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Barangays in Gapan 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]

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Barangays in Gapan City, at a glance

Barangays: 23^[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: 129,610^[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: 12 urban^[4]; 11 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Pambuan^[5]; Gapan City, Nueva Ecija; 15,993 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: Makabaclay^[6]; Gapan City, Nueva Ecija; about 52.12 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: Bayanihan^{[5, 7]}; Gapan City, Nueva Ecija; 4.56% 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: 2 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Nicolas, −1.46% 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.

23 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Gapan City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PambuanGapan City, Nueva Ecija	15,993	about 954	about 16.77 km²	0.96% a year	Urban
2	ManginoGapan City, Nueva Ecija	13,618	about 2,527	about 5.39 km²	1.27% a year	Urban
3	San NicolasGapan City, Nueva Ecija	12,360	about 9,656	about 1.28 km²	−1.46% a year	Urban
4	San RoqueGapan City, Nueva Ecija	9,574	about 1,136	about 8.43 km²	0.12% a year	Urban
5	San VicenteGapan City, Nueva Ecija	9,304	about 10,946	about 0.85 km²	0.55% a year	Urban
6	San LorenzoGapan City, Nueva Ecija	6,934	about 10,554	about 0.657 km²	3.81% a year	Urban
7	BayanihanGapan City, Nueva Ecija	6,629	about 1,517	about 4.37 km²	4.56% a year	Urban
8	Santo Cristo NorteGapan City, Nueva Ecija	6,234	about 986	about 6.32 km²	0.28% a year	Urban
9	KapalanganGapan City, Nueva Ecija	6,108	about 489	about 12.49 km²	1.19% a year	Urban
10	Santo NiñoGapan City, Nueva Ecija	5,455	about 12,426	about 0.439 km²	2.02% a year	Urban
11	Santo Cristo SurGapan City, Nueva Ecija	4,917	about 1,064	about 4.62 km²	2.24% a year	Rural
12	MalimbaGapan City, Nueva Ecija	4,170	about 1,089	about 3.83 km²	2.84% a year	Urban
13	MaburakGapan City, Nueva Ecija	4,086	about 425	about 9.61 km²	3.68% a year	Rural
14	Santa CruzGapan City, Nueva Ecija	3,991	about 798	about 5.00 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
15	MakabaclayGapan City, Nueva Ecija	2,901	about 56	about 52.12 km²	0.47% a year	Urban
16	BungoGapan City, Nueva Ecija	2,840	about 282	about 10.06 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
17	MahiponGapan City, Nueva Ecija	2,821	about 490	about 5.76 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
18	BulakGapan City, Nueva Ecija	2,776	about 577	about 4.81 km²	1.70% a year	Rural
19	Puting TubigGapan City, Nueva Ecija	2,579	about 739	about 3.49 km²	4.59% a year	Rural
20	MareloGapan City, Nueva Ecija	2,138	about 591	about 3.62 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
21	BalanteGapan City, Nueva Ecija	2,031	about 584	about 3.48 km²	4.73% a year	Rural
22	ParcutelaGapan City, Nueva Ecija	1,273	about 524	about 2.43 km²	−8.22% a year	Rural
23	MabungaGapan City, Nueva Ecija	878	about 120	about 7.32 km²	0.22% 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: Central Luzon (OpenSTAT table 0031A6DTPH2). Published August 5, 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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