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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, 2,801 to 2,850 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Luzon, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,801	BayabasDipaculao, Aurora	934	about 677	about 1.38 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
2,802	SalazarCarranglan, Nueva Ecija	931	about 16	about 57.51 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
2,803	Diliman IISan Rafael, Bulacan	930	about 732	about 1.27 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
2,804	VillaMoncada, Tarlac	928	about 1,023	about 0.907 km²	1.81% a year	Rural
2,805	SunsonAliaga, Nueva Ecija	927	about 410	about 2.26 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
2,806	EstoniloMaria Aurora, Aurora	926	about 367	about 2.52 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
2,807	RizalCuyapo, Nueva Ecija	926	about 166	about 5.59 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
2,808	RizalAnao, Tarlac	926	about 439	about 2.11 km²	1.26% a year	Rural
2,809	EdenMexico, Pampanga	925	about 523	about 1.77 km²	1.68% a year	Rural
2,810	PinamalisanGabaldon, Nueva Ecija	925	about 128	about 7.24 km²	5.84% a year	Rural
2,811	DilaguidiDilasag, Aurora	923	about 18	about 49.95 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
2,812	Barangay IQuezon, Nueva Ecija	919	about 613	about 1.50 km²	−11.52% a year	Rural
2,813	TelbangCamiling, Tarlac	919	about 585	about 1.57 km²	2.86% a year	Urban
2,814	Partida IIGuimba, Nueva Ecija	918	about 701	about 1.31 km²	3.51% a year	Rural
2,815	CabatuanBotolan, Zambales	917	about 45	about 20.21 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
2,816	CarabaoanMayantoc, Tarlac	914	about 304	about 3.01 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
2,817	SaringayaTalugtug, Nueva Ecija	913	about 380	about 2.40 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
2,818	BantugCarranglan, Nueva Ecija	911	about 447	about 2.04 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
2,819	PaysawanBagac, Bataan	911	about 172	about 5.31 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
2,820	AlwaPalauig, Zambales	906	about 266	about 3.40 km²	2.42% a year	Rural
2,821	CasilaganRizal, Nueva Ecija	903	about 118	about 7.65 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
2,822	Anoling 2ndCamiling, Tarlac	900	about 874	about 1.03 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
2,823	CabubulaonanTalavera, Nueva Ecija	896	about 700	about 1.28 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
2,824	LandigCuyapo, Nueva Ecija	896	about 339	about 2.64 km²	1.91% a year	Rural
2,825	BangcuBamban, Tarlac	895	about 276	about 3.24 km²	33.77% a year	Rural
2,826	DibutunanDipaculao, Aurora	894	about 50	about 18.05 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
2,827	WakasOrion, Bataan	887	about 3,665	about 0.242 km²	−2.29% a year	Urban
2,828	BuenavistaCastillejos, Zambales	885	about 646	about 1.37 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
2,829	MacamiasGuimba, Nueva Ecija	884	about 762	about 1.16 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
2,830	Alalay ChicaLupao, Nueva Ecija	882	about 493	about 1.79 km²	−1.06% a year	Rural
2,831	ColumbitinCuyapo, Nueva Ecija	879	about 220	about 4.00 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
2,832	Anoling 1stCamiling, Tarlac	878	about 610	about 1.44 km²	3.23% a year	Rural
2,833	District VCuyapo, Nueva Ecija	878	about 7,081	about 0.124 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
2,834	MabungaGapan City, Nueva Ecija	878	about 120	about 7.32 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
2,835	TandocTalugtug, Nueva Ecija	878	about 296	about 2.97 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
2,836	San Roque NorteCabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija	877	about 13,410	about 0.0654 km²	−1.75% a year	Urban
2,837	PaiteSan Narciso, Zambales	868	about 45	about 19.42 km²	3.17% a year	Rural
2,838	SocialBongabon, Nueva Ecija	868	about 10,176	about 0.0853 km²	2.13% a year	Rural
2,839	Santo NiñoTarlac City, Tarlac	867	about 142	about 6.12 km²	4.56% a year	Rural
2,840	BosqueLlanera, Nueva Ecija	866	about 116	about 7.49 km²	−1.39% a year	Rural
2,841	DibutSan Luis, Aurora	865	about 71	about 12.13 km²	2.54% a year	Rural
2,842	TibagTalugtug, Nueva Ecija	865	about 186	about 4.65 km²	4.19% a year	Rural
2,843	Casulucan EsteTalavera, Nueva Ecija	863	about 233	about 3.70 km²	−1.11% a year	Rural
2,844	PoblacionSanto Domingo, Nueva Ecija	861	about 10,047	about 0.0857 km²	2.59% a year	Rural
2,845	Sta. MonicaMasantol, Pampanga	861	about 2,142	about 0.402 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
2,846	CaniagCamiling, Tarlac	858	about 447	about 1.92 km²	4.02% a year	Rural
2,847	Villa ParaisoRizal, Nueva Ecija	858	about 303	about 2.83 km²	5.62% a year	Rural
2,848	CandelariaSan Narciso, Zambales	857	about 4,418	about 0.194 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
2,849	Paking-CarboneroOrani, Bataan	854	about 50,833	about 0.0168 km²	−1.95% a year	Rural
2,850	TinibCasiguran, Aurora	854	about 13	about 65.87 km²	−0.22% 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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