The Atlas

Barangays in Masbate

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 Masbate, at a glance

Barangays: 550^[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: 910,813^[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: 28 urban^[4]; 522 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Nursery^[5]; Masbate City, Masbate; 12,733 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: San Juan^[6]; Mandaon, Masbate; about 44.95 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: Poblacion^{[5, 7]}; Monreal, Masbate; 2.34% 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: 264 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Ibingay, −2.61% 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.

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

Barangays in Masbate, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
101	AlasMandaon, Masbate	2,409	about 77	about 31.24 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
102	Santa CruzPalanas, Masbate	2,378	about 310	about 7.67 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
103	Calipat-AnSan Jacinto, Masbate	2,376	about 471	about 5.04 km²	2.79% a year	Rural
104	BayombonMasbate City, Masbate	2,362	about 182	about 12.97 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
105	MapaniqueSan Pascual, Masbate	2,336	about 146	about 16.03 km²	3.99% a year	Rural
106	BatuhanMasbate City, Masbate	2,331	about 437	about 5.34 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
107	CurvadaCataingan, Masbate	2,308	about 388	about 5.95 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
108	IniwaranSan Pascual, Masbate	2,302	about 527	about 4.37 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
109	LunaPlacer, Masbate	2,294	about 273	about 8.40 km²	−1.96% a year	Rural
110	PanicijanUson, Masbate	2,285	about 606	about 3.77 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
111	San RamonClaveria, Masbate	2,270	about 319	about 7.11 km²	−0.01% a year	Rural
112	DaanlungsodPlacer, Masbate	2,241	about 962	about 2.33 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
113	Punta BatsanCawayan, Masbate	2,235	about 4,989	about 0.448 km²	−2.11% a year	Rural
114	DomorogCataingan, Masbate	2,207	about 414	about 5.33 km²	2.67% a year	Rural
115	MaglambongMonreal, Masbate	2,202	about 182	about 12.13 km²	6.78% a year	Rural
116	GuindawahanPio V. Corpus, Masbate	2,197	about 138	about 15.95 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
117	PoblacionPlacer, Masbate	2,193	about 4,884	about 0.449 km²	−1.14% a year	Urban
118	CayabonMilagros, Masbate	2,191	about 145	about 15.14 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
119	BiyongMasbate City, Masbate	2,164	about 176	about 12.28 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
120	IgangMasbate City, Masbate	2,138	about 100	about 21.37 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
121	RecodoCawayan, Masbate	2,125	about 357	about 5.96 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
122	TagbonMilagros, Masbate	2,115	about 146	about 14.46 km²	3.86% a year	Rural
123	GumahangAroroy, Masbate	2,110	about 296	about 7.12 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
124	NaindayPlacer, Masbate	2,100	about 296	about 7.09 km²	2.01% a year	Rural
125	LalagunaMobo, Masbate	2,093	about 539	about 3.88 km²	3.92% a year	Rural
126	Santa RosaSan Jacinto, Masbate	2,082	about 258	about 8.07 km²	3.52% a year	Rural
127	MabitonClaveria, Masbate	2,078	about 252	about 8.26 km²	−2.95% a year	Rural
128	ResurreccionSan Fernando, Masbate	2,075	about 523	about 3.97 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
129	NipaPalanas, Masbate	2,067	about 441	about 4.69 km²	2.95% a year	Rural
130	Malaking IlogSan Pascual, Masbate	2,052	about 213	about 9.62 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
131	MarcellaUson, Masbate	2,051	about 519	about 3.95 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
132	Santa CruzSan Pascual, Masbate	2,051	about 184	about 11.17 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
133	TagpuMandaon, Masbate	2,041	about 127	about 16.03 km²	1.67% a year	Rural
134	PananawanCawayan, Masbate	2,028	about 200	about 10.12 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
135	LoocCawayan, Masbate	2,018	about 1,452	about 1.39 km²	−2.86% a year	Rural
136	CantilBalud, Masbate	2,016	about 772	about 2.61 km²	−2.61% a year	Rural
137	Guin-AwayanPlacer, Masbate	2,011	about 2,169	about 0.927 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
138	MatagbacMilagros, Masbate	1,998	about 75	about 26.81 km²	4.90% a year	Rural
139	PoblacionBatuan, Masbate	1,997	about 3,017	about 0.662 km²	−2.13% a year	Rural
140	MorocborocanMonreal, Masbate	1,993	about 369	about 5.40 km²	2.60% a year	Rural
141	GuinbanwahanBalud, Masbate	1,985	about 467	about 4.25 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
142	LagtaBaleno, Masbate	1,973	about 361	about 5.46 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
143	Bayanihan Pob.San Fernando, Masbate	1,967	about 1,144	about 1.72 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
144	BurgosBatuan, Masbate	1,961	about 424	about 4.62 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
145	BusingSan Pascual, Masbate	1,951	about 374	about 5.22 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
146	San RamonUson, Masbate	1,935	about 129	about 15.03 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
147	QuezonCataingan, Masbate	1,924	about 168	about 11.42 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
148	BaleteAroroy, Masbate	1,921	about 206	about 9.34 km²	3.55% a year	Rural
149	DayaoMandaon, Masbate	1,912	about 131	about 14.58 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
150	Poblacion Dist. IMobo, Masbate	1,908	about 660	about 2.89 km²	0.27% 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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