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, 3,201 to 3,250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Ilocos Region, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
3,201	MapanitBurgos, Ilocos Sur	268	about 101	about 2.66 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
3,202	BagutotBacnotan, La Union	267	about 236	about 1.13 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
3,203	QuidemSan Juan, La Union	267	about 308	about 0.868 km²	2.80% a year	Rural
3,204	MaligcongSalcedo, Ilocos Sur	266	about 349	about 0.762 km²	−2.77% a year	Rural
3,205	San SimeonCurrimao, Ilocos Norte	265	about 282	about 0.941 km²	−1.65% a year	Rural
3,206	Immayos SurSan Juan, Ilocos Sur	264	about 365	about 0.723 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
3,207	PuzolPinili, Ilocos Norte	262	about 120	about 2.19 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
3,208	Labut SurSanta, Ilocos Sur	259	about 265	about 0.977 km²	−1.85% a year	Rural
3,209	SumaguiSanta Maria, Ilocos Sur	258	about 830	about 0.311 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
3,210	AtabaySalcedo, Ilocos Sur	254	about 91	about 2.79 km²	−2.72% a year	Rural
3,211	CalungbuyanLidlidda, Ilocos Sur	253	about 289	about 0.874 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
3,212	TabucolanSanta, Ilocos Sur	253	about 1,188	about 0.213 km²	2.42% a year	Rural
3,213	MatallucodSigay, Ilocos Sur	246	about 20	about 12.61 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
3,214	San Agustin IIBacarra, Ilocos Norte	246	about 2,755	about 0.0893 km²	−3.14% a year	Rural
3,215	San BernabeSarrat, Ilocos Norte	246	about 116	about 2.12 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
3,216	TarangotongTagudin, Ilocos Sur	245	about 378	about 0.649 km²	−1.14% a year	Rural
3,217	PanaySanto Domingo, Ilocos Sur	244	about 1,034	about 0.236 km²	1.43% a year	Rural
3,218	EstanciaNarvacan, Ilocos Sur	237	about 533	about 0.445 km²	−3.50% a year	Rural
3,219	BuguiLidlidda, Ilocos Sur	235	about 90	about 2.60 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
3,220	San VicenteGalimuyod, Ilocos Sur	235	about 89	about 2.63 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
3,221	ArnapSan Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur	234	about 334	about 0.70 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
3,222	CosocosNagbukel, Ilocos Sur	234	about 106	about 2.21 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
3,223	CalumbayaGalimuyod, Ilocos Sur	228	about 173	about 1.32 km²	−3.54% a year	Rural
3,224	MadarangSalcedo, Ilocos Sur	228	about 35	about 6.54 km²	−2.56% a year	Rural
3,225	QuinabalayanganSanta Lucia, Ilocos Sur	225	about 2,045	about 0.11 km²	−2.96% a year	Rural
3,226	LessebSanta Maria, Ilocos Sur	218	about 489	about 0.446 km²	2.84% a year	Rural
3,227	San BlasPaoay, Ilocos Norte	217	about 2,692	about 0.0806 km²	−1.79% a year	Rural
3,228	AbaccanSigay, Ilocos Sur	216	about 76	about 2.84 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
3,229	BasugSanta, Ilocos Sur	215	about 324	about 0.663 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
3,230	AllangiganSan Juan, La Union	214	about 157	about 1.36 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
3,231	BaliwSinait, Ilocos Sur	213	about 649	about 0.328 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
3,232	CadacadNagbukel, Ilocos Sur	212	about 127	about 1.67 km²	−1.94% a year	Rural
3,233	San JuanPaoay, Ilocos Norte	211	about 3,459	about 0.061 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
3,234	VeronicaPaoay, Ilocos Norte	210	about 2,428	about 0.0865 km²	−4.19% a year	Rural
3,235	CaggaoBangar, La Union	208	about 169	about 1.23 km²	1.94% a year	Rural
3,236	BisangolBanayoyo, Ilocos Sur	207	about 242	about 0.856 km²	1.32% a year	Rural
3,237	AngsetCarasi, Ilocos Norte	203	about 4	about 47.95 km²	3.48% a year	Rural
3,238	BitongGalimuyod, Ilocos Sur	202	about 139	about 1.45 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
3,239	KilangGalimuyod, Ilocos Sur	201	about 64	about 3.14 km²	−1.60% a year	Rural
3,240	PennedSanta Maria, Ilocos Sur	200	about 252	about 0.794 km²	−2.37% a year	Rural
3,241	PannaratanPaoay, Ilocos Norte	199	about 2,737	about 0.0727 km²	−4.49% a year	Rural
3,242	General LunaMangatarem, Pangasinan	194	about 3,050	about 0.0636 km²	−3.70% a year	Rural
3,243	UbbogSalcedo, Ilocos Sur	191	about 89	about 2.14 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
3,244	Poblacion SurBurgos, Ilocos Sur	190	about 311	about 0.61 km²	−0.74% a year	Rural
3,245	Anggapang SurCurrimao, Ilocos Norte	189	about 204	about 0.928 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
3,246	CadanglaanMagsingal, Ilocos Sur	189	about 148	about 1.28 km²	−1.81% a year	Rural
3,247	ItonBayambang, Pangasinan	186	about 459	about 0.405 km²	2.47% a year	Rural
3,248	TabungaoPasuquin, Ilocos Norte	185	about 75	about 2.47 km²	3.39% a year	Rural
3,249	Dorongan LinmansanganMangatarem, Pangasinan	181	about 126	about 1.44 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
3,250	Zone IIBayambang, Pangasinan	180	about 1,852	about 0.0972 km²	−4.06% 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: 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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