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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, 851 to 900 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
851	GawanaBarlig, Mountain Province	601	about 527	about 1.14 km²	−4.14% a year	Rural
852	BonganMayoyao, Ifugao	600	about 611	about 0.982 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
853	GarretaPidigan, Abra	600	about 252	about 2.38 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
854	ImeldaPudtol, Apayao	600	about 345	about 1.74 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
855	BalluaySablan, Benguet	599	about 130	about 4.62 km²	−2.55% a year	Rural
856	BanguitanBesao, Mountain Province	599	about 62	about 9.72 km²	−1.24% a year	Rural
857	MalibangPudtol, Apayao	599	about 156	about 3.83 km²	−2.08% a year	Rural
858	Sta. IsabelNatonin, Mountain Province	599	about 136	about 4.41 km²	−3.83% a year	Rural
859	BuninanMayoyao, Ifugao	598	about 88	about 6.79 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
860	TalalangBalbalan, Kalinga	596	about 8	about 73.20 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
861	San JuanSanta Marcela, Apayao	593	about 88	about 6.75 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
862	TambinganSabangan, Mountain Province	592	about 131	about 4.53 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
863	MalibcongMalibcong, Abra	589	about 21	about 28.34 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
864	SabnanganLuba, Abra	586	about 75	about 7.80 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
865	LuplupaTinglayan, Kalinga	584	about 84	about 6.99 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
866	PoblacionSan Isidro, Abra	584	about 223	about 2.62 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
867	Bal-MarcovilleBaguio City, Benguet	581	about 10,229	about 0.0568 km²	−6.47% a year	Urban
868	LoccongTinglayan, Kalinga	581	about 26	about 22.57 km²	3.47% a year	Rural
869	Danac WestBoliney, Abra	580	about 33	about 17.83 km²	−3.78% a year	Rural
870	Upper BangadTinglayan, Kalinga	580	about 143	about 4.07 km²	1.91% a year	Rural
871	PacacDolores, Abra	575	about 318	about 1.81 km²	5.55% a year	Rural
872	UdanganLa Paz, Abra	575	about 60	about 9.59 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
873	BuluKabugao, Apayao	573	about 19	about 29.78 km²	8.94% a year	Rural
874	NabuanganConner, Apayao	572	about 5	about 108.68 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
875	PudoNatonin, Mountain Province	572	about 15	about 36.99 km²	−4.00% a year	Rural
876	Tulgao EastTinglayan, Kalinga	572	about 33	about 17.24 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
877	BituHingyon, Ifugao	569	about 466	about 1.22 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
878	Ud-udiaoSallapadan, Abra	569	about 24	about 23.94 km²	2.37% a year	Rural
879	KaleoBarlig, Mountain Province	567	about 46	about 12.42 km²	−4.70% a year	Rural
880	San QuintinRizal, Kalinga	567	about 66	about 8.55 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
881	MadongoSagada, Mountain Province	563	about 179	about 3.15 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
882	LaskigPidigan, Abra	562	about 327	about 1.72 km²	−1.16% a year	Rural
883	PoblacionTanudan, Kalinga	562	about 44	about 12.70 km²	15.07% a year	Rural
884	CapagaypayanLuna, Apayao	561	about 471	about 1.19 km²	−2.18% a year	Rural
885	BangarAlfonso Lista, Ifugao	560	about 216	about 2.59 km²	−1.36% a year	Rural
886	AguidSagada, Mountain Province	559	about 52	about 10.76 km²	−3.45% a year	Rural
887	LabaanBucloc, Abra	558	about 55	about 10.23 km²	−3.38% a year	Rural
888	LubongCalanasan, Apayao	558	about 6	about 95.39 km²	2.18% a year	Rural
889	MaggokHungduan, Ifugao	558	about 26	about 21.40 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
890	NamatecSabangan, Mountain Province	558	about 92	about 6.09 km²	−8.55% a year	Rural
891	EmiliaPudtol, Apayao	556	about 460	about 1.21 km²	2.48% a year	Rural
892	AllangiganConner, Apayao	555	about 46	about 11.96 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
893	JulonganKiangan, Ifugao	550	about 44	about 12.44 km²	−1.79% a year	Rural
894	AblegPasil, Kalinga	549	about 245	about 2.24 km²	−2.22% a year	Rural
895	San Jose NorteManabo, Abra	549	about 282	about 1.95 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
896	Ambato LeglegTinglayan, Kalinga	547	about 70	about 7.76 km²	5.65% a year	Rural
897	CalabiganLuna, Apayao	547	about 12	about 45.51 km²	3.29% a year	Rural
898	Upper LuboTanudan, Kalinga	547	about 102	about 5.34 km²	11.07% a year	Rural
899	BanhalMayoyao, Ifugao	545	about 151	about 3.61 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
900	ButacNatonin, Mountain Province	545	about 33	about 16.37 km²	−5.73% 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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