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, 351 to 400 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Masbate, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
351	JanganBalud, Masbate	1,064	about 56	about 19.00 km²	5.12% a year	Rural
352	BarasEsperanza, Masbate	1,061	about 131	about 8.07 km²	−2.75% a year	Rural
353	WashingtonSan Jacinto, Masbate	1,060	about 606	about 1.75 km²	2.61% a year	Rural
354	TubiganPio V. Corpus, Masbate	1,047	about 440	about 2.38 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
355	PanubiganBalud, Masbate	1,037	about 176	about 5.88 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
356	CanomayClaveria, Masbate	1,035	about 150	about 6.89 km²	−2.04% a year	Rural
357	PalhoPio V. Corpus, Masbate	1,031	about 260	about 3.97 km²	−2.77% a year	Rural
358	BurabodPlacer, Masbate	1,024	about 179	about 5.72 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
359	LanangAroroy, Masbate	1,023	about 280	about 3.65 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
360	San PabloMandaon, Masbate	1,021	about 66	about 15.48 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
361	ConcepcionAroroy, Masbate	1,020	about 135	about 7.58 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
362	MacabugAroroy, Masbate	1,020	about 49	about 20.73 km²	−1.45% a year	Rural
363	CalongonganPio V. Corpus, Masbate	1,019	about 517	about 1.97 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
364	BuracanDimasalang, Masbate	1,011	about 204	about 4.95 km²	−1.96% a year	Rural
365	San JuanMandaon, Masbate	1,009	about 22	about 44.95 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
366	TubogPio V. Corpus, Masbate	1,008	about 141	about 7.16 km²	−1.29% a year	Rural
367	MandaliMobo, Masbate	1,005	about 234	about 4.29 km²	−2.88% a year	Rural
368	BaangMobo, Masbate	1,004	about 188	about 5.35 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
369	San RafaelCataingan, Masbate	1,004	about 193	about 5.20 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
370	San AndresBalud, Masbate	1,001	about 145	about 6.91 km²	−1.30% a year	Rural
371	PamangpangonMilagros, Masbate	1,000	about 157	about 6.36 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
372	PotingbatoEsperanza, Masbate	998	about 414	about 2.41 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
373	BuyoSan Fernando, Masbate	997	about 643	about 1.55 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
374	San CarlosPalanas, Masbate	993	about 229	about 4.33 km²	−2.32% a year	Rural
375	PangleAroroy, Masbate	991	about 67	about 14.86 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
376	BartolabacSan Jacinto, Masbate	980	about 120	about 8.18 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
377	Cawayan InteriorMasbate City, Masbate	980	about 138	about 7.09 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
378	District ISan Jacinto, Masbate	978	about 1,307	about 0.748 km²	−2.95% a year	Rural
379	San CarlosMilagros, Masbate	973	about 33	about 29.62 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
380	TagboanCataingan, Masbate	972	about 256	about 3.79 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
381	PolotMobo, Masbate	970	about 177	about 5.47 km²	−3.41% a year	Rural
382	San PedroCataingan, Masbate	970	about 224	about 4.34 km²	1.41% a year	Rural
383	BatuilaBaleno, Masbate	965	about 245	about 3.94 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
384	CantornaMonreal, Masbate	963	about 117	about 8.21 km²	−9.95% a year	Rural
385	TungaEsperanza, Masbate	958	about 502	about 1.91 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
386	DaplianSan Fernando, Masbate	955	about 1,125	about 0.849 km²	−2.51% a year	Rural
387	LibertadCawayan, Masbate	955	about 76	about 12.63 km²	−3.71% a year	Rural
388	VillaEsperanza, Masbate	953	about 599	about 1.59 km²	2.21% a year	Rural
389	AmoroyAroroy, Masbate	942	about 383	about 2.46 km²	3.17% a year	Rural
390	CabayuganCawayan, Masbate	931	about 207	about 4.50 km²	−2.60% a year	Rural
391	Del RosarioUson, Masbate	926	about 226	about 4.10 km²	−0.76% a year	Rural
392	DanaoBatuan, Masbate	915	about 276	about 3.31 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
393	LabangtaytayEsperanza, Masbate	909	about 850	about 1.07 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
394	San VicenteClaveria, Masbate	909	about 178	about 5.12 km²	−2.38% a year	Rural
395	San AntonioMilagros, Masbate	908	about 48	about 18.96 km²	−1.67% a year	Rural
396	BonbonMilagros, Masbate	905	about 40	about 22.66 km²	2.21% a year	Rural
397	BugtongPio V. Corpus, Masbate	903	about 528	about 1.71 km²	1.01% a year	Rural
398	MatubinaoCataingan, Masbate	903	about 161	about 5.61 km²	−1.28% a year	Rural
399	LoocMandaon, Masbate	897	about 78	about 11.53 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
400	SawangBatuan, Masbate	897	about 148	about 6.08 km²	−2.71% 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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