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

Barangays in Central Luzon, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,901	Balingog WestGuimba, Nueva Ecija	773	about 586	about 1.32 km²	2.09% a year	Rural
2,902	MapaitPalayan City, Nueva Ecija	773	about 118	about 6.53 km²	2.03% a year	Rural
2,903	BagtuMaria Aurora, Aurora	770	about 278	about 2.77 km²	−2.32% a year	Rural
2,904	MabiniTarlac City, Tarlac	769	about 5,572	about 0.138 km²	−2.40% a year	Urban
2,905	H. RomeroZaragoza, Nueva Ecija	767	about 174	about 4.41 km²	−2.71% a year	Rural
2,906	PoblacionBalanga City, Bataan	767	about 5,113	about 0.15 km²	0.99% a year	Urban
2,907	District VIICuyapo, Nueva Ecija	759	about 3,314	about 0.229 km²	0.61% a year	Urban
2,908	BurgosBotolan, Zambales	758	about 18	about 41.40 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
2,909	UraDilasag, Aurora	756	about 11	about 71.45 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
2,910	Ocampo-Rivera DistrictJaen, Nueva Ecija	752	about 4,613	about 0.163 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
2,911	MapaladTarlac City, Tarlac	750	about 249	about 3.01 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
2,912	CalabganCasiguran, Aurora	743	about 267	about 2.78 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
2,913	BauboMaria Aurora, Aurora	738	about 357	about 2.07 km²	1.87% a year	Rural
2,914	Santo DomingoLupao, Nueva Ecija	736	about 116	about 6.32 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
2,915	Bobon CaarosipanCamiling, Tarlac	735	about 493	about 1.49 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
2,916	AmbalingitMayantoc, Tarlac	732	about 414	about 1.77 km²	2.97% a year	Rural
2,917	BinuanganBagac, Bataan	732	about 55	about 13.39 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
2,918	QuinawanBagac, Bataan	731	about 32	about 23.07 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
2,919	DitawiniDinalungan, Aurora	729	about 15	about 49.92 km²	−1.52% a year	Rural
2,920	Torres BugauenDinalupihan, Bataan	729	about 789	about 0.924 km²	−3.83% a year	Rural
2,921	MorazaBotolan, Zambales	727	about 10	about 75.46 km²	12.01% a year	Rural
2,922	ToytoyanDipaculao, Aurora	722	about 56	about 12.81 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
2,923	NaglabrahanGuimba, Nueva Ecija	718	about 472	about 1.52 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
2,924	San GuillermoSan Marcelino, Zambales	714	about 667	about 1.07 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
2,925	Santo DomingoTalugtug, Nueva Ecija	713	about 83	about 8.56 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
2,926	BalbalinoGuimba, Nueva Ecija	712	about 264	about 2.70 km²	5.26% a year	Rural
2,927	MalabiaBalanga City, Bataan	712	about 23,576	about 0.0302 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
2,928	Santo TomasMaria Aurora, Aurora	709	about 119	about 5.98 km²	−2.14% a year	Rural
2,929	TabalongSanta Cruz, Zambales	709	about 334	about 2.12 km²	4.04% a year	Rural
2,930	BrillantePaniqui, Tarlac	708	about 485	about 1.46 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
2,931	MapangpangLupao, Nueva Ecija	704	about 187	about 3.77 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
2,932	VillarBotolan, Zambales	701	about 22	about 32.50 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
2,933	San Francisco EastAnao, Tarlac	698	about 436	about 1.60 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
2,934	CulubasaBamban, Tarlac	697	about 227	about 3.07 km²	12.03% a year	Rural
2,935	CamachileGabaldon, Nueva Ecija	695	about 22	about 32.24 km²	4.74% a year	Rural
2,936	BinbinacaMayantoc, Tarlac	692	about 78	about 8.86 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
2,937	CatagudinganSan Clemente, Tarlac	692	about 353	about 1.96 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
2,938	Barangay IISan Luis, Aurora	688	about 1,560	about 0.441 km²	−1.64% a year	Rural
2,939	MapangpangScience City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija	687	about 329	about 2.09 km²	2.22% a year	Rural
2,940	Cabituculan EastMaria Aurora, Aurora	685	about 659	about 1.04 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
2,941	San JuanCuyapo, Nueva Ecija	684	about 171	about 4.01 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
2,942	Ayos LomboyGuimba, Nueva Ecija	681	about 294	about 2.32 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
2,943	Poblacion JCamiling, Tarlac	680	about 7,684	about 0.0885 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
2,944	CentralSan Marcelino, Zambales	675	about 5,921	about 0.114 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
2,945	PugoCuyapo, Nueva Ecija	670	about 810	about 0.827 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
2,946	AlcalaMaria Aurora, Aurora	668	about 636	about 1.05 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
2,947	ManaquemCamiling, Tarlac	664	about 499	about 1.33 km²	2.14% a year	Rural
2,948	NamayanMalolos City, Bulacan	664	about 337	about 1.97 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
2,949	EstacionNampicuan, Nueva Ecija	662	about 230	about 2.88 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
2,950	Poblacion West IVAliaga, Nueva Ecija	662	about 3,521	about 0.188 km²	−1.19% 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: 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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