The Atlas

Barangays in Palawan

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 Palawan

Barangays in Palawan, at a glance

Barangays: 433^[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: 1,285,179^[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: 98 urban^[4]; 335 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: San Pedro^[5]; Puerto Princesa City, Palawan; 29,825 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: Apurawan^[6]; Aborlan, Palawan; about 284.44 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: Iwahig^{[5, 7]}; Puerto Princesa City, Palawan; 12.15% 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: 150 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Miguel, −3.97% 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.

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

Barangays in Palawan, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
51	Villa LibertadEl Nido, Palawan	5,380	about 220	about 24.50 km²	0.21% a year	Urban
52	TeneguibanEl Nido, Palawan	5,304	about 111	about 47.64 km²	0.83% a year	Urban
53	MagaraRoxas, Palawan	5,282	about 64	about 81.96 km²	−0.75% a year	Urban
54	Barangay IIIRoxas, Palawan	5,148	about 968	about 5.32 km²	−1.01% a year	Urban
55	CalategasNarra, Palawan	5,033	about 53	about 94.38 km²	−0.36% a year	Urban
56	Pulot ShoreSofronio Española, Palawan	5,025	about 251	about 20.04 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
57	CulandanumBataraza, Palawan	4,983	about 200	about 24.94 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
58	CasianTaytay, Palawan	4,877	about 197	about 24.70 km²	1.10% a year	Urban
59	InogbongBataraza, Palawan	4,809	about 129	about 37.25 km²	2.94% a year	Rural
60	SumbilingBataraza, Palawan	4,794	about 122	about 39.32 km²	4.72% a year	Rural
61	AbonganTaytay, Palawan	4,764	about 39	about 122.24 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
62	AlgecirasAgutaya, Palawan	4,760	about 593	about 8.03 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
63	New BarbacanRoxas, Palawan	4,728	about 229	about 20.67 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
64	Barangay 1Roxas, Palawan	4,691	about 6,197	about 0.757 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
65	SubaCuyo, Palawan	4,633	about 1,173	about 3.95 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
66	Inagawan Sub-ColonyPuerto Princesa City, Palawan	4,626	about 25	about 183.01 km²	−2.67% a year	Rural
67	PanacanNarra, Palawan	4,614	about 385	about 12.00 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
68	CaruraySan Vicente, Palawan	4,595	about 22	about 208.13 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
69	IsugodQuezon, Palawan	4,569	about 68	about 67.05 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
70	Poblacion IBrooke's Point, Palawan	4,567	about 5,069	about 0.901 km²	−1.33% a year	Urban
71	AlimanguanSan Vicente, Palawan	4,542	about 187	about 24.23 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
72	San MiguelLinapacan, Palawan	4,488	about 97	about 46.45 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
73	DecalachaoCoron, Palawan	4,472	about 24	about 184.13 km²	4.43% a year	Rural
74	ApurawanAborlan, Palawan	4,463	about 16	about 284.44 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
75	PunangSofronio Española, Palawan	4,368	about 47	about 92.68 km²	8.40% a year	Urban
76	New AgutayaSan Vicente, Palawan	4,347	about 83	about 52.56 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
77	Bagong SilangPuerto Princesa City, Palawan	4,266	about 24,239	about 0.176 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
78	SalogonBrooke's Point, Palawan	4,266	about 185	about 23.02 km²	−0.02% a year	Rural
79	LabogSofronio Española, Palawan	4,255	about 52	about 82.29 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
80	MaasinBrooke's Point, Palawan	4,248	about 58	about 73.65 km²	1.79% a year	Urban
81	TumarbongRoxas, Palawan	4,205	about 174	about 24.10 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
82	MaunladPuerto Princesa City, Palawan	4,154	about 11,137	about 0.373 km²	−1.20% a year	Urban
83	OsmeñaCulion, Palawan	4,154	about 86	about 48.47 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
84	BintuanCoron, Palawan	4,149	about 54	about 76.13 km²	3.31% a year	Urban
85	AramaywanNarra, Palawan	4,106	about 85	about 48.08 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
86	CabayuganPuerto Princesa City, Palawan	4,104	about 34	about 120.02 km²	2.16% a year	Urban
87	AramaywanQuezon, Palawan	4,016	about 46	about 87.09 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
88	PanalingaanDr. Jose P. Rizal, Palawan	3,999	about 41	about 98.19 km²	−3.94% a year	Rural
89	SowanganQuezon, Palawan	3,989	about 42	about 96.03 km²	1.25% a year	Rural
90	SarazaBrooke's Point, Palawan	3,981	about 86	about 46.19 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
91	SamareñanaBrooke's Point, Palawan	3,978	about 114	about 34.77 km²	2.41% a year	Rural
92	ConcepcionAgutaya, Palawan	3,933	about 2,980	about 1.32 km²	3.33% a year	Rural
93	QuinloganQuezon, Palawan	3,894	about 44	about 87.57 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
94	San JuanAborlan, Palawan	3,882	about 242	about 16.06 km²	1.67% a year	Rural
95	CalasaguenBrooke's Point, Palawan	3,809	about 40	about 96.31 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
96	AbaroanRoxas, Palawan	3,797	about 41	about 92.88 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
97	New GuinloTaytay, Palawan	3,746	about 118	about 31.77 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
98	TagusaoQuezon, Palawan	3,698	about 52	about 71.43 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
99	BatoTaytay, Palawan	3,673	about 64	about 57.41 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
100	SalvacionBusuanga, Palawan	3,665	about 121	about 30.35 km²	1.66% 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: MIMAROPA Region (OpenSTAT table 0161A6DTHP5). 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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