The Atlas

Barangays in Ilocos Norte

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 Ilocos Norte

Barangays in Ilocos Norte, at a glance

Barangays: 559^[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: 618,850^[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: 59 urban^[4]; 500 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bgy. No. 1, San Lorenzo^[5]; Laoag City, Ilocos Norte; 5,310 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: Santo Niño^[6]; Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte; about 388.06 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: Bgy. No. 1, San Lorenzo^{[5, 7]}; Laoag City, Ilocos Norte; −0.66% 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: 223 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Bgy. No. 1, San Lorenzo, −0.66% 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.

559 barangays, 351 to 400 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Ilocos Norte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
351	Bgy. No. 7-A, Nstra. Sra. De NatividadLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	840	about 9,722	about 0.0864 km²	−1.98% a year	Urban
352	MadupayasBadoc, Ilocos Norte	838	about 268	about 3.13 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
353	Ar-arusipBadoc, Ilocos Norte	834	about 662	about 1.26 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
354	MorongBadoc, Ilocos Norte	834	about 219	about 3.81 km²	−1.60% a year	Rural
355	Bgy. No. 11, Santa BalbinaLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	833	about 7,059	about 0.118 km²	−1.33% a year	Urban
356	Bgy. No. 8, San VicenteLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	833	about 8,900	about 0.0936 km²	−1.25% a year	Urban
357	NamorocVintar, Ilocos Norte	832	about 344	about 2.42 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
358	Bgy. No. 39, Santa RosaLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	822	about 1,245	about 0.66 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
359	DupitacPiddig, Ilocos Norte	816	about 41	about 19.98 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
360	TambidaoBacarra, Ilocos Norte	813	about 225	about 3.61 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
361	San JuanSarrat, Ilocos Norte	807	about 538	about 1.50 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
362	MalampaVintar, Ilocos Norte	804	about 193	about 4.16 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
363	BarbarangayBanna, Ilocos Norte	803	about 111	about 7.25 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
364	San MarcosDingras, Ilocos Norte	802	about 407	about 1.97 km²	1.92% a year	Rural
365	Bgy. No. 59-B, Dibua NorthLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	798	about 376	about 2.12 km²	−2.35% a year	Rural
366	Bgy. No. 10, San JoseLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	791	about 5,992	about 0.132 km²	−4.77% a year	Urban
367	KalawDumalneg, Ilocos Norte	791	about 44	about 17.90 km²	5.05% a year	Urban
368	CarusikisPasuquin, Ilocos Norte	788	about 173	about 4.55 km²	−0.92% a year	Rural
369	AcnamNueva Era, Ilocos Norte	786	about 92	about 8.52 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
370	San RoquePaoay, Ilocos Norte	786	about 397	about 1.98 km²	−7.76% a year	Rural
371	Valdez Pob.Batac City, Ilocos Norte	786	about 2,748	about 0.286 km²	−0.66% a year	Urban
372	GarnadenNueva Era, Ilocos Norte	785	about 140	about 5.61 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
373	Pias SurCurrimao, Ilocos Norte	785	about 476	about 1.65 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
374	BayogBurgos, Ilocos Norte	784	about 96	about 8.20 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
375	Lumbaan-BicbicaPinili, Ilocos Norte	784	about 302	about 2.60 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
376	PagaliBurgos, Ilocos Norte	783	about 322	about 2.43 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
377	PayacBangui, Ilocos Norte	783	about 10	about 78.87 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
378	PasngalBacarra, Ilocos Norte	780	about 506	about 1.54 km²	−0.58% a year	Rural
379	Calioet-LibongBacarra, Ilocos Norte	779	about 417	about 1.87 km²	−1.42% a year	Rural
380	AggasiPagudpud, Ilocos Norte	778	about 213	about 3.65 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
381	Santo SantiagoSarrat, Ilocos Norte	777	about 411	about 1.89 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
382	San BaltazarSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	774	about 4,838	about 0.16 km²	−0.91% a year	Urban
383	SurguiPaoay, Ilocos Norte	773	about 358	about 2.16 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
384	Bry. No. 18, San QuirinoLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	767	about 11,604	about 0.0661 km²	1.13% a year	Urban
385	CapangdananPinili, Ilocos Norte	764	about 384	about 1.99 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
386	NagtrigoanPinili, Ilocos Norte	762	about 217	about 3.51 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
387	MabanbanagVintar, Ilocos Norte	760	about 53	about 14.27 km²	2.85% a year	Rural
388	LibnaoanPiddig, Ilocos Norte	758	about 295	about 2.57 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
389	Oaig-Upay-AbulaoPaoay, Ilocos Norte	756	about 283	about 2.67 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
390	San Andres IBacarra, Ilocos Norte	755	about 5,992	about 0.126 km²	−1.26% a year	Rural
391	Santa Cruz SurBadoc, Ilocos Norte	753	about 465	about 1.62 km²	1.70% a year	Rural
392	BacsilPaoay, Ilocos Norte	752	about 123	about 6.10 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
393	BanbanBangui, Ilocos Norte	745	about 307	about 2.43 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
394	NalasinSolsona, Ilocos Norte	744	about 186	about 4.01 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
395	Baoa EastBatac City, Ilocos Norte	740	about 230	about 3.22 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
396	CabulalaanBacarra, Ilocos Norte	740	about 725	about 1.02 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
397	CangrunaanBatac City, Ilocos Norte	740	about 9,147	about 0.0809 km²	0.63% a year	Urban
398	Santo TomasPinili, Ilocos Norte	737	about 180	about 4.10 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
399	Bgy. No. 51-B, Nangalisan WestLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	736	about 1,010	about 0.729 km²	−1.53% a year	Rural
400	TurodBadoc, Ilocos Norte	736	about 430	about 1.71 km²	0.93% 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: Ilocos Region (OpenSTAT table 0011A6DTPH0). 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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