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Barangays in Viga

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 Viga, at a glance

Barangays: 31^[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: 21,364^[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: 0 urban^[4]; 31 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Pedro Vera^[5]; Viga, Catanduanes; 1,450 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: Mabini^[6]; Viga, Catanduanes; about 30.64 km²
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: 28 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.

31 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Viga, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Pedro VeraViga, Catanduanes	1,450	about 61	about 23.83 km²	−2.94% a year	Rural
2	RizalViga, Catanduanes	1,423	about 303	about 4.69 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
3	San Jose OcoViga, Catanduanes	1,112	about 1,483	about 0.75 km²	−1.19% a year	Rural
4	QuezonViga, Catanduanes	1,110	about 466	about 2.38 km²	−2.03% a year	Rural
5	TambongonViga, Catanduanes	1,062	about 446	about 2.38 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
6	TinagoViga, Catanduanes	1,003	about 261	about 3.85 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
7	OgbongViga, Catanduanes	984	about 210	about 4.68 km²	−1.09% a year	Rural
8	BurgosViga, Catanduanes	952	about 254	about 3.75 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
9	San RoqueViga, Catanduanes	870	about 161	about 5.42 km²	−1.61% a year	Rural
10	BuenavistaViga, Catanduanes	855	about 283	about 3.02 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
11	SobocViga, Catanduanes	780	about 204	about 3.83 km²	−1.59% a year	Rural
12	San Jose PoblacionViga, Catanduanes	767	about 4,459	about 0.172 km²	−1.79% a year	Rural
13	Santa RosaViga, Catanduanes	760	about 148	about 5.13 km²	−1.25% a year	Rural
14	AlmojuelaViga, Catanduanes	715	about 33	about 21.73 km²	−1.42% a year	Rural
15	BegoniaViga, Catanduanes	689	about 143	about 4.81 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
16	San VicenteViga, Catanduanes	630	about 219	about 2.88 km²	−3.28% a year	Rural
17	RoxasViga, Catanduanes	625	about 488	about 1.28 km²	−2.48% a year	Rural
18	SagradaViga, Catanduanes	591	about 39	about 15.32 km²	−3.65% a year	Rural
19	AsuncionViga, Catanduanes	555	about 4,625	about 0.12 km²	−2.12% a year	Rural
20	Villa AuroraViga, Catanduanes	548	about 226	about 2.42 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
21	MagsaysayViga, Catanduanes	543	about 78	about 7.00 km²	−2.87% a year	Rural
22	San PedroViga, Catanduanes	465	about 788	about 0.59 km²	−2.73% a year	Rural
23	AnanongViga, Catanduanes	425	about 108	about 3.92 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
24	OsmeñaViga, Catanduanes	387	about 320	about 1.21 km²	−2.87% a year	Rural
25	Del PilarViga, Catanduanes	374	about 238	about 1.57 km²	−2.91% a year	Rural
26	PeñafranciaViga, Catanduanes	363	about 161	about 2.25 km²	−1.09% a year	Rural
27	MabiniViga, Catanduanes	342	about 11	about 30.64 km²	−4.03% a year	Rural
28	BotinaganViga, Catanduanes	318	about 100	about 3.19 km²	−2.54% a year	Rural
29	San IsidroViga, Catanduanes	275	about 571	about 0.482 km²	−1.59% a year	Rural
30	QuirinoViga, Catanduanes	222	about 49	about 4.56 km²	−4.92% a year	Rural
31	BatohonanViga, Catanduanes	169	about 121	about 1.40 km²	−6.13% 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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