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Barangays in Santiago City

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]

Open Santiago City

Barangays in Santiago City, at a glance

Barangays: 37^[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: 150,313^[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: 20 urban^[4]; 17 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Rizal^[5]; Santiago City, Isabela; 14,030 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: Salvador^[6]; Santiago City, Isabela; about 14.42 km²
Fastest growing, 5,000 people or moreGrowth 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: Patul^{[5, 7]}; Santiago City, Isabela; 3.40% a year, 2020 to 2024
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: 20 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Calaocan, −0.85% a year.

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.

37 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Santiago City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	RizalSantiago City, Isabela	14,030	about 1,070	about 13.11 km²	−0.56% a year	Urban
2	RosarioSantiago City, Isabela	12,466	about 7,465	about 1.67 km²	0.13% a year	Urban
3	BatalSantiago City, Isabela	8,864	about 982	about 9.03 km²	−0.39% a year	Urban
4	PlaridelSantiago City, Isabela	7,526	about 1,965	about 3.83 km²	0.48% a year	Urban
5	MabiniSantiago City, Isabela	7,111	about 3,469	about 2.05 km²	−0.58% a year	Urban
6	PatulSantiago City, Isabela	6,728	about 1,682	about 4.00 km²	3.40% a year	Urban
7	BaluarteSantiago City, Isabela	6,454	about 820	about 7.87 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
8	NaggasicanSantiago City, Isabela	6,145	about 1,210	about 5.08 km²	0.63% a year	Urban
9	CalaocanSantiago City, Isabela	6,022	about 3,501	about 1.72 km²	−0.85% a year	Urban
10	SaganaSantiago City, Isabela	5,774	about 612	about 9.44 km²	0.94% a year	Urban
11	MalvarSantiago City, Isabela	5,022	about 4,292	about 1.17 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
12	BalintocatocSantiago City, Isabela	4,556	about 740	about 6.16 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
13	DivisoriaSantiago City, Isabela	4,295	about 1,326	about 3.24 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
14	BuenavistaSantiago City, Isabela	4,285	about 2,255	about 1.90 km²	−1.30% a year	Rural
15	Victory NorteSantiago City, Isabela	4,220	about 15,180	about 0.278 km²	−0.17% a year	Urban
16	Calao EastSantiago City, Isabela	4,132	about 8,867	about 0.466 km²	−0.78% a year	Urban
17	CabulaySantiago City, Isabela	3,898	about 404	about 9.65 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
18	NabbuanSantiago City, Isabela	3,841	about 480	about 8.01 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
19	SinsayonSantiago City, Isabela	3,639	about 781	about 4.66 km²	−0.08% a year	Urban
20	Dubinan WestSantiago City, Isabela	3,160	about 5,430	about 0.582 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
21	San AndresSantiago City, Isabela	2,946	about 1,693	about 1.74 km²	7.95% a year	Rural
22	Dubinan EastSantiago City, Isabela	2,291	about 9,164	about 0.25 km²	−0.14% a year	Urban
23	SalvadorSantiago City, Isabela	2,189	about 152	about 14.42 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
24	Victory SurSantiago City, Isabela	2,105	about 9,568	about 0.22 km²	−0.73% a year	Urban
25	Bannawag NorteSantiago City, Isabela	2,087	about 971	about 2.15 km²	−0.35% a year	Rural
26	Villa GonzagaSantiago City, Isabela	2,079	about 838	about 2.48 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
27	AbraSantiago City, Isabela	2,051	about 378	about 5.43 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
28	SiniliSantiago City, Isabela	1,696	about 273	about 6.21 km²	3.42% a year	Rural
29	AmbalatunganSantiago City, Isabela	1,629	about 458	about 3.56 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
30	VillasisSantiago City, Isabela	1,326	about 4,636	about 0.286 km²	−1.88% a year	Urban
31	San JoseSantiago City, Isabela	1,266	about 204	about 6.21 km²	−1.03% a year	Rural
32	LunaSantiago City, Isabela	1,254	about 177	about 7.08 km²	3.04% a year	Rural
33	Centro EastSantiago City, Isabela	1,238	about 4,874	about 0.254 km²	7.80% a year	Urban
34	Centro WestSantiago City, Isabela	1,214	about 5,980	about 0.203 km²	−0.04% a year	Urban
35	San IsidroSantiago City, Isabela	1,132	about 275	about 4.12 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
36	Calao WestSantiago City, Isabela	964	about 5,772	about 0.167 km²	−4.79% a year	Urban
37	Santa RosaSantiago City, Isabela	678	about 170	about 4.00 km²	−3.07% 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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