The Atlas

Barangays in Balaoan

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 Balaoan, at a glance

Barangays: 36^[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: 40,440^[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]; 35 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Paraoir^[5]; Balaoan, La Union; 2,161 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: Nagsabaran Sur^[6]; Balaoan, La Union; about 11.71 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: 20 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.

36 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Balaoan, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	ParaoirBalaoan, La Union	2,161	about 623	about 3.47 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
2	PatpataBalaoan, La Union	1,856	about 1,417	about 1.31 km²	3.62% a year	Rural
3	Dr. Camilo Osias Pob.Balaoan, La Union	1,782	about 3,689	about 0.483 km²	−0.15% a year	Urban
4	CalungbuyanBalaoan, La Union	1,633	about 631	about 2.59 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
5	BulbulalaBalaoan, La Union	1,570	about 1,180	about 1.33 km²	−3.41% a year	Rural
6	Nagsabaran NorteBalaoan, La Union	1,558	about 1,189	about 1.31 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
7	AlmeidaBalaoan, La Union	1,458	about 414	about 3.52 km²	−0.57% a year	Rural
8	CalliatBalaoan, La Union	1,396	about 1,491	about 0.936 km²	−0.49% a year	Rural
9	BungolBalaoan, La Union	1,381	about 282	about 4.89 km²	−0.62% a year	Rural
10	Butubut NorteBalaoan, La Union	1,371	about 902	about 1.52 km²	1.25% a year	Rural
11	NalasinBalaoan, La Union	1,369	about 3,176	about 0.431 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
12	Pantar NorteBalaoan, La Union	1,328	about 1,714	about 0.775 km²	−0.73% a year	Rural
13	San PabloBalaoan, La Union	1,304	about 767	about 1.70 km²	4.28% a year	Rural
14	Nagsabaran SurBalaoan, La Union	1,236	about 106	about 11.71 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
15	Cabuaan OesteBalaoan, La Union	1,203	about 752	about 1.60 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
16	Sinapangan SurBalaoan, La Union	1,188	about 1,220	about 0.974 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
17	CamilingBalaoan, La Union	1,147	about 517	about 2.22 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
18	TallipugoBalaoan, La Union	1,017	about 959	about 1.06 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
19	Pantar SurBalaoan, La Union	1,016	about 568	about 1.79 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
20	Baracbac EsteBalaoan, La Union	984	about 1,084	about 0.908 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
21	Ar-arampangBalaoan, La Union	947	about 478	about 1.98 km²	−0.72% a year	Rural
22	MasupeBalaoan, La Union	947	about 667	about 1.42 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
23	GuinaburanBalaoan, La Union	913	about 376	about 2.43 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
24	ApatutBalaoan, La Union	912	about 596	about 1.53 km²	−1.88% a year	Rural
25	PagbennecanBalaoan, La Union	911	about 366	about 2.49 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
26	SablutBalaoan, La Union	874	about 1,634	about 0.535 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
27	Butubut EsteBalaoan, La Union	846	about 987	about 0.857 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
28	Butubut SurBalaoan, La Union	821	about 1,218	about 0.674 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
29	Bet-angBalaoan, La Union	780	about 1,175	about 0.664 km²	2.73% a year	Rural
30	PagleddeganBalaoan, La Union	761	about 812	about 0.937 km²	−1.28% a year	Rural
31	NapasetBalaoan, La Union	723	about 1,117	about 0.647 km²	2.78% a year	Rural
32	AntoninoBalaoan, La Union	711	about 1,832	about 0.388 km²	−1.77% a year	Rural
33	Sinapangan NorteBalaoan, La Union	675	about 701	about 0.963 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
34	Pa-oBalaoan, La Union	605	about 639	about 0.947 km²	1.91% a year	Rural
35	Butubut OesteBalaoan, La Union	574	about 602	about 0.954 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
36	Baracbac OesteBalaoan, La Union	482	about 1,131	about 0.426 km²	2.83% 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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