The Atlas

Barangays in Camarines Norte

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 Camarines Norte

Barangays in Camarines Norte, at a glance

Barangays: 282^[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: 604,666^[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: 39 urban^[4]; 243 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Alawihao^[5]; Daet, Camarines Norte; 11,191 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: San Pascual^[6]; Basud, Camarines Norte; about 88.10 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: Bagumbayan^{[5, 7]}; Paracale, Camarines Norte; 2.46% 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: 185 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Magang, −5.05% 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.

282 barangays, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Camarines Norte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	AlawihaoDaet, Camarines Norte	11,191	about 3,443	about 3.25 km²	−1.23% a year	Urban
2	CamambuganDaet, Camarines Norte	9,953	about 5,211	about 1.91 km²	1.13% a year	Urban
3	Santa ElenaSanta Elena, Camarines Norte	9,628	about 1,131	about 8.51 km²	−0.97% a year	Urban
4	San RoqueMercedes, Camarines Norte	7,633	about 3,600	about 2.12 km²	0.35% a year	Urban
5	Barangay IVDaet, Camarines Norte	6,741	about 16,127	about 0.418 km²	−4.40% a year	Urban
6	GubatDaet, Camarines Norte	6,517	about 2,405	about 2.71 km²	−0.66% a year	Urban
7	LarapJose Panganiban, Camarines Norte	6,341	about 1,409	about 4.50 km²	0.22% a year	Urban
8	Lag-OnDaet, Camarines Norte	6,301	about 2,461	about 2.56 km²	0.14% a year	Urban
9	BagumbayanParacale, Camarines Norte	6,186	about 717	about 8.63 km²	2.46% a year	Urban
10	MagangDaet, Camarines Norte	6,184	about 3,307	about 1.87 km²	−5.05% a year	Urban
11	ParangJose Panganiban, Camarines Norte	5,924	about 21,007	about 0.282 km²	−2.20% a year	Urban
12	TugosParacale, Camarines Norte	5,792	about 995	about 5.82 km²	−1.97% a year	Urban
13	Calangcawan SurVinzons, Camarines Norte	5,740	about 748	about 7.67 km²	1.31% a year	Urban
14	DalasLabo, Camarines Norte	5,654	about 1,100	about 5.14 km²	0.02% a year	Urban
15	Tulay Na LupaLabo, Camarines Norte	5,646	about 791	about 7.14 km²	−1.60% a year	Urban
16	BagasbasDaet, Camarines Norte	5,623	about 1,973	about 2.85 km²	−0.16% a year	Urban
17	San LorenzoSanta Elena, Camarines Norte	5,592	about 715	about 7.82 km²	−0.88% a year	Urban
18	BatobalaniParacale, Camarines Norte	5,005	about 232	about 21.56 km²	−0.96% a year	Urban
19	Calangcawan NorteVinzons, Camarines Norte	4,877	about 940	about 5.19 km²	−1.24% a year	Rural
20	MancruzDaet, Camarines Norte	4,874	about 4,096	about 1.19 km²	7.29% a year	Rural
21	MasalongLabo, Camarines Norte	4,750	about 736	about 6.45 km²	6.77% a year	Urban
22	DogonganDaet, Camarines Norte	4,580	about 964	about 4.75 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
23	Santo DomingoVinzons, Camarines Norte	4,486	about 487	about 9.22 km²	−0.89% a year	Urban
24	Luklukan SurJose Panganiban, Camarines Norte	4,483	about 440	about 10.19 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
25	GumausParacale, Camarines Norte	4,396	about 269	about 16.34 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
26	CalasgasanDaet, Camarines Norte	4,383	about 692	about 6.33 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
27	Santa Rosa NorteJose Panganiban, Camarines Norte	4,372	about 477	about 9.16 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
28	Barangay VDaet, Camarines Norte	4,326	about 9,765	about 0.443 km²	−2.61% a year	Urban
29	ManguisocMercedes, Camarines Norte	4,188	about 1,305	about 3.21 km²	−1.97% a year	Rural
30	TalobatibLabo, Camarines Norte	4,167	about 546	about 7.63 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
31	PoblacionCapalonga, Camarines Norte	4,160	about 4,119	about 1.01 km²	4.94% a year	Rural
32	TawigParacale, Camarines Norte	4,048	about 403	about 10.05 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
33	PalanasParacale, Camarines Norte	4,043	about 10,007	about 0.404 km²	−1.44% a year	Rural
34	San IsidroDaet, Camarines Norte	3,910	about 1,406	about 2.78 km²	2.84% a year	Rural
35	CobangbangDaet, Camarines Norte	3,903	about 2,424	about 1.61 km²	−0.79% a year	Urban
36	San FelipeBasud, Camarines Norte	3,903	about 310	about 12.60 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
37	MatacongSan Lorenzo Ruiz, Camarines Norte	3,898	about 148	about 26.29 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
38	DaguitLabo, Camarines Norte	3,805	about 295	about 12.89 km²	−1.87% a year	Rural
39	BautistaLabo, Camarines Norte	3,787	about 832	about 4.55 km²	5.26% a year	Urban
40	Barangay IIMercedes, Camarines Norte	3,786	about 18,743	about 0.202 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
41	Poblacion NorteParacale, Camarines Norte	3,708	about 19,723	about 0.188 km²	−1.81% a year	Rural
42	BorabodDaet, Camarines Norte	3,697	about 1,359	about 2.72 km²	−3.26% a year	Rural
43	MatnogBasud, Camarines Norte	3,672	about 713	about 5.15 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
44	SabangVinzons, Camarines Norte	3,615	about 5,371	about 0.673 km²	−0.02% a year	Rural
45	MalasuguiLabo, Camarines Norte	3,603	about 777	about 4.64 km²	−3.67% a year	Rural
46	PambuhanMercedes, Camarines Norte	3,426	about 516	about 6.64 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
47	GahononDaet, Camarines Norte	3,380	about 1,770	about 1.91 km²	−1.73% a year	Urban
48	BasiadSanta Elena, Camarines Norte	3,365	about 310	about 10.84 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
49	Poblacion 1Basud, Camarines Norte	3,355	about 3,050	about 1.10 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
50	Barangay IIIMercedes, Camarines Norte	3,316	about 20,596	about 0.161 km²	0.17% 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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