The Atlas

Barangays in Catanduanes

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 Catanduanes

Barangays in Catanduanes, at a glance

Barangays: 315^[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: 261,169^[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: 18 urban^[4]; 297 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: San Isidro Village^[5]; Virac, Catanduanes; 5,501 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: Sabloyon^[6]; Caramoran, Catanduanes; about 50.36 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: San Isidro Village^{[5, 7]}; Virac, Catanduanes; 0.18% 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: 240 barangays^[7]

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.

315 barangays, 101 to 150 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Catanduanes, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
101	BuenavistaViga, Catanduanes	855	about 283	about 3.02 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
102	IlawodBato, Catanduanes	854	about 4,771	about 0.179 km²	−1.95% a year	Rural
103	Hawan GrandeVirac, Catanduanes	849	about 361	about 2.35 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
104	CoboPandan, Catanduanes	835	about 811	about 1.03 km²	−1.14% a year	Rural
105	Divino RostroSan Andres, Catanduanes	834	about 4,766	about 0.175 km²	−3.98% a year	Rural
106	IgangVirac, Catanduanes	832	about 743	about 1.12 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
107	San PabloVirac, Catanduanes	830	about 24,128	about 0.0344 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
108	TabugocPandan, Catanduanes	824	about 418	about 1.97 km²	−1.80% a year	Rural
109	San IsidroBagamanoc, Catanduanes	820	about 157	about 5.21 km²	−1.38% a year	Rural
110	San IsidroSan Andres, Catanduanes	819	about 37	about 22.41 km²	−2.62% a year	Rural
111	InalmasinanCaramoran, Catanduanes	816	about 54	about 14.98 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
112	AgbanBaras, Catanduanes	815	about 85	about 9.55 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
113	DanaoBaras, Catanduanes	815	about 1,408	about 0.579 km²	−4.86% a year	Rural
114	DatagSan Andres, Catanduanes	815	about 485	about 1.68 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
115	Sapang PalaySan Andres, Catanduanes	812	about 2,974	about 0.273 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
116	SagradaBagamanoc, Catanduanes	811	about 283	about 2.87 km²	−1.53% a year	Rural
117	San RoqueVirac, Catanduanes	802	about 2,546	about 0.315 km²	−5.09% a year	Urban
118	OboSan Miguel, Catanduanes	799	about 263	about 3.04 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
119	Gogon SiranganVirac, Catanduanes	798	about 11,787	about 0.0677 km²	−0.30% a year	Urban
120	ConcepcionVirac, Catanduanes	797	about 13,217	about 0.0603 km²	−3.61% a year	Urban
121	Marcelo AlbertoVirac, Catanduanes	797	about 24,373	about 0.0327 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
122	San VicenteBagamanoc, Catanduanes	797	about 466	about 1.71 km²	−4.29% a year	Rural
123	Hawan IlayaVirac, Catanduanes	793	about 515	about 1.54 km²	3.90% a year	Rural
124	Pandan Del NortePandan, Catanduanes	789	about 880	about 0.897 km²	−4.31% a year	Rural
125	Santa CruzVirac, Catanduanes	787	about 10,221	about 0.077 km²	−4.98% a year	Urban
126	CalabniganVirac, Catanduanes	783	about 768	about 1.02 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
127	SobocViga, Catanduanes	780	about 204	about 3.83 km²	−1.59% a year	Rural
128	BanawangBato, Catanduanes	771	about 476	about 1.62 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
129	Magnesia Del SurVirac, Catanduanes	767	about 402	about 1.91 km²	−2.84% a year	Rural
130	San Jose PoblacionViga, Catanduanes	767	about 4,459	about 0.172 km²	−1.79% a year	Rural
131	Poblacion District IIIGigmoto, Catanduanes	766	about 1,070	about 0.716 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
132	Poblacion District IGigmoto, Catanduanes	761	about 8,667	about 0.0878 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
133	Santa RosaViga, Catanduanes	760	about 148	about 5.13 km²	−1.25% a year	Rural
134	IcanbatoCaramoran, Catanduanes	750	about 1,071	about 0.70 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
135	CagdaraoPanganiban, Catanduanes	747	about 228	about 3.28 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
136	SolongSan Miguel, Catanduanes	742	about 78	about 9.51 km²	−3.26% a year	Rural
137	BaldocPandan, Catanduanes	735	about 124	about 5.94 km²	−1.54% a year	Rural
138	TucaoCaramoran, Catanduanes	733	about 220	about 3.33 km²	−1.54% a year	Rural
139	GuiamlongCaramoran, Catanduanes	730	about 29	about 24.98 km²	−1.82% a year	Rural
140	BaybayCaramoran, Catanduanes	721	about 2,752	about 0.262 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
141	AlmojuelaViga, Catanduanes	715	about 33	about 21.73 km²	−1.42% a year	Rural
142	Antipolo Del NorteVirac, Catanduanes	713	about 524	about 1.36 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
143	SuchanBagamanoc, Catanduanes	713	about 169	about 4.22 km²	−1.30% a year	Rural
144	BenticayanBaras, Catanduanes	711	about 86	about 8.28 km²	−1.68% a year	Rural
145	PoblacionBagamanoc, Catanduanes	705	about 10,981	about 0.0642 km²	−2.54% a year	Rural
146	J. M. AlbertoBaras, Catanduanes	703	about 72	about 9.73 km²	−2.91% a year	Rural
147	PutsanBaras, Catanduanes	694	about 1,044	about 0.665 km²	6.06% a year	Rural
148	BegoniaViga, Catanduanes	689	about 143	about 4.81 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
149	SioronGigmoto, Catanduanes	686	about 31	about 22.46 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
150	SalvacionCaramoran, Catanduanes	684	about 52	about 13.23 km²	−1.52% 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: Bicol Region (OpenSTAT table 0051A6DTPH4). 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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