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, 151 to 200 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Masbate, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
151	GibraltarBatuan, Masbate	1,898	about 579	about 3.28 km²	3.22% a year	Rural
152	Poblacion Dist. IIMobo, Masbate	1,891	about 4,377	about 0.432 km²	−2.07% a year	Rural
153	CapaculanMilagros, Masbate	1,886	about 188	about 10.05 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
154	CalumpangMilagros, Masbate	1,863	about 100	about 18.60 km²	−1.14% a year	Rural
155	CalumpangBalud, Masbate	1,862	about 1,186	about 1.57 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
156	IlayaBalud, Masbate	1,858	about 245	about 7.59 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
157	MalubiAroroy, Masbate	1,842	about 196	about 9.40 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
158	QuintinaSan Pascual, Masbate	1,833	about 140	about 13.10 km²	2.75% a year	Rural
159	AmotagAroroy, Masbate	1,823	about 63	about 28.71 km²	−2.88% a year	Rural
160	Tan-AwanPlacer, Masbate	1,822	about 163	about 11.20 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
161	MatalangtalangAroroy, Masbate	1,821	about 76	about 23.86 km²	2.56% a year	Rural
162	Boca EngañoClaveria, Masbate	1,811	about 199	about 9.09 km²	−1.24% a year	Rural
163	San AgustinAroroy, Masbate	1,808	about 81	about 22.33 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
164	TawadMilagros, Masbate	1,806	about 242	about 7.45 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
165	BaraMilagros, Masbate	1,802	about 153	about 11.75 km²	−3.37% a year	Rural
166	PinamasinganSan Pascual, Masbate	1,800	about 98	about 18.40 km²	−2.55% a year	Rural
167	QuezonUson, Masbate	1,800	about 352	about 5.11 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
168	LiongCataingan, Masbate	1,797	about 273	about 6.59 km²	−12.16% a year	Rural
169	MaihaoCawayan, Masbate	1,797	about 386	about 4.65 km²	2.26% a year	Rural
170	CagayMasbate City, Masbate	1,786	about 93	about 19.28 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
171	UboBalud, Masbate	1,783	about 409	about 4.36 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
172	Santo NiñoCataingan, Masbate	1,773	about 249	about 7.13 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
173	CabangcalanPlacer, Masbate	1,772	about 199	about 8.90 km²	3.68% a year	Rural
174	MagdalenaBaleno, Masbate	1,751	about 768	about 2.28 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
175	TinagoAroroy, Masbate	1,750	about 608	about 2.88 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
176	Bat-OnganMandaon, Masbate	1,744	about 157	about 11.11 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
177	MabiniSan Pascual, Masbate	1,744	about 121	about 14.44 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
178	DacuMobo, Masbate	1,742	about 761	about 2.29 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
179	BalatucanMobo, Masbate	1,740	about 107	about 16.24 km²	−3.03% a year	Rural
180	BuyoClaveria, Masbate	1,740	about 319	about 5.46 km²	−2.55% a year	Rural
181	District IIISan Jacinto, Masbate	1,736	about 1,669	about 1.04 km²	−2.17% a year	Urban
182	San MarcosPlacer, Masbate	1,735	about 463	about 3.75 km²	−2.31% a year	Rural
183	PoblacionUson, Masbate	1,682	about 1,185	about 1.42 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
184	CalanayAroroy, Masbate	1,679	about 60	about 27.78 km²	2.30% a year	Rural
185	ImeldaClaveria, Masbate	1,671	about 170	about 9.82 km²	−2.76% a year	Rural
186	AlegriaPio V. Corpus, Masbate	1,667	about 425	about 3.92 km²	1.26% a year	Rural
187	Umabay InteriorMobo, Masbate	1,665	about 265	about 6.29 km²	−1.01% a year	Rural
188	Silangan Pob.San Fernando, Masbate	1,659	about 11,601	about 0.143 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
189	GaidDimasalang, Masbate	1,648	about 428	about 3.85 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
190	MatayumCataingan, Masbate	1,637	about 446	about 3.67 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
191	NabongsoranAroroy, Masbate	1,637	about 107	about 15.32 km²	−4.75% a year	Rural
192	CrossingUson, Masbate	1,632	about 301	about 5.42 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
193	MorocborocanUson, Masbate	1,629	about 260	about 6.27 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
194	DayhaganAroroy, Masbate	1,625	about 96	about 17.00 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
195	SawangUson, Masbate	1,623	about 307	about 5.28 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
196	MabiniSan Jacinto, Masbate	1,620	about 300	about 5.40 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
197	B. TitongMasbate City, Masbate	1,617	about 512	about 3.16 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
198	Don Pablo Dela RosaAroroy, Masbate	1,617	about 366	about 4.42 km²	1.02% a year	Rural
199	DanaoSan Jacinto, Masbate	1,616	about 269	about 6.00 km²	2.99% a year	Rural
200	TuburanCawayan, Masbate	1,615	about 137	about 11.83 km²	0.12% 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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