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Barangays in Negros Island 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]

Open Negros Island Region

Barangays in Negros Island Region, at a glance

Barangays: 1,353^[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: 4,904,944^[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: 419 urban^[4]; 934 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Mansilingan^[5]; Bacolod City, Negros Occidental; 53,499 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: Gatuslao^[6]; Candoni, Negros Occidental; about 152.99 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: Carol-an^{[5, 7]}; Ayungon, Negros Oriental; 14.25% 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: 419 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Rafaela Barrera, −4.89% 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.

1,353 barangays, 51 to 100 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Negros Island Region, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
51	VillarealBayawan City, Negros Oriental	11,359	about 2,309	about 4.92 km²	1.38% a year	Urban
52	Jorge L. AranetaBago City, Negros Occidental	11,211	about 523	about 21.44 km²	0.00% a year	Urban
53	Guimbala-onSilay City, Negros Occidental	11,168	about 312	about 35.80 km²	0.22% a year	Urban
54	BantayanKabankalan City, Negros Occidental	11,090	about 392	about 28.27 km²	0.42% a year	Urban
55	LunaCadiz City, Negros Occidental	11,069	about 339	about 32.67 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
56	RizalSilay City, Negros Occidental	11,041	about 2,152	about 5.13 km²	1.03% a year	Urban
57	CamingawanKabankalan City, Negros Occidental	11,004	about 283	about 38.90 km²	0.45% a year	Urban
58	PayaoBinalbagan, Negros Occidental	10,979	about 903	about 12.16 km²	0.80% a year	Urban
59	InayawanCauayan, Negros Occidental	10,920	about 291	about 37.54 km²	−0.62% a year	Urban
60	Caduha-anCadiz City, Negros Occidental	10,867	about 164	about 66.42 km²	1.37% a year	Urban
61	BuluanganSan Carlos City, Negros Occidental	10,800	about 333	about 32.47 km²	−0.36% a year	Urban
62	GuiljunganCauayan, Negros Occidental	10,791	about 455	about 23.72 km²	−0.91% a year	Urban
63	NangkaBayawan City, Negros Oriental	10,749	about 141	about 75.98 km²	0.25% a year	Urban
64	GuadalupeSan Carlos City, Negros Occidental	10,728	about 305	about 35.15 km²	−0.04% a year	Urban
65	PoblacionCauayan, Negros Occidental	10,648	about 829	about 12.84 km²	2.23% a year	Urban
66	QuezonSan Carlos City, Negros Occidental	10,624	about 188	about 56.62 km²	0.06% a year	Urban
67	SalongKabankalan City, Negros Occidental	10,542	about 276	about 38.23 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
68	Barangay ISan Carlos City, Negros Occidental	10,400	about 6,460	about 1.61 km²	−0.49% a year	Urban
69	Poblacion ISagay City, Negros Occidental	10,313	about 1,812	about 5.69 km²	−0.12% a year	Urban
70	Poblacion IISagay City, Negros Occidental	10,284	about 1,069	about 9.62 km²	0.64% a year	Urban
71	DulaoBago City, Negros Occidental	10,142	about 313	about 32.45 km²	0.03% a year	Urban
72	TiglawiganCadiz City, Negros Occidental	10,075	about 927	about 10.87 km²	0.53% a year	Urban
73	Candau-ayDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	10,051	about 3,191	about 3.15 km²	1.12% a year	Urban
74	Caradio-anHimamaylan City, Negros Occidental	9,945	about 519	about 19.16 km²	−0.29% a year	Urban
75	GargatoHinigaran, Negros Occidental	9,917	about 1,446	about 6.86 km²	0.10% a year	Urban
76	LantadSilay City, Negros Occidental	9,909	about 1,735	about 5.71 km²	0.19% a year	Urban
77	BaniladDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	9,898	about 2,990	about 3.31 km²	0.58% a year	Urban
78	Dos HermanasTalisay City, Negros Occidental	9,896	about 645	about 15.34 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
79	CalumanganBago City, Negros Occidental	9,758	about 1,313	about 7.43 km²	0.47% a year	Urban
80	BajumpandanDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	9,755	about 3,752	about 2.60 km²	5.25% a year	Urban
81	Barangay IIBais City, Negros Oriental	9,733	about 2,863	about 3.40 km²	0.63% a year	Urban
82	MabiniCadiz City, Negros Occidental	9,548	about 251	about 38.01 km²	0.59% a year	Urban
83	BonawonSiaton, Negros Oriental	9,480	about 243	about 38.95 km²	0.49% a year	Urban
84	OrongKabankalan City, Negros Occidental	9,460	about 377	about 25.09 km²	0.27% a year	Urban
85	AsiaHinoba-an, Negros Occidental	9,407	about 257	about 36.62 km²	1.46% a year	Urban
86	MailumBago City, Negros Occidental	9,407	about 172	about 54.54 km²	−1.21% a year	Urban
87	PurisimaManapla, Negros Occidental	9,391	about 720	about 13.05 km²	0.22% a year	Urban
88	PalampasSan Carlos City, Negros Occidental	9,387	about 188	about 49.95 km²	0.11% a year	Urban
89	BagacayDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	9,361	about 5,605	about 1.67 km²	−0.58% a year	Urban
90	BolocbolocSibulan, Negros Oriental	9,323	about 6,659	about 1.40 km²	−0.44% a year	Urban
91	Quintin RemoMoises Padilla, Negros Occidental	9,223	about 341	about 27.04 km²	4.75% a year	Urban
92	TabunanBago City, Negros Occidental	9,125	about 1,668	about 5.47 km²	−0.62% a year	Urban
93	TacloboDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	9,094	about 6,638	about 1.37 km²	−0.94% a year	Urban
94	Himoga-an BaybaySagay City, Negros Occidental	9,046	about 443	about 20.44 km²	5.80% a year	Urban
95	DancalanIlog, Negros Occidental	9,044	about 374	about 24.16 km²	2.15% a year	Urban
96	Barangay 35Bacolod City, Negros Occidental	9,018	about 30,060	about 0.30 km²	1.60% a year	Urban
97	BulanonSagay City, Negros Occidental	8,940	about 514	about 17.40 km²	0.81% a year	Urban
98	BacuyanganHinoba-an, Negros Occidental	8,922	about 688	about 12.97 km²	2.05% a year	Urban
99	Barangay VSilay City, Negros Occidental	8,847	about 1,870	about 4.73 km²	1.76% a year	Urban
100	San PabloManapla, Negros Occidental	8,832	about 260	about 34.00 km²	0.13% a year	Urban

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: Negros Island Region (NIR) (OpenSTAT table 0181A6DTHP7). Published August 7, 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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