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Barangays in Santo Niño

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 Santo Niño, at a glance

Barangays: 31^[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: 29,066^[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]; 31 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Centro Norte^[5]; Santo Niño, Cagayan; 3,103 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 Felicitas^[6]; Santo Niño, Cagayan; about 52.02 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: 2 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.

31 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Santo Niño, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Centro NorteSanto Niño, Cagayan	3,103	about 1,236	about 2.51 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
2	Centro SurSanto Niño, Cagayan	2,507	about 798	about 3.14 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
3	LattacSanto Niño, Cagayan	1,644	about 397	about 4.14 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
4	TabangSanto Niño, Cagayan	1,487	about 549	about 2.71 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
5	DungaoSanto Niño, Cagayan	1,403	about 199	about 7.05 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
6	CampoSanto Niño, Cagayan	1,361	about 222	about 6.12 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
7	Abariongan RuarSanto Niño, Cagayan	1,218	about 212	about 5.75 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
8	CalassitanSanto Niño, Cagayan	1,177	about 35	about 33.54 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
9	Abariongan UnegSanto Niño, Cagayan	1,174	about 167	about 7.05 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
10	MatalaoSanto Niño, Cagayan	1,130	about 186	about 6.08 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
11	NamuccayanSanto Niño, Cagayan	1,121	about 313	about 3.58 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
12	LuboSanto Niño, Cagayan	1,091	about 238	about 4.58 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
13	San ManuelSanto Niño, Cagayan	930	about 158	about 5.87 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
14	BalanniSanto Niño, Cagayan	836	about 26	about 32.54 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
15	VirginiaSanto Niño, Cagayan	788	about 210	about 3.76 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
16	Niug SurSanto Niño, Cagayan	783	about 536	about 1.46 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
17	Niug NorteSanto Niño, Cagayan	774	about 61	about 12.59 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
18	CalapanganSanto Niño, Cagayan	761	about 346	about 2.20 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
19	Nag-umaSanto Niño, Cagayan	718	about 122	about 5.88 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
20	LipatanSanto Niño, Cagayan	710	about 27	about 25.96 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
21	TamuccoSanto Niño, Cagayan	650	about 15	about 43.64 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
22	BalaganSanto Niño, Cagayan	639	about 13	about 48.83 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
23	SidiranSanto Niño, Cagayan	621	about 153	about 4.05 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
24	PalusaoSanto Niño, Cagayan	494	about 80	about 6.14 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
25	MasicalSanto Niño, Cagayan	459	about 53	about 8.70 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
26	Santa FelicitasSanto Niño, Cagayan	412	about 8	about 52.02 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
27	MabitbitnongSanto Niño, Cagayan	360	about 145	about 2.49 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
28	Santa MariaSanto Niño, Cagayan	322	about 63	about 5.12 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
29	MapitacSanto Niño, Cagayan	224	about 35	about 6.44 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
30	CabayoSanto Niño, Cagayan	132	about 29	about 4.58 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
31	San RoqueSanto Niño, Cagayan	37	about 8	about 4.73 km²	4.33% 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: Cagayan Valley (OpenSTAT table 0021A6DTPH1). 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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