The Atlas

Barangays in Masbate

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]

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Barangays in Masbate, at a glance

Barangays: 550^[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: 910,813^[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: 28 urban^[4]; 522 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Nursery^[5]; Masbate City, Masbate; 12,733 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: San Juan^[6]; Mandaon, Masbate; about 44.95 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: Poblacion^{[5, 7]}; Monreal, Masbate; 2.34% 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: 264 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Ibingay, −2.61% 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.

550 barangays, 251 to 300 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Masbate, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
251	NaboctotPlacer, Masbate	1,413	about 16,075	about 0.0879 km²	0.96% a year	Rural
252	PotosonBaleno, Masbate	1,413	about 473	about 2.99 km²	−2.12% a year	Rural
253	PulandutaBalud, Masbate	1,412	about 287	about 4.92 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
254	DangcalanSan Pascual, Masbate	1,407	about 69	about 20.34 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
255	MagcaraguitDimasalang, Masbate	1,406	about 408	about 3.45 km²	2.24% a year	Rural
256	CamayabsanPlacer, Masbate	1,402	about 305	about 4.60 km²	−2.27% a year	Rural
257	PeñafranciaClaveria, Masbate	1,393	about 383	about 3.64 km²	−1.19% a year	Rural
258	SimawaUson, Masbate	1,392	about 150	about 9.30 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
259	Cawayan ExteriorMasbate City, Masbate	1,390	about 326	about 4.26 km²	−2.37% a year	Rural
260	EstamparCataingan, Masbate	1,389	about 164	about 8.49 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
261	JintotoloBalud, Masbate	1,388	about 524	about 2.65 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
262	CancahoraoBaleno, Masbate	1,384	about 39	about 35.13 km²	−3.13% a year	Rural
263	CandelariaUson, Masbate	1,380	about 204	about 6.76 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
264	MariposaAroroy, Masbate	1,376	about 83	about 16.65 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
265	Manlut-OdPlacer, Masbate	1,375	about 66	about 20.75 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
266	District IVSan Jacinto, Masbate	1,373	about 4,957	about 0.277 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
267	MactanCawayan, Masbate	1,373	about 142	about 9.66 km²	4.85% a year	Rural
268	SalvacionBalud, Masbate	1,373	about 663	about 2.07 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
269	Santo NiñoMonreal, Masbate	1,356	about 278	about 4.87 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
270	AguadaPlacer, Masbate	1,352	about 157	about 8.60 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
271	CabangcalanAroroy, Masbate	1,348	about 84	about 16.04 km²	2.42% a year	Rural
272	AuroraUson, Masbate	1,347	about 109	about 12.37 km²	3.33% a year	Rural
273	Locso-AnPlacer, Masbate	1,346	about 191	about 7.04 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
274	PanisihanBatuan, Masbate	1,344	about 226	about 5.95 km²	8.11% a year	Rural
275	SinalonganMasbate City, Masbate	1,344	about 71	about 18.88 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
276	CawayanClaveria, Masbate	1,339	about 127	about 10.55 km²	−2.55% a year	Rural
277	MahayagPlacer, Masbate	1,339	about 311	about 4.31 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
278	TalibAroroy, Masbate	1,334	about 118	about 11.29 km²	−3.01% a year	Rural
279	BaporMasbate City, Masbate	1,332	about 11,684	about 0.114 km²	−1.95% a year	Urban
280	NazarenoSan Pascual, Masbate	1,328	about 182	about 7.31 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
281	NabasaganClaveria, Masbate	1,326	about 153	about 8.68 km²	−1.78% a year	Rural
282	Polo DacuMandaon, Masbate	1,326	about 623	about 2.13 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
283	PinanaanAroroy, Masbate	1,325	about 200	about 6.61 km²	8.61% a year	Rural
284	QuezonClaveria, Masbate	1,325	about 243	about 5.45 km²	−2.65% a year	Rural
285	LaguinbanwaMandaon, Masbate	1,322	about 782	about 1.69 km²	3.95% a year	Rural
286	ManaganagaAroroy, Masbate	1,322	about 82	about 16.12 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
287	BontodPalanas, Masbate	1,321	about 291	about 4.54 km²	4.10% a year	Rural
288	KalipayMasbate City, Masbate	1,320	about 5,867	about 0.225 km²	−3.85% a year	Urban
289	NaocondiotPlacer, Masbate	1,316	about 333	about 3.95 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
290	HalabangbaybaySan Pascual, Masbate	1,314	about 108	about 12.13 km²	3.25% a year	Rural
291	PuroPlacer, Masbate	1,314	about 243	about 5.41 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
292	SorosimbajanEsperanza, Masbate	1,311	about 286	about 4.59 km²	1.32% a year	Rural
293	ConcepcionCataingan, Masbate	1,307	about 515	about 2.54 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
294	SawangAroroy, Masbate	1,303	about 112	about 11.64 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
295	MabuhaySan Pascual, Masbate	1,300	about 101	about 12.90 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
296	CasabanganPio V. Corpus, Masbate	1,299	about 153	about 8.50 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
297	CalapayanCawayan, Masbate	1,295	about 70	about 18.60 km²	−2.24% a year	Rural
298	MadambaCataingan, Masbate	1,293	about 349	about 3.71 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
299	AguadaCataingan, Masbate	1,286	about 445	about 2.89 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
300	MahayahayPlacer, Masbate	1,284	about 274	about 4.69 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: 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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