The Atlas

Barangays in Cagayan Valley

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 Cagayan Valley

Barangays in Cagayan Valley, at a glance

Barangays: 2,311^[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: 3,777,608^[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: 190 urban^[4]; 2,121 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Rizal^[5]; Santiago City, Isabela; 14,030 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: Lapi^[6]; Peñablanca, Cagayan; about 833.28 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: Curva^{[5, 7]}; Pamplona, Cagayan; 6.21% 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: 536 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Fermin, −2.80% 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.

2,311 barangays, 1,201 to 1,250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cagayan Valley, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,201	San IsidroIguig, Cagayan	1,242	about 238	about 5.21 km²	2.73% a year	Rural
1,202	LaurelCordon, Isabela	1,241	about 554	about 2.24 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
1,203	Masaya CentroSan Agustin, Isabela	1,241	about 140	about 8.86 km²	−4.76% a year	Rural
1,204	CalaocanQuezon, Nueva Vizcaya	1,240	about 45	about 27.44 km²	6.81% a year	Rural
1,205	Labinab PequeñoReina Mercedes, Isabela	1,239	about 1,191	about 1.04 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
1,206	San BonifacioBurgos, Isabela	1,239	about 240	about 5.17 km²	−3.61% a year	Rural
1,207	Centro EastSantiago City, Isabela	1,238	about 4,874	about 0.254 km²	7.80% a year	Urban
1,208	DamurogAlcala, Cagayan	1,237	about 222	about 5.57 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
1,209	ZiminilaCamalaniugan, Cagayan	1,236	about 230	about 5.37 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
1,210	Jose AnchetaMaddela, Quirino	1,235	about 14	about 86.10 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
1,211	Buena SuerteCauayan City, Isabela	1,233	about 893	about 1.38 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
1,212	AnnayatanBaggao, Cagayan	1,232	about 463	about 2.66 km²	1.81% a year	Rural
1,213	Pinaripad NorteAglipay, Quirino	1,232	about 314	about 3.92 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
1,214	OcaponVillaverde, Nueva Vizcaya	1,231	about 131	about 9.43 km²	5.16% a year	Rural
1,215	VillalaidaTuao, Cagayan	1,231	about 194	about 6.34 km²	2.58% a year	Rural
1,216	NilumisuEchague, Isabela	1,230	about 180	about 6.84 km²	4.15% a year	Rural
1,217	AnnanumanSan Pablo, Isabela	1,229	about 129	about 9.56 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
1,218	Cabeseria 2Ilagan City, Isabela	1,229	about 498	about 2.47 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
1,219	BanigTumauini, Isabela	1,226	about 37	about 33.16 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
1,220	Capanickian NorteAllacapan, Cagayan	1,224	about 62	about 19.59 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
1,221	San IgnacioSan Mateo, Isabela	1,223	about 886	about 1.38 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
1,222	Barangay IVEnrile, Cagayan	1,222	about 759	about 1.61 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
1,223	Sta. CatalinaTumauini, Isabela	1,220	about 471	about 2.59 km²	4.93% a year	Rural
1,224	Abariongan RuarSanto Niño, Cagayan	1,218	about 212	about 5.75 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
1,225	AlinamCauayan City, Isabela	1,218	about 392	about 3.11 km²	1.92% a year	Rural
1,226	Capissayan SurGattaran, Cagayan	1,217	about 63	about 19.43 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
1,227	San RoqueSanto Tomas, Isabela	1,216	about 1,221	about 0.996 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
1,228	Malamag WestTumauini, Isabela	1,215	about 1,306	about 0.93 km²	4.71% a year	Rural
1,229	San CarlosEchague, Isabela	1,215	about 97	about 12.56 km²	1.26% a year	Rural
1,230	San JoseDelfin Albano, Isabela	1,215	about 531	about 2.29 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
1,231	BarumbongSanto Tomas, Isabela	1,214	about 79	about 15.28 km²	2.48% a year	Rural
1,232	ButaoDiadi, Nueva Vizcaya	1,214	about 101	about 12.04 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
1,233	CentroCabagan, Isabela	1,214	about 4,598	about 0.264 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
1,234	Centro WestSantiago City, Isabela	1,214	about 5,980	about 0.203 km²	−0.04% a year	Urban
1,235	LingalingSanta Maria, Isabela	1,210	about 153	about 7.90 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
1,236	San IsidroBaggao, Cagayan	1,209	about 500	about 2.42 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
1,237	Cabeseria 6 & 24Ilagan City, Isabela	1,208	about 287	about 4.21 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
1,238	Centro IAngadanan, Isabela	1,208	about 2,538	about 0.476 km²	−1.45% a year	Rural
1,239	ConcepcionAmulung, Cagayan	1,208	about 378	about 3.20 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
1,240	BannagaoAurora, Isabela	1,207	about 225	about 5.36 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
1,241	BessangAllacapan, Cagayan	1,206	about 272	about 4.43 km²	1.40% a year	Rural
1,242	NgaragCabagan, Isabela	1,206	about 826	about 1.46 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
1,243	Dacalla-FuguCamalaniugan, Cagayan	1,205	about 474	about 2.54 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
1,244	Santa MonicaEchague, Isabela	1,204	about 194	about 6.22 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
1,245	DaligBurgos, Isabela	1,203	about 205	about 5.87 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
1,246	MalalatanAlcala, Cagayan	1,202	about 120	about 10.04 km²	3.08% a year	Rural
1,247	Villa ReyPiat, Cagayan	1,200	about 147	about 8.19 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
1,248	MalanaoLal-Lo, Cagayan	1,199	about 193	about 6.21 km²	−2.60% a year	Rural
1,249	Gosi NorteTuguegarao City, Cagayan	1,198	about 248	about 4.83 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
1,250	DabburabCauayan City, Isabela	1,197	about 826	about 1.45 km²	1.37% 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: Cagayan Valley (OpenSTAT table 0021A6DTPH1). Published August 4, 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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