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Barangays in Apayao

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 Apayao, at a glance

Barangays: 133^[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: 126,587^[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: 3 urban^[4]; 130 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Malama^[5]; Conner, Apayao; 3,499 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: Lenneng^[6]; Kabugao, Apayao; about 176.80 km²
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: 55 barangays^[7]

Region: Cordillera Administrative Region

Province: Apayao

Town: All

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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.

133 barangays, 101 to 133 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Apayao, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
101	CadaclanCalanasan, Apayao	527	about 3	about 164.62 km²	−12.96% a year	Rural
102	KumaoKabugao, Apayao	513	about 8	about 68.05 km²	−2.70% a year	Rural
103	Malubibit SurFlora, Apayao	511	about 43	about 12.00 km²	−1.92% a year	Rural
104	LuyonLuna, Apayao	488	about 144	about 3.38 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
105	LacoKabugao, Apayao	487	about 27	about 18.16 km²	3.20% a year	Rural
106	San SebastianLuna, Apayao	483	about 93	about 5.18 km²	2.54% a year	Rural
107	SalvacionLuna, Apayao	463	about 19	about 23.95 km²	4.26% a year	Rural
108	SabanganCalanasan, Apayao	462	about 10	about 44.31 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
109	Upper AtokFlora, Apayao	458	about 8	about 60.78 km²	9.90% a year	Rural
110	TubangCalanasan, Apayao	451	about 12	about 37.83 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
111	BaliwananKabugao, Apayao	439	about 6	about 69.95 km²	−1.47% a year	Rural
112	Lower MatonPudtol, Apayao	430	about 42	about 10.35 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
113	AuroraPudtol, Apayao	422	about 7	about 57.79 km²	−1.53% a year	Rural
114	MaragatKabugao, Apayao	418	about 5	about 91.39 km²	10.47% a year	Rural
115	MacalinoCalanasan, Apayao	390	about 16	about 23.70 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
116	Upper MatonPudtol, Apayao	385	about 6	about 65.15 km²	−1.90% a year	Rural
117	NagbabalayanKabugao, Apayao	374	about 64	about 5.87 km²	−5.90% a year	Rural
118	AgaPudtol, Apayao	349	about 28	about 12.35 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
119	NaguilianCalanasan, Apayao	339	about 4	about 93.15 km²	−2.76% a year	Rural
120	TubonganCalanasan, Apayao	330	about 12	about 27.63 km²	−3.99% a year	Rural
121	BalasiFlora, Apayao	320	about 31	about 10.28 km²	2.64% a year	Rural
122	Santa ElenaCalanasan, Apayao	283	about 4	about 80.63 km²	2.72% a year	Rural
123	San JosePudtol, Apayao	272	about 59	about 4.63 km²	−4.74% a year	Rural
124	San MarianoPudtol, Apayao	257	about 48	about 5.31 km²	−4.32% a year	Rural
125	Lt. BalagPudtol, Apayao	216	about 32	about 6.67 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
126	TuyanganKabugao, Apayao	205	about 13	about 15.38 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
127	LangnaoCalanasan, Apayao	197	about 5	about 41.35 km²	−3.65% a year	Rural
128	MagabtaKabugao, Apayao	187	about 22	about 8.48 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
129	LydiaPudtol, Apayao	160	about 3	about 63.09 km²	−26.11% a year	Rural
130	WagaKabugao, Apayao	159	about 3	about 62.59 km²	−4.30% a year	Rural
131	EleazarCalanasan, Apayao	149	about 30	about 5.03 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
132	Don Roque Ablan Sr.Calanasan, Apayao	126	about 1	about 119.26 km²	−12.80% a year	Rural
133	San AntonioPudtol, Apayao	43	about 4	about 11.09 km²	−33.86% 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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