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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, 901 to 950 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
901	DilongTubo, Abra	545	about 28	about 19.46 km²	−6.92% a year	Rural
902	AduyonganMayoyao, Ifugao	543	about 156	about 3.47 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
903	BoklaoanKapangan, Benguet	542	about 73	about 7.40 km²	3.74% a year	Rural
904	KabugawanCalanasan, Apayao	540	about 14	about 39.20 km²	4.47% a year	Rural
905	BekiganSadanga, Mountain Province	537	about 18	about 30.13 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
906	PoblacionTubo, Abra	536	about 28	about 19.19 km²	−2.04% a year	Rural
907	CupisConner, Apayao	534	about 6	about 82.49 km²	3.86% a year	Rural
908	GuinihonMayoyao, Ifugao	534	about 95	about 5.62 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
909	South BalioagPilar, Abra	533	about 255	about 2.09 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
910	Sumadel 1Tinglayan, Kalinga	533	about 71	about 7.54 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
911	San DiegoPidigan, Abra	529	about 292	about 1.81 km²	2.51% a year	Rural
912	BilabilaSallapadan, Abra	528	about 39	about 13.47 km²	−2.67% a year	Rural
913	DagaraKabugao, Apayao	528	about 11	about 49.38 km²	4.64% a year	Rural
914	CadaclanCalanasan, Apayao	527	about 3	about 164.62 km²	−12.96% a year	Rural
915	GuedayBesao, Mountain Province	527	about 49	about 10.68 km²	−3.90% a year	Rural
916	Balenciagao SurPasil, Kalinga	526	about 77	about 6.82 km²	2.32% a year	Rural
917	MalalaoTabuk City, Kalinga	526	about 14	about 36.75 km²	−1.74% a year	Rural
918	Ap-apayaVillaviciosa, Abra	525	about 116	about 4.52 km²	−0.76% a year	Rural
919	MontabiongLagawe, Ifugao	525	about 37	about 14.24 km²	1.18% a year	Rural
920	San Jose SurManabo, Abra	525	about 226	about 2.32 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
921	AbinuanLagawe, Ifugao	522	about 14	about 36.08 km²	−2.54% a year	Rural
922	SalucagDolores, Abra	522	about 116	about 4.49 km²	6.98% a year	Rural
923	DucliganBucloc, Abra	520	about 42	about 12.47 km²	−1.72% a year	Rural
924	CabaroanDolores, Abra	519	about 373	about 1.39 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
925	LaangLagangilang, Abra	518	about 228	about 2.27 km²	−5.37% a year	Rural
926	CalumbayaDolores, Abra	513	about 354	about 1.45 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
927	KumaoKabugao, Apayao	513	about 8	about 68.05 km²	−2.70% a year	Rural
928	DulaoLagawe, Ifugao	512	about 18	about 28.63 km²	2.44% a year	Rural
929	Phil-AmBaguio City, Benguet	512	about 10,622	about 0.0482 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
930	BayaanDolores, Abra	511	about 330	about 1.55 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
931	Malubibit SurFlora, Apayao	511	about 43	about 12.00 km²	−1.92% a year	Rural
932	Nagbukel-TuquipaLuba, Abra	506	about 24	about 21.45 km²	−2.07% a year	Rural
933	TupayaLagawe, Ifugao	506	about 16	about 30.74 km²	−1.19% a year	Rural
934	BatayanTadian, Mountain Province	503	about 95	about 5.29 km²	−5.00% a year	Rural
935	Catacdegan NuevoManabo, Abra	503	about 367	about 1.37 km²	−4.78% a year	Rural
936	BuyabuyanLagawe, Ifugao	501	about 29	about 17.49 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
937	CogonTineg, Abra	501	about 3	about 171.38 km²	−2.13% a year	Rural
938	MalingBalbalan, Kalinga	500	about 51	about 9.77 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
939	Belong ManubalTinglayan, Kalinga	499	about 67	about 7.43 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
940	MajlongAguinaldo, Ifugao	497	about 31	about 16.18 km²	−1.49% a year	Rural
941	SiletSan Juan, Abra	496	about 171	about 2.90 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
942	Bao-yanBoliney, Abra	492	about 24	about 20.80 km²	−5.28% a year	Rural
943	BazarSallapadan, Abra	492	about 22	about 22.76 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
944	BagtayanPasil, Kalinga	490	about 36	about 13.56 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
945	LuyonLuna, Apayao	488	about 144	about 3.38 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
946	LacoKabugao, Apayao	487	about 27	about 18.16 km²	3.20% a year	Rural
947	QuimloongBucay, Abra	487	about 90	about 5.39 km²	−1.29% a year	Rural
948	Santo TomasManabo, Abra	487	about 68	about 7.18 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
949	LamaoBucloc, Abra	486	about 26	about 19.02 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
950	TulaedMayoyao, Ifugao	486	about 153	about 3.17 km²	1.38% 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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