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Barangays in Bicol 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 Bicol Region

Barangays in Bicol Region, at a glance

Barangays: 3,471^[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: 6,064,426^[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: 350 urban^[4]; 3,121 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Concepcion Pequeña^[5]; Naga City, Camarines Sur; 26,192 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: Cabadisan^[6]; Ragay, Camarines Sur; about 100.30 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: Carangcang^{[5, 7]}; Magarao, Camarines Sur; 14.05% 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: 1,770 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Magang, −5.05% 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.

3,471 barangays, 2,851 to 2,900 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Bicol Region, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,851	SalvacionGarchitorena, Camarines Sur	648	about 27	about 24.00 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
2,852	BinitayanCamalig, Albay	647	about 837	about 0.773 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
2,853	MabuhayMobo, Masbate	647	about 93	about 6.92 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
2,854	San IsidroLagonoy, Camarines Sur	647	about 38	about 17.15 km²	3.88% a year	Rural
2,855	AlibuagSan Andres, Catanduanes	645	about 1,208	about 0.534 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
2,856	Bagong SirangPresentacion, Camarines Sur	644	about 1,717	about 0.375 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
2,857	BinosawanRapu-Rapu, Albay	644	about 415	about 1.55 km²	−2.74% a year	Rural
2,858	MarinawaBato, Catanduanes	643	about 167	about 3.86 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
2,859	Bagong SirangSan Andres, Catanduanes	642	about 263	about 2.44 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
2,860	BugaoBagamanoc, Catanduanes	641	about 2,374	about 0.27 km²	−2.02% a year	Rural
2,861	MabiniPanganiban, Catanduanes	641	about 209	about 3.07 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
2,862	NabasanDaraga, Albay	641	about 231	about 2.77 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
2,863	TalisaySan Fernando, Masbate	641	about 197	about 3.25 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
2,864	TibangSan Andres, Catanduanes	641	about 51	about 12.49 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
2,865	CamburoCaramoran, Catanduanes	640	about 295	about 2.17 km²	−4.01% a year	Rural
2,866	PoodGuinobatan, Albay	640	about 164	about 3.90 km²	31.39% a year	Rural
2,867	ValparaisoSan Fernando, Masbate	640	about 209	about 3.06 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
2,868	TambongonBacacay, Albay	639	about 166	about 3.86 km²	−3.80% a year	Rural
2,869	ConstantinoVirac, Catanduanes	638	about 2,065	about 0.309 km²	−5.59% a year	Urban
2,870	DivisoriaCataingan, Masbate	638	about 180	about 3.55 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
2,871	PaloCanaman, Camarines Sur	638	about 273	about 2.34 km²	−2.30% a year	Rural
2,872	MinaCamalig, Albay	637	about 366	about 1.74 km²	−2.37% a year	Rural
2,873	San MiguelBaras, Catanduanes	637	about 228	about 2.80 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
2,874	BobonsuranLigao City, Albay	636	about 630	about 1.01 km²	−2.17% a year	Rural
2,875	TominawogSan Andres, Catanduanes	636	about 509	about 1.25 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
2,876	MapuyoMobo, Masbate	635	about 97	about 6.52 km²	2.67% a year	Rural
2,877	San MiguelMagarao, Camarines Sur	635	about 980	about 0.648 km²	−3.97% a year	Rural
2,878	J. M. AlbertoSan Miguel, Catanduanes	634	about 13	about 47.03 km²	−6.42% a year	Rural
2,879	PatalunanRagay, Camarines Sur	634	about 63	about 10.00 km²	−0.49% a year	Rural
2,880	PinamoghaanSan Fernando, Masbate	633	about 411	about 1.54 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
2,881	CatambanPandan, Catanduanes	632	about 250	about 2.53 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,882	PiliPlacer, Masbate	632	about 123	about 5.12 km²	−1.28% a year	Rural
2,883	TiongsonLigao City, Albay	632	about 141	about 4.47 km²	−4.74% a year	Rural
2,884	San VicenteViga, Catanduanes	630	about 219	about 2.88 km²	−3.28% a year	Rural
2,885	CaputatanCaramoan, Camarines Sur	629	about 173	about 3.64 km²	−4.07% a year	Rural
2,886	MinalabaCaramoan, Camarines Sur	629	about 184	about 3.41 km²	2.83% a year	Rural
2,887	AntipoloPalanas, Masbate	627	about 115	about 5.43 km²	−1.33% a year	Rural
2,888	CalmayonJuban, Sorsogon	627	about 80	about 7.88 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
2,889	OsmeñaBaras, Catanduanes	626	about 770	about 0.813 km²	2.75% a year	Rural
2,890	De VeraDonsol, Sorsogon	625	about 230	about 2.72 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
2,891	Del RosarioJovellar, Albay	625	about 169	about 3.70 km²	−1.72% a year	Rural
2,892	RoxasViga, Catanduanes	625	about 488	about 1.28 km²	−2.48% a year	Rural
2,893	Santa CruzLagonoy, Camarines Sur	625	about 68	about 9.18 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
2,894	TinocawanRapu-Rapu, Albay	625	about 166	about 3.77 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
2,895	BacalonMagallanes, Sorsogon	624	about 119	about 5.23 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
2,896	BacgongCaramoan, Camarines Sur	624	about 209	about 2.98 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
2,897	LucbananCapalonga, Camarines Norte	624	about 22	about 28.56 km²	−4.59% a year	Rural
2,898	San MateoCamaligan, Camarines Sur	624	about 4,426	about 0.141 km²	−20.17% a year	Rural
2,899	San Jose EastCanaman, Camarines Sur	623	about 375	about 1.66 km²	6.40% a year	Rural
2,900	MangogonLagonoy, Camarines Sur	622	about 164	about 3.79 km²	−0.19% 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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