The Atlas

Barangays in Bauang

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 Bauang, 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: 77,670^[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: 8 urban^[4]; 31 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Acao^[5]; Bauang, La Union; 4,454 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: Santa Monica^[6]; Bauang, La Union; about 8.11 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: 29 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 Bauang, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	AcaoBauang, La Union	4,454	about 740	about 6.02 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
2	ParingaoBauang, La Union	4,218	about 3,457	about 1.22 km²	−0.06% a year	Urban
3	Central EastBauang, La Union	4,159	about 4,657	about 0.893 km²	−0.15% a year	Urban
4	Central WestBauang, La Union	3,979	about 6,956	about 0.572 km²	−0.13% a year	Urban
5	SantiagoBauang, La Union	3,719	about 1,314	about 2.83 km²	−1.08% a year	Rural
6	QuinaviteBauang, La Union	3,687	about 3,615	about 1.02 km²	−1.22% a year	Urban
7	PugoBauang, La Union	3,450	about 1,778	about 1.94 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
8	Payocpoc SurBauang, La Union	2,972	about 1,422	about 2.09 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
9	Pagdalagan SurBauang, La Union	2,787	about 9,198	about 0.303 km²	−0.22% a year	Urban
10	Baccuit SurBauang, La Union	2,732	about 3,965	about 0.689 km²	−0.37% a year	Urban
11	Baccuit NorteBauang, La Union	2,491	about 3,797	about 0.656 km²	−0.59% a year	Urban
12	CalumbayaBauang, La Union	2,490	about 1,976	about 1.26 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
13	DiliBauang, La Union	2,182	about 2,604	about 0.838 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
14	TabernaBauang, La Union	2,150	about 2,521	about 0.853 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
15	Payocpoc Norte OesteBauang, La Union	1,961	about 810	about 2.42 km²	−0.57% a year	Rural
16	Parian EsteBauang, La Union	1,898	about 1,757	about 1.08 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
17	PudocBauang, La Union	1,858	about 968	about 1.92 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
18	CabalayanganBauang, La Union	1,719	about 332	about 5.18 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
19	BallayBauang, La Union	1,697	about 429	about 3.96 km²	−0.72% a year	Rural
20	NagrebcanBauang, La Union	1,551	about 2,815	about 0.551 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
21	Palugsi-LimmansanganBauang, La Union	1,541	about 318	about 4.84 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
22	BagbagBauang, La Union	1,458	about 1,538	about 0.948 km²	1.70% a year	Rural
23	Santa MonicaBauang, La Union	1,446	about 178	about 8.11 km²	2.99% a year	Rural
24	UrayongBauang, La Union	1,440	about 1,333	about 1.08 km²	−0.35% a year	Rural
25	BucayabBauang, La Union	1,417	about 644	about 2.20 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
26	Payocpoc Norte EsteBauang, La Union	1,266	about 1,605	about 0.789 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
27	PottotBauang, La Union	1,252	about 1,990	about 0.629 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
28	Parian OesteBauang, La Union	1,245	about 841	about 1.48 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
29	Upper San AgustinBauang, La Union	1,179	about 198	about 5.95 km²	−1.30% a year	Rural
30	Disso-orBauang, La Union	1,139	about 1,440	about 0.791 km²	−1.20% a year	Urban
31	CasilaganBauang, La Union	1,138	about 250	about 4.56 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
32	Lower San AgustinBauang, La Union	1,122	about 584	about 1.92 km²	1.51% a year	Rural
33	Boy-utanBauang, La Union	1,101	about 586	about 1.88 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
34	GuerreroBauang, La Union	1,082	about 2,558	about 0.423 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
35	BawantaBauang, La Union	1,068	about 1,471	about 0.726 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
36	PalintucangBauang, La Union	1,019	about 878	about 1.16 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
37	CabisilanBauang, La Union	724	about 453	about 1.60 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
38	CarmayBauang, La Union	477	about 633	about 0.754 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
39	PilarBauang, La Union	402	about 4,398	about 0.0914 km²	−0.47% 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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