The Atlas

Barangays in Santa Cruz

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 Cruz, at a glance

Barangays: 49^[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: 41,296^[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: 1 urban^[4]; 48 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Dili^[5]; Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur; 1,951 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: Daligan^[6]; Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur; about 12.18 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: 28 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.

49 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Santa Cruz, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	DiliSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,951	about 1,394	about 1.40 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
2	PilarSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,725	about 1,691	about 1.02 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
3	Villa HermosaSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,648	about 555	about 2.97 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
4	CalaoaanSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,557	about 475	about 3.28 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
5	CapariaanSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,477	about 575	about 2.57 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
6	SevillaSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,415	about 354	about 4.00 km²	−0.73% a year	Rural
7	MantanasSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,367	about 1,076	about 1.27 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
8	SagatSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,303	about 1,623	about 0.803 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
9	PinipinSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,226	about 1,987	about 0.617 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
10	CamanggaanSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,137	about 484	about 2.35 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
11	MambogSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,113	about 608	about 1.83 km²	−0.72% a year	Rural
12	Villa GarciaSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,093	about 942	about 1.16 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
13	LantagSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,088	about 721	about 1.51 km²	1.90% a year	Rural
14	SuyoSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,074	about 1,149	about 0.935 km²	−0.62% a year	Rural
15	BesalanSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,059	about 716	about 1.48 km²	−0.67% a year	Rural
16	SidaoenSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	1,028	about 952	about 1.08 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
17	Poblacion NorteSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	997	about 1,524	about 0.654 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
18	NagtengngaSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	967	about 546	about 1.77 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
19	Gabor NorteSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	927	about 883	about 1.05 km²	−0.86% a year	Rural
20	CasilaganSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	869	about 250	about 3.48 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
21	PattiquiSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	839	about 2,113	about 0.397 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
22	BugbugaSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	829	about 240	about 3.46 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
23	PidpidSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	815	about 151	about 5.40 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
24	Poblacion EsteSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	707	about 1,953	about 0.362 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
25	Gabor SurSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	701	about 351	about 2.00 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
26	Poblacion SurSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	673	about 2,493	about 0.27 km²	−0.49% a year	Rural
27	Las-udSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	652	about 1,811	about 0.36 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
28	DaliganSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	646	about 53	about 12.18 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
29	TurodSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	642	about 486	about 1.32 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
30	Bayugao OesteSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	620	about 882	about 0.703 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
31	ParatongSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	604	about 239	about 2.53 km²	−2.03% a year	Rural
32	AmaraoSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	593	about 827	about 0.717 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
33	San AntonioSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	580	about 84	about 6.90 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
34	San JoseSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	578	about 303	about 1.91 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
35	PadaoilSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	577	about 382	about 1.51 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
36	San PedroSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	574	about 821	about 0.699 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
37	BabayoanSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	570	about 410	about 1.39 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
38	CandalicanSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	565	about 1,464	about 0.386 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
39	QuinsorianoSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	534	about 901	about 0.593 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
40	CoscosnongSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	520	about 98	about 5.28 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
41	BanaySanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	511	about 589	about 0.867 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
42	BacsayanSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	486	about 279	about 1.74 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
43	Poblacion WesteSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	454	about 1,593	about 0.285 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
44	SaoatSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	441	about 639	about 0.69 km²	−2.50% a year	Rural
45	TampugoSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	355	about 338	about 1.05 km²	−1.24% a year	Rural
46	Villa LaurenciaSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	335	about 515	about 0.65 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
47	LalongSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	304	about 225	about 1.35 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
48	Bayugao EsteSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	294	about 801	about 0.367 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
49	QuinferminSanta Cruz, Ilocos Sur	276	about 146	about 1.89 km²	0.00% 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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