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Barangays in Negros Oriental

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 Negros Oriental, at a glance

Barangays: 557^[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: 1,492,038^[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: 109 urban^[4]; 448 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental; 16,901 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: Tayawan^[6]; Bayawan City, Negros Oriental; about 102.34 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: Carol-an^{[5, 7]}; Ayungon, Negros Oriental; 14.25% 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: 178 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Tugas, −4.06% 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.

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

Barangays in Negros Oriental, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
101	TagbinoVallehermoso, Negros Oriental	4,157	about 580	about 7.17 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
102	PoloTanjay City, Negros Oriental	4,144	about 699	about 5.93 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
103	TamisuBais City, Negros Oriental	4,124	about 451	about 9.15 km²	1.81% a year	Urban
104	MalusayGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	4,057	about 655	about 6.19 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
105	Panala-anBais City, Negros Oriental	4,056	about 289	about 14.02 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
106	SilabAmlan, Negros Oriental	4,033	about 170	about 23.79 km²	−2.15% a year	Rural
107	Balabag EastValencia, Negros Oriental	4,010	about 2,491	about 1.61 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
108	Poblacion VITanjay City, Negros Oriental	3,984	about 10,826	about 0.368 km²	5.14% a year	Rural
109	Bio-osAmlan, Negros Oriental	3,959	about 664	about 5.96 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
110	OkiotBais City, Negros Oriental	3,945	about 3,653	about 1.08 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
111	MaluayZamboanguita, Negros Oriental	3,928	about 664	about 5.92 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
112	TandayagAmlan, Negros Oriental	3,908	about 1,396	about 2.80 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
113	TalungonBais City, Negros Oriental	3,864	about 2,461	about 1.57 km²	0.95% a year	Urban
114	SamacMabinay, Negros Oriental	3,862	about 183	about 21.05 km²	4.07% a year	Rural
115	Agan-anSibulan, Negros Oriental	3,846	about 2,125	about 1.81 km²	11.18% a year	Urban
116	JantianonAmlan, Negros Oriental	3,839	about 200	about 19.15 km²	7.02% a year	Rural
117	BuladoGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	3,817	about 287	about 13.28 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
118	TayakSiaton, Negros Oriental	3,800	about 116	about 32.69 km²	4.92% a year	Rural
119	Tinayunan BeachGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	3,797	about 1,137	about 3.34 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
120	San IsidroPamplona, Negros Oriental	3,758	about 115	about 32.60 km²	3.80% a year	Rural
121	MilagrosaSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	3,714	about 93	about 39.82 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
122	AjongSibulan, Negros Oriental	3,703	about 677	about 5.47 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
123	AbisMabinay, Negros Oriental	3,699	about 255	about 14.53 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
124	CombadoBacong, Negros Oriental	3,675	about 1,904	about 1.93 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
125	NapacaoSiaton, Negros Oriental	3,666	about 110	about 33.44 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
126	BolisongManjuyod, Negros Oriental	3,642	about 1,359	about 2.68 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
127	MalabuhanSiaton, Negros Oriental	3,635	about 555	about 6.55 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
128	CalambaGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	3,628	about 303	about 11.97 km²	2.61% a year	Rural
129	LumapaoCanlaon City, Negros Oriental	3,605	about 360	about 10.02 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
130	TagpoBais City, Negros Oriental	3,605	about 128	about 28.13 km²	7.09% a year	Rural
131	DahileMabinay, Negros Oriental	3,593	about 372	about 9.66 km²	−2.74% a year	Rural
132	TabonVallehermoso, Negros Oriental	3,593	about 514	about 6.99 km²	1.91% a year	Rural
133	ManlipacBais City, Negros Oriental	3,588	about 345	about 10.40 km²	2.57% a year	Rural
134	KalamtukanBayawan City, Negros Oriental	3,584	about 81	about 44.41 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
135	BagticMabinay, Negros Oriental	3,582	about 235	about 15.27 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
136	Mangnao-CanalDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	3,582	about 4,920	about 0.728 km²	3.42% a year	Urban
137	SandayaoGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	3,578	about 98	about 36.58 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
138	CampuyoManjuyod, Negros Oriental	3,571	about 1,841	about 1.94 km²	0.71% a year	Rural
139	ObogonTanjay City, Negros Oriental	3,526	about 2,755	about 1.28 km²	−1.55% a year	Rural
140	San MiguelTanjay City, Negros Oriental	3,526	about 162	about 21.83 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
141	Barangay IBais City, Negros Oriental	3,523	about 11,079	about 0.318 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
142	CanawaySiaton, Negros Oriental	3,513	about 211	about 16.62 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
143	PalinpinonValencia, Negros Oriental	3,501	about 816	about 4.29 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
144	SandulotSiaton, Negros Oriental	3,482	about 142	about 24.53 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
145	CabangahanSiaton, Negros Oriental	3,371	about 278	about 12.12 km²	−2.13% a year	Rural
146	DatagonPamplona, Negros Oriental	3,366	about 568	about 5.93 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
147	LucaTanjay City, Negros Oriental	3,359	about 997	about 3.37 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
148	CabcabanBindoy, Negros Oriental	3,346	about 232	about 14.45 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
149	MalalangsiPamplona, Negros Oriental	3,345	about 760	about 4.40 km²	1.76% a year	Urban
150	Santa AguedaPamplona, Negros Oriental	3,341	about 251	about 13.29 km²	0.93% 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: Negros Island Region (NIR) (OpenSTAT table 0181A6DTHP7). Published August 7, 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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