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Barangays in Apayao

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 Apayao, at a glance

Barangays: 133^[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: 126,587^[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: 3 urban^[4]; 130 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Malama^[5]; Conner, Apayao; 3,499 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: Lenneng^[6]; Kabugao, Apayao; about 176.80 km²
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: 55 barangays^[7]

Region: Cordillera Administrative Region

Province: Apayao

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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.

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

Barangays in Apayao, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
51	Doña LoretaPudtol, Apayao	993	about 51	about 19.38 km²	7.13% a year	Rural
52	ImeldaSanta Marcela, Apayao	982	about 393	about 2.50 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
53	AnninipanFlora, Apayao	980	about 173	about 5.66 km²	−1.26% a year	Rural
54	ConsueloSanta Marcela, Apayao	974	about 120	about 8.14 km²	1.91% a year	Rural
55	BacsayLuna, Apayao	922	about 82	about 11.25 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
56	MadatagKabugao, Apayao	916	about 49	about 18.79 km²	2.75% a year	Rural
57	AlemPudtol, Apayao	889	about 295	about 3.01 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
58	PoblacionPudtol, Apayao	887	about 906	about 0.979 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
59	San AntonioSanta Marcela, Apayao	877	about 205	about 4.28 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
60	MawigueConner, Apayao	875	about 67	about 13.08 km²	3.05% a year	Rural
61	EmilianaSanta Marcela, Apayao	870	about 152	about 5.73 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
62	NuevaSanta Marcela, Apayao	862	about 257	about 3.36 km²	2.18% a year	Rural
63	NamaltuganCalanasan, Apayao	860	about 13	about 66.15 km²	−2.14% a year	Rural
64	MusimutKabugao, Apayao	846	about 6	about 151.05 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
65	Santa FilomenaCalanasan, Apayao	841	about 36	about 23.57 km²	−1.51% a year	Rural
66	CagandunganLuna, Apayao	839	about 35	about 23.76 km²	1.61% a year	Rural
67	PuguinConner, Apayao	816	about 49	about 16.70 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
68	LappaLuna, Apayao	815	about 89	about 9.18 km²	−1.61% a year	Rural
69	CangisitanLuna, Apayao	811	about 258	about 3.14 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
70	AmadoPudtol, Apayao	795	about 1,047	about 0.759 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
71	San LuisPudtol, Apayao	795	about 1,056	about 0.753 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
72	MalligFlora, Apayao	779	about 11	about 69.25 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
73	MaragLuna, Apayao	777	about 8	about 96.16 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
74	AtokFlora, Apayao	761	about 77	about 9.87 km²	3.03% a year	Rural
75	ShalomLuna, Apayao	758	about 74	about 10.28 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
76	KatablanganConner, Apayao	754	about 5	about 159.37 km²	3.62% a year	Rural
77	San Isidro NorteLuna, Apayao	754	about 449	about 1.68 km²	−2.36% a year	Rural
78	ZumiguiLuna, Apayao	752	about 64	about 11.67 km²	−1.94% a year	Rural
79	DibagatKabugao, Apayao	701	about 24	about 29.42 km²	3.15% a year	Rural
80	CacalagganPudtol, Apayao	663	about 51	about 12.95 km²	3.91% a year	Rural
81	San JoseFlora, Apayao	660	about 102	about 6.47 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
82	LucabKabugao, Apayao	652	about 47	about 13.89 km²	3.49% a year	Rural
83	CabetayanKabugao, Apayao	622	about 29	about 21.22 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
84	San GregorioLuna, Apayao	617	about 52	about 11.93 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
85	KaragawanKabugao, Apayao	612	about 6	about 100.25 km²	−2.36% a year	Rural
86	ButaoCalanasan, Apayao	609	about 4	about 140.91 km²	−6.11% a year	Rural
87	MadduangKabugao, Apayao	603	about 36	about 16.78 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
88	ImeldaPudtol, Apayao	600	about 345	about 1.74 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
89	MalibangPudtol, Apayao	599	about 156	about 3.83 km²	−2.08% a year	Rural
90	San JuanSanta Marcela, Apayao	593	about 88	about 6.75 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
91	BuluKabugao, Apayao	573	about 19	about 29.78 km²	8.94% a year	Rural
92	NabuanganConner, Apayao	572	about 5	about 108.68 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
93	CapagaypayanLuna, Apayao	561	about 471	about 1.19 km²	−2.18% a year	Rural
94	LubongCalanasan, Apayao	558	about 6	about 95.39 km²	2.18% a year	Rural
95	EmiliaPudtol, Apayao	556	about 460	about 1.21 km²	2.48% a year	Rural
96	AllangiganConner, Apayao	555	about 46	about 11.96 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
97	CalabiganLuna, Apayao	547	about 12	about 45.51 km²	3.29% a year	Rural
98	KabugawanCalanasan, Apayao	540	about 14	about 39.20 km²	4.47% a year	Rural
99	CupisConner, Apayao	534	about 6	about 82.49 km²	3.86% a year	Rural
100	DagaraKabugao, Apayao	528	about 11	about 49.38 km²	4.64% 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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