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Barangays in Bato

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 Bato, at a glance

Barangays: 33^[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: 52,021^[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: 2 urban^[4]; 31 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: San Vicente^[5]; Bato, Camarines Sur; 6,440 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: Lobong^[6]; Bato, Camarines Sur; about 6.09 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]}; Bato, Camarines Sur; −0.98% 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: 18 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Vicente, −0.98% 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.

33 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Bato, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	San VicenteBato, Camarines Sur	6,440	about 2,213	about 2.91 km²	−0.98% a year	Urban
2	San MiguelBato, Camarines Sur	4,481	about 2,716	about 1.65 km²	0.50% a year	Urban
3	SantiagoBato, Camarines Sur	3,548	about 13,914	about 0.255 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
4	MasoliBato, Camarines Sur	3,093	about 864	about 3.58 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
5	PagatpatanBato, Camarines Sur	2,955	about 869	about 3.40 km²	2.20% a year	Rural
6	Santa CruzBato, Camarines Sur	2,864	about 1,160	about 2.47 km²	−1.72% a year	Rural
7	BuluangBato, Camarines Sur	2,211	about 413	about 5.35 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
8	San JuanBato, Camarines Sur	2,142	about 449	about 4.77 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
9	San RoqueBato, Camarines Sur	1,979	about 544	about 3.64 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
10	PayakBato, Camarines Sur	1,886	about 515	about 3.66 km²	−1.54% a year	Rural
11	AgosBato, Camarines Sur	1,795	about 794	about 2.26 km²	−1.75% a year	Rural
12	Divina PastoraBato, Camarines Sur	1,749	about 14,949	about 0.117 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
13	San RafaelBato, Camarines Sur	1,704	about 20,262	about 0.0841 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
14	CawacaganBato, Camarines Sur	1,679	about 688	about 2.44 km²	−0.01% a year	Rural
15	SalvacionBato, Camarines Sur	1,490	about 514	about 2.90 km²	−2.02% a year	Rural
16	Tres ReyesBato, Camarines Sur	1,346	about 10,434	about 0.129 km²	−3.31% a year	Rural
17	GoyudanBato, Camarines Sur	1,316	about 1,106	about 1.19 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
18	PaloBato, Camarines Sur	1,177	about 1,543	about 0.763 km²	9.87% a year	Rural
19	BacolodBato, Camarines Sur	1,085	about 337	about 3.22 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
20	Cristo ReyBato, Camarines Sur	958	about 512	about 1.87 km²	2.71% a year	Rural
21	NeighborhoodBato, Camarines Sur	865	about 347	about 2.49 km²	4.96% a year	Rural
22	SagradaBato, Camarines Sur	863	about 303	about 2.85 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
23	Niño JesusBato, Camarines Sur	811	about 501	about 1.62 km²	1.86% a year	Rural
24	TagpoloBato, Camarines Sur	676	about 273	about 2.48 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
25	LobongBato, Camarines Sur	523	about 86	about 6.09 km²	3.23% a year	Rural
26	CaricotBato, Camarines Sur	439	about 147	about 2.99 km²	−4.97% a year	Rural
27	MainitBato, Camarines Sur	328	about 105	about 3.11 km²	4.23% a year	Rural
28	CotmonBato, Camarines Sur	311	about 53	about 5.88 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
29	SoocBato, Camarines Sur	310	about 409	about 0.758 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
30	MangaBato, Camarines Sur	298	about 104	about 2.87 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
31	Del RosarioBato, Camarines Sur	288	about 292	about 0.986 km²	−8.65% a year	Rural
32	LubiganBato, Camarines Sur	264	about 87	about 3.04 km²	5.52% a year	Rural
33	San IsidroBato, Camarines Sur	147	about 63	about 2.33 km²	−8.41% 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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