The Atlas

Barangays in Aurora

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 Aurora, 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: 37,191^[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: Bagong Tanza^[5]; Aurora, Isabela; 2,591 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: Villa Fugu^[6]; Aurora, Isabela; about 6.04 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: 9 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 Aurora, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Bagong TanzaAurora, Isabela	2,591	about 698	about 3.71 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
2	Santa RitaAurora, Isabela	2,559	about 1,684	about 1.52 km²	4.06% a year	Rural
3	San Pedro-San PabloAurora, Isabela	2,368	about 1,308	about 1.81 km²	−3.11% a year	Urban
4	KalabazaAurora, Isabela	2,323	about 759	about 3.06 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
5	MalasinAurora, Isabela	1,783	about 829	about 2.15 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
6	BagnosAurora, Isabela	1,642	about 922	about 1.78 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
7	San JuanAurora, Isabela	1,594	about 8,479	about 0.188 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
8	BallesterosAurora, Isabela	1,376	about 691	about 1.99 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
9	BolinaoAurora, Isabela	1,365	about 722	about 1.89 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
10	Dalig KalingaAurora, Isabela	1,246	about 674	about 1.85 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
11	BannagaoAurora, Isabela	1,207	about 225	about 5.36 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
12	DiamantinaAurora, Isabela	1,172	about 519	about 2.26 km²	2.07% a year	Rural
13	Esperanza EastAurora, Isabela	1,166	about 777	about 1.50 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
14	San RamonAurora, Isabela	1,126	about 440	about 2.56 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
15	MacatalAurora, Isabela	1,085	about 252	about 4.31 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
16	Villa FuguAurora, Isabela	1,056	about 175	about 6.04 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
17	RizalinaAurora, Isabela	979	about 704	about 1.39 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
18	Santa RosaAurora, Isabela	949	about 3,736	about 0.254 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
19	Esperanza WestAurora, Isabela	915	about 472	about 1.94 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
20	SiliAurora, Isabela	888	about 1,037	about 0.856 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
21	NampicuanAurora, Isabela	880	about 553	about 1.59 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
22	CamarunggayanAurora, Isabela	859	about 722	about 1.19 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
23	CaipilanAurora, Isabela	768	about 276	about 2.78 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
24	San AndresAurora, Isabela	648	about 377	about 1.72 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
25	SaranayAurora, Isabela	626	about 266	about 2.35 km²	2.14% a year	Rural
26	San RafaelAurora, Isabela	610	about 361	about 1.69 km²	1.43% a year	Rural
27	ApiatAurora, Isabela	603	about 153	about 3.94 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
28	DivisoriaAurora, Isabela	577	about 108	about 5.33 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
29	VictoriaAurora, Isabela	530	about 199	about 2.67 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
30	BannawagAurora, Isabela	449	about 191	about 2.35 km²	3.37% a year	Rural
31	Villa NuesaAurora, Isabela	424	about 393	about 1.08 km²	4.28% a year	Rural
32	San JoseAurora, Isabela	422	about 5,210	about 0.081 km²	−1.16% a year	Rural
33	PanecienAurora, Isabela	405	about 203	about 2.00 km²	0.18% 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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