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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, 801 to 850 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
801	BaguBakun, Benguet	654	about 14	about 46.61 km²	−3.48% a year	Rural
802	BangbangHungduan, Ifugao	653	about 47	about 13.77 km²	2.05% a year	Rural
803	LucabKabugao, Apayao	652	about 47	about 13.89 km²	3.49% a year	Rural
804	PatocBucay, Abra	652	about 186	about 3.51 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
805	TagaytaySan Juan, Abra	652	about 209	about 3.12 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
806	Dao-anganBalbalan, Kalinga	650	about 66	about 9.85 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
807	SuyoPidigan, Abra	648	about 293	about 2.21 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
808	SubaganLicuan-Baay, Abra	647	about 21	about 30.79 km²	1.22% a year	Rural
809	NaguilianSallapadan, Abra	646	about 29	about 22.43 km²	−2.53% a year	Rural
810	ButbutTinglayan, Kalinga	645	about 66	about 9.81 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
811	SacasacanSadanga, Mountain Province	645	about 21	about 30.64 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
812	PanopdopanLamut, Ifugao	644	about 107	about 6.02 km²	−7.16% a year	Rural
813	San Juan WestPilar, Abra	643	about 476	about 1.35 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
814	TamboanBesao, Mountain Province	640	about 33	about 19.25 km²	−5.13% a year	Rural
815	CalimagAlfonso Lista, Ifugao	639	about 546	about 1.17 km²	−1.41% a year	Rural
816	TangbaoSan Isidro, Abra	637	about 81	about 7.89 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
817	DananaoTinglayan, Kalinga	636	about 58	about 11.05 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
818	NamarabarPeñarrubia, Abra	635	about 316	about 2.01 km²	−1.45% a year	Rural
819	San MarcialSan Isidro, Abra	635	about 39	about 16.36 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
820	South PoblacionBucay, Abra	635	about 821	about 0.773 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
821	CababuyanHingyon, Ifugao	634	about 184	about 3.44 km²	−1.39% a year	Rural
822	LengaTadian, Mountain Province	634	about 207	about 3.06 km²	−1.91% a year	Rural
823	AmbasaLamut, Ifugao	633	about 216	about 2.93 km²	−1.18% a year	Rural
824	BaritLuba, Abra	631	about 58	about 10.83 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
825	TanglagLubuagan, Kalinga	628	about 54	about 11.72 km²	−2.03% a year	Rural
826	Ba-ayPinukpuk, Kalinga	627	about 65	about 9.69 km²	2.88% a year	Rural
827	NangobonganSan Juan, Abra	626	about 501	about 1.25 km²	6.84% a year	Rural
828	PamuticPidigan, Abra	626	about 485	about 1.29 km²	1.18% a year	Rural
829	CabetayanKabugao, Apayao	622	about 29	about 21.22 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
830	CapinitanSabangan, Mountain Province	622	about 67	about 9.26 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
831	MalucsadPasil, Kalinga	619	about 394	about 1.57 km²	1.49% a year	Rural
832	Kayang-HilltopBaguio City, Benguet	618	about 25,966	about 0.0238 km²	8.31% a year	Urban
833	MataraganMalibcong, Abra	618	about 31	about 20.00 km²	1.32% a year	Rural
834	GonogonBontoc, Mountain Province	617	about 57	about 10.92 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
835	San GregorioLuna, Apayao	617	about 52	about 11.93 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
836	KaragawanKabugao, Apayao	612	about 6	about 100.25 km²	−2.36% a year	Rural
837	LosadSabangan, Mountain Province	612	about 74	about 8.25 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
838	BanglolaoBucay, Abra	611	about 231	about 2.65 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
839	TikeyBokod, Benguet	611	about 18	about 33.08 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
840	LayaAlfonso Lista, Ifugao	610	about 72	about 8.50 km²	−3.44% a year	Rural
841	ButaoCalanasan, Apayao	609	about 4	about 140.91 km²	−6.11% a year	Rural
842	PalangSan Quintin, Abra	609	about 62	about 9.81 km²	1.18% a year	Rural
843	ManaydaySan Isidro, Abra	608	about 112	about 5.42 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
844	SupangSabangan, Mountain Province	607	about 94	about 6.44 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
845	LumabaVillaviciosa, Abra	606	about 55	about 11.02 km²	2.00% a year	Rural
846	Pang-otPilar, Abra	606	about 141	about 4.29 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
847	AdaoayKabayan, Benguet	603	about 45	about 13.34 km²	−3.25% a year	Rural
848	MadduangKabugao, Apayao	603	about 36	about 16.78 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
849	BanteyTadian, Mountain Province	602	about 70	about 8.65 km²	−4.23% a year	Rural
850	NungulunanHungduan, Ifugao	602	about 30	about 20.02 km²	4.75% 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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