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Barangays in Santa

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 Santa, 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: 15,164^[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]; 24 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Mabilbila Sur^[5]; Santa, Ilocos Sur; 1,988 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: Mabilbila Norte^[6]; Santa, Ilocos Sur; about 12.39 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: 12 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 Santa, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Mabilbila SurSanta, Ilocos Sur	1,988	about 720	about 2.76 km²	−0.10% a year	Urban
2	ManuevaSanta, Ilocos Sur	958	about 606	about 1.58 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
3	Magsaysay DistrictSanta, Ilocos Sur	927	about 677	about 1.37 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
4	PasungolSanta, Ilocos Sur	886	about 10,662	about 0.0831 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
5	NagpanaoanSanta, Ilocos Sur	870	about 112	about 7.80 km²	3.66% a year	Rural
6	RizalSanta, Ilocos Sur	846	about 358	about 2.36 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
7	Sacuyya NorteSanta, Ilocos Sur	727	about 452	about 1.61 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
8	Mabilbila NorteSanta, Ilocos Sur	715	about 58	about 12.39 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
9	NamalanganSanta, Ilocos Sur	679	about 1,418	about 0.479 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
10	RanchoSanta, Ilocos Sur	643	about 337	about 1.91 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
11	Labut NorteSanta, Ilocos Sur	620	about 539	about 1.15 km²	2.74% a year	Rural
12	AmpandulaSanta, Ilocos Sur	619	about 63	about 9.83 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
13	CalungboyanSanta, Ilocos Sur	574	about 260	about 2.21 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
14	CasiberSanta, Ilocos Sur	545	about 556	about 0.981 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
15	MarcosSanta, Ilocos Sur	527	about 1,089	about 0.484 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
16	Sacuyya SurSanta, Ilocos Sur	504	about 571	about 0.882 km²	−1.55% a year	Urban
17	BanaoangSanta, Ilocos Sur	475	about 110	about 4.33 km²	−1.74% a year	Rural
18	QuirinoSanta, Ilocos Sur	308	about 2,200	about 0.14 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
19	QuezonSanta, Ilocos Sur	293	about 4,696	about 0.0624 km²	−1.65% a year	Rural
20	CabangaranSanta, Ilocos Sur	280	about 1,049	about 0.267 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
21	Labut SurSanta, Ilocos Sur	259	about 265	about 0.977 km²	−1.85% a year	Rural
22	TabucolanSanta, Ilocos Sur	253	about 1,188	about 0.213 km²	2.42% a year	Rural
23	BasugSanta, Ilocos Sur	215	about 324	about 0.663 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
24	OribiSanta, Ilocos Sur	174	about 1,225	about 0.142 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
25	DammaySanta, Ilocos Sur	170	about 35	about 4.84 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
26	BucalagSanta, Ilocos Sur	109	about 2,189	about 0.0498 km²	−7.81% 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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