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Barangays in Cordillera Administrative Region

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 Cordillera Administrative Region, at a glance

Barangays: 1,178^[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: 1,808,985^[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: 138 urban^[4]; 1,040 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Irisan^[5]; Baguio City, Benguet; 36,932 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: Caganayan^[6]; Tineg, Abra; about 214.53 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: Loo^{[5, 7]}; Buguias, Benguet; 4.19% 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: 557 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Camp 3, −3.28% a year.

Region: Cordillera Administrative Region

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1,178 barangays, 51 to 100 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cordillera Administrative Region, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
51	Dagupan WesteTabuk City, Kalinga	4,933	about 2,202	about 2.24 km²	−0.46% a year	Urban
52	AlapangLa Trinidad, Benguet	4,926	about 1,880	about 2.62 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
53	Bontoc IliBontoc, Mountain Province	4,921	about 463	about 10.64 km²	1.41% a year	Rural
54	DilagTabuk City, Kalinga	4,878	about 299	about 16.34 km²	2.22% a year	Rural
55	Liwanag-LoakanBaguio City, Benguet	4,874	about 6,154	about 0.792 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
56	PacoMankayan, Benguet	4,744	about 751	about 6.32 km²	−0.50% a year	Urban
57	CamandagAsipulo, Ifugao	4,534	about 126	about 36.12 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
58	NambaranTabuk City, Kalinga	4,419	about 143	about 30.83 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
59	CalabaBangued, Abra	4,348	about 1,239	about 3.51 km²	−2.64% a year	Rural
60	Saint Joseph VillageBaguio City, Benguet	4,301	about 6,325	about 0.68 km²	2.06% a year	Urban
61	Pinsao Pilot ProjectBaguio City, Benguet	4,264	about 18,379	about 0.232 km²	−2.62% a year	Rural
62	BeckelLa Trinidad, Benguet	4,248	about 592	about 7.17 km²	−1.69% a year	Urban
63	PaoayAtok, Benguet	4,220	about 235	about 17.98 km²	−0.37% a year	Urban
64	BuloTabuk City, Kalinga	4,165	about 87	about 48.10 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
65	Baculongan SurBuguias, Benguet	4,101	about 366	about 11.20 km²	2.51% a year	Rural
66	PoblacionItogon, Benguet	4,030	about 162	about 24.89 km²	−1.10% a year	Urban
67	BuyacaoanBuguias, Benguet	3,964	about 531	about 7.46 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
68	Monamon SurBauko, Mountain Province	3,921	about 177	about 22.12 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
69	IpilTabuk City, Kalinga	3,863	about 190	about 20.32 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
70	GambangBakun, Benguet	3,809	about 120	about 31.69 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
71	LacnogTabuk City, Kalinga	3,766	about 135	about 27.93 km²	1.67% a year	Rural
72	Fort del PilarBaguio City, Benguet	3,744	about 1,371	about 2.73 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
73	AmbuklaoBokod, Benguet	3,670	about 50	about 72.97 km²	2.57% a year	Rural
74	AbatanBuguias, Benguet	3,630	about 1,090	about 3.33 km²	0.55% a year	Urban
75	HoneymoonBaguio City, Benguet	3,618	about 29,901	about 0.121 km²	2.17% a year	Rural
76	TinongdanItogon, Benguet	3,581	about 63	about 56.91 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
77	PoblacionLa Paz, Abra	3,568	about 496	about 7.20 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
78	TabioMankayan, Benguet	3,557	about 478	about 7.44 km²	−0.06% a year	Urban
79	Liwan WestRizal, Kalinga	3,543	about 111	about 31.82 km²	2.80% a year	Rural
80	Taloy SurTuba, Benguet	3,510	about 185	about 18.99 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
81	CruzLa Trinidad, Benguet	3,499	about 7,828	about 0.447 km²	0.68% a year	Urban
82	MalamaConner, Apayao	3,499	about 860	about 4.07 km²	1.10% a year	Urban
83	SagpatKibungan, Benguet	3,451	about 199	about 17.36 km²	−1.73% a year	Rural
84	SapidMankayan, Benguet	3,398	about 171	about 19.85 km²	4.06% a year	Rural
85	CatlubongBuguias, Benguet	3,376	about 234	about 14.41 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
86	CudalTabuk City, Kalinga	3,341	about 64	about 52.20 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
87	PintoAlfonso Lista, Ifugao	3,338	about 73	about 45.76 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
88	Padre BurgosBaguio City, Benguet	3,312	about 25,282	about 0.131 km²	3.66% a year	Urban
89	San JuanTabuk City, Kalinga	3,289	about 600	about 5.48 km²	0.41% a year	Urban
90	CalikingAtok, Benguet	3,270	about 135	about 24.25 km²	−0.71% a year	Urban
91	AlnoLa Trinidad, Benguet	3,264	about 435	about 7.51 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
92	TinocTinoc, Ifugao	3,252	about 465	about 6.99 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
93	Quirino Hill, EastBaguio City, Benguet	3,248	about 19,219	about 0.169 km²	−1.76% a year	Rural
94	Laya WestTabuk City, Kalinga	3,194	about 435	about 7.35 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
95	Apugan-LoakanBaguio City, Benguet	3,172	about 4,564	about 0.695 km²	2.12% a year	Urban
96	TrancovilleBaguio City, Benguet	3,161	about 14,500	about 0.218 km²	3.81% a year	Urban
97	BacarriParacelis, Mountain Province	3,144	about 58	about 54.11 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
98	Pinukpuk JunctionPinukpuk, Kalinga	3,141	about 171	about 18.41 km²	−1.44% a year	Rural
99	PalasaanMankayan, Benguet	3,138	about 156	about 20.17 km²	1.32% a year	Urban
100	BulalacaoMankayan, Benguet	3,127	about 351	about 8.90 km²	−1.72% 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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