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, 3,351 to 3,389 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Western Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
3,351	Cabolo-anLeon, Iloilo	151	about 85	about 1.77 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
3,352	LocsinJaniuay, Iloilo	151	about 981	about 0.154 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
3,353	Malamboy-BondolanAlimodian, Iloilo	151	about 151	about 1.00 km²	5.46% a year	Rural
3,354	BugnayIgbaras, Iloilo	150	about 255	about 0.588 km²	5.71% a year	Rural
3,355	MaadiosPandan, Antique	150	about 20	about 7.45 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
3,356	GloriaIloilo City, Iloilo	149	about 6,287	about 0.0237 km²	1.86% a year	Urban
3,357	NaborotSan Dionisio, Iloilo	149	about 1,231	about 0.121 km²	−1.40% a year	Rural
3,358	Pungtod NaulidMiagao, Iloilo	148	about 98	about 1.51 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
3,359	Tig-AlaranBarbaza, Antique	148	about 53	about 2.77 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
3,360	IgpayongSan Joaquin, Iloilo	144	about 73	about 1.96 km²	3.45% a year	Rural
3,361	PanatanSan Joaquin, Iloilo	144	about 221	about 0.653 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
3,362	FloresIloilo City, Iloilo	143	about 3,714	about 0.0385 km²	−6.23% a year	Urban
3,363	BaririMiagao, Iloilo	142	about 555	about 0.256 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
3,364	AglupacanTapaz, Capiz	139	about 8	about 17.71 km²	−5.37% a year	Rural
3,365	Cubay UbosMiagao, Iloilo	138	about 734	about 0.188 km²	−3.19% a year	Rural
3,366	TamokoeTangalan, Aklan	136	about 15	about 8.94 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
3,367	San Mateo SurSan Joaquin, Iloilo	134	about 174	about 0.77 km²	−4.73% a year	Rural
3,368	Poblacion IVRoxas City, Capiz	133	about 1,812	about 0.0734 km²	−0.36% a year	Urban
3,369	LanasBarbaza, Antique	132	about 39	about 3.38 km²	2.31% a year	Rural
3,370	Paro-onMiagao, Iloilo	132	about 87	about 1.52 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
3,371	TiglawaMiagao, Iloilo	131	about 39	about 3.33 km²	−5.38% a year	Rural
3,372	SantiagoSan Joaquin, Iloilo	129	about 34	about 3.81 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
3,373	GoteraGuimbal, Iloilo	128	about 6,275	about 0.0204 km²	2.39% a year	Rural
3,374	To-ogMiagao, Iloilo	127	about 78	about 1.63 km²	−1.28% a year	Rural
3,375	IntegasanBarbaza, Antique	125	about 66	about 1.88 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
3,376	Coyugan NorteLeon, Iloilo	124	about 131	about 0.947 km²	4.31% a year	Rural
3,377	SulocHamtic, Antique	124	about 21	about 5.91 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
3,378	CabangcalanMiagao, Iloilo	123	about 115	about 1.07 km²	−3.71% a year	Rural
3,379	IgtunarumBarbaza, Antique	120	about 19	about 6.36 km²	13.03% a year	Rural
3,380	La-agTubungan, Iloilo	120	about 253	about 0.474 km²	−7.35% a year	Rural
3,381	El 98 CastillaIloilo City, Iloilo	116	about 7,160	about 0.0162 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
3,382	AyuboLeon, Iloilo	111	about 146	about 0.76 km²	−18.39% a year	Rural
3,383	OsmeñaIloilo City, Iloilo	111	about 3,513	about 0.0316 km²	5.16% a year	Urban
3,384	Crispin Salazar SouthJaniuay, Iloilo	107	about 3,223	about 0.0332 km²	−1.30% a year	Rural
3,385	CadoldolanMiagao, Iloilo	92	about 88	about 1.04 km²	−4.81% a year	Rural
3,386	Buenaflor EmbarkaderoDumangas, Iloilo	81	about 2,093	about 0.0387 km²	−6.87% a year	Urban
3,387	Roxas VillageIloilo City, Iloilo	43	about 1,117	about 0.0385 km²	−4.01% a year	Urban
3,388	CapatagaMalinao, Aklan	19	about 0	about 67.54 km²	−21.81% a year	Rural
3,389	FuentesBanate, Iloilo	0	about 0	about 1.40 km²	no 2020 count	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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