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, 201 to 250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Masbate, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
201	NonocClaveria, Masbate	1,613	about 165	about 9.75 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
202	TabocPlacer, Masbate	1,608	about 214	about 7.52 km²	3.04% a year	Rural
203	MadbadCawayan, Masbate	1,596	about 287	about 5.57 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
204	Baybaydagat Pob.San Fernando, Masbate	1,590	about 12,927	about 0.123 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
205	TerraplinSan Pascual, Masbate	1,587	about 1,729	about 0.918 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
206	AyatMandaon, Masbate	1,582	about 159	about 9.96 km²	−2.64% a year	Rural
207	San JoseSan Pascual, Masbate	1,582	about 85	about 18.71 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
208	PaguihamanUson, Masbate	1,576	about 238	about 6.63 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
209	RizalMonreal, Masbate	1,576	about 171	about 9.21 km²	−3.10% a year	Rural
210	DalipeCawayan, Masbate	1,572	about 74	about 21.34 km²	−1.79% a year	Rural
211	San VicenteCawayan, Masbate	1,569	about 352	about 4.46 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
212	MasbaranonEsperanza, Masbate	1,565	about 593	about 2.64 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
213	CentroMasbate City, Masbate	1,557	about 5,425	about 0.287 km²	−1.52% a year	Urban
214	Gregorio AlinoDimasalang, Masbate	1,547	about 530	about 2.92 km²	1.43% a year	Rural
215	BuenasuerteUson, Masbate	1,540	about 283	about 5.45 km²	−2.16% a year	Rural
216	Lahong ProperBaleno, Masbate	1,540	about 568	about 2.71 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
217	LibertadUson, Masbate	1,534	about 158	about 9.73 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
218	TugboMobo, Masbate	1,529	about 560	about 2.73 km²	−0.89% a year	Urban
219	San IsidroClaveria, Masbate	1,527	about 370	about 4.13 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
220	MalibasPalanas, Masbate	1,514	about 224	about 6.76 km²	3.19% a year	Rural
221	BonifacioUson, Masbate	1,510	about 83	about 18.09 km²	−4.33% a year	Rural
222	TogoronMonreal, Masbate	1,510	about 192	about 7.86 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
223	CagaraBaleno, Masbate	1,500	about 195	about 7.71 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
224	AnasMasbate City, Masbate	1,499	about 407	about 3.68 km²	−1.49% a year	Rural
225	MatagantangPlacer, Masbate	1,498	about 163	about 9.17 km²	−2.21% a year	Rural
226	Santa TeresitaCataingan, Masbate	1,486	about 467	about 3.18 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
227	Santa CruzPlacer, Masbate	1,483	about 138	about 10.78 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
228	TaguilidClaveria, Masbate	1,476	about 579	about 2.55 km²	−2.97% a year	Rural
229	TabernaCawayan, Masbate	1,475	about 99	about 14.84 km²	−1.71% a year	Rural
230	GahitCataingan, Masbate	1,467	about 329	about 4.46 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
231	BanahaoDimasalang, Masbate	1,465	about 837	about 1.75 km²	−0.34% a year	Urban
232	Mababang BaybayClaveria, Masbate	1,464	about 264	about 5.55 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
233	Magsasaka Pob.San Fernando, Masbate	1,463	about 898	about 1.63 km²	3.59% a year	Rural
234	BugtongMandaon, Masbate	1,461	about 43	about 34.05 km²	−2.73% a year	Rural
235	MatongogAroroy, Masbate	1,461	about 202	about 7.22 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
236	BalantayDimasalang, Masbate	1,457	about 156	about 9.36 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
237	TubogCawayan, Masbate	1,449	about 418	about 3.47 km²	3.31% a year	Rural
238	TanquePio V. Corpus, Masbate	1,446	about 477	about 3.03 km²	−2.56% a year	Rural
239	NailabanMandaon, Masbate	1,444	about 219	about 6.58 km²	4.48% a year	Rural
240	NasunduanMobo, Masbate	1,440	about 814	about 1.77 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
241	San MateoUson, Masbate	1,439	about 264	about 5.45 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
242	MapiñaMasbate City, Masbate	1,438	about 121	about 11.87 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
243	MiabasPalanas, Masbate	1,435	about 207	about 6.92 km²	−1.77% a year	Rural
244	BuenasuertePio V. Corpus, Masbate	1,433	about 208	about 6.89 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
245	MabiniUson, Masbate	1,431	about 385	about 3.72 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
246	CabangrayanPio V. Corpus, Masbate	1,430	about 178	about 8.05 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
247	SalvacionPio V. Corpus, Masbate	1,428	about 209	about 6.83 km²	−1.25% a year	Rural
248	CanomoyMandaon, Masbate	1,426	about 352	about 4.05 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
249	SubaDimasalang, Masbate	1,426	about 1,123	about 1.27 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
250	MagsaysayUson, Masbate	1,414	about 488	about 2.90 km²	0.24% 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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