The Atlas

Barangays in Ilocos Region

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 Ilocos Region

Barangays in Ilocos Region, at a glance

Barangays: 3,267^[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: 5,342,453^[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: 363 urban^[4]; 2,904 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bonuan Gueset^[5]; Dagupan City, Pangasinan; 24,943 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: Santo Niño^[6]; Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte; about 388.06 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: Mangin^{[5, 7]}; Dagupan City, Pangasinan; 5.22% 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: 1,513 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Baay, −2.11% 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.

3,267 barangays, 2,551 to 2,600 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Ilocos Region, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,551	BensicanSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	724	about 237	about 3.06 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
2,552	BoguibogSalcedo, Ilocos Sur	724	about 79	about 9.21 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
2,553	CabisilanBauang, La Union	724	about 453	about 1.60 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
2,554	NapasetBalaoan, La Union	723	about 1,117	about 0.647 km²	2.78% a year	Rural
2,555	San CayetanoSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	722	about 9,162	about 0.0788 km²	−3.76% a year	Rural
2,556	MurayaSan Juan, Ilocos Sur	721	about 278	about 2.59 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
2,557	CaboluanSanta Maria, Pangasinan	720	about 450	about 1.60 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
2,558	Dinwede WestCervantes, Ilocos Sur	720	about 28	about 25.83 km²	−3.27% a year	Rural
2,559	BacsilBangui, Ilocos Norte	719	about 303	about 2.37 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
2,560	MalaminSan Juan, Ilocos Sur	719	about 82	about 8.72 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
2,561	SilagNatividad, Pangasinan	719	about 367	about 1.96 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
2,562	AllabonAgno, Pangasinan	718	about 58	about 12.45 km²	−4.07% a year	Rural
2,563	LamagQuirino, Ilocos Sur	718	about 25	about 28.61 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
2,564	PoblacionSanto Domingo, Ilocos Sur	717	about 1,858	about 0.386 km²	−2.97% a year	Rural
2,565	Ablan Pob.Batac City, Ilocos Norte	716	about 8,961	about 0.0799 km²	−0.79% a year	Urban
2,566	BuenavistaUmingan, Pangasinan	716	about 152	about 4.72 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
2,567	AglipayPinili, Ilocos Norte	715	about 304	about 2.35 km²	2.20% a year	Rural
2,568	BabuyanInfanta, Pangasinan	715	about 10	about 72.60 km²	3.52% a year	Rural
2,569	Mabilbila NorteSanta, Ilocos Sur	715	about 58	about 12.39 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
2,570	PacisSinait, Ilocos Sur	714	about 1,192	about 0.599 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
2,571	RivadaviaNarvacan, Ilocos Sur	714	about 567	about 1.26 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
2,572	BaracbacSinait, Ilocos Sur	713	about 148	about 4.81 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
2,573	Bogtong NiogMangatarem, Pangasinan	713	about 424	about 1.68 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
2,574	BugbugcaoSan Juan, La Union	713	about 513	about 1.39 km²	−1.27% a year	Rural
2,575	GanaganBacarra, Ilocos Norte	713	about 379	about 1.88 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
2,576	Busiing SurSan Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur	712	about 1,518	about 0.469 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
2,577	PamaranumMalasiqui, Pangasinan	712	about 379	about 1.88 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
2,578	San JuanSanta Lucia, Ilocos Sur	712	about 763	about 0.933 km²	−5.61% a year	Rural
2,579	AntoninoBalaoan, La Union	711	about 1,832	about 0.388 km²	−1.77% a year	Rural
2,580	Poblacion EastSan Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur	710	about 797	about 0.891 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
2,581	MagsaysayTagudin, Ilocos Sur	709	about 5,860	about 0.121 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
2,582	CuantaclaCabugao, Ilocos Sur	708	about 627	about 1.13 km²	−4.42% a year	Rural
2,583	Juan CartasCaba, La Union	708	about 391	about 1.81 km²	−0.86% a year	Rural
2,584	TakipanMangatarem, Pangasinan	708	about 323	about 2.19 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
2,585	NamnamaSinait, Ilocos Sur	707	about 3,553	about 0.199 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
2,586	Poblacion EsteSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	707	about 1,953	about 0.362 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
2,587	Bgy. No. 61, CatabanLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	706	about 390	about 1.81 km²	−1.94% a year	Rural
2,588	UrayongCaba, La Union	706	about 560	about 1.26 km²	−1.72% a year	Rural
2,589	BanucalLidlidda, Ilocos Sur	705	about 241	about 2.93 km²	1.01% a year	Rural
2,590	MontePaoay, Ilocos Norte	705	about 216	about 3.26 km²	−1.06% a year	Rural
2,591	Santa Rita EastAgoo, La Union	705	about 1,484	about 0.475 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
2,592	SisimCabugao, Ilocos Sur	704	about 316	about 2.23 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
2,593	Narra OesteSan Fernando City, La Union	703	about 591	about 1.19 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
2,594	AmbitacaySanto Tomas, La Union	701	about 474	about 1.48 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
2,595	AngkilengSanta Lucia, Ilocos Sur	701	about 1,608	about 0.436 km²	−1.76% a year	Rural
2,596	Gabor SurSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	701	about 351	about 2.00 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
2,597	BaniSanta Lucia, Ilocos Sur	700	about 303	about 2.31 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
2,598	TaliaoBurgos, Ilocos Sur	700	about 583	about 1.20 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
2,599	DilavoPasuquin, Ilocos Norte	699	about 37	about 19.15 km²	2.10% a year	Rural
2,600	SinabaanBantay, Ilocos Sur	699	about 1,889	about 0.37 km²	−1.16% a year	Urban

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: Ilocos Region (OpenSTAT table 0011A6DTPH0). 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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