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Barangays in Central Luzon

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 Central Luzon

Barangays in Central Luzon, at a glance

Barangays: 3,105^[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: 12,989,074^[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: 1,086 urban^[4]; 2,019 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Loma de Gato^[5]; Marilao, Bulacan; 74,133 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: Kalawakan^[6]; Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan; about 351.15 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 Pablo 2nd^{[5, 7]}; Lubao, Pampanga; 16.75% 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: 577 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Sapangbato, −9.83% 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.

3,105 barangays, 1,451 to 1,500 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Luzon, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,451	NambalanSanta Ignacia, Tarlac	2,850	about 616	about 4.63 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
1,452	LourdesCandaba, Pampanga	2,848	about 675	about 4.22 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
1,453	MagsalisiJaen, Nueva Ecija	2,848	about 770	about 3.70 km²	−6.03% a year	Rural
1,454	CautLa Paz, Tarlac	2,847	about 474	about 6.01 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
1,455	AquinoLicab, Nueva Ecija	2,843	about 244	about 11.67 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
1,456	BungoGapan City, Nueva Ecija	2,840	about 282	about 10.06 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
1,457	MalibaySan Miguel, Bulacan	2,840	about 243	about 11.68 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
1,458	San JosepSanta Rosa, Nueva Ecija	2,835	about 1,013	about 2.80 km²	1.22% a year	Rural
1,459	SulucanBocaue, Bulacan	2,835	about 3,716	about 0.763 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
1,460	BorlonganDipaculao, Aurora	2,833	about 96	about 29.43 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
1,461	Rajal SurSanta Rosa, Nueva Ecija	2,832	about 739	about 3.83 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
1,462	Cama JuanSan Antonio, Nueva Ecija	2,831	about 498	about 5.69 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
1,463	San FernandoSanta Cruz, Zambales	2,831	about 1,011	about 2.80 km²	2.09% a year	Rural
1,464	PulaTalavera, Nueva Ecija	2,830	about 1,252	about 2.26 km²	1.43% a year	Rural
1,465	San Felipe MatandaAliaga, Nueva Ecija	2,827	about 1,006	about 2.81 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
1,466	ConversionPantabangan, Nueva Ecija	2,824	about 47	about 59.83 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
1,467	MahiponGapan City, Nueva Ecija	2,821	about 490	about 5.76 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
1,468	San JuanMacabebe, Pampanga	2,821	about 4,881	about 0.578 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
1,469	MaligayaCabiao, Nueva Ecija	2,817	about 4,347	about 0.648 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
1,470	General LunaRizal, Nueva Ecija	2,816	about 176	about 16.04 km²	2.79% a year	Rural
1,471	LegaspiSan Manuel, Tarlac	2,816	about 1,380	about 2.04 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
1,472	MangolagoVictoria, Tarlac	2,816	about 444	about 6.34 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
1,473	BacabacCamiling, Tarlac	2,812	about 530	about 5.31 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
1,474	BaritCandaba, Pampanga	2,810	about 684	about 4.11 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
1,475	BagtingGabaldon, Nueva Ecija	2,808	about 34	about 82.50 km²	−5.31% a year	Rural
1,476	Minuyan IIISan Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan	2,807	about 17,654	about 0.159 km²	1.18% a year	Urban
1,477	Santo Niño ISan Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan	2,805	about 19,479	about 0.144 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
1,478	SibacanBalanga City, Bataan	2,802	about 3,963	about 0.707 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
1,479	Barangay ILaur, Nueva Ecija	2,801	about 1,373	about 2.04 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
1,480	LoteBalanga City, Bataan	2,800	about 10,853	about 0.258 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
1,481	MakapilapilSan Ildefonso, Bulacan	2,796	about 1,288	about 2.17 km²	0.45% a year	Urban
1,482	TubectubangMoncada, Tarlac	2,796	about 917	about 3.05 km²	1.02% a year	Rural
1,483	PielBaliwag City, Bulacan	2,794	about 2,430	about 1.15 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
1,484	MalabagoSanta Cruz, Zambales	2,793	about 356	about 7.84 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
1,485	San RicardoTalavera, Nueva Ecija	2,791	about 1,417	about 1.97 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
1,486	San NicolasVictoria, Tarlac	2,790	about 3,957	about 0.705 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
1,487	KabalutanOrani, Bataan	2,789	about 542	about 5.15 km²	−1.88% a year	Rural
1,488	MabicalFloridablanca, Pampanga	2,789	about 5,343	about 0.522 km²	−3.21% a year	Urban
1,489	San FelipeLlanera, Nueva Ecija	2,785	about 331	about 8.42 km²	8.47% a year	Rural
1,490	DonaOrani, Bataan	2,784	about 505	about 5.51 km²	11.20% a year	Urban
1,491	LunaSan Antonio, Zambales	2,781	about 570	about 4.88 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
1,492	Mayapyap NorteCabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija	2,780	about 4,238	about 0.656 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
1,493	BantogTarlac City, Tarlac	2,777	about 256	about 10.85 km²	3.46% a year	Rural
1,494	BulakGapan City, Nueva Ecija	2,776	about 577	about 4.81 km²	1.70% a year	Rural
1,495	TinajeroBacolor, Pampanga	2,772	about 2,879	about 0.963 km²	2.20% a year	Rural
1,496	LagareCabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija	2,769	about 902	about 3.07 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
1,497	TrialaGuimba, Nueva Ecija	2,765	about 498	about 5.55 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
1,498	AcocolaoPaniqui, Tarlac	2,763	about 966	about 2.86 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
1,499	BiaanMariveles, Bataan	2,763	about 55	about 49.81 km²	0.89% a year	Urban
1,500	San MarcosCalumpit, Bulacan	2,758	about 7,474	about 0.369 km²	0.77% 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: Central Luzon (OpenSTAT table 0031A6DTPH2). Published August 5, 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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