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Barangays in Paoay

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 Paoay, at a glance

Barangays: 31^[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: 24,204^[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: 2 urban^[4]; 29 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Nagbacalan^[5]; Paoay, Ilocos Norte; 3,131 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: Nagbacalan^[6]; Paoay, Ilocos Norte; about 7.60 km²
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: 22 barangays^[7]

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.

31 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Paoay, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	NagbacalanPaoay, Ilocos Norte	3,131	about 412	about 7.60 km²	−0.48% a year	Urban
2	CallaguipPaoay, Ilocos Norte	2,005	about 1,759	about 1.14 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
3	SubaPaoay, Ilocos Norte	1,640	about 457	about 3.59 km²	1.97% a year	Urban
4	NalasinPaoay, Ilocos Norte	1,341	about 278	about 4.83 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
5	ParatongPaoay, Ilocos Norte	1,261	about 568	about 2.22 km²	2.99% a year	Rural
6	SungadanPaoay, Ilocos Norte	1,145	about 324	about 3.53 km²	−0.74% a year	Rural
7	San AgustinPaoay, Ilocos Norte	954	about 536	about 1.78 km²	−1.80% a year	Rural
8	PasilPaoay, Ilocos Norte	948	about 449	about 2.11 km²	−2.17% a year	Rural
9	MumulaanPaoay, Ilocos Norte	886	about 206	about 4.31 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
10	San RoquePaoay, Ilocos Norte	786	about 397	about 1.98 km²	−7.76% a year	Rural
11	SurguiPaoay, Ilocos Norte	773	about 358	about 2.16 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
12	Oaig-Upay-AbulaoPaoay, Ilocos Norte	756	about 283	about 2.67 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
13	BacsilPaoay, Ilocos Norte	752	about 123	about 6.10 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
14	MontePaoay, Ilocos Norte	705	about 216	about 3.26 km²	−1.06% a year	Rural
15	NanguyudanPaoay, Ilocos Norte	677	about 215	about 3.15 km²	2.86% a year	Rural
16	SalbangPaoay, Ilocos Norte	674	about 539	about 1.25 km²	−1.37% a year	Rural
17	MasintocPaoay, Ilocos Norte	644	about 263	about 2.45 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
18	Santa RitaPaoay, Ilocos Norte	641	about 225	about 2.85 km²	−6.22% a year	Rural
19	San PedroPaoay, Ilocos Norte	593	about 687	about 0.863 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
20	LaoaPaoay, Ilocos Norte	500	about 1,701	about 0.294 km²	8.56% a year	Rural
21	CayubogPaoay, Ilocos Norte	476	about 115	about 4.14 km²	−5.02% a year	Rural
22	CabagoanPaoay, Ilocos Norte	436	about 487	about 0.896 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
23	DoloresPaoay, Ilocos Norte	410	about 1,536	about 0.267 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
24	Sangladan Pob.Paoay, Ilocos Norte	390	about 5,508	about 0.0708 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
25	CabangaranPaoay, Ilocos Norte	349	about 743	about 0.47 km²	−1.71% a year	Rural
26	SidegPaoay, Ilocos Norte	337	about 139	about 2.43 km²	−7.14% a year	Rural
27	San BlasPaoay, Ilocos Norte	217	about 2,692	about 0.0806 km²	−1.79% a year	Rural
28	San JuanPaoay, Ilocos Norte	211	about 3,459	about 0.061 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
29	VeronicaPaoay, Ilocos Norte	210	about 2,428	about 0.0865 km²	−4.19% a year	Rural
30	PannaratanPaoay, Ilocos Norte	199	about 2,737	about 0.0727 km²	−4.49% a year	Rural
31	PambaranPaoay, Ilocos Norte	157	about 2,684	about 0.0585 km²	−4.35% 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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