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Barangays in Mercedes

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 Mercedes, at a glance

Barangays: 26^[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: 53,702^[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]; 23 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: San Roque^[5]; Mercedes, Camarines Norte; 7,633 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: Lanot^[6]; Mercedes, Camarines Norte; about 16.28 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: San Roque^{[5, 7]}; Mercedes, Camarines Norte; 0.35% 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: 17 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.

26 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Mercedes, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	San RoqueMercedes, Camarines Norte	7,633	about 3,600	about 2.12 km²	0.35% a year	Urban
2	ManguisocMercedes, Camarines Norte	4,188	about 1,305	about 3.21 km²	−1.97% a year	Rural
3	Barangay IIMercedes, Camarines Norte	3,786	about 18,743	about 0.202 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
4	PambuhanMercedes, Camarines Norte	3,426	about 516	about 6.64 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
5	Barangay IIIMercedes, Camarines Norte	3,316	about 20,596	about 0.161 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
6	Del RosarioMercedes, Camarines Norte	2,868	about 1,275	about 2.25 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
7	MambungalonMercedes, Camarines Norte	2,461	about 368	about 6.69 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
8	HinipaanMercedes, Camarines Norte	2,386	about 407	about 5.86 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
9	ColasiMercedes, Camarines Norte	2,280	about 188	about 12.10 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
10	Barangay IMercedes, Camarines Norte	1,952	about 21,404	about 0.0912 km²	−3.65% a year	Rural
11	Barangay VIIMercedes, Camarines Norte	1,910	about 30,658	about 0.0623 km²	1.31% a year	Urban
12	LalawiganMercedes, Camarines Norte	1,638	about 112	about 14.60 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
13	TarumMercedes, Camarines Norte	1,606	about 185	about 8.66 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
14	Barangay IVMercedes, Camarines Norte	1,527	about 23,277	about 0.0656 km²	−4.07% a year	Rural
15	Barangay VIMercedes, Camarines Norte	1,461	about 38,856	about 0.0376 km²	−2.82% a year	Rural
16	MatoogtoogMercedes, Camarines Norte	1,440	about 121	about 11.91 km²	−1.02% a year	Rural
17	HamoraonMercedes, Camarines Norte	1,408	about 278	about 5.06 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
18	MasalongsalongMercedes, Camarines Norte	1,324	about 263	about 5.04 km²	1.51% a year	Urban
19	GabocMercedes, Camarines Norte	1,261	about 313	about 4.03 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
20	LanotMercedes, Camarines Norte	1,259	about 77	about 16.28 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
21	CayucyucanMercedes, Camarines Norte	1,192	about 388	about 3.07 km²	−1.95% a year	Rural
22	CaringoMercedes, Camarines Norte	1,155	about 500	about 2.31 km²	−2.14% a year	Rural
23	QuinapaguianMercedes, Camarines Norte	742	about 770	about 0.964 km²	−4.11% a year	Rural
24	ApuaoMercedes, Camarines Norte	582	about 244	about 2.39 km²	−2.07% a year	Rural
25	Barangay VMercedes, Camarines Norte	542	about 6,166	about 0.0879 km²	−6.89% a year	Rural
26	CatandunganonMercedes, Camarines Norte	359	about 74	about 4.83 km²	0.47% 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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