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Barangays in Vigan City

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 Vigan City

Barangays in Vigan City, at a glance

Barangays: 39^[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: 54,498^[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]; 32 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Tamag^[5]; Vigan City, Ilocos Sur; 3,616 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: Rugsuanan^[6]; Vigan City, Ilocos Sur; about 1.96 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: 18 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.

39 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Vigan City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	TamagVigan City, Ilocos Sur	3,616	about 2,165	about 1.67 km²	1.63% a year	Urban
2	Ayusan NorteVigan City, Ilocos Sur	3,513	about 3,810	about 0.922 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
3	Pantay FatimaVigan City, Ilocos Sur	3,314	about 2,933	about 1.13 km²	1.18% a year	Rural
4	San Julian NorteVigan City, Ilocos Sur	2,897	about 3,191	about 0.908 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
5	Barangay IXVigan City, Ilocos Sur	2,567	about 7,550	about 0.34 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
6	Pantay DayaVigan City, Ilocos Sur	2,511	about 2,910	about 0.863 km²	0.50% a year	Urban
7	BulalaVigan City, Ilocos Sur	2,156	about 2,156	about 1.00 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
8	Barangay IVVigan City, Ilocos Sur	2,121	about 6,607	about 0.321 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
9	NagsangalanVigan City, Ilocos Sur	1,886	about 2,151	about 0.877 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
10	San PedroVigan City, Ilocos Sur	1,781	about 1,509	about 1.18 km²	3.05% a year	Rural
11	CapangpanganVigan City, Ilocos Sur	1,675	about 4,869	about 0.344 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
12	RaoisVigan City, Ilocos Sur	1,634	about 1,339	about 1.22 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
13	MindoroVigan City, Ilocos Sur	1,570	about 2,557	about 0.614 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
14	Barangay VIIVigan City, Ilocos Sur	1,415	about 5,202	about 0.272 km²	−2.87% a year	Rural
15	ParatongVigan City, Ilocos Sur	1,371	about 3,608	about 0.38 km²	−0.02% a year	Rural
16	Barangay VIVigan City, Ilocos Sur	1,363	about 14,287	about 0.0954 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
17	San Julian SurVigan City, Ilocos Sur	1,338	about 3,337	about 0.401 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
18	SalindegVigan City, Ilocos Sur	1,311	about 1,381	about 0.949 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
19	Barangay VIIIVigan City, Ilocos Sur	1,197	about 4,128	about 0.29 km²	−0.28% a year	Urban
20	Ayusan SurVigan City, Ilocos Sur	1,158	about 2,335	about 0.496 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
21	Cabaroan DayaVigan City, Ilocos Sur	1,129	about 889	about 1.27 km²	2.73% a year	Rural
22	Barangay IIIVigan City, Ilocos Sur	1,040	about 6,541	about 0.159 km²	−1.93% a year	Urban
23	PaoaVigan City, Ilocos Sur	993	about 1,366	about 0.727 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
24	Purok-a-dackelVigan City, Ilocos Sur	946	about 2,365	about 0.40 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
25	San JoseVigan City, Ilocos Sur	912	about 2,606	about 0.35 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
26	CamangaanVigan City, Ilocos Sur	909	about 3,510	about 0.259 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
27	Beddeng LaudVigan City, Ilocos Sur	903	about 3,020	about 0.299 km²	−1.85% a year	Urban
28	CabalangeganVigan City, Ilocos Sur	851	about 2,061	about 0.413 km²	6.67% a year	Rural
29	Pantay LaudVigan City, Ilocos Sur	813	about 640	about 1.27 km²	−0.92% a year	Rural
30	BongtolanVigan City, Ilocos Sur	772	about 559	about 1.38 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
31	RugsuananVigan City, Ilocos Sur	686	about 350	about 1.96 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
32	Barangay VVigan City, Ilocos Sur	657	about 9,254	about 0.071 km²	−1.27% a year	Rural
33	Pong-olVigan City, Ilocos Sur	640	about 2,520	about 0.254 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
34	Beddeng DayaVigan City, Ilocos Sur	617	about 2,023	about 0.305 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
35	Purok-a-bassitVigan City, Ilocos Sur	561	about 2,984	about 0.188 km²	−3.75% a year	Rural
36	Cabaroan LaudVigan City, Ilocos Sur	504	about 1,212	about 0.416 km²	−0.70% a year	Rural
37	Barangay IIVigan City, Ilocos Sur	488	about 5,483	about 0.089 km²	0.75% a year	Urban
38	BarracaVigan City, Ilocos Sur	348	about 1,081	about 0.322 km²	4.13% a year	Rural
39	Barangay IVigan City, Ilocos Sur	335	about 1,754	about 0.191 km²	−3.76% a year	Urban

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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