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Barangays in San Nicolas

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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Batac CityLaoag CityPaoaySarratSan FranciscoSan IldefonsoSan AgustinSan BaltazarSan BartolomeSan CayetanoSan EugenioSan FernandoSan GregorioSan GuillermoSan JoseSan Juan BautistaSan LorenzoSan LucasSan MarcosSan MiguelSan PabloSan PauloSan PedroSan RufinoSan SilvestreSanta AsuncionSanta CeciliaSanta Monica

Barangays in San Nicolas, at a glance

Barangays
24[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
39,116[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
7 urban[4]
17 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people
San Marcos[5]
San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte
3,531 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 Agustin[6]
San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte
about 11.02 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
14 barangays[7]
Region: Ilocos Region
Province: Ilocos Norte
Town: San Nicolas
Sort: Most people

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.

24 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in San Nicolas, most people
RankNamePeople, 2024People per km²AreaGrowth, 2020–2024Urban or rural
1San MarcosSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte3,531about 731about 4.83 km²3.94% a yearUrban
2San Juan BautistaSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte3,123about 5,587about 0.559 km²1.46% a yearRural
3San AgustinSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte2,693about 244about 11.02 km²2.05% a yearRural
4San LorenzoSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte2,276about 859about 2.65 km²−0.86% a yearRural
5San PedroSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte2,105about 545about 3.86 km²1.61% a yearRural
6Santa CeciliaSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte2,020about 669about 3.02 km²−0.27% a yearRural
7Santa MonicaSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte2,014about 743about 2.71 km²−2.15% a yearRural
8San GuillermoSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte1,887about 307about 6.14 km²2.86% a yearUrban
9San IldefonsoSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte1,785about 2,785about 0.641 km²0.57% a yearUrban
10San PabloSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte1,770about 717about 2.47 km²0.01% a yearUrban
11San FranciscoSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte1,701about 3,581about 0.475 km²−1.12% a yearUrban
12San MiguelSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte1,657about 10,487about 0.158 km²−0.60% a yearRural
13San GregorioSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte1,569about 8,302about 0.189 km²−5.51% a yearRural
14San LucasSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte1,545about 15,765about 0.098 km²4.62% a yearRural
15San JoseSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte1,331about 9,116about 0.146 km²−2.07% a yearRural
16Santa AsuncionSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte1,084about 444about 2.44 km²3.93% a yearRural
17San FernandoSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte1,072about 16,048about 0.0668 km²−1.28% a yearUrban
18San RufinoSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte955about 16,933about 0.0564 km²−4.26% a yearRural
19San EugenioSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte930about 10,776about 0.0863 km²−2.21% a yearRural
20San PauloSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte866about 16,527about 0.0524 km²−2.07% a yearRural
21San BartolomeSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte864about 4,386about 0.197 km²0.85% a yearRural
22San SilvestreSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte842about 14,223about 0.0592 km²−0.42% a yearRural
23San BaltazarSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte774about 4,838about 0.16 km²−0.91% a yearUrban
24San CayetanoSan Nicolas, Ilocos Norte722about 9,162about 0.0788 km²−3.76% a yearRural

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.

  1. Island groups3Luzon, the Visayas, Mindanao: a grouping, not a government
  2. Regions18Big areas that group provinces
  3. Provinces82Each led by a governor
  4. Cities and municipalities1,642Each led by a mayor
  5. Barangays42,010The smallest unit, led by a punong barangay (kapitan)

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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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