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, 3,001 to 3,050 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Western Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
3,001	IngayLeon, Iloilo	382	about 102	about 3.73 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
3,002	San Jose (City Proper)Iloilo City, Iloilo	382	about 12,484	about 0.0306 km²	12.82% a year	Urban
3,003	VictoriaTubungan, Iloilo	382	about 237	about 1.61 km²	−3.80% a year	Rural
3,004	BahitPanay, Capiz	381	about 225	about 1.69 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
3,005	San RamonBarbaza, Antique	381	about 241	about 1.58 km²	18.92% a year	Rural
3,006	Tap-ocIloilo City, Iloilo	380	about 6,281	about 0.0605 km²	1.58% a year	Urban
3,007	DionelaCaluya, Antique	379	about 70	about 5.41 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
3,008	GaliciaMadalag, Aklan	379	about 92	about 4.13 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
3,009	NayawanTapaz, Capiz	379	about 26	about 14.44 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
3,010	CunsadAlimodian, Iloilo	378	about 189	about 2.00 km²	2.07% a year	Rural
3,011	Pili 1, 2, 3Hamtic, Antique	378	about 84	about 4.52 km²	2.94% a year	Rural
3,012	AgtumanLambunao, Iloilo	377	about 273	about 1.38 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
3,013	LanipgaTangalan, Aklan	377	about 49	about 7.64 km²	3.10% a year	Rural
3,014	BugnaySibalom, Antique	376	about 66	about 5.70 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
3,015	IsauanTigbauan, Iloilo	376	about 420	about 0.895 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
3,016	DanaoLeon, Iloilo	375	about 149	about 2.51 km²	1.32% a year	Rural
3,017	IgbitaMiagao, Iloilo	375	about 255	about 1.47 km²	11.75% a year	Rural
3,018	InsubuanSan Remigio, Antique	374	about 15	about 24.80 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
3,019	BotlogConcepcion, Iloilo	373	about 751	about 0.497 km²	−4.80% a year	Rural
3,020	CaleIgbaras, Iloilo	373	about 205	about 1.82 km²	−2.86% a year	Rural
3,021	CalumbuyanNew Lucena, Iloilo	373	about 591	about 0.631 km²	4.30% a year	Rural
3,022	Can-awanLibacao, Aklan	373	about 51	about 7.32 km²	−3.03% a year	Rural
3,023	Jamog GinesLeon, Iloilo	373	about 342	about 1.09 km²	2.61% a year	Rural
3,024	Lanot PequeñoLambunao, Iloilo	373	about 322	about 1.16 km²	−4.55% a year	Rural
3,025	Embrangga-anBarbaza, Antique	372	about 305	about 1.22 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
3,026	GinesLeon, Iloilo	372	about 616	about 0.604 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
3,027	MaliogliogConcepcion, Iloilo	370	about 356	about 1.04 km²	−1.97% a year	Rural
3,028	AgdumMiagao, Iloilo	368	about 335	about 1.10 km²	−1.98% a year	Rural
3,029	Barangay 5Tigbauan, Iloilo	368	about 7,965	about 0.0462 km²	−3.98% a year	Rural
3,030	Igpuro-BaririMiagao, Iloilo	367	about 546	about 0.672 km²	3.81% a year	Rural
3,031	PandananLaua-An, Antique	367	about 97	about 3.80 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
3,032	PungsodSanta Barbara, Iloilo	367	about 530	about 0.692 km²	−2.04% a year	Rural
3,033	IgcondaoSan Joaquin, Iloilo	366	about 207	about 1.77 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
3,034	Rizal SurTapaz, Capiz	366	about 22	about 16.86 km²	−3.63% a year	Rural
3,035	MillamenaSibalom, Antique	365	about 177	about 2.06 km²	2.75% a year	Rural
3,036	San JoseTubungan, Iloilo	364	about 436	about 0.834 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
3,037	SangcateSanta Barbara, Iloilo	364	about 1,100	about 0.331 km²	−2.53% a year	Rural
3,038	SibucaoMiagao, Iloilo	364	about 740	about 0.492 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
3,039	BikilTubungan, Iloilo	363	about 298	about 1.22 km²	2.76% a year	Rural
3,040	CalawinanDueñas, Iloilo	362	about 168	about 2.15 km²	6.44% a year	Rural
3,041	TigunhaoLaua-An, Antique	361	about 228	about 1.58 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
3,042	SingayMadalag, Aklan	360	about 156	about 2.31 km²	2.41% a year	Rural
3,043	TagaytayAnini-Y, Antique	360	about 148	about 2.43 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
3,044	Coyugan SurLeon, Iloilo	359	about 292	about 1.23 km²	−2.03% a year	Rural
3,045	MasaroyCalinog, Iloilo	359	about 77	about 4.65 km²	−3.02% a year	Rural
3,046	GuibuanganMina, Iloilo	358	about 1,032	about 0.347 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
3,047	Bgy. 7 Pob.San Miguel, Iloilo	357	about 8,151	about 0.0438 km²	−4.68% a year	Rural
3,048	Zone IIITubungan, Iloilo	357	about 3,535	about 0.101 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
3,049	CalawaganCabatuan, Iloilo	356	about 378	about 0.941 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
3,050	Isla De CanaCarles, Iloilo	356	about 1,508	about 0.236 km²	−1.55% 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: 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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