The Atlas

Barangays in Sorsogon

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 Sorsogon

Barangays in Sorsogon, at a glance

Barangays: 541^[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: 845,066^[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: 33 urban^[4]; 508 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bibincahan^[5]; Sorsogon City, Sorsogon; 22,265 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: Osiao^[6]; Sorsogon City, Sorsogon; about 37.73 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: Balogo (Sorsogon East District)^{[5, 7]}; Sorsogon City, Sorsogon; 2.10% 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: 189 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Zone II Pob., −0.47% 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.

541 barangays, 301 to 350 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Sorsogon, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
301	Poblacion CentralBarcelona, Sorsogon	1,097	about 2,702	about 0.406 km²	1.26% a year	Rural
302	San Antonio (Millabas)Pilar, Sorsogon	1,097	about 293	about 3.75 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
303	CamcamanMatnog, Sorsogon	1,094	about 16,231	about 0.0674 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
304	RizalPrieto Diaz, Sorsogon	1,094	about 2,037	about 0.537 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
305	SacnanganPilar, Sorsogon	1,092	about 173	about 6.33 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
306	AguinaldoBulan, Sorsogon	1,090	about 189	about 5.76 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
307	LibtongCastilla, Sorsogon	1,084	about 213	about 5.09 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
308	NatoGubat, Sorsogon	1,080	about 812	about 1.33 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
309	CatamlanganPilar, Sorsogon	1,077	about 327	about 3.29 km²	−1.19% a year	Rural
310	QuidologPrieto Diaz, Sorsogon	1,074	about 746	about 1.44 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
311	PonongCasiguran, Sorsogon	1,071	about 395	about 2.71 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
312	MapapacBarcelona, Sorsogon	1,069	about 1,130	about 0.946 km²	2.56% a year	Rural
313	GimalotoSorsogon City, Sorsogon	1,065	about 375	about 2.84 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
314	Santa ElenaMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,061	about 317	about 3.35 km²	−2.32% a year	Rural
315	AbasPilar, Sorsogon	1,053	about 346	about 3.04 km²	−2.33% a year	Rural
316	TupazPrieto Diaz, Sorsogon	1,053	about 1,779	about 0.592 km²	2.94% a year	Rural
317	Del RosarioSorsogon City, Sorsogon	1,052	about 1,388	about 0.758 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
318	LunetaBarcelona, Sorsogon	1,052	about 923	about 1.14 km²	2.84% a year	Rural
319	CaloocanMatnog, Sorsogon	1,051	about 6,409	about 0.164 km²	−0.23% a year	Urban
320	HuboMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,048	about 228	about 4.60 km²	2.00% a year	Rural
321	MadlawonBulusan, Sorsogon	1,043	about 1,866	about 0.559 km²	−4.25% a year	Rural
322	SablayanJuban, Sorsogon	1,041	about 326	about 3.19 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
323	BuenavistaGubat, Sorsogon	1,039	about 888	about 1.17 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
324	BeriranGubat, Sorsogon	1,037	about 648	about 1.60 km²	2.20% a year	Rural
325	Abad SantosBulan, Sorsogon	1,036	about 871	about 1.19 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
326	UlagPrieto Diaz, Sorsogon	1,036	about 829	about 1.25 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
327	PoctolPilar, Sorsogon	1,034	about 342	about 3.02 km²	−4.56% a year	Rural
328	BalocaweMatnog, Sorsogon	1,033	about 86	about 12.05 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
329	BolosIrosin, Sorsogon	1,032	about 430	about 2.40 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
330	CaburacanCastilla, Sorsogon	1,031	about 139	about 7.44 km²	3.07% a year	Rural
331	DanaoBulan, Sorsogon	1,028	about 296	about 3.47 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
332	BarayongSorsogon City, Sorsogon	1,022	about 824	about 1.24 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
333	Santa IsabelMatnog, Sorsogon	1,018	about 332	about 3.07 km²	−7.12% a year	Rural
334	San AntonioCasiguran, Sorsogon	1,013	about 450	about 2.25 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
335	San PascualCasiguran, Sorsogon	998	about 69	about 14.45 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
336	Binisitahan del NorteMagallanes, Sorsogon	997	about 9,775	about 0.102 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
337	Santa BarbaraBulusan, Sorsogon	997	about 46	about 21.59 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
338	CagdongonPilar, Sorsogon	991	about 270	about 3.67 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
339	Puting SapaJuban, Sorsogon	984	about 135	about 7.31 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
340	San SebastianSanta Magdalena, Sorsogon	983	about 509	about 1.93 km²	2.63% a year	Rural
341	LipasonPilar, Sorsogon	982	about 275	about 3.57 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
342	PinedaPilar, Sorsogon	982	about 141	about 6.95 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
343	TubaDonsol, Sorsogon	980	about 106	about 9.28 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
344	San BernardoBulusan, Sorsogon	979	about 233	about 4.21 km²	2.37% a year	Rural
345	TigkiwGubat, Sorsogon	976	about 320	about 3.05 km²	−1.56% a year	Rural
346	San IsidroCasiguran, Sorsogon	970	about 182	about 5.34 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
347	CabigaanGubat, Sorsogon	961	about 707	about 1.36 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
348	Tulatula NorteMagallanes, Sorsogon	961	about 338	about 2.84 km²	4.31% a year	Rural
349	NaagtanGubat, Sorsogon	957	about 335	about 2.86 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
350	Zone VI Pob.Bulan, Sorsogon	957	about 16,138	about 0.0593 km²	−0.42% 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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