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Barangays in Polangui

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 Polangui, at a glance

Barangays: 44^[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: 89,344^[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: 3 urban^[4]; 41 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Matacon^[5]; Polangui, Albay; 4,946 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: Balinad^[6]; Polangui, Albay; about 7.42 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: 16 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.

44 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Polangui, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	MataconPolangui, Albay	4,946	about 1,606	about 3.08 km²	1.49% a year	Rural
2	PonsoPolangui, Albay	4,875	about 1,538	about 3.17 km²	−1.72% a year	Rural
3	LanigayPolangui, Albay	4,559	about 1,510	about 3.02 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
4	SugcadPolangui, Albay	4,220	about 1,695	about 2.49 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
5	BasudPolangui, Albay	3,804	about 3,337	about 1.14 km²	1.02% a year	Urban
6	NapoPolangui, Albay	3,593	about 1,089	about 3.30 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
7	BalinadPolangui, Albay	3,468	about 467	about 7.42 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
8	AgosPolangui, Albay	3,443	about 1,136	about 3.03 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
9	UbaliwPolangui, Albay	3,148	about 1,471	about 2.14 km²	−2.70% a year	Urban
10	MagurangPolangui, Albay	3,144	about 1,953	about 1.61 km²	−4.32% a year	Rural
11	Centro OccidentalPolangui, Albay	3,092	about 954	about 3.24 km²	−1.72% a year	Urban
12	GabonPolangui, Albay	2,963	about 4,121	about 0.719 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
13	SanticonPolangui, Albay	2,915	about 584	about 4.99 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
14	AlnayPolangui, Albay	2,855	about 2,693	about 1.06 km²	2.03% a year	Rural
15	KinalePolangui, Albay	2,796	about 1,748	about 1.60 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
16	ItaranPolangui, Albay	2,435	about 675	about 3.61 km²	2.03% a year	Rural
17	BalabaPolangui, Albay	1,844	about 386	about 4.78 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
18	ApadPolangui, Albay	1,835	about 375	about 4.89 km²	5.04% a year	Rural
19	LidongPolangui, Albay	1,699	about 1,075	about 1.58 km²	2.30% a year	Rural
20	San RoquePolangui, Albay	1,568	about 576	about 2.72 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
21	Centro OrientalPolangui, Albay	1,563	about 5,245	about 0.298 km²	−5.88% a year	Rural
22	CepresPolangui, Albay	1,544	about 705	about 2.19 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
23	AlomonPolangui, Albay	1,541	about 917	about 1.68 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
24	CotnoganPolangui, Albay	1,496	about 665	about 2.25 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
25	BalangibangPolangui, Albay	1,464	about 486	about 3.01 km²	−1.41% a year	Rural
26	GamotPolangui, Albay	1,461	about 370	about 3.95 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
27	SalvacionPolangui, Albay	1,446	about 841	about 1.72 km²	5.36% a year	Rural
28	MagpanamboPolangui, Albay	1,291	about 429	about 3.01 km²	−0.02% a year	Rural
29	MaynagaPolangui, Albay	1,195	about 543	about 2.20 km²	−3.46% a year	Rural
30	MaysuaPolangui, Albay	1,183	about 218	about 5.42 km²	2.64% a year	Rural
31	DanaoPolangui, Albay	1,181	about 387	about 3.05 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
32	AnopolPolangui, Albay	1,168	about 621	about 1.88 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
33	BuyoPolangui, Albay	1,135	about 688	about 1.65 km²	2.00% a year	Rural
34	MendezPolangui, Albay	1,093	about 528	about 2.07 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
35	BinagbanganPolangui, Albay	1,021	about 460	about 2.22 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
36	La MedallaPolangui, Albay	862	about 269	about 3.21 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
37	Santa TeresitaPolangui, Albay	861	about 263	about 3.28 km²	2.24% a year	Rural
38	PinagdapuganPolangui, Albay	830	about 529	about 1.57 km²	−2.67% a year	Rural
39	CotmonPolangui, Albay	769	about 188	about 4.08 km²	2.32% a year	Rural
40	LourdesPolangui, Albay	680	about 180	about 3.78 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
41	Santa CruzPolangui, Albay	663	about 210	about 3.16 km²	2.63% a year	Rural
42	La PurisimaPolangui, Albay	606	about 208	about 2.91 km²	5.33% a year	Rural
43	KinuartilanPolangui, Albay	584	about 149	about 3.93 km²	−6.03% a year	Rural
44	AmoguisPolangui, Albay	505	about 276	about 1.83 km²	−0.88% 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: Bicol Region (OpenSTAT table 0051A6DTPH4). 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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