	about 1,965	about 0.0341 km²	−10.82% a year	Rural
817	MinangaRizal, Cagayan	59	about 18	about 3.29 km²	4.05% a year	Rural
818	Centro 3Aparri, Cagayan	38	about 4,304	about 0.00883 km²	−7.25% a year	Rural
819	San RoqueSanto Niño, Cagayan	37	about 8	about 4.73 km²	4.33% a year	Rural
820	Centro 15Aparri, Cagayan	0	about 0	about 0.0229 km²	no 2020 count	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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