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, 401 to 450 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Ilocos Norte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
401	BarikirNueva Era, Ilocos Norte	734	about 54	about 13.48 km²	1.81% a year	Rural
402	NagbalaganBangui, Ilocos Norte	733	about 482	about 1.52 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
403	CapacuanBatac City, Ilocos Norte	732	about 202	about 3.62 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
404	SucsuquenPiddig, Ilocos Norte	731	about 301	about 2.43 km²	1.43% a year	Rural
405	LorenzoBanna, Ilocos Norte	726	about 1,154	about 0.629 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
406	San CayetanoSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte	722	about 9,162	about 0.0788 km²	−3.76% a year	Rural
407	BacsilBangui, Ilocos Norte	719	about 303	about 2.37 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
408	Ablan Pob.Batac City, Ilocos Norte	716	about 8,961	about 0.0799 km²	−0.79% a year	Urban
409	AglipayPinili, Ilocos Norte	715	about 304	about 2.35 km²	2.20% a year	Rural
410	GanaganBacarra, Ilocos Norte	713	about 379	about 1.88 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
411	Bgy. No. 61, CatabanLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	706	about 390	about 1.81 km²	−1.94% a year	Rural
412	MontePaoay, Ilocos Norte	705	about 216	about 3.26 km²	−1.06% a year	Rural
413	DilavoPasuquin, Ilocos Norte	699	about 37	about 19.15 km²	2.10% a year	Rural
414	Bgy. No. 17, San FranciscoLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	695	about 9,482	about 0.0733 km²	−0.81% a year	Urban
415	PalpalicongBatac City, Ilocos Norte	695	about 3,089	about 0.225 km²	−4.11% a year	Rural
416	Bgy. No. 30-A, SuyoLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	692	about 786	about 0.88 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
417	NgabangabPasuquin, Ilocos Norte	691	about 684	about 1.01 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
418	CallusaPiddig, Ilocos Norte	690	about 273	about 2.53 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
419	TeppangBacarra, Ilocos Norte	690	about 476	about 1.45 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
420	LaganditPiddig, Ilocos Norte	684	about 300	about 2.28 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
421	BarbarPinili, Ilocos Norte	683	about 369	about 1.85 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
422	BagbagSolsona, Ilocos Norte	678	about 241	about 2.81 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
423	MangitayagPiddig, Ilocos Norte	677	about 255	about 2.65 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
424	NanguyudanPaoay, Ilocos Norte	677	about 215	about 3.15 km²	2.86% a year	Rural
425	SalbangPaoay, Ilocos Norte	674	about 539	about 1.25 km²	−1.37% a year	Rural
426	SalpadPasuquin, Ilocos Norte	674	about 205	about 3.29 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
427	SaoitBurgos, Ilocos Norte	673	about 117	about 5.77 km²	−2.22% a year	Rural
428	San Andres IIBacarra, Ilocos Norte	669	about 5,030	about 0.133 km²	−1.88% a year	Rural
429	GayamatPiddig, Ilocos Norte	668	about 591	about 1.13 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
430	VirbiraCarasi, Ilocos Norte	665	about 10	about 64.30 km²	1.73% a year	Rural
431	BaraniBatac City, Ilocos Norte	663	about 6,500	about 0.102 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
432	Ben-aganBatac City, Ilocos Norte	660	about 6,408	about 0.103 km²	−1.87% a year	Rural
433	ValencianoBanna, Ilocos Norte	655	about 624	about 1.05 km²	−1.38% a year	Rural
434	DagupanVintar, Ilocos Norte	654	about 6	about 104.03 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
435	ManarangVintar, Ilocos Norte	649	about 57	about 11.31 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
436	MasintocPaoay, Ilocos Norte	644	about 263	about 2.45 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
437	ImeldaBanna, Ilocos Norte	643	about 193	about 3.33 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
438	Santa RitaPaoay, Ilocos Norte	641	about 225	about 2.85 km²	−6.22% a year	Rural
439	MandaloqueDingras, Ilocos Norte	636	about 395	about 1.61 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
440	NagrebcanBadoc, Ilocos Norte	628	about 26	about 24.36 km²	4.25% a year	Rural
441	PragataPasuquin, Ilocos Norte	627	about 392	about 1.60 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
442	DancelDingras, Ilocos Norte	624	about 2,400	about 0.26 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
443	MasikilBangui, Ilocos Norte	623	about 140	about 4.45 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
444	MaipaligBatac City, Ilocos Norte	622	about 38	about 16.27 km²	7.73% a year	Rural
445	San Pedro IIBacarra, Ilocos Norte	621	about 6,317	about 0.0983 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
446	Ricarte Pob.Batac City, Ilocos Norte	620	about 3,425	about 0.181 km²	−4.91% a year	Rural
447	CabangaranVintar, Ilocos Norte	618	about 9	about 66.42 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
448	Bgy. No. 7-B, Nstra. Sra. De NatividadLaoag City, Ilocos Norte	617	about 4,710	about 0.131 km²	−6.78% a year	Rural
449	PugaoanPinili, Ilocos Norte	613	about 233	about 2.63 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
450	TanapBurgos, Ilocos Norte	613	about 17	about 36.06 km²	−2.56% 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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