The Atlas

Barangays in Bantay

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 Bantay, at a glance

Barangays: 34^[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: 37,088^[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: 8 urban^[4]; 26 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Balaleng^[5]; Bantay, Ilocos Sur; 3,094 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: Lingsat^[6]; Bantay, Ilocos Sur; about 17.92 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: 19 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.

34 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Bantay, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	BalalengBantay, Ilocos Sur	3,094	about 2,865	about 1.08 km²	0.61% a year	Urban
2	BulagBantay, Ilocos Sur	2,727	about 937	about 2.91 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
3	Tay-acBantay, Ilocos Sur	2,583	about 280	about 9.24 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
4	OraBantay, Ilocos Sur	2,242	about 1,900	about 1.18 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
5	TalebBantay, Ilocos Sur	1,966	about 555	about 3.54 km²	0.16% a year	Urban
6	PaingBantay, Ilocos Sur	1,589	about 321	about 4.95 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
7	An-annamBantay, Ilocos Sur	1,476	about 706	about 2.09 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
8	TaguiporoBantay, Ilocos Sur	1,350	about 570	about 2.37 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
9	MalingebBantay, Ilocos Sur	1,304	about 858	about 1.52 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
10	LingsatBantay, Ilocos Sur	1,040	about 58	about 17.92 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
11	Barangay 3Bantay, Ilocos Sur	1,016	about 10,507	about 0.0967 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
12	CapangdananBantay, Ilocos Sur	1,015	about 281	about 3.61 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
13	San JulianBantay, Ilocos Sur	1,006	about 915	about 1.10 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
14	GuimodBantay, Ilocos Sur	1,003	about 475	about 2.11 km²	−2.57% a year	Urban
15	San IsidroBantay, Ilocos Sur	981	about 917	about 1.07 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
16	CabaroanBantay, Ilocos Sur	974	about 3,347	about 0.291 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
17	BuquigBantay, Ilocos Sur	970	about 2,687	about 0.361 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
18	MiraBantay, Ilocos Sur	878	about 828	about 1.06 km²	−0.49% a year	Rural
19	SagpatBantay, Ilocos Sur	826	about 688	about 1.20 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
20	CabusliganBantay, Ilocos Sur	750	about 995	about 0.754 km²	−1.09% a year	Rural
21	CabalangganBantay, Ilocos Sur	745	about 1,630	about 0.457 km²	6.01% a year	Urban
22	AggayBantay, Ilocos Sur	744	about 1,122	about 0.663 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
23	Barangay 4Bantay, Ilocos Sur	743	about 4,295	about 0.173 km²	−1.61% a year	Urban
24	NaguiddayanBantay, Ilocos Sur	742	about 458	about 1.62 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
25	SinabaanBantay, Ilocos Sur	699	about 1,889	about 0.37 km²	−1.16% a year	Urban
26	Barangay 1Bantay, Ilocos Sur	685	about 5,480	about 0.125 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
27	Barangay 5Bantay, Ilocos Sur	615	about 3,324	about 0.185 km²	−1.82% a year	Urban
28	QuimmarayanBantay, Ilocos Sur	588	about 1,960	about 0.30 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
29	Barangay 2Bantay, Ilocos Sur	544	about 6,860	about 0.0793 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
30	SagnebBantay, Ilocos Sur	464	about 1,251	about 0.371 km²	3.62% a year	Rural
31	PuspusBantay, Ilocos Sur	460	about 513	about 0.897 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
32	Barangay 6Bantay, Ilocos Sur	443	about 2,804	about 0.158 km²	−2.44% a year	Urban
33	BanaoangBantay, Ilocos Sur	431	about 87	about 4.93 km²	−1.08% a year	Rural
34	San MarianoBantay, Ilocos Sur	395	about 59	about 6.74 km²	2.39% 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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