The Atlas

Barangays in Palawan

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 Palawan

Barangays in Palawan, at a glance

Barangays: 433^[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: 1,285,179^[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: 98 urban^[4]; 335 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: San Pedro^[5]; Puerto Princesa City, Palawan; 29,825 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: Apurawan^[6]; Aborlan, Palawan; about 284.44 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: Iwahig^{[5, 7]}; Puerto Princesa City, Palawan; 12.15% 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: 150 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Miguel, −3.97% 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.

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

Barangays in Palawan, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
301	CatadmanCuyo, Palawan	1,228	about 1,769	about 0.694 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
302	AntoninoRoxas, Palawan	1,211	about 9	about 127.79 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
303	Santa CruzCagayancillo, Palawan	1,209	about 287	about 4.21 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
304	TacrasNarra, Palawan	1,209	about 36	about 33.29 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
305	SimpocanPuerto Princesa City, Palawan	1,204	about 17	about 69.04 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
306	BogtongBusuanga, Palawan	1,199	about 40	about 29.99 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
307	MalitubBataraza, Palawan	1,194	about 35	about 34.25 km²	5.11% a year	Rural
308	MabiniAborlan, Palawan	1,190	about 506	about 2.35 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
309	TabudBataraza, Palawan	1,172	about 38	about 30.85 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
310	DeplaTaytay, Palawan	1,170	about 58	about 20.17 km²	−2.02% a year	Rural
311	TizaCulion, Palawan	1,156	about 3,590	about 0.322 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
312	BatasTaytay, Palawan	1,149	about 35	about 33.04 km²	−1.43% a year	Rural
313	LungsodCuyo, Palawan	1,148	about 416	about 2.76 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
314	TalagaCagayancillo, Palawan	1,145	about 651	about 1.76 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
315	TagpaitAborlan, Palawan	1,141	about 338	about 3.38 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
316	Old BusuangaBusuanga, Palawan	1,139	about 43	about 26.77 km²	1.40% a year	Rural
317	BaldatCulion, Palawan	1,113	about 41	about 27.13 km²	1.88% a year	Urban
318	San IsidroSan Vicente, Palawan	1,106	about 37	about 29.81 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
319	San NicolasLinapacan, Palawan	1,092	about 43	about 25.16 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
320	TalogTaytay, Palawan	1,090	about 25	about 42.83 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
321	JoloRoxas, Palawan	1,082	about 20	about 55.30 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
322	Tinagong DagatNarra, Palawan	1,074	about 221	about 4.86 km²	1.92% a year	Rural
323	Santa CruzPuerto Princesa City, Palawan	1,067	about 35	about 30.59 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
324	BarakeAborlan, Palawan	1,066	about 41	about 25.93 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
325	SebaringBalabac, Palawan	1,052	about 117	about 8.97 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
326	ElvitaNarra, Palawan	1,051	about 41	about 25.60 km²	1.67% a year	Rural
327	ApoaporawanAborlan, Palawan	1,045	about 100	about 10.43 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
328	CulasianDumaran, Palawan	1,044	about 44	about 23.52 km²	2.34% a year	Rural
329	Old GuinloTaytay, Palawan	1,042	about 91	about 11.40 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
330	Bagong BayanRoxas, Palawan	1,039	about 35	about 29.83 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
331	BarangonanLinapacan, Palawan	1,034	about 101	about 10.27 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
332	IgabasMagsaysay, Palawan	1,019	about 238	about 4.28 km²	2.22% a year	Rural
333	Barangay IICoron, Palawan	1,013	about 8,733	about 0.116 km²	−2.71% a year	Urban
334	AgutayanBalabac, Palawan	1,006	about 35	about 28.86 km²	2.46% a year	Rural
335	CanipoMagsaysay, Palawan	1,005	about 178	about 5.65 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
336	MadoldolonAraceli, Palawan	1,003	about 41	about 24.24 km²	−1.32% a year	Rural
337	HalseyCulion, Palawan	1,002	about 42	about 24.10 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
338	BurabodCulion, Palawan	999	about 48	about 20.68 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
339	TagolangoBataraza, Palawan	996	about 52	about 18.98 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
340	TagabinitPuerto Princesa City, Palawan	990	about 35	about 28.60 km²	−11.27% a year	Rural
341	MasikapPuerto Princesa City, Palawan	966	about 16,800	about 0.0575 km²	−0.05% a year	Urban
342	Santo TomasDumaran, Palawan	950	about 23	about 40.55 km²	−2.35% a year	Rural
343	TanabagPuerto Princesa City, Palawan	947	about 28	about 33.64 km²	5.05% a year	Rural
344	MauringuenAraceli, Palawan	943	about 48	about 19.69 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
345	ManingningPuerto Princesa City, Palawan	937	about 7,378	about 0.127 km²	1.19% a year	Urban
346	VillasolAgutaya, Palawan	935	about 199	about 4.71 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
347	OsmeñaAraceli, Palawan	930	about 74	about 12.59 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
348	LiwanagPuerto Princesa City, Palawan	926	about 15,382	about 0.0602 km²	−7.35% a year	Urban
349	Santa MariaDumaran, Palawan	916	about 30	about 31.01 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
350	San RafaelBusuanga, Palawan	912	about 42	about 21.88 km²	1.67% 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: MIMAROPA Region (OpenSTAT table 0161A6DTHP5). Published August 3, 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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