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Barangays in Mountain Province

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 Mountain Province, at a glance

Barangays: 144^[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: 149,775^[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: 4 urban^[4]; 140 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Paracelis, Mountain Province; 6,459 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: Buringal^[6]; Paracelis, Mountain Province; about 114.94 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]}; Paracelis, Mountain Province; −1.18% 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: 101 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Poblacion, −1.18% a year.

Region: Cordillera Administrative Region

Province: Mountain Province

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144 barangays, 101 to 144 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Mountain Province, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
101	GuedayBesao, Mountain Province	527	about 49	about 10.68 km²	−3.90% a year	Rural
102	BatayanTadian, Mountain Province	503	about 95	about 5.29 km²	−5.00% a year	Rural
103	FiangtinBarlig, Mountain Province	485	about 40	about 12.23 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
104	Alab OrienteBontoc, Mountain Province	467	about 80	about 5.83 km²	−2.50% a year	Rural
105	BaliliBontoc, Mountain Province	464	about 49	about 9.39 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
106	Otucan NorteBauko, Mountain Province	463	about 289	about 1.60 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
107	MabaliteTadian, Mountain Province	462	about 69	about 6.74 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
108	CatenganBesao, Mountain Province	440	about 24	about 18.43 km²	−6.41% a year	Rural
109	ChupacBarlig, Mountain Province	437	about 70	about 6.23 km²	−1.58% a year	Rural
110	SuyoSagada, Mountain Province	430	about 65	about 6.63 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
111	LaganSabangan, Mountain Province	422	about 35	about 11.89 km²	−2.10% a year	Rural
112	FidelisanSagada, Mountain Province	416	about 232	about 1.79 km²	−1.55% a year	Rural
113	PadanganBesao, Mountain Province	413	about 158	about 2.62 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
114	PayeoBesao, Mountain Province	403	about 226	about 1.78 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
115	Ogo-ogBarlig, Mountain Province	400	about 13	about 31.12 km²	−4.61% a year	Rural
116	Besao WestBesao, Mountain Province	398	about 858	about 0.464 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
117	PideSagada, Mountain Province	397	about 458	about 0.867 km²	−1.51% a year	Rural
118	GayangSabangan, Mountain Province	382	about 87	about 4.38 km²	−3.01% a year	Rural
119	LatangBarlig, Mountain Province	376	about 11	about 33.72 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
120	Lias SilanganBarlig, Mountain Province	366	about 27	about 13.59 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
121	Bao-anganSabangan, Mountain Province	363	about 472	about 0.769 km²	−1.95% a year	Rural
122	AntadaoSagada, Mountain Province	354	about 53	about 6.72 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
123	BusaSabangan, Mountain Province	349	about 75	about 4.66 km²	−1.96% a year	Rural
124	KilongSagada, Mountain Province	338	about 159	about 2.13 km²	−4.58% a year	Rural
125	LunasBarlig, Mountain Province	338	about 28	about 12.09 km²	−2.40% a year	Rural
126	TaccongSagada, Mountain Province	336	about 166	about 2.02 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
127	AgawaBesao, Mountain Province	332	about 91	about 3.66 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
128	TanulongSagada, Mountain Province	312	about 92	about 3.38 km²	−5.09% a year	Rural
129	SuquibBesao, Mountain Province	311	about 319	about 0.976 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
130	BayyoBontoc, Mountain Province	299	about 13	about 23.13 km²	−3.51% a year	Rural
131	Besao EastBesao, Mountain Province	297	about 758	about 0.392 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
132	PingadSabangan, Mountain Province	289	about 221	about 1.31 km²	−6.06% a year	Rural
133	Lias KanluranBarlig, Mountain Province	285	about 6	about 51.70 km²	−3.31% a year	Rural
134	Tetepan SurSagada, Mountain Province	266	about 222	about 1.20 km²	−10.38% a year	Rural
135	LingoyBarlig, Mountain Province	261	about 5	about 49.02 km²	2.55% a year	Rural
136	BanaoNatonin, Mountain Province	252	about 8	about 32.57 km²	−5.35% a year	Rural
137	MacalanaBarlig, Mountain Province	247	about 8	about 30.64 km²	−2.37% a year	Rural
138	Tetepan NorteSagada, Mountain Province	242	about 98	about 2.46 km²	−7.24% a year	Rural
139	MaducayanNatonin, Mountain Province	236	about 4	about 58.96 km²	−2.02% a year	Rural
140	NacagangSagada, Mountain Province	217	about 234	about 0.928 km²	1.98% a year	Rural
141	DuaganTadian, Mountain Province	210	about 38	about 5.48 km²	−4.73% a year	Rural
142	AmbaguioBesao, Mountain Province	189	about 4	about 46.13 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
143	LacmaanBesao, Mountain Province	184	about 58	about 3.16 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
144	BalintauganBauko, Mountain Province	153	about 50	about 3.06 km²	−1.21% 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: Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) (OpenSTAT table 0151A6DTHP4). 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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