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Barangays in Cagayan Valley

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 Cagayan Valley

Barangays in Cagayan Valley, at a glance

Barangays: 2,311^[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: 3,777,608^[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: 190 urban^[4]; 2,121 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Rizal^[5]; Santiago City, Isabela; 14,030 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: Lapi^[6]; Peñablanca, Cagayan; about 833.28 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: Curva^{[5, 7]}; Pamplona, Cagayan; 6.21% 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: 536 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Fermin, −2.80% 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.

2,311 barangays, 2,101 to 2,150 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cagayan Valley, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,101	EstrellaSan Guillermo, Isabela	480	about 56	about 8.57 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
2,102	TagaoLasam, Cagayan	478	about 186	about 2.57 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
2,103	Santa MariaItbayat, Batanes	475	about 38	about 12.54 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
2,104	PalawanSan Guillermo, Isabela	474	about 140	about 3.38 km²	−0.70% a year	Rural
2,105	PungponganJones, Isabela	470	about 43	about 10.94 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
2,106	SinaitQuirino, Isabela	470	about 127	about 3.70 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
2,107	AringaySan Guillermo, Isabela	467	about 75	about 6.24 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
2,108	RaeleItbayat, Batanes	467	about 15	about 31.68 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
2,109	SinabbaranAngadanan, Isabela	467	about 383	about 1.22 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
2,110	AgliamSan Manuel, Isabela	464	about 145	about 3.21 km²	1.84% a year	Rural
2,111	San Francisco SurSan Guillermo, Isabela	463	about 64	about 7.27 km²	3.14% a year	Rural
2,112	BantayJones, Isabela	462	about 30	about 15.63 km²	7.40% a year	Rural
2,113	PanatayanMahatao, Batanes	462	about 204	about 2.27 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
2,114	LablabigClaveria, Cagayan	459	about 224	about 2.05 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
2,115	MasicalSanto Niño, Cagayan	459	about 53	about 8.70 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
2,116	BenguetEchague, Isabela	458	about 21	about 21.33 km²	−1.75% a year	Rural
2,117	GoranAmulung, Cagayan	458	about 94	about 4.87 km²	1.87% a year	Rural
2,118	BeletKasibu, Nueva Vizcaya	457	about 32	about 14.25 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
2,119	MabbangRizal, Cagayan	457	about 293	about 1.56 km²	−0.92% a year	Rural
2,120	RizalNaguilian, Isabela	456	about 49	about 9.34 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,121	Culing EastCabatuan, Isabela	455	about 653	about 0.697 km²	−2.33% a year	Rural
2,122	DilakitDivilacan, Isabela	455	about 29	about 15.45 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,123	SantiagoBenito Soliven, Isabela	453	about 71	about 6.35 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
2,124	SinickingRizal, Cagayan	453	about 142	about 3.18 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
2,125	PissayAngadanan, Isabela	451	about 217	about 2.08 km²	3.04% a year	Rural
2,126	BannawagAurora, Isabela	449	about 191	about 2.35 km²	3.37% a year	Rural
2,127	QuimalabasaIlagan City, Isabela	448	about 643	about 0.697 km²	6.17% a year	Rural
2,128	San CarlosBenito Soliven, Isabela	448	about 243	about 1.84 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
2,129	Santa LuciaItbayat, Batanes	448	about 26	about 16.98 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
2,130	CawayanAlfonso Castaneda, Nueva Vizcaya	447	about 6	about 78.14 km²	3.14% a year	Rural
2,131	DisimpitJones, Isabela	447	about 185	about 2.42 km²	−3.65% a year	Rural
2,132	Tubungan WesteGattaran, Cagayan	446	about 133	about 3.36 km²	20.49% a year	Rural
2,133	TukodKasibu, Nueva Vizcaya	445	about 17	about 26.87 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
2,134	ZamoraSan Mariano, Isabela	442	about 137	about 3.22 km²	−1.41% a year	Rural
2,135	BaccuitAmulung, Cagayan	441	about 207	about 2.13 km²	−2.06% a year	Rural
2,136	AbagaoLal-Lo, Cagayan	440	about 71	about 6.22 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
2,137	CabayuGattaran, Cagayan	439	about 86	about 5.11 km²	2.69% a year	Rural
2,138	CalimaturodCordon, Isabela	439	about 194	about 2.26 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
2,139	Camalaggoan/D LeañoClaveria, Cagayan	438	about 193	about 2.27 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
2,140	Mala EsteBuguey, Cagayan	438	about 521	about 0.84 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
2,141	NanauatanRizal, Cagayan	438	about 60	about 7.30 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
2,142	TanaAmulung, Cagayan	438	about 205	about 2.14 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
2,143	CataligananLasam, Cagayan	436	about 87	about 5.02 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
2,144	NagsabaranAmulung, Cagayan	432	about 53	about 8.16 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
2,145	ChanarianBasco, Batanes	430	about 160	about 2.69 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
2,146	CallaoGonzaga, Cagayan	429	about 99	about 4.32 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
2,147	KayvalugananUyugan, Batanes	427	about 99	about 4.33 km²	3.56% a year	Rural
2,148	SinippilTumauini, Isabela	427	about 212	about 2.01 km²	8.40% a year	Rural
2,149	San IsidroQuirino, Isabela	426	about 59	about 7.26 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
2,150	San RoqueDelfin Albano, Isabela	426	about 947	about 0.45 km²	3.84% 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: Cagayan Valley (OpenSTAT table 0021A6DTPH1). 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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