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Barangays in Santo Domingo

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 Santo Domingo
BacacayLegazpi CityMalilipotAlimsogBuhatanCalayucayFidel SurtidaLidongBagong San RoqueSan Juan Pob.Santo Domingo Pob.San Pedro Pob.San Vicente Pob.San Rafael Pob.Del Rosario Pob.San Francisco Pob.Nagsiya Pob.SalvacionSan AndresSan FernandoSan IsidroSan RoqueSanta MisericordiaSanto NiñoMarket Site Pob.Pandayan Pob.

Barangays in Santo Domingo, 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
37,586[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]
20 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people
San Andres[5]
Santo Domingo, Albay
4,369 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
Lidong[6]
Santo Domingo, Albay
about 13.09 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]
Region: Bicol Region
Province: Albay
Town: Santo Domingo
Sort: Most people

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 Santo Domingo, most people
RankNamePeople, 2024People per km²AreaGrowth, 2020–2024Urban or rural
1San AndresSanto Domingo, Albay4,369about 1,442about 3.03 km²−0.50% a yearRural
2LidongSanto Domingo, Albay3,212about 245about 13.09 km²−0.25% a yearUrban
3Santa MisericordiaSanto Domingo, Albay3,169about 491about 6.46 km²−0.57% a yearRural
4San IsidroSanto Domingo, Albay3,135about 1,312about 2.39 km²−0.11% a yearUrban
5Fidel SurtidaSanto Domingo, Albay2,858about 296about 9.65 km²1.85% a yearRural
6San FernandoSanto Domingo, Albay2,197about 382about 5.75 km²0.02% a yearRural
7Santo NiñoSanto Domingo, Albay1,931about 3,176about 0.608 km²0.04% a yearRural
8SalvacionSanto Domingo, Albay1,824about 556about 3.28 km²3.44% a yearRural
9San RoqueSanto Domingo, Albay1,798about 1,405about 1.28 km²0.07% a yearRural
10CalayucaySanto Domingo, Albay1,657about 480about 3.45 km²−1.73% a yearRural
11Bagong San RoqueSanto Domingo, Albay1,608about 1,398about 1.15 km²0.64% a yearRural
12BuhatanSanto Domingo, Albay1,394about 996about 1.40 km²−1.36% a yearRural
13San Vicente Pob.Santo Domingo, Albay1,339about 25,602about 0.0523 km²−0.23% a yearUrban
14AlimsogSanto Domingo, Albay1,093about 358about 3.05 km²−1.64% a yearRural
15San Juan Pob.Santo Domingo, Albay1,089about 22,688about 0.048 km²2.64% a yearRural
16Nagsiya Pob.Santo Domingo, Albay984about 6,000about 0.164 km²−1.61% a yearRural
17San Francisco Pob.Santo Domingo, Albay772about 11,108about 0.0695 km²−0.19% a yearRural
18Santo Domingo Pob.Santo Domingo, Albay716about 25,390about 0.0282 km²−2.03% a yearRural
19Del Rosario Pob.Santo Domingo, Albay660about 21,019about 0.0314 km²−0.54% a yearRural
20San Pedro Pob.Santo Domingo, Albay536about 17,867about 0.030 km²−2.63% a yearRural
21San Rafael Pob.Santo Domingo, Albay528about 6,804about 0.0776 km²−1.06% a yearRural
22Pandayan Pob.Santo Domingo, Albay495about 30,745about 0.0161 km²−0.19% a yearRural
23Market Site Pob.Santo Domingo, Albay222about 8,538about 0.026 km²−3.27% a yearRural

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.

  1. Island groups3Luzon, the Visayas, Mindanao: a grouping, not a government
  2. Regions18Big areas that group provinces
  3. Provinces82Each led by a governor
  4. Cities and municipalities1,642Each led by a mayor
  5. Barangays42,010The smallest unit, led by a punong barangay (kapitan)

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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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