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Barangays in Bacnotan

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 Bacnotan, at a glance

Barangays: 47^[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: 45,203^[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: 3 urban^[4]; 44 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Bacnotan, La Union; 3,726 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: Arosip^[6]; Bacnotan, La Union; about 7.88 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: 25 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.

47 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Bacnotan, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionBacnotan, La Union	3,726	about 2,179	about 1.71 km²	0.69% a year	Urban
2	BaroroBacnotan, La Union	2,867	about 1,584	about 1.81 km²	−0.49% a year	Rural
3	CabaroanBacnotan, La Union	1,983	about 2,107	about 0.941 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
4	PandanBacnotan, La Union	1,487	about 2,950	about 0.504 km²	4.59% a year	Rural
5	BitalagBacnotan, La Union	1,485	about 503	about 2.95 km²	−1.86% a year	Rural
6	TammocalaoBacnotan, La Union	1,444	about 1,301	about 1.11 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
7	CabarsicanBacnotan, La Union	1,356	about 1,304	about 1.04 km²	−0.73% a year	Rural
8	Santa CruzBacnotan, La Union	1,279	about 1,084	about 1.18 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
9	NarraBacnotan, La Union	1,277	about 573	about 2.23 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
10	SapilangBacnotan, La Union	1,229	about 218	about 5.65 km²	12.08% a year	Rural
11	BulalaBacnotan, La Union	1,213	about 1,201	about 1.01 km²	−1.95% a year	Urban
12	SipuloBacnotan, La Union	1,200	about 1,657	about 0.724 km²	3.11% a year	Rural
13	GuinabangBacnotan, La Union	1,173	about 254	about 4.61 km²	3.70% a year	Rural
14	NagsaraboanBacnotan, La Union	1,117	about 2,238	about 0.499 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
15	QuirinoBacnotan, La Union	1,103	about 355	about 3.11 km²	0.57% a year	Urban
16	RaoisBacnotan, La Union	1,089	about 981	about 1.11 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
17	GalongenBacnotan, La Union	1,046	about 1,761	about 0.594 km²	−2.39% a year	Rural
18	OrtegaBacnotan, La Union	1,040	about 248	about 4.20 km²	1.09% a year	Rural
19	BacsilBacnotan, La Union	940	about 495	about 1.90 km²	1.18% a year	Rural
20	BallogoBacnotan, La Union	909	about 1,349	about 0.674 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
21	LisquebBacnotan, La Union	903	about 504	about 1.79 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
22	San MartinBacnotan, La Union	886	about 1,515	about 0.585 km²	−1.41% a year	Rural
23	CalautitBacnotan, La Union	807	about 598	about 1.35 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
24	NagatiranBacnotan, La Union	795	about 506	about 1.57 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
25	NangalisanBacnotan, La Union	777	about 810	about 0.959 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
26	CasiamanBacnotan, La Union	771	about 402	about 1.92 km²	−4.67% a year	Rural
27	PaaganBacnotan, La Union	740	about 407	about 1.82 km²	2.78% a year	Rural
28	Santa RitaBacnotan, La Union	697	about 976	about 0.714 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
29	NagsimbaananBacnotan, La Union	693	about 3,364	about 0.206 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
30	BussaoitBacnotan, La Union	642	about 440	about 1.46 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
31	ZaragosaBacnotan, La Union	633	about 398	about 1.59 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
32	MaragayapBacnotan, La Union	630	about 2,530	about 0.249 km²	5.65% a year	Rural
33	CarcarmayBacnotan, La Union	610	about 610	about 1.00 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
34	AgtipalBacnotan, La Union	593	about 456	about 1.30 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
35	ArosipBacnotan, La Union	587	about 74	about 7.88 km²	−1.64% a year	Rural
36	SalincobBacnotan, La Union	587	about 608	about 0.965 km²	4.68% a year	Rural
37	BacquiBacnotan, La Union	585	about 649	about 0.901 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
38	UbbogBacnotan, La Union	582	about 706	about 0.824 km²	−0.57% a year	Rural
39	LeglegBacnotan, La Union	571	about 197	about 2.90 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
40	Oya-oyBacnotan, La Union	541	about 143	about 3.79 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
41	CabugaoBacnotan, La Union	512	about 312	about 1.64 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
42	BurayocBacnotan, La Union	446	about 1,002	about 0.445 km²	3.27% a year	Rural
43	SayoanBacnotan, La Union	427	about 675	about 0.633 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
44	Mabanengbeng 1stBacnotan, La Union	341	about 665	about 0.513 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
45	Mabanengbeng 2ndBacnotan, La Union	335	about 574	about 0.584 km²	−2.61% a year	Rural
46	Pang-pangBacnotan, La Union	282	about 514	about 0.549 km²	−0.67% a year	Rural
47	BagutotBacnotan, La Union	267	about 236	about 1.13 km²	0.55% 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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