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

Barangays in Central Luzon, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,101	TugatugBongabon, Nueva Ecija	1,843	about 402	about 4.58 km²	−4.76% a year	Rural
2,102	SabaHermosa, Bataan	1,842	about 394	about 4.67 km²	−3.65% a year	Rural
2,103	SalambaoObando, Bulacan	1,841	about 935	about 1.97 km²	3.81% a year	Rural
2,104	RuedaPlaridel, Bulacan	1,839	about 1,856	about 0.991 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
2,105	Santo NiñoPandi, Bulacan	1,839	about 1,719	about 1.07 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
2,106	Sto. TomasPalauig, Zambales	1,839	about 958	about 1.92 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
2,107	TampoBotolan, Zambales	1,838	about 1,332	about 1.38 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
2,108	Santa Lucia OldZaragoza, Nueva Ecija	1,837	about 216	about 8.49 km²	−2.01% a year	Rural
2,109	BagumbayanBalanga City, Bataan	1,836	about 12,930	about 0.142 km²	−2.80% a year	Rural
2,110	BiclatSan Miguel, Bulacan	1,836	about 838	about 2.19 km²	1.01% a year	Rural
2,111	Poblacion 1Moncada, Tarlac	1,836	about 8,579	about 0.214 km²	0.45% a year	Urban
2,112	Santa IsabelCabiao, Nueva Ecija	1,836	about 164	about 11.17 km²	2.93% a year	Rural
2,113	San AndresScience City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija	1,834	about 728	about 2.52 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
2,114	Santa RitaSanto Domingo, Nueva Ecija	1,834	about 418	about 4.39 km²	6.36% a year	Rural
2,115	CalipayanSanta Ignacia, Tarlac	1,833	about 112	about 16.36 km²	2.38% a year	Rural
2,116	GomezSanta Rosa, Nueva Ecija	1,833	about 4,204	about 0.436 km²	−0.30% a year	Urban
2,117	Villa CuizonScience City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija	1,832	about 691	about 2.65 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
2,118	Camposanto 1 - NorteMoncada, Tarlac	1,830	about 543	about 3.37 km²	3.17% a year	Rural
2,119	DiarabasinDipaculao, Aurora	1,830	about 33	about 54.98 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
2,120	BawaGerona, Tarlac	1,828	about 1,775	about 1.03 km²	−0.18% a year	Rural
2,121	Zone IIDinalungan, Aurora	1,828	about 3,207	about 0.57 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
2,122	FarañalSan Felipe, Zambales	1,826	about 932	about 1.96 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
2,123	PuangiDipaculao, Aurora	1,824	about 418	about 4.36 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
2,124	San CarlosTarlac City, Tarlac	1,824	about 594	about 3.07 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
2,125	LabiBongabon, Nueva Ecija	1,823	about 18	about 103.59 km²	2.51% a year	Rural
2,126	Sacrifice ValleyHermosa, Bataan	1,822	about 1,007	about 1.81 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
2,127	Sapang DayapSan Ildefonso, Bulacan	1,820	about 251	about 7.24 km²	2.74% a year	Rural
2,128	BaritanSan Miguel, Bulacan	1,819	about 1,516	about 1.20 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
2,129	South PoblacionDipaculao, Aurora	1,819	about 4,864	about 0.374 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
2,130	GalvanGuimba, Nueva Ecija	1,818	about 530	about 3.43 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
2,131	MaluacMoncada, Tarlac	1,818	about 1,609	about 1.13 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
2,132	BallocSan Clemente, Tarlac	1,817	about 354	about 5.13 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
2,133	San Pedro IMagalang, Pampanga	1,815	about 11,786	about 0.154 km²	0.80% a year	Urban
2,134	Bebe MatuaMasantol, Pampanga	1,812	about 3,283	about 0.552 km²	2.60% a year	Rural
2,135	Sinipit BubonSan Jose City, Nueva Ecija	1,811	about 347	about 5.22 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
2,136	San Pedro PalcaranganLubao, Pampanga	1,810	about 528	about 3.43 km²	−17.33% a year	Rural
2,137	SuaMasantol, Pampanga	1,810	about 256	about 7.06 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
2,138	De La PazLubao, Pampanga	1,803	about 805	about 2.24 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
2,139	San AgustinSan Rafael, Bulacan	1,803	about 3,333	about 0.541 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
2,140	San MauricioSan Jose City, Nueva Ecija	1,803	about 378	about 4.77 km²	10.15% a year	Rural
2,141	Cabaducan EastNampicuan, Nueva Ecija	1,802	about 653	about 2.76 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
2,142	Santo RosarioMabalacat City, Pampanga	1,801	about 26,101	about 0.069 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
2,143	Zulueta DistrictCabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija	1,801	about 4,881	about 0.369 km²	4.57% a year	Urban
2,144	Santa PeregrinaPulilan, Bulacan	1,800	about 1,395	about 1.29 km²	1.87% a year	Rural
2,145	TaalMalolos City, Bulacan	1,799	about 1,499	about 1.20 km²	1.70% a year	Rural
2,146	Poblacion 2Moncada, Tarlac	1,798	about 7,135	about 0.252 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
2,147	NagmisahanCuyapo, Nueva Ecija	1,796	about 401	about 4.48 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
2,148	San ManuelQuezon, Nueva Ecija	1,795	about 564	about 3.18 km²	−2.12% a year	Rural
2,149	Poblacion CenterRamos, Tarlac	1,794	about 1,913	about 0.938 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
2,150	PolilioCabiao, Nueva Ecija	1,789	about 13,656	about 0.131 km²	4.15% 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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