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, 301 to 350 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Masbate, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
301	TinapianBaleno, Masbate	1,264	about 433	about 2.92 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
302	VillahermosaCawayan, Masbate	1,264	about 195	about 6.47 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
303	Luyong CatunganMobo, Masbate	1,261	about 581	about 2.17 km²	3.13% a year	Rural
304	DomorogEsperanza, Masbate	1,257	about 261	about 4.82 km²	2.20% a year	Rural
305	PalaneBalud, Masbate	1,257	about 146	about 8.61 km²	−2.85% a year	Rural
306	ManobocBaleno, Masbate	1,251	about 662	about 1.89 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
307	CadulawanCataingan, Masbate	1,247	about 234	about 5.33 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
308	BagumbayanCataingan, Masbate	1,242	about 275	about 4.51 km²	2.73% a year	Rural
309	CagbatangCataingan, Masbate	1,237	about 148	about 8.36 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
310	FamosaMonreal, Masbate	1,233	about 181	about 6.83 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
311	BadiangCataingan, Masbate	1,232	about 415	about 2.97 km²	3.12% a year	Rural
312	DanaoBalud, Masbate	1,231	about 388	about 3.17 km²	−1.77% a year	Rural
313	Cabas-AnAroroy, Masbate	1,227	about 47	about 25.98 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
314	MabuhayUson, Masbate	1,216	about 210	about 5.78 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
315	SawmillMilagros, Masbate	1,210	about 51	about 23.55 km²	−2.19% a year	Rural
316	CanaresBatuan, Masbate	1,203	about 174	about 6.92 km²	−3.09% a year	Rural
317	Ubongan DacuMasbate City, Masbate	1,202	about 890	about 1.35 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
318	PinamalaticanMobo, Masbate	1,198	about 285	about 4.20 km²	3.96% a year	Rural
319	BunducanPio V. Corpus, Masbate	1,195	about 1,486	about 0.804 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
320	TongaBalud, Masbate	1,195	about 103	about 11.63 km²	3.34% a year	Rural
321	CagpandanBaleno, Masbate	1,193	about 542	about 2.20 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
322	San IsidroAroroy, Masbate	1,182	about 108	about 10.97 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
323	CabungahanCawayan, Masbate	1,177	about 100	about 11.74 km²	−1.77% a year	Rural
324	TalisayCawayan, Masbate	1,172	about 771	about 1.52 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
325	ManamocAroroy, Masbate	1,168	about 60	about 19.52 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
326	MatiporonMilagros, Masbate	1,167	about 56	about 20.85 km²	−2.82% a year	Rural
327	San JoseUson, Masbate	1,165	about 288	about 4.04 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
328	Eastern CapsayBaleno, Masbate	1,161	about 66	about 17.64 km²	2.30% a year	Rural
329	Ki-RomeroSan Pascual, Masbate	1,161	about 97	about 11.94 km²	−5.76% a year	Rural
330	TinaclipanMilagros, Masbate	1,146	about 409	about 2.80 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
331	AgohoEsperanza, Masbate	1,141	about 212	about 5.37 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
332	T.R. YangcoDimasalang, Masbate	1,138	about 1,511	about 0.753 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
333	Costa RicaBatuan, Masbate	1,131	about 258	about 4.39 km²	7.03% a year	Rural
334	BuriMandaon, Masbate	1,122	about 122	about 9.16 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
335	MintacCataingan, Masbate	1,122	about 346	about 3.24 km²	−0.59% a year	Urban
336	CalpiClaveria, Masbate	1,115	about 94	about 11.89 km²	−1.43% a year	Rural
337	Lague-lagueCawayan, Masbate	1,112	about 209	about 5.31 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
338	BuenaflorDimasalang, Masbate	1,111	about 100	about 11.12 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
339	SawmillMobo, Masbate	1,101	about 115	about 9.55 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
340	IliganEsperanza, Masbate	1,099	about 341	about 3.22 km²	4.36% a year	Rural
341	San VicenteUson, Masbate	1,098	about 275	about 3.99 km²	−2.05% a year	Rural
342	ItombatoCawayan, Masbate	1,096	about 121	about 9.09 km²	−1.31% a year	Rural
343	AlbasanClaveria, Masbate	1,087	about 151	about 7.20 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
344	PoblacionEsperanza, Masbate	1,087	about 1,506	about 0.722 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
345	PitogoCataingan, Masbate	1,085	about 111	about 9.79 km²	8.61% a year	Rural
346	Pin-AsCawayan, Masbate	1,081	about 81	about 13.34 km²	−1.33% a year	Rural
347	RizalBatuan, Masbate	1,079	about 287	about 3.76 km²	5.13% a year	Rural
348	CalumpangCawayan, Masbate	1,076	about 133	about 8.10 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
349	NadawisanCataingan, Masbate	1,071	about 169	about 6.32 km²	2.28% a year	Rural
350	RoyroyBatuan, Masbate	1,067	about 161	about 6.63 km²	−0.29% 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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