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Barangays in Bangar

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 Bangar, at a glance

Barangays: 33^[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: 38,190^[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]; 32 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Rissing^[5]; Bangar, La Union; 2,488 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: Rissing^[6]; Bangar, La Union; about 4.91 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.

33 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Bangar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	RissingBangar, La Union	2,488	about 507	about 4.91 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
2	MindoroBangar, La Union	2,161	about 1,441	about 1.50 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
3	Paratong NorteBangar, La Union	1,649	about 2,626	about 0.628 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
4	CadapliBangar, La Union	1,648	about 1,169	about 1.41 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
5	General Prim WestBangar, La Union	1,570	about 3,497	about 0.449 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
6	ConsuegraBangar, La Union	1,507	about 5,957	about 0.253 km²	2.89% a year	Rural
7	NagsabaranBangar, La Union	1,471	about 2,212	about 0.665 km²	−0.18% a year	Rural
8	AlzateBangar, La Union	1,452	about 5,438	about 0.267 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
9	San BlasBangar, La Union	1,380	about 577	about 2.39 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
10	Luzong NorteBangar, La Union	1,367	about 322	about 4.24 km²	2.23% a year	Rural
11	BarracaBangar, La Union	1,345	about 5,723	about 0.235 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
12	AgdeppaBangar, La Union	1,300	about 514	about 2.53 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
13	UbbogBangar, La Union	1,286	about 621	about 2.07 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
14	QuintarongBangar, La Union	1,187	about 4,531	about 0.262 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
15	Luzong SurBangar, La Union	1,130	about 289	about 3.91 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
16	General TerreroBangar, La Union	1,107	about 3,218	about 0.344 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
17	Maria Cristina WestBangar, La Union	1,104	about 6,202	about 0.178 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
18	Paratong No. 3Bangar, La Union	1,103	about 5,460	about 0.202 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
19	Sinapangan NorteBangar, La Union	1,089	about 819	about 1.33 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
20	Reyna RegenteBangar, La Union	1,084	about 3,420	about 0.317 km²	−0.74% a year	Rural
21	Bangaoilan EastBangar, La Union	1,042	about 939	about 1.11 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
22	Central East No. 2Bangar, La Union	1,029	about 7,679	about 0.134 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
23	Bangaoilan WestBangar, La Union	1,014	about 1,527	about 0.664 km²	−0.74% a year	Rural
24	Sinapangan SurBangar, La Union	984	about 589	about 1.67 km²	−0.72% a year	Rural
25	General Prim EastBangar, La Union	927	about 1,698	about 0.546 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
26	Maria Cristina EastBangar, La Union	908	about 3,466	about 0.262 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
27	Paratong No. 4Bangar, La Union	867	about 2,395	about 0.362 km²	−0.76% a year	Rural
28	San CristobalBangar, La Union	866	about 817	about 1.06 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
29	Central West No. 2Bangar, La Union	556	about 5,732	about 0.097 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
30	Central West No. 3Bangar, La Union	533	about 11,638	about 0.0458 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
31	Central West No. 1Bangar, La Union	449	about 8,651	about 0.0519 km²	−0.73% a year	Rural
32	Central East No. 1Bangar, La Union	379	about 3,936	about 0.0963 km²	1.31% a year	Urban
33	CaggaoBangar, La Union	208	about 169	about 1.23 km²	1.94% 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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