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Barangays in Caraga

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 Caraga, at a glance

Barangays: 1,312^[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: 2,865,196^[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: 199 urban^[4]; 1,113 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Mangagoy^[5]; Bislig City, Surigao del Sur; 29,324 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: Kasapa^[6]; Loreto, Agusan del Sur; about 468.72 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: 462 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Villa Kananga, −5.40% 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.

1,312 barangays, 1,151 to 1,200 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Caraga, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,151	KatipunanDel Carmen, Surigao del Norte	591	about 85	about 6.95 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
1,152	MagsaysayLibjo, Dinagat Islands	591	about 645	about 0.916 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
1,153	SombradoBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	591	about 585	about 1.01 km²	−5.00% a year	Rural
1,154	Cam-boayonGigaquit, Surigao del Norte	585	about 127	about 4.62 km²	7.07% a year	Rural
1,155	KatipunanLoreto, Agusan del Sur	584	about 13	about 44.03 km²	−1.91% a year	Rural
1,156	QuezonDel Carmen, Surigao del Norte	584	about 86	about 6.83 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
1,157	QuezonLibjo, Dinagat Islands	582	about 233	about 2.50 km²	1.81% a year	Rural
1,158	TawaganCagwait, Surigao del Sur	582	about 428	about 1.36 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
1,159	DayanoMainit, Surigao del Norte	580	about 172	about 3.37 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
1,160	MabuhayPilar, Surigao del Norte	580	about 50	about 11.62 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
1,161	SongkitMadrid, Surigao del Sur	579	about 211	about 2.74 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
1,162	CampaHinatuan, Surigao del Sur	575	about 340	about 1.69 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
1,163	CorazonGeneral Luna, Surigao del Norte	575	about 111	about 5.18 km²	4.79% a year	Rural
1,164	UnionTagana-An, Surigao del Norte	572	about 130	about 4.41 km²	4.45% a year	Rural
1,165	BongdoSan Benito, Surigao del Norte	571	about 25	about 22.73 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
1,166	TrinidadTagbina, Surigao del Sur	564	about 105	about 5.38 km²	3.84% a year	Rural
1,167	ZaragozaSurigao City, Surigao del Norte	564	about 264	about 2.14 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
1,168	PangyanTrento, Agusan del Sur	558	about 40	about 14.12 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
1,169	San IsidroPlacer, Surigao del Norte	558	about 457	about 1.22 km²	0.22% a year	Urban
1,170	MontserratDapa, Surigao del Norte	554	about 248	about 2.23 km²	2.05% a year	Rural
1,171	CabayawanDinagat, Dinagat Islands	553	about 238	about 2.32 km²	−1.50% a year	Rural
1,172	MabiniSanta Monica, Surigao del Norte	553	about 173	about 3.19 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
1,173	BagakayDapa, Surigao del Norte	550	about 259	about 2.12 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
1,174	NavarroTubajon, Dinagat Islands	550	about 31	about 17.64 km²	4.22% a year	Rural
1,175	San RoqueTubajon, Dinagat Islands	550	about 585	about 0.94 km²	3.01% a year	Rural
1,176	Barangay 4Dapa, Surigao del Norte	549	about 12,708	about 0.0432 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
1,177	CabitoonanGeneral Luna, Surigao del Norte	548	about 347	about 1.58 km²	2.72% a year	Rural
1,178	Poblacion IVGeneral Luna, Surigao del Norte	547	about 16,280	about 0.0336 km²	−8.44% a year	Rural
1,179	HaripHinatuan, Surigao del Sur	545	about 36	about 15.04 km²	9.24% a year	Rural
1,180	Barangay 6Dapa, Surigao del Norte	542	about 6,491	about 0.0835 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
1,181	TagbobongaHinatuan, Surigao del Sur	541	about 53	about 10.18 km²	−2.41% a year	Rural
1,182	CabugoBayabas, Surigao del Sur	540	about 231	about 2.34 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
1,183	TaglibasBayugan City, Agusan del Sur	535	about 178	about 3.00 km²	1.68% a year	Rural
1,184	Zone IVLanuza, Surigao del Sur	535	about 2,908	about 0.184 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
1,185	Santa RitaCagdianao, Dinagat Islands	533	about 298	about 1.79 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
1,186	CuliTalacogon, Agusan del Sur	529	about 41	about 12.98 km²	−1.61% a year	Rural
1,187	Mt. AraratBayugan City, Agusan del Sur	529	about 50	about 10.49 km²	10.56% a year	Rural
1,188	Del PilarSocorro, Surigao del Norte	528	about 78	about 6.77 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
1,189	Santa MonicaBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	527	about 1,082	about 0.487 km²	−6.42% a year	Rural
1,190	SantiagoSan Luis, Agusan del Sur	525	about 127	about 4.13 km²	−1.87% a year	Rural
1,191	AguinaldoEsperanza, Agusan del Sur	522	about 127	about 4.10 km²	−7.70% a year	Rural
1,192	CabawaDapa, Surigao del Norte	522	about 193	about 2.71 km²	−4.37% a year	Rural
1,193	Villa PantinopleBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	521	about 562	about 0.927 km²	−5.68% a year	Rural
1,194	TambacanSan Isidro, Surigao del Norte	518	about 206	about 2.51 km²	3.43% a year	Rural
1,195	GarciaSanta Monica, Surigao del Norte	515	about 252	about 2.04 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
1,196	AnajawanGeneral Luna, Surigao del Norte	513	about 634	about 0.809 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
1,197	BenglenBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	513	about 122	about 4.21 km²	−9.56% a year	Rural
1,198	Upper LibasTagana-An, Surigao del Norte	512	about 406	about 1.26 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
1,199	BagsacMadrid, Surigao del Sur	511	about 121	about 4.21 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
1,200	San CarlosDapa, Surigao del Norte	505	about 50	about 10.12 km²	0.14% 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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