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Barangays in Mountain Province

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 Mountain Province, at a glance

Barangays: 144^[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: 149,775^[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: 4 urban^[4]; 140 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Paracelis, Mountain Province; 6,459 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: Buringal^[6]; Paracelis, Mountain Province; about 114.94 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: Poblacion^{[5, 7]}; Paracelis, Mountain Province; −1.18% 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: 101 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Poblacion, −1.18% a year.

Region: Cordillera Administrative Region

Province: Mountain Province

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

Barangays in Mountain Province, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
51	PoblacionSabangan, Mountain Province	888	about 1,842	about 0.482 km²	−4.27% a year	Rural
52	SaliokNatonin, Mountain Province	885	about 20	about 44.57 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
53	BangaanSagada, Mountain Province	875	about 311	about 2.81 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
54	CagubatanTadian, Mountain Province	872	about 221	about 3.94 km²	1.02% a year	Rural
55	SaclitSadanga, Mountain Province	871	about 39	about 22.56 km²	−1.20% a year	Rural
56	Alab ProperBontoc, Mountain Province	858	about 120	about 7.15 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
57	AmbasingSagada, Mountain Province	823	about 321	about 2.56 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
58	Kin-iwayBesao, Mountain Province	822	about 267	about 3.08 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
59	Kayan WestTadian, Mountain Province	817	about 116	about 7.04 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
60	MaligcongBontoc, Mountain Province	809	about 44	about 18.47 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
61	BanaaoTadian, Mountain Province	779	about 293	about 2.66 km²	−5.24% a year	Rural
62	BalangaoNatonin, Mountain Province	771	about 51	about 14.99 km²	−4.76% a year	Rural
63	NapuaSabangan, Mountain Province	764	about 27	about 28.83 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
64	TueTadian, Mountain Province	762	about 107	about 7.15 km²	−3.50% a year	Rural
65	LaylayaBesao, Mountain Province	760	about 70	about 10.88 km²	−3.27% a year	Rural
66	Bagnen ProperBauko, Mountain Province	738	about 96	about 7.69 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
67	PandayanTadian, Mountain Province	737	about 147	about 5.01 km²	−3.61% a year	Rural
68	AnabelSadanga, Mountain Province	734	about 32	about 23.04 km²	−3.48% a year	Rural
69	CamataganSabangan, Mountain Province	731	about 77	about 9.51 km²	−3.71% a year	Rural
70	Bagnen OrienteBauko, Mountain Province	728	about 291	about 2.50 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
71	DemangSadanga, Mountain Province	724	about 180	about 4.02 km²	−4.91% a year	Rural
72	Kayan EastTadian, Mountain Province	723	about 303	about 2.39 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
73	BungaTadian, Mountain Province	719	about 123	about 5.83 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
74	AlunoganNatonin, Mountain Province	697	about 22	about 31.46 km²	−5.90% a year	Rural
75	DataSabangan, Mountain Province	695	about 113	about 6.14 km²	−4.36% a year	Rural
76	SumadelTadian, Mountain Province	691	about 376	about 1.84 km²	−2.41% a year	Rural
77	Mount DataBauko, Mountain Province	685	about 263	about 2.60 km²	1.42% a year	Rural
78	Bun-ayanSabangan, Mountain Province	682	about 60	about 11.30 km²	−4.24% a year	Rural
79	DemangSagada, Mountain Province	681	about 294	about 2.32 km²	−2.04% a year	Rural
80	DagdagSagada, Mountain Province	673	about 623	about 1.08 km²	−4.23% a year	Rural
81	CaneoBontoc, Mountain Province	666	about 18	about 37.21 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
82	SacasacanSadanga, Mountain Province	645	about 21	about 30.64 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
83	TamboanBesao, Mountain Province	640	about 33	about 19.25 km²	−5.13% a year	Rural
84	LengaTadian, Mountain Province	634	about 207	about 3.06 km²	−1.91% a year	Rural
85	CapinitanSabangan, Mountain Province	622	about 67	about 9.26 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
86	GonogonBontoc, Mountain Province	617	about 57	about 10.92 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
87	LosadSabangan, Mountain Province	612	about 74	about 8.25 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
88	SupangSabangan, Mountain Province	607	about 94	about 6.44 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
89	BanteyTadian, Mountain Province	602	about 70	about 8.65 km²	−4.23% a year	Rural
90	GawanaBarlig, Mountain Province	601	about 527	about 1.14 km²	−4.14% a year	Rural
91	BanguitanBesao, Mountain Province	599	about 62	about 9.72 km²	−1.24% a year	Rural
92	Sta. IsabelNatonin, Mountain Province	599	about 136	about 4.41 km²	−3.83% a year	Rural
93	TambinganSabangan, Mountain Province	592	about 131	about 4.53 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
94	PudoNatonin, Mountain Province	572	about 15	about 36.99 km²	−4.00% a year	Rural
95	KaleoBarlig, Mountain Province	567	about 46	about 12.42 km²	−4.70% a year	Rural
96	MadongoSagada, Mountain Province	563	about 179	about 3.15 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
97	AguidSagada, Mountain Province	559	about 52	about 10.76 km²	−3.45% a year	Rural
98	NamatecSabangan, Mountain Province	558	about 92	about 6.09 km²	−8.55% a year	Rural
99	ButacNatonin, Mountain Province	545	about 33	about 16.37 km²	−5.73% a year	Rural
100	BekiganSadanga, Mountain Province	537	about 18	about 30.13 km²	0.09% 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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