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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, 401 to 450 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
401	PoblacionSadanga, Mountain Province	1,377	about 151	about 9.12 km²	−2.59% a year	Rural
402	CabaroanTayum, Abra	1,374	about 314	about 4.37 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
403	MalabbagaLa Paz, Abra	1,368	about 307	about 4.45 km²	−1.06% a year	Rural
404	DangoyLubuagan, Kalinga	1,367	about 126	about 10.89 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
405	SacpilConner, Apayao	1,367	about 30	about 45.60 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
406	PangtudPidigan, Abra	1,361	about 319	about 4.26 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
407	AntipoloAsipulo, Ifugao	1,360	about 151	about 9.02 km²	−1.83% a year	Rural
408	CalaocanRizal, Kalinga	1,360	about 102	about 13.30 km²	−2.37% a year	Rural
409	CananLa Paz, Abra	1,359	about 1,359	about 1.00 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
410	TuelTublay, Benguet	1,357	about 160	about 8.46 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
411	AmpaliocLuba, Abra	1,356	about 39	about 34.63 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
412	PasdongAtok, Benguet	1,352	about 62	about 21.65 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
413	PudongKapangan, Benguet	1,346	about 68	about 19.70 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
414	Santo Tomas School AreaBaguio City, Benguet	1,345	about 723	about 1.86 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
415	PaykekKapangan, Benguet	1,342	about 250	about 5.37 km²	−2.45% a year	Rural
416	DugpaPinukpuk, Kalinga	1,338	about 93	about 14.32 km²	−0.02% a year	Rural
417	Magsaysay Private RoadBaguio City, Benguet	1,336	about 30,433	about 0.0439 km²	9.16% a year	Urban
418	PoblacionSagada, Mountain Province	1,335	about 179	about 7.46 km²	−2.60% a year	Urban
419	Guinzadan CentralBauko, Mountain Province	1,324	about 299	about 4.43 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
420	Otucan SurBauko, Mountain Province	1,316	about 281	about 4.69 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
421	GumhangTinoc, Ifugao	1,310	about 101	about 12.96 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
422	GuinaangBontoc, Mountain Province	1,308	about 171	about 7.67 km²	−1.45% a year	Rural
423	PanubtubanAsipulo, Ifugao	1,308	about 97	about 13.42 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
424	PitoBokod, Benguet	1,301	about 17	about 76.97 km²	4.92% a year	Rural
425	MudengLa Paz, Abra	1,300	about 691	about 1.88 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
426	PoblacionLubuagan, Kalinga	1,296	about 2,365	about 0.548 km²	−2.56% a year	Rural
427	TalogtogDolores, Abra	1,296	about 675	about 1.92 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
428	Tam-anBanaue, Ifugao	1,284	about 873	about 1.47 km²	−3.24% a year	Rural
429	MagnaoTabuk City, Kalinga	1,281	about 60	about 21.20 km²	1.02% a year	Rural
430	TawanganKabayan, Benguet	1,281	about 36	about 36.04 km²	5.87% a year	Rural
431	MompoliaHingyon, Ifugao	1,279	about 206	about 6.20 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
432	TablacBangued, Abra	1,278	about 189	about 6.76 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
433	BugnayTinglayan, Kalinga	1,277	about 70	about 18.14 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
434	Santa LinaLuna, Apayao	1,271	about 138	about 9.22 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
435	MainitBontoc, Mountain Province	1,269	about 24	about 53.98 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
436	Military Cut-offBaguio City, Benguet	1,266	about 2,782	about 0.455 km²	−1.21% a year	Urban
437	NayonLamut, Ifugao	1,265	about 207	about 6.10 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
438	Bobok-BisalBokod, Benguet	1,263	about 16	about 79.08 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
439	Scout BarrioBaguio City, Benguet	1,263	about 6,683	about 0.189 km²	−1.21% a year	Urban
440	Teodora AlonzoBaguio City, Benguet	1,257	about 17,679	about 0.0711 km²	2.70% a year	Urban
441	PiasTayum, Abra	1,256	about 307	about 4.09 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
442	MaguyepyepSallapadan, Abra	1,253	about 95	about 13.14 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
443	BulbolRizal, Kalinga	1,249	about 52	about 24.09 km²	2.89% a year	Rural
444	PiwongHingyon, Ifugao	1,249	about 508	about 2.46 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
445	TungngodLagawe, Ifugao	1,249	about 393	about 3.18 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
446	Bayan Park WestBaguio City, Benguet	1,245	about 6,658	about 0.187 km²	−4.03% a year	Rural
447	BudacTayum, Abra	1,243	about 240	about 5.18 km²	−2.59% a year	Rural
448	San QuintinAlfonso Lista, Ifugao	1,241	about 113	about 11.03 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
449	Poblacion SouthLagawe, Ifugao	1,240	about 899	about 1.38 km²	1.80% a year	Urban
450	HallapAsipulo, Ifugao	1,238	about 271	about 4.57 km²	0.89% 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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