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Barangays in Guagua

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 Guagua, 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: 137,948^[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: 18 urban^[4]; 13 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Pulungmasle^[5]; Guagua, Pampanga; 10,566 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: Pulungmasle^[6]; Guagua, Pampanga; about 5.02 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: Lambac^{[5, 7]}; Guagua, Pampanga; 8.46% 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: 3 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 Guagua, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PulungmasleGuagua, Pampanga	10,566	about 2,105	about 5.02 km²	1.08% a year	Urban
2	NatividadGuagua, Pampanga	8,477	about 2,752	about 3.08 km²	1.38% a year	Urban
3	San VicenteGuagua, Pampanga	7,438	about 1,660	about 4.48 km²	4.88% a year	Urban
4	BancalGuagua, Pampanga	7,224	about 3,440	about 2.10 km²	1.54% a year	Urban
5	San AgustinGuagua, Pampanga	7,146	about 4,494	about 1.59 km²	0.97% a year	Urban
6	San Juan NepomucenoGuagua, Pampanga	6,711	about 2,046	about 3.28 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
7	Santa UrsulaGuagua, Pampanga	6,223	about 14,746	about 0.422 km²	0.82% a year	Urban
8	San MatiasGuagua, Pampanga	5,669	about 2,241	about 2.53 km²	7.21% a year	Urban
9	San PedroGuagua, Pampanga	5,566	about 4,525	about 1.23 km²	0.52% a year	Urban
10	San MiguelGuagua, Pampanga	5,154	about 4,643	about 1.11 km²	0.22% a year	Urban
11	San AntonioGuagua, Pampanga	5,111	about 3,843	about 1.33 km²	1.09% a year	Urban
12	LambacGuagua, Pampanga	5,034	about 1,724	about 2.92 km²	8.46% a year	Urban
13	San RafaelGuagua, Pampanga	4,541	about 7,493	about 0.606 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
14	AscomoGuagua, Pampanga	4,332	about 2,610	about 1.66 km²	1.94% a year	Rural
15	RizalGuagua, Pampanga	4,289	about 2,357	about 1.82 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
16	Santa InesGuagua, Pampanga	4,197	about 2,690	about 1.56 km²	1.65% a year	Rural
17	MagsaysayGuagua, Pampanga	3,847	about 3,102	about 1.24 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
18	Santo CristoGuagua, Pampanga	3,799	about 22,216	about 0.171 km²	0.20% a year	Urban
19	San JuanGuagua, Pampanga	3,767	about 18,741	about 0.201 km²	7.95% a year	Rural
20	San Nicolas 2ndGuagua, Pampanga	3,616	about 22,600	about 0.16 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
21	San RoqueGuagua, Pampanga	3,533	about 5,173	about 0.683 km²	0.40% a year	Urban
22	San Juan BautistaGuagua, Pampanga	3,163	about 19,287	about 0.164 km²	4.27% a year	Rural
23	Santo NiñoGuagua, Pampanga	2,852	about 9,869	about 0.289 km²	6.71% a year	Urban
24	San PabloGuagua, Pampanga	2,756	about 2,999	about 0.919 km²	−3.58% a year	Rural
25	Santa FilomenaGuagua, Pampanga	2,568	about 7,666	about 0.335 km²	9.77% a year	Urban
26	Jose Abad SantosGuagua, Pampanga	2,359	about 1,413	about 1.67 km²	0.64% a year	Urban
27	San JoseGuagua, Pampanga	2,336	about 1,517	about 1.54 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
28	MaquiapoGuagua, Pampanga	2,211	about 945	about 2.34 km²	−13.12% a year	Rural
29	San IsidroGuagua, Pampanga	1,577	about 3,192	about 0.494 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
30	San Nicolas 1stGuagua, Pampanga	1,520	about 14,476	about 0.105 km²	−4.25% a year	Rural
31	Plaza BurgosGuagua, Pampanga	366	about 13,456	about 0.0272 km²	5.22% a year	Urban

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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