The Atlas

Barangays in Ilocos Norte

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]

Open Ilocos Norte

Barangays in Ilocos Norte, at a glance

Barangays: 559^[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: 618,850^[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: 59 urban^[4]; 500 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bgy. No. 1, San Lorenzo^[5]; Laoag City, Ilocos Norte; 5,310 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: Santo Niño^[6]; Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte; about 388.06 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: Bgy. No. 1, San Lorenzo^{[5, 7]}; Laoag City, Ilocos Norte; −0.66% 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: 223 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Bgy. No. 1, San Lorenzo, −0.66% 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.

559 barangays, 51 to 100 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Ilocos Norte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
51	Isic IsicVintar, Ilocos Norte	1,890	about 42	about 44.97 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
52	San GuillermoSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	1,887	about 307	about 6.14 km²	2.86% a year	Urban
53	PacificoMarcos, Ilocos Norte	1,882	about 232	about 8.10 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
54	San CristobalSarrat, Ilocos Norte	1,882	about 613	about 3.07 km²	2.94% a year	Rural
55	SubecPagudpud, Ilocos Norte	1,855	about 233	about 7.96 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
56	Bgy. No. 44, ZamboangaLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,853	about 775	about 2.39 km²	−2.06% a year	Urban
57	DaquioagMarcos, Ilocos Norte	1,841	about 417	about 4.41 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
58	Poblacion 2Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte	1,841	about 777	about 2.37 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
59	BaruyenBangui, Ilocos Norte	1,834	about 233	about 7.86 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
60	San FranciscoDingras, Ilocos Norte	1,830	about 161	about 11.37 km²	−5.37% a year	Rural
61	NaglicuanPasuquin, Ilocos Norte	1,812	about 505	about 3.59 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
62	AbacaBangui, Ilocos Norte	1,806	about 848	about 2.13 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
63	Bgy. No. 12, San IsidroLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,803	about 6,509	about 0.277 km²	−1.12% a year	Urban
64	BoyboyPiddig, Ilocos Norte	1,799	about 370	about 4.86 km²	1.87% a year	Rural
65	San IldefonsoSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	1,785	about 2,785	about 0.641 km²	0.57% a year	Urban
66	Bgy. No. 27, Nstra. Sra. De SoledadLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,784	about 8,618	about 0.207 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
67	LacubenBadoc, Ilocos Norte	1,778	about 282	about 6.31 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
68	BuyonBacarra, Ilocos Norte	1,773	about 456	about 3.89 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
69	PasalengPagudpud, Ilocos Norte	1,773	about 80	about 22.23 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
70	San NicolasSarrat, Ilocos Norte	1,770	about 1,172	about 1.51 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
71	San PabloSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	1,770	about 717	about 2.47 km²	0.01% a year	Urban
72	Bgy. No. 51-A, Nangalisan EastLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,742	about 1,834	about 0.95 km²	0.40% a year	Urban
73	TabucbucMarcos, Ilocos Norte	1,738	about 283	about 6.14 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
74	Santo NiñoNueva Era, Ilocos Norte	1,737	about 4	about 388.06 km²	9.63% a year	Rural
75	BobonBurgos, Ilocos Norte	1,733	about 461	about 3.76 km²	3.82% a year	Rural
76	NaguiranganBatac City, Ilocos Norte	1,719	about 639	about 2.69 km²	1.51% a year	Rural
77	San FranciscoSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	1,701	about 3,581	about 0.475 km²	−1.12% a year	Urban
78	Bgy. No. 30-B, Santa MariaLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,700	about 1,223	about 1.39 km²	1.91% a year	Rural
79	LibtongBacarra, Ilocos Norte	1,687	about 613	about 2.75 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
80	Bgy. No. 41, BalacadLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,686	about 330	about 5.11 km²	1.34% a year	Urban
81	San AndresSarrat, Ilocos Norte	1,679	about 174	about 9.66 km²	2.69% a year	Rural
82	San MiguelSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	1,657	about 10,487	about 0.158 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
83	AbucayPiddig, Ilocos Norte	1,642	about 193	about 8.50 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
84	CaunayanPagudpud, Ilocos Norte	1,640	about 111	about 14.80 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
85	SubaPaoay, Ilocos Norte	1,640	about 457	about 3.59 km²	1.97% a year	Urban
86	EsterVintar, Ilocos Norte	1,634	about 214	about 7.65 km²	1.26% a year	Rural
87	Gabut NorteBadoc, Ilocos Norte	1,634	about 1,959	about 0.834 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
88	ParparorocVintar, Ilocos Norte	1,634	about 297	about 5.50 km²	4.41% a year	Rural
89	Bgy. No. 49-B, RaraburanLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,631	about 2,039	about 0.80 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
90	Bgy. No. 53, RioengLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,627	about 571	about 2.85 km²	−0.74% a year	Rural
91	TonotonPiddig, Ilocos Norte	1,621	about 594	about 2.73 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
92	Bgy. No. 31, TalingaanLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,618	about 304	about 5.33 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
93	BungonBatac City, Ilocos Norte	1,615	about 359	about 4.50 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
94	San JuanPasuquin, Ilocos Norte	1,609	about 133	about 12.14 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
95	SantiagoMarcos, Ilocos Norte	1,599	about 216	about 7.39 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
96	San JoseSarrat, Ilocos Norte	1,592	about 435	about 3.66 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
97	Bgy. No. 60-B, MadiladigLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	1,591	about 472	about 3.37 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
98	SaudPagudpud, Ilocos Norte	1,591	about 488	about 3.26 km²	1.97% a year	Urban
99	PoblacionBurgos, Ilocos Norte	1,585	about 192	about 8.25 km²	1.86% a year	Urban
100	Ablan SaratBurgos, Ilocos Norte	1,583	about 260	about 6.09 km²	1.01% 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: Ilocos Region (OpenSTAT table 0011A6DTPH0). 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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