The Atlas

Barangays in Baao

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 Baao, at a glance

Barangays: 30^[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: 61,357^[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: 4 urban^[4]; 26 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Buluang^[5]; Baao, Camarines Sur; 7,211 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 Francisco^[6]; Baao, Camarines Sur; about 18.03 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 Vicente^{[5, 7]}; Baao, Camarines Sur; 3.75% 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: 20 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Buluang, −2.38% 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.

30 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Baao, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	BuluangBaao, Camarines Sur	7,211	about 1,088	about 6.63 km²	−2.38% a year	Urban
2	San VicenteBaao, Camarines Sur	5,322	about 6,048	about 0.88 km²	3.75% a year	Urban
3	San IsidroBaao, Camarines Sur	4,995	about 1,478	about 3.38 km²	6.60% a year	Urban
4	SagradaBaao, Camarines Sur	4,682	about 856	about 5.47 km²	1.45% a year	Rural
5	Agdangan Pob.Baao, Camarines Sur	4,262	about 744	about 5.73 km²	−1.81% a year	Rural
6	San JuanBaao, Camarines Sur	3,690	about 2,545	about 1.45 km²	−0.72% a year	Rural
7	SalvacionBaao, Camarines Sur	3,192	about 798	about 4.00 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
8	Santa TeresitaBaao, Camarines Sur	2,877	about 790	about 3.64 km²	1.35% a year	Urban
9	Santa CruzBaao, Camarines Sur	2,831	about 1,430	about 1.98 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
10	La MedallaBaao, Camarines Sur	2,573	about 1,255	about 2.05 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
11	San FranciscoBaao, Camarines Sur	2,353	about 131	about 18.03 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
12	San JoseBaao, Camarines Sur	2,334	about 3,687	about 0.633 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
13	BagumbayanBaao, Camarines Sur	1,982	about 648	about 3.06 km²	−2.61% a year	Rural
14	San NicolasBaao, Camarines Sur	1,750	about 7,292	about 0.24 km²	−3.53% a year	Rural
15	PugayBaao, Camarines Sur	1,383	about 258	about 5.36 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
16	IyaganBaao, Camarines Sur	1,109	about 284	about 3.91 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
17	CarandayBaao, Camarines Sur	1,075	about 263	about 4.09 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
18	Del RosarioBaao, Camarines Sur	1,064	about 4,771	about 0.223 km²	−6.51% a year	Rural
19	Santa EulaliaBaao, Camarines Sur	952	about 336	about 2.83 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
20	San RoqueBaao, Camarines Sur	919	about 17,405	about 0.0528 km²	−2.05% a year	Rural
21	TapolBaao, Camarines Sur	874	about 151	about 5.78 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
22	AntipoloBaao, Camarines Sur	816	about 179	about 4.55 km²	−1.44% a year	Rural
23	San RamonBaao, Camarines Sur	603	about 11,146	about 0.0541 km²	6.76% a year	Rural
24	Del PilarBaao, Camarines Sur	557	about 281	about 1.98 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
25	Santa IsabelBaao, Camarines Sur	482	about 93	about 5.17 km²	4.20% a year	Rural
26	LourdesBaao, Camarines Sur	365	about 58	about 6.34 km²	−9.76% a year	Rural
27	San RafaelBaao, Camarines Sur	341	about 91	about 3.74 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
28	NababareraBaao, Camarines Sur	281	about 149	about 1.88 km²	−2.25% a year	Rural
29	Santa TeresaBaao, Camarines Sur	250	about 79	about 3.15 km²	−4.88% a year	Rural
30	Cristo ReyBaao, Camarines Sur	232	about 97	about 2.39 km²	−5.68% 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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