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, 2,901 to 2,950 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Ilocos Region, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,901	San Nicolas NorteAgoo, La Union	522	about 6,951	about 0.0751 km²	−0.77% a year	Urban
2,902	CoscosnongSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	520	about 98	about 5.28 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
2,903	HistoriaMangatarem, Pangasinan	520	about 732	about 0.71 km²	1.29% a year	Rural
2,904	MasicongSan Fernando City, La Union	520	about 131	about 3.97 km²	−0.86% a year	Rural
2,905	San VicenteRosales, Pangasinan	520	about 374	about 1.39 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
2,906	CabcaburaoBurgos, Ilocos Sur	519	about 619	about 0.839 km²	−1.47% a year	Rural
2,907	LacubBatac City, Ilocos Norte	519	about 5,966	about 0.087 km²	5.09% a year	Urban
2,908	Bagani GaborCandon City, Ilocos Sur	518	about 862	about 0.601 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
2,909	San JulianBatac City, Ilocos Norte	518	about 5,546	about 0.0934 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
2,910	KiatAlilem, Ilocos Sur	517	about 105	about 4.92 km²	3.83% a year	Rural
2,911	Ponglo-BalegMangatarem, Pangasinan	515	about 339	about 1.52 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
2,912	Poblacion SurGregorio del Pilar, Ilocos Sur	513	about 777	about 0.66 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
2,913	San VicenteBacarra, Ilocos Norte	513	about 4,933	about 0.104 km²	−7.90% a year	Rural
2,914	CabugaoBacnotan, La Union	512	about 312	about 1.64 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
2,915	Cantoria No. 1Luna, La Union	512	about 1,510	about 0.339 km²	−2.04% a year	Rural
2,916	PuspusSan Fernando City, La Union	512	about 198	about 2.59 km²	−2.87% a year	Rural
2,917	BanaySanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	511	about 589	about 0.867 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
2,918	NagyubuyubanSan Juan, La Union	511	about 780	about 0.655 km²	1.77% a year	Rural
2,919	CubcubbuotCandon City, Ilocos Sur	510	about 246	about 2.07 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
2,920	SaprianaSinait, Ilocos Sur	510	about 255	about 2.00 km²	0.96% a year	Rural
2,921	AnapaoBurgos, Pangasinan	509	about 82	about 6.23 km²	−2.43% a year	Rural
2,922	ApangAlilem, Ilocos Sur	509	about 32	about 15.80 km²	2.73% a year	Rural
2,923	IboySan Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur	509	about 1,376	about 0.37 km²	2.09% a year	Rural
2,924	Pao SurSan Fernando City, La Union	509	about 173	about 2.95 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
2,925	PilipilCervantes, Ilocos Sur	509	about 45	about 11.25 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
2,926	Santo RosarioSigay, Ilocos Sur	509	about 45	about 11.25 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
2,927	SuagayanSanta Lucia, Ilocos Sur	507	about 338	about 1.50 km²	9.22% a year	Rural
2,928	MckinleyGalimuyod, Ilocos Sur	506	about 880	about 0.575 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
2,929	San Nicolas SurAgoo, La Union	506	about 5,573	about 0.0908 km²	−0.24% a year	Urban
2,930	BarikirSinait, Ilocos Sur	505	about 432	about 1.17 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
2,931	PaulMangatarem, Pangasinan	505	about 495	about 1.02 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
2,932	SulonganPasuquin, Ilocos Norte	505	about 123	about 4.11 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
2,933	Cabaroan LaudVigan City, Ilocos Sur	504	about 1,212	about 0.416 km²	−0.70% a year	Rural
2,934	Poblacion EastNagbukel, Ilocos Sur	504	about 144	about 3.49 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
2,935	Sacuyya SurSanta, Ilocos Sur	504	about 571	about 0.882 km²	−1.55% a year	Urban
2,936	Lipay EsteSan Gabriel, La Union	503	about 173	about 2.91 km²	−1.56% a year	Rural
2,937	Sabangan-BatoGalimuyod, Ilocos Sur	503	about 327	about 1.54 km²	−2.16% a year	Rural
2,938	CaculanganSan Juan, La Union	502	about 882	about 0.569 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
2,939	CabarsicanSan Fernando City, La Union	501	about 251	about 2.00 km²	5.23% a year	Rural
2,940	SurngitSan Juan, Ilocos Sur	501	about 418	about 1.20 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
2,941	LaoaPaoay, Ilocos Norte	500	about 1,701	about 0.294 km²	8.56% a year	Rural
2,942	BalugangBurgos, Ilocos Sur	499	about 280	about 1.78 km²	2.18% a year	Rural
2,943	Maab-abacaPiddig, Ilocos Norte	499	about 205	about 2.44 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
2,944	WenceslaoCaba, La Union	499	about 1,512	about 0.33 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
2,945	CabayoVintar, Ilocos Norte	498	about 8	about 62.09 km²	−2.73% a year	Rural
2,946	CalongbuyanGalimuyod, Ilocos Sur	498	about 862	about 0.578 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
2,947	Naguilayan EastMangatarem, Pangasinan	498	about 502	about 0.993 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
2,948	Poblacion IICurrimao, Ilocos Norte	498	about 1,427	about 0.349 km²	−2.94% a year	Rural
2,949	Lipay ProperSan Gabriel, La Union	497	about 127	about 3.90 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
2,950	ParianManaoag, Pangasinan	496	about 203	about 2.44 km²	−5.68% 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: 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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