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Barangays in Cordillera Administrative 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]

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Barangays in Cordillera Administrative Region, at a glance

Barangays: 1,178^[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: 1,808,985^[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: 138 urban^[4]; 1,040 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Irisan^[5]; Baguio City, Benguet; 36,932 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: Caganayan^[6]; Tineg, Abra; about 214.53 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: Loo^{[5, 7]}; Buguias, Benguet; 4.19% 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: 557 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Camp 3, −3.28% a year.

Region: Cordillera Administrative Region

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1,178 barangays, 301 to 350 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cordillera Administrative Region, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
301	BalatocPasil, Kalinga	1,656	about 20	about 83.72 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
302	Rock Quarry, UpperBaguio City, Benguet	1,644	about 26,907	about 0.0611 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
303	BilaBokod, Benguet	1,642	about 127	about 12.96 km²	2.46% a year	Rural
304	Taloy NorteTuba, Benguet	1,642	about 158	about 10.40 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
305	Tabaan NorteTuba, Benguet	1,641	about 62	about 26.63 km²	5.90% a year	Rural
306	View PointBanaue, Ifugao	1,640	about 67	about 24.39 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
307	PoblacionKabayan, Benguet	1,634	about 263	about 6.22 km²	−3.77% a year	Rural
308	Cresencia VillageBaguio City, Benguet	1,632	about 8,545	about 0.191 km²	−0.56% a year	Urban
309	BologKiangan, Ifugao	1,624	about 94	about 17.25 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
310	Poblacion CentralKapangan, Benguet	1,618	about 411	about 3.94 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
311	SantorRizal, Kalinga	1,618	about 107	about 15.19 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
312	Zone 3 Pob.Bangued, Abra	1,617	about 6,442	about 0.251 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
313	BuluanConner, Apayao	1,593	about 108	about 14.78 km²	−1.41% a year	Rural
314	Alfonso TaboraBaguio City, Benguet	1,588	about 14,841	about 0.107 km²	0.99% a year	Urban
315	Engineers' HillBaguio City, Benguet	1,584	about 18,970	about 0.0835 km²	−2.52% a year	Urban
316	DugongBucay, Abra	1,582	about 309	about 5.12 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
317	Guinzadan SurBauko, Mountain Province	1,579	about 490	about 3.22 km²	−4.02% a year	Rural
318	PosnaanAguinaldo, Ifugao	1,579	about 45	about 34.91 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
319	AwayanAguinaldo, Ifugao	1,578	about 112	about 14.09 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
320	GadangKapangan, Benguet	1,575	about 88	about 17.80 km²	3.26% a year	Rural
321	TacadangKibungan, Benguet	1,575	about 57	about 27.77 km²	−1.20% a year	Rural
322	New TanglagTabuk City, Kalinga	1,573	about 122	about 12.90 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
323	Dagsian, LowerBaguio City, Benguet	1,568	about 17,900	about 0.0876 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
324	Poblacion EastPidigan, Abra	1,561	about 3,556	about 0.439 km²	−1.79% a year	Urban
325	Dizon SubdivisionBaguio City, Benguet	1,558	about 7,637	about 0.204 km²	−4.43% a year	Urban
326	ChalaloAguinaldo, Ifugao	1,554	about 81	about 19.12 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
327	MudiitDolores, Abra	1,553	about 351	about 4.43 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
328	BinablayanTinoc, Ifugao	1,546	about 53	about 29.23 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
329	PalinaKibungan, Benguet	1,541	about 52	about 29.89 km²	1.61% a year	Rural
330	BuliLa Paz, Abra	1,538	about 250	about 6.14 km²	−1.56% a year	Rural
331	VelascoTayum, Abra	1,538	about 209	about 7.37 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
332	PulaAsipulo, Ifugao	1,533	about 41	about 37.46 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
333	KamogSablan, Benguet	1,529	about 125	about 12.23 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
334	BarocbocSanta Marcela, Apayao	1,524	about 415	about 3.67 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
335	CapannikianPudtol, Apayao	1,524	about 575	about 2.65 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
336	Lourdes Subdivision ExtensionBaguio City, Benguet	1,523	about 28,521	about 0.0534 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
337	BantayTabuk City, Kalinga	1,520	about 151	about 10.09 km²	3.78% a year	Rural
338	AmduntogAsipulo, Ifugao	1,512	about 186	about 8.14 km²	−1.09% a year	Rural
339	BanaoBauko, Mountain Province	1,509	about 353	about 4.27 km²	−2.42% a year	Rural
340	GusaranKabayan, Benguet	1,502	about 272	about 5.53 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
341	PoblacionHungduan, Ifugao	1,502	about 41	about 37.02 km²	−2.16% a year	Rural
342	MabilongLubuagan, Kalinga	1,498	about 137	about 10.91 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
343	NgilebAlfonso Lista, Ifugao	1,497	about 166	about 9.04 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
344	O-ongHingyon, Ifugao	1,497	about 303	about 4.94 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
345	PoitanBanaue, Ifugao	1,496	about 221	about 6.78 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
346	Happy HomesBaguio City, Benguet	1,493	about 15,650	about 0.0954 km²	−3.23% a year	Urban
347	BallayangonPinukpuk, Kalinga	1,492	about 133	about 11.26 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
348	PoblacionLagayan, Abra	1,492	about 110	about 13.62 km²	2.56% a year	Rural
349	NamnamaAlfonso Lista, Ifugao	1,491	about 82	about 18.29 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
350	San CarlosSanta Marcela, Apayao	1,491	about 697	about 2.14 km²	−0.11% 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: Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) (OpenSTAT table 0151A6DTHP4). 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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