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Barangays in San Nicolas

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 San Nicolas, 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: 40,144^[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: 0 urban^[4]; 33 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: San Felipe East^[5]; San Nicolas, Pangasinan; 3,508 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: Fianza^[6]; San Nicolas, Pangasinan; about 59.70 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: 14 barangays^[7]

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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 San Nicolas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	San Felipe EastSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	3,508	about 80	about 43.94 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
2	San RoqueSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	2,834	about 1,042	about 2.72 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
3	Poblacion EastSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	2,551	about 2,477	about 1.03 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
4	Santa Maria EastSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	2,125	about 565	about 3.76 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
5	San Rafael WestSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	1,745	about 432	about 4.04 km²	1.18% a year	Rural
6	DalumpinasSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	1,637	about 246	about 6.66 km²	−0.72% a year	Rural
7	Santa Maria WestSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	1,465	about 1,017	about 1.44 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
8	SiblotSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	1,465	about 591	about 2.48 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
9	CabitnonganSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	1,419	about 1,135	about 1.25 km²	1.22% a year	Rural
10	CacabugaoanSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	1,369	about 38	about 36.32 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
11	MalilionSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	1,288	about 692	about 1.86 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
12	CasaratanSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	1,277	about 1,264	about 1.01 km²	−0.86% a year	Rural
13	San JoseSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	1,251	about 812	about 1.54 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
14	San Felipe WestSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	1,231	about 229	about 5.37 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
15	CalaocanSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	1,228	about 975	about 1.26 km²	−0.73% a year	Rural
16	San Rafael EastSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	1,036	about 448	about 2.31 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
17	NagkaysaSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	997	about 2,276	about 0.438 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
18	FianzaSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	987	about 17	about 59.70 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
19	SalingcobSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	980	about 340	about 2.88 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
20	San Rafael CentroSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	954	about 589	about 1.62 km²	1.41% a year	Rural
21	CabuloanSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	916	about 449	about 2.04 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
22	San IsidroSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	887	about 587	about 1.51 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
23	SobolSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	886	about 295	about 3.00 km²	2.63% a year	Rural
24	LungaoSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	751	about 270	about 2.78 km²	−1.36% a year	Rural
25	CamangaanSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	727	about 582	about 1.25 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
26	BensicanSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	724	about 237	about 3.06 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
27	SalpadSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	651	about 107	about 6.07 km²	3.59% a year	Rural
28	CamindoroanSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	600	about 153	about 3.92 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
29	CalanutianSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	598	about 926	about 0.646 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
30	Poblacion WestSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	592	about 3,795	about 0.156 km²	−0.72% a year	Rural
31	Santo TomasSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	550	about 455	about 1.21 km²	−1.71% a year	Rural
32	NiningSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	534	about 376	about 1.42 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
33	MalicoSan Nicolas, Pangasinan	381	about 21	about 17.80 km²	2.20% 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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