The Atlas

Barangays in Western Visayas

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 Western Visayas

Barangays in Western Visayas, at a glance

Barangays: 3,389^[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: 4,861,911^[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: 277 urban^[4]; 3,112 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Manoc-Manoc^[5]; Malay, Aklan; 22,207 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: Cabatangan^[6]; Lambunao, Iloilo; about 237.24 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: Bacjawan Sur^{[5, 7]}; Concepcion, Iloilo; 10.14% 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: 994 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Poblacion Ilawod, −3.57% 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.

3,389 barangays, 2,901 to 2,950 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Western Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,901	Laua-anLaua-An, Antique	429	about 179	about 2.40 km²	2.95% a year	Rural
2,902	SupaTigbauan, Iloilo	428	about 171	about 2.50 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
2,903	Igcabito-onMiagao, Iloilo	426	about 121	about 3.52 km²	−1.88% a year	Rural
2,904	BagacayanIgbaras, Iloilo	425	about 204	about 2.08 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
2,905	Dit-AnaMadalag, Aklan	425	about 259	about 1.64 km²	−2.68% a year	Rural
2,906	PawaNabas, Aklan	425	about 101	about 4.19 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
2,907	SalvacionConcepcion, Iloilo	425	about 272	about 1.56 km²	−9.28% a year	Rural
2,908	BayucoLambunao, Iloilo	424	about 236	about 1.80 km²	−2.74% a year	Rural
2,909	GolgotaJaniuay, Iloilo	424	about 3,164	about 0.134 km²	−4.69% a year	Rural
2,910	LinderoTobias Fornier, Antique	424	about 416	about 1.02 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
2,911	MantangonIgbaras, Iloilo	424	about 495	about 0.856 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
2,912	PacatinCabatuan, Iloilo	424	about 290	about 1.46 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
2,913	San RafaelTigbauan, Iloilo	424	about 459	about 0.923 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
2,914	DesamparadosIloilo City, Iloilo	423	about 15,495	about 0.0273 km²	−1.94% a year	Rural
2,915	PanginmanLeon, Iloilo	422	about 812	about 0.52 km²	−2.70% a year	Rural
2,916	San JoseMiagao, Iloilo	422	about 308	about 1.37 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
2,917	BulwangLeon, Iloilo	421	about 260	about 1.62 km²	5.41% a year	Rural
2,918	BaraclayanMiagao, Iloilo	420	about 692	about 0.607 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
2,919	Bgy. 11 Pob.San Miguel, Iloilo	420	about 1,210	about 0.347 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
2,920	CabugaoPontevedra, Capiz	420	about 155	about 2.71 km²	−1.85% a year	Rural
2,921	DacdacananSan Joaquin, Iloilo	420	about 176	about 2.39 km²	−2.11% a year	Rural
2,922	DangcalanHamtic, Antique	419	about 577	about 0.726 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
2,923	Piandaan WestMaasin, Iloilo	419	about 245	about 1.71 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
2,924	BuenavistaLeon, Iloilo	418	about 373	about 1.12 km²	8.98% a year	Rural
2,925	InadlawanDueñas, Iloilo	418	about 286	about 1.46 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
2,926	BalicuaTubungan, Iloilo	417	about 551	about 0.757 km²	4.65% a year	Rural
2,927	SamalagueTobias Fornier, Antique	417	about 174	about 2.40 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
2,928	Bgy. 9 Pob.San Miguel, Iloilo	416	about 7,148	about 0.0582 km²	−1.87% a year	Rural
2,929	CanipayanSanta Barbara, Iloilo	416	about 277	about 1.50 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
2,930	JagdongDueñas, Iloilo	416	about 198	about 2.10 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
2,931	MinanTapaz, Capiz	416	about 7	about 59.55 km²	−5.85% a year	Rural
2,932	AguingayJaniuay, Iloilo	415	about 411	about 1.01 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
2,933	BantaySanta Barbara, Iloilo	414	about 575	about 0.72 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
2,934	UlaySan Joaquin, Iloilo	412	about 120	about 3.44 km²	−0.85% a year	Rural
2,935	ManhayangSanta Barbara, Iloilo	411	about 630	about 0.652 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
2,936	PotridoMiagao, Iloilo	410	about 667	about 0.615 km²	2.96% a year	Rural
2,937	QuezonTobias Fornier, Antique	410	about 228	about 1.80 km²	4.52% a year	Rural
2,938	SampaguitaIloilo City, Iloilo	410	about 3,015	about 0.136 km²	3.51% a year	Urban
2,939	Tacuyong SurLeon, Iloilo	410	about 363	about 1.13 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
2,940	Tina-an SurLeon, Iloilo	410	about 233	about 1.76 km²	5.50% a year	Rural
2,941	PaljeSan Enrique, Iloilo	409	about 132	about 3.09 km²	−2.73% a year	Rural
2,942	TuburanSanta Barbara, Iloilo	409	about 356	about 1.15 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
2,943	Sag-onMiagao, Iloilo	408	about 708	about 0.576 km²	5.07% a year	Rural
2,944	SaringMiagao, Iloilo	408	about 443	about 0.922 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
2,945	SamlagueLeon, Iloilo	407	about 242	about 1.68 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
2,946	Bayag SurLeon, Iloilo	406	about 552	about 0.735 km²	2.99% a year	Rural
2,947	CabangahanMadalag, Aklan	406	about 242	about 1.68 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
2,948	Libo-on GonzalesGuimbal, Iloilo	406	about 8,547	about 0.0475 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
2,949	TigbaboyTibiao, Antique	405	about 140	about 2.89 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
2,950	NonoyIloilo City, Iloilo	404	about 5,206	about 0.0776 km²	3.15% 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: Western Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0061A6DTPH5). 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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