The Atlas

Barangays in Burgos

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 Burgos

Barangays in Burgos, at a glance

Barangays: 26^[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: 13,026^[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: 0 urban^[4]; 26 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Luna^[5]; Burgos, Ilocos Sur; 1,221 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: Dirdirig^[6]; Burgos, Ilocos Sur; about 8.58 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: 10 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.

26 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Burgos, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	LunaBurgos, Ilocos Sur	1,221	about 368	about 3.32 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
2	DirdirigBurgos, Ilocos Sur	1,086	about 127	about 8.58 km²	3.37% a year	Rural
3	DayankiBurgos, Ilocos Sur	725	about 439	about 1.65 km²	−1.19% a year	Rural
4	TaliaoBurgos, Ilocos Sur	700	about 583	about 1.20 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
5	PadurosBurgos, Ilocos Sur	658	about 296	about 2.22 km²	−2.04% a year	Rural
6	MambugBurgos, Ilocos Sur	657	about 684	about 0.961 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
7	ManabocBurgos, Ilocos Sur	625	about 98	about 6.39 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
8	CallitongBurgos, Ilocos Sur	599	about 153	about 3.92 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
9	LucabanBurgos, Ilocos Sur	543	about 663	about 0.819 km²	2.85% a year	Rural
10	CabcaburaoBurgos, Ilocos Sur	519	about 619	about 0.839 km²	−1.47% a year	Rural
11	BalugangBurgos, Ilocos Sur	499	about 280	about 1.78 km²	2.18% a year	Rural
12	LubingBurgos, Ilocos Sur	480	about 67	about 7.16 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
13	BessangBurgos, Ilocos Sur	472	about 187	about 2.52 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
14	Subadi NorteBurgos, Ilocos Sur	446	about 858	about 0.52 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
15	AmbugatBurgos, Ilocos Sur	436	about 704	about 0.619 km²	−1.68% a year	Rural
16	MacaoayanBurgos, Ilocos Sur	424	about 582	about 0.729 km²	−2.39% a year	Rural
17	NagpanaoanBurgos, Ilocos Sur	416	about 943	about 0.441 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
18	CadacadBurgos, Ilocos Sur	400	about 600	about 0.667 km²	2.56% a year	Rural
19	Sabangan PingganBurgos, Ilocos Sur	398	about 547	about 0.727 km²	3.41% a year	Rural
20	Poblacion NorteBurgos, Ilocos Sur	354	about 1,351	about 0.262 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
21	BangbangarBurgos, Ilocos Sur	318	about 284	about 1.12 km²	1.65% a year	Rural
22	PatacBurgos, Ilocos Sur	280	about 667	about 0.42 km²	−1.16% a year	Rural
23	MapanitBurgos, Ilocos Sur	268	about 101	about 2.66 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
24	Poblacion SurBurgos, Ilocos Sur	190	about 311	about 0.61 km²	−0.74% a year	Rural
25	Subadi SurBurgos, Ilocos Sur	173	about 625	about 0.277 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
26	LessebBurgos, Ilocos Sur	139	about 177	about 0.784 km²	−0.51% 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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