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Barangays in Cagayan Valley

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 Cagayan Valley

Barangays in Cagayan Valley, at a glance

Barangays: 2,311^[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: 3,777,608^[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: 190 urban^[4]; 2,121 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Rizal^[5]; Santiago City, Isabela; 14,030 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: Lapi^[6]; Peñablanca, Cagayan; about 833.28 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: Curva^{[5, 7]}; Pamplona, Cagayan; 6.21% 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: 536 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Fermin, −2.80% 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.

2,311 barangays, 351 to 400 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cagayan Valley, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
351	Centro 1San Guillermo, Isabela	2,611	about 398	about 6.56 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
352	TupangAlcala, Cagayan	2,601	about 971	about 2.68 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
353	Bagong TanzaAurora, Isabela	2,591	about 698	about 3.71 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
354	CommunalSolano, Nueva Vizcaya	2,586	about 174	about 14.85 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
355	District 4San Manuel, Isabela	2,585	about 1,273	about 2.03 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
356	Barangay IIIEnrile, Cagayan	2,581	about 527	about 4.90 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
357	Batong-LabangIlagan City, Isabela	2,581	about 412	about 6.27 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
358	EstefaniaAmulung, Cagayan	2,581	about 186	about 13.91 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
359	IndianaBambang, Nueva Vizcaya	2,581	about 299	about 8.63 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
360	Simanu NorteSan Pablo, Isabela	2,580	about 151	about 17.14 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
361	Sindon BayaboIlagan City, Isabela	2,580	about 24	about 108.09 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
362	Asinga-ViaBaggao, Cagayan	2,575	about 54	about 47.82 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
363	BaliuagPeñablanca, Cagayan	2,575	about 92	about 28.01 km²	3.09% a year	Rural
364	CalitlitanAritao, Nueva Vizcaya	2,570	about 130	about 19.82 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
365	DalaoigAlcala, Cagayan	2,570	about 78	about 32.76 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
366	LallayugTuao, Cagayan	2,570	about 496	about 5.18 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
367	Libag NorteTuguegarao City, Cagayan	2,568	about 688	about 3.73 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
368	AggugaddanPeñablanca, Cagayan	2,560	about 655	about 3.91 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
369	BanqueroReina Mercedes, Isabela	2,560	about 547	about 4.68 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
370	Santa RitaAurora, Isabela	2,559	about 1,684	about 1.52 km²	4.06% a year	Rural
371	La Torre SouthBayombong, Nueva Vizcaya	2,558	about 991	about 2.58 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
372	FuraoGamu, Isabela	2,552	about 600	about 4.25 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
373	San VicenteJones, Isabela	2,552	about 1,350	about 1.89 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
374	Bauan EastSolana, Cagayan	2,551	about 618	about 4.13 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
375	San BernardoCabagan, Isabela	2,548	about 595	about 4.28 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
376	District 2San Manuel, Isabela	2,546	about 404	about 6.30 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
377	San LuisTuao, Cagayan	2,543	about 355	about 7.16 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
378	BalliguiMaddela, Quirino	2,538	about 81	about 31.37 km²	1.01% a year	Rural
379	Basi WestSolana, Cagayan	2,530	about 464	about 5.45 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
380	San LuisCauayan City, Isabela	2,517	about 609	about 4.13 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
381	Sta. FilomenaSan Mariano, Isabela	2,513	about 424	about 5.92 km²	−0.08% a year	Urban
382	TuguegaraoEchague, Isabela	2,512	about 4,502	about 0.558 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
383	Barangay III-AEnrile, Cagayan	2,509	about 1,151	about 2.18 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
384	Masaya SurSan Agustin, Isabela	2,508	about 196	about 12.80 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
385	Centro SurSanto Niño, Cagayan	2,507	about 798	about 3.14 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
386	MaxingalLal-Lo, Cagayan	2,502	about 597	about 4.19 km²	−1.51% a year	Rural
387	BannawagDiffun, Quirino	2,499	about 336	about 7.43 km²	1.18% a year	Rural
388	GayongCordon, Isabela	2,492	about 490	about 5.09 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
389	OlangoMallig, Isabela	2,492	about 389	about 6.41 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
390	MabiniAlicia, Isabela	2,490	about 773	about 3.22 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
391	DallaoCordon, Isabela	2,488	about 79	about 31.50 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
392	CentroAbulug, Cagayan	2,484	about 673	about 3.69 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
393	MaligayaCauayan City, Isabela	2,482	about 192	about 12.93 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
394	Cabeseria 10Ilagan City, Isabela	2,480	about 446	about 5.56 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
395	Magsaysay HillsBambang, Nueva Vizcaya	2,472	about 861	about 2.87 km²	5.66% a year	Rural
396	San FranciscoBaggao, Cagayan	2,469	about 636	about 3.88 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
397	San Jose Norte IMallig, Isabela	2,468	about 288	about 8.57 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
398	LangaganSanchez Mira, Cagayan	2,464	about 805	about 3.06 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
399	MalasinSan Mateo, Isabela	2,464	about 584	about 4.22 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
400	Santa Isabel NorteIlagan City, Isabela	2,461	about 179	about 13.74 km²	0.32% 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: Cagayan Valley (OpenSTAT table 0021A6DTPH1). 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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