The Atlas

Barangays in Surigao del 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]

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Barangays in Surigao del Norte, at a glance

Barangays: 335^[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: 565,644^[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: 36 urban^[4]; 299 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Taft^[5]; Surigao City, Surigao del Norte; 21,290 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: Cagdianao^[6]; Claver, Surigao del Norte; about 110.04 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: Sabang^{[5, 7]}; Surigao City, Surigao del Norte; 10.82% 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: 53 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Canlanipa, −5.09% 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.

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

Barangays in Surigao del Norte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
51	CawilanTubod, Surigao del Norte	2,480	about 492	about 5.04 km²	6.18% a year	Urban
52	Julio OuanoAlegria, Surigao del Norte	2,464	about 1,339	about 1.84 km²	4.13% a year	Rural
53	San PedroAlegria, Surigao del Norte	2,453	about 529	about 4.64 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
54	San FranciscoMainit, Surigao del Norte	2,440	about 529	about 4.61 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
55	ConsueloGeneral Luna, Surigao del Norte	2,411	about 373	about 6.46 km²	3.53% a year	Rural
56	Bad-asPlacer, Surigao del Norte	2,407	about 704	about 3.42 km²	1.14% a year	Urban
57	LipataSurigao City, Surigao del Norte	2,393	about 973	about 2.46 km²	−4.28% a year	Urban
58	Del CarmenSan Isidro, Surigao del Norte	2,387	about 843	about 2.83 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
59	CatangnanGeneral Luna, Surigao del Norte	2,328	about 927	about 2.51 km²	5.61% a year	Urban
60	AlipaoAlegria, Surigao del Norte	2,302	about 276	about 8.34 km²	2.47% a year	Rural
61	MabuhaySison, Surigao del Norte	2,301	about 469	about 4.91 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
62	BalibayonSurigao City, Surigao del Norte	2,259	about 2,310	about 0.978 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
63	MagsaysayMainit, Surigao del Norte	2,242	about 5,027	about 0.446 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
64	MasgadMalimono, Surigao del Norte	2,242	about 202	about 11.10 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
65	AlambiqueGigaquit, Surigao del Norte	2,213	about 4,339	about 0.51 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
66	AuroraTagana-An, Surigao del Norte	2,191	about 4,165	about 0.526 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
67	AnislaganPlacer, Surigao del Norte	2,182	about 585	about 3.73 km²	1.42% a year	Rural
68	PautaoBacuag, Surigao del Norte	2,182	about 3,233	about 0.675 km²	14.25% a year	Rural
69	BagakayClaver, Surigao del Norte	2,138	about 7,832	about 0.273 km²	0.23% a year	Urban
70	MotorpoolTubod, Surigao del Norte	2,119	about 347	about 6.11 km²	5.46% a year	Rural
71	PoctoySurigao City, Surigao del Norte	2,062	about 796	about 2.59 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
72	PoblacionSan Francisco, Surigao del Norte	2,024	about 2,390	about 0.847 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
73	Barangay 13Dapa, Surigao del Norte	2,019	about 27,695	about 0.0729 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
74	MalinaoGeneral Luna, Surigao del Norte	1,988	about 219	about 9.08 km²	5.25% a year	Urban
75	PiliMalimono, Surigao del Norte	1,985	about 186	about 10.65 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
76	Day-asanSurigao City, Surigao del Norte	1,963	about 431	about 4.55 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
77	VillafrancaGigaquit, Surigao del Norte	1,933	about 837	about 2.31 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
78	Nueva EstrellaSocorro, Surigao del Norte	1,930	about 388	about 4.98 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
79	San JoseDel Carmen, Surigao del Norte	1,915	about 2,171	about 0.882 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
80	AnomarSurigao City, Surigao del Norte	1,913	about 165	about 11.58 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
81	San IsidroMainit, Surigao del Norte	1,913	about 199	about 9.62 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
82	ConsolacionDapa, Surigao del Norte	1,903	about 552	about 3.45 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
83	PoblacionAlegria, Surigao del Norte	1,901	about 1,760	about 1.08 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
84	DiazSan Francisco, Surigao del Norte	1,888	about 944	about 2.00 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
85	SilopSurigao City, Surigao del Norte	1,888	about 273	about 6.91 km²	4.02% a year	Rural
86	BaliteSan Francisco, Surigao del Norte	1,878	about 363	about 5.17 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
87	CaubDel Carmen, Surigao del Norte	1,868	about 589	about 3.17 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
88	TalisaySan Benito, Surigao del Norte	1,849	about 1,712	about 1.08 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
89	SukailangSurigao City, Surigao del Norte	1,834	about 1,013	about 1.81 km²	6.76% a year	Rural
90	PanataoClaver, Surigao del Norte	1,832	about 507	about 3.61 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
91	MargaTubod, Surigao del Norte	1,827	about 180	about 10.17 km²	1.70% a year	Rural
92	JubganSan Francisco, Surigao del Norte	1,824	about 97	about 18.87 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
93	HimamaugTagana-An, Surigao del Norte	1,813	about 259	about 6.99 km²	2.83% a year	Rural
94	PonienteGigaquit, Surigao del Norte	1,785	about 493	about 3.62 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
95	CantugasMainit, Surigao del Norte	1,784	about 172	about 10.37 km²	2.05% a year	Rural
96	MagpayangMainit, Surigao del Norte	1,784	about 430	about 4.15 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
97	San RoqueSurigao City, Surigao del Norte	1,754	about 750	about 2.34 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
98	PoblacionTubod, Surigao del Norte	1,736	about 4,809	about 0.361 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
99	PayapagBacuag, Surigao del Norte	1,725	about 312	about 5.53 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
100	VillaflorGigaquit, Surigao del Norte	1,717	about 613	about 2.80 km²	1.89% 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 : Region XIII (Caraga) (OpenSTAT table 0131A6DTHP2). 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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