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Barangays in Dinagat Islands

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 Dinagat Islands, at a glance

Barangays: 100^[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: 120,533^[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: 9 urban^[4]; 91 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands; 3,743 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: Santiago^[6]; Loreto, Dinagat Islands; about 70.68 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: 47 barangays^[7]

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.

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

Barangays in Dinagat Islands, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
51	San VicenteTubajon, Dinagat Islands	1,021	about 798	about 1.28 km²	3.10% a year	Rural
52	White BeachDinagat, Dinagat Islands	1,019	about 1,760	about 0.579 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
53	JacquezSan Jose, Dinagat Islands	969	about 10,309	about 0.094 km²	−5.82% a year	Rural
54	RositaLibjo, Dinagat Islands	967	about 111	about 8.69 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
55	MabiniCagdianao, Dinagat Islands	956	about 85	about 11.28 km²	−1.45% a year	Rural
56	Villa EcleoBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	955	about 113	about 8.46 km²	−3.77% a year	Rural
57	Ma-atasCagdianao, Dinagat Islands	952	about 550	about 1.73 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
58	New NazarethBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	940	about 416	about 2.26 km²	−5.69% a year	Rural
59	EscoltaDinagat, Dinagat Islands	932	about 8,396	about 0.111 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
60	Santo NiñoLibjo, Dinagat Islands	911	about 225	about 4.04 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
61	MagsaysayDinagat, Dinagat Islands	899	about 192	about 4.68 km²	3.18% a year	Rural
62	GeotinaBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	894	about 199	about 4.49 km²	−8.72% a year	Rural
63	EderaBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	876	about 378	about 2.32 km²	−5.90% a year	Rural
64	DiazTubajon, Dinagat Islands	809	about 78	about 10.40 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
65	Nueva EstrellaCagdianao, Dinagat Islands	796	about 65	about 12.16 km²	−1.39% a year	Rural
66	ImeldaTubajon, Dinagat Islands	791	about 57	about 13.81 km²	4.44% a year	Rural
67	LagunaCagdianao, Dinagat Islands	777	about 480	about 1.62 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
68	GomezDinagat, Dinagat Islands	776	about 207	about 3.74 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
69	Santa CruzLoreto, Dinagat Islands	759	about 542	about 1.40 km²	−1.19% a year	Rural
70	CatadmanBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	705	about 743	about 0.949 km²	−6.52% a year	Rural
71	LibertyLoreto, Dinagat Islands	694	about 186	about 3.73 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
72	Justiniana EderaDinagat, Dinagat Islands	688	about 264	about 2.61 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
73	CayetanoDinagat, Dinagat Islands	679	about 180	about 3.77 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
74	MontagBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	649	about 81	about 7.97 km²	−16.09% a year	Rural
75	ArellanoLibjo, Dinagat Islands	603	about 35	about 17.19 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
76	RoxasBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	594	about 1,024	about 0.58 km²	−17.12% a year	Rural
77	MagsaysayLibjo, Dinagat Islands	591	about 645	about 0.916 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
78	SombradoBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	591	about 585	about 1.01 km²	−5.00% a year	Rural
79	QuezonLibjo, Dinagat Islands	582	about 233	about 2.50 km²	1.81% a year	Rural
80	CabayawanDinagat, Dinagat Islands	553	about 238	about 2.32 km²	−1.50% a year	Rural
81	NavarroTubajon, Dinagat Islands	550	about 31	about 17.64 km²	4.22% a year	Rural
82	San RoqueTubajon, Dinagat Islands	550	about 585	about 0.94 km²	3.01% a year	Rural
83	Santa RitaCagdianao, Dinagat Islands	533	about 298	about 1.79 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
84	Santa MonicaBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	527	about 1,082	about 0.487 km²	−6.42% a year	Rural
85	Villa PantinopleBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	521	about 562	about 0.927 km²	−5.68% a year	Rural
86	BenglenBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	513	about 122	about 4.21 km²	−9.56% a year	Rural
87	RoxasTubajon, Dinagat Islands	483	about 228	about 2.12 km²	3.12% a year	Rural
88	RomaBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	473	about 82	about 5.75 km²	−19.75% a year	Rural
89	ImeeBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	421	about 526	about 0.801 km²	−3.81% a year	Rural
90	MauswagonDinagat, Dinagat Islands	402	about 12,523	about 0.0321 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
91	OsmeñaLibjo, Dinagat Islands	393	about 259	about 1.52 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
92	CoringBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	384	about 191	about 2.01 km²	−5.59% a year	Rural
93	San JoseCagdianao, Dinagat Islands	384	about 170	about 2.26 km²	−1.09% a year	Rural
94	Doña HelenLibjo, Dinagat Islands	371	about 46	about 8.03 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
95	MagsaysayLoreto, Dinagat Islands	363	about 78	about 4.64 km²	2.76% a year	Rural
96	HeleneLoreto, Dinagat Islands	359	about 145	about 2.47 km²	4.82% a year	Rural
97	PoblacionBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	354	about 375	about 0.944 km²	−8.56% a year	Rural
98	ColumbusBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	344	about 200	about 1.72 km²	−5.42% a year	Rural
99	FerdinandLoreto, Dinagat Islands	278	about 46	about 6.10 km²	3.38% a year	Rural
100	KanihaanLibjo, Dinagat Islands	220	about 655	about 0.336 km²	4.93% 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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