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Barangays in Goa

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 Goa, at a glance

Barangays: 34^[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: 71,651^[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: 8 urban^[4]; 26 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Buyo^[5]; Goa, Camarines Sur; 6,382 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: Hiwacloy^[6]; Goa, Camarines Sur; about 32.61 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: Buyo^{[5, 7]}; Goa, Camarines Sur; 9.09% 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: 16 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.

34 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Goa, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	BuyoGoa, Camarines Sur	6,382	about 838	about 7.62 km²	9.09% a year	Urban
2	MataclaGoa, Camarines Sur	5,913	about 1,247	about 4.74 km²	1.38% a year	Urban
3	CatagbacanGoa, Camarines Sur	5,065	about 569	about 8.90 km²	2.60% a year	Urban
4	TaytayGoa, Camarines Sur	3,942	about 1,488	about 2.65 km²	3.81% a year	Rural
5	TagongtongGoa, Camarines Sur	3,233	about 943	about 3.43 km²	4.21% a year	Rural
6	Bagumbayan PequeñoGoa, Camarines Sur	2,994	about 7,561	about 0.396 km²	−8.54% a year	Rural
7	PayatanGoa, Camarines Sur	2,955	about 278	about 10.63 km²	3.47% a year	Rural
8	HiwacloyGoa, Camarines Sur	2,844	about 87	about 32.61 km²	3.72% a year	Rural
9	PinaglabananGoa, Camarines Sur	2,690	about 777	about 3.46 km²	1.51% a year	Rural
10	CagaycayGoa, Camarines Sur	2,413	about 853	about 2.83 km²	−3.48% a year	Rural
11	TabgonGoa, Camarines Sur	2,377	about 405	about 5.87 km²	1.01% a year	Rural
12	GimagaGoa, Camarines Sur	2,184	about 1,332	about 1.64 km²	−1.72% a year	Rural
13	SalogGoa, Camarines Sur	2,151	about 248	about 8.69 km²	2.22% a year	Rural
14	DigdigonGoa, Camarines Sur	2,110	about 228	about 9.27 km²	−8.74% a year	Rural
15	LamonGoa, Camarines Sur	2,067	about 163	about 12.68 km²	5.54% a year	Rural
16	AbucayanGoa, Camarines Sur	2,011	about 427	about 4.71 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
17	San BenitoGoa, Camarines Sur	1,890	about 5,981	about 0.316 km²	1.26% a year	Rural
18	Halawig-GogonGoa, Camarines Sur	1,845	about 835	about 2.21 km²	−2.17% a year	Rural
19	San PedroGoa, Camarines Sur	1,820	about 182	about 9.98 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
20	San Isidro WestGoa, Camarines Sur	1,795	about 101	about 17.85 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
21	BalaynanGoa, Camarines Sur	1,767	about 382	about 4.63 km²	2.32% a year	Rural
22	MaysalayGoa, Camarines Sur	1,586	about 200	about 7.93 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
23	NapawonGoa, Camarines Sur	1,550	about 618	about 2.51 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
24	BelenGoa, Camarines Sur	1,539	about 4,397	about 0.35 km²	−4.34% a year	Rural
25	Bagumbayan GrandeGoa, Camarines Sur	1,325	about 7,571	about 0.175 km²	−1.28% a year	Urban
26	San Juan BautistaGoa, Camarines Sur	1,193	about 11,255	about 0.106 km²	−2.04% a year	Urban
27	Scout FuentebellaGoa, Camarines Sur	740	about 73	about 10.10 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
28	PandayGoa, Camarines Sur	608	about 4,825	about 0.126 km²	−0.58% a year	Urban
29	San Juan EvangelistaGoa, Camarines Sur	596	about 13,454	about 0.0443 km²	−7.58% a year	Urban
30	San JoseGoa, Camarines Sur	444	about 1,776	about 0.25 km²	−14.18% a year	Urban
31	La PurisimaGoa, Camarines Sur	433	about 11,734	about 0.0369 km²	−14.79% a year	Rural
32	San IsidroGoa, Camarines Sur	424	about 2,243	about 0.189 km²	−18.81% a year	Rural
33	MaymatanGoa, Camarines Sur	400	about 159	about 2.52 km²	−18.08% a year	Rural
34	TambanGoa, Camarines Sur	365	about 47	about 7.79 km²	1.29% 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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