The Atlas

Barangays in Western Visayas

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 Western Visayas

Barangays in Western Visayas, at a glance

Barangays: 3,389^[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: 4,861,911^[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: 277 urban^[4]; 3,112 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Manoc-Manoc^[5]; Malay, Aklan; 22,207 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: Cabatangan^[6]; Lambunao, Iloilo; about 237.24 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: Bacjawan Sur^{[5, 7]}; Concepcion, Iloilo; 10.14% 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: 994 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Poblacion Ilawod, −3.57% 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.

3,389 barangays, 2,301 to 2,350 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Western Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,301	VivoTangalan, Aklan	712	about 101	about 7.03 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
2,302	YawyawanLemery, Iloilo	711	about 100	about 7.11 km²	3.46% a year	Rural
2,303	BolhogBatad, Iloilo	710	about 815	about 0.871 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
2,304	LacadonSanta Barbara, Iloilo	709	about 457	about 1.55 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
2,305	BacjaoBuenavista, Guimaras	708	about 488	about 1.45 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
2,306	AlibagonMakato, Aklan	707	about 298	about 2.37 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
2,307	MayangTubungan, Iloilo	707	about 397	about 1.78 km²	−4.08% a year	Rural
2,308	QuiajoPresident Roxas, Capiz	707	about 501	about 1.41 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
2,309	Burgos-RegidorDumangas, Iloilo	706	about 8,023	about 0.088 km²	−1.88% a year	Rural
2,310	AlamedaIgbaras, Iloilo	705	about 299	about 2.36 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
2,311	Piapi IIHamtic, Antique	705	about 518	about 1.36 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
2,312	MambawiAlimodian, Iloilo	704	about 542	about 1.30 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
2,313	PinamalaticanSigma, Capiz	704	about 165	about 4.26 km²	−4.50% a year	Rural
2,314	SaririBadiangan, Iloilo	704	about 592	about 1.19 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
2,315	BaacDueñas, Iloilo	703	about 545	about 1.29 km²	3.83% a year	Rural
2,316	PucioLibertad, Antique	703	about 466	about 1.51 km²	3.02% a year	Rural
2,317	ManganeseAnilao, Iloilo	702	about 70	about 9.99 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
2,318	TuburanLambunao, Iloilo	702	about 401	about 1.75 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
2,319	CarataganCalinog, Iloilo	701	about 369	about 1.90 km²	2.79% a year	Rural
2,320	InamyunganBingawan, Iloilo	701	about 292	about 2.40 km²	−5.38% a year	Rural
2,321	Lanag NorteTubungan, Iloilo	701	about 317	about 2.21 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,322	PotolanDingle, Iloilo	701	about 326	about 2.15 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,323	Bayo PequeñoAnini-Y, Antique	699	about 546	about 1.28 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
2,324	SalvacionSibalom, Antique	699	about 388	about 1.80 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
2,325	MaliaoLeon, Iloilo	698	about 358	about 1.95 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
2,326	Ngingi-anBingawan, Iloilo	698	about 367	about 1.90 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
2,327	CapangyanLambunao, Iloilo	697	about 491	about 1.42 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
2,328	TatoyMiagao, Iloilo	697	about 734	about 0.949 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
2,329	ImparayanSibalom, Antique	696	about 128	about 5.42 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
2,330	ManapaoPontevedra, Capiz	696	about 884	about 0.787 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
2,331	San JulianBadiangan, Iloilo	696	about 307	about 2.27 km²	−1.59% a year	Rural
2,332	Malag-itCalinog, Iloilo	695	about 309	about 2.25 km²	4.35% a year	Rural
2,333	TubudanSan Remigio, Antique	694	about 184	about 3.78 km²	1.32% a year	Rural
2,334	Turog-TurogOton, Iloilo	694	about 526	about 1.32 km²	−0.58% a year	Rural
2,335	OwakCalinog, Iloilo	693	about 321	about 2.16 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
2,336	Tuy-an WestMaasin, Iloilo	693	about 405	about 1.71 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
2,337	BongsodSibalom, Antique	691	about 658	about 1.05 km²	3.49% a year	Rural
2,338	Gines InteriorCabatuan, Iloilo	691	about 378	about 1.83 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
2,339	Jelicuon LusayaCabatuan, Iloilo	691	about 455	about 1.52 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
2,340	InsarayanSibalom, Antique	690	about 297	about 2.32 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
2,341	LambayaganSibalom, Antique	690	about 356	about 1.94 km²	8.88% a year	Rural
2,342	Sta. AnaTibiao, Antique	690	about 493	about 1.40 km²	2.17% a year	Rural
2,343	BalaticonCalinog, Iloilo	689	about 218	about 3.16 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
2,344	ArguellesIloilo City, Iloilo	688	about 5,593	about 0.123 km²	2.06% a year	Urban
2,345	Barasanan ATobias Fornier, Antique	688	about 495	about 1.39 km²	1.41% a year	Rural
2,346	RooseveltTapaz, Capiz	687	about 480	about 1.43 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
2,347	San AgustinIloilo City, Iloilo	687	about 3,616	about 0.19 km²	7.11% a year	Urban
2,348	SimsimanLambunao, Iloilo	687	about 480	about 1.43 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
2,349	PajoLibertad, Antique	686	about 62	about 11.08 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
2,350	Tuy-an EastMaasin, Iloilo	686	about 288	about 2.38 km²	0.14% 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: Western Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0061A6DTPH5). 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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