The Atlas

Barangays in Virac

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 Virac, at a glance

Barangays: 63^[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: 75,135^[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: 14 urban^[4]; 49 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: San Isidro Village^[5]; Virac, Catanduanes; 5,501 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: Dugui Too^[6]; Virac, Catanduanes; about 9.93 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 Isidro Village^{[5, 7]}; Virac, Catanduanes; 0.18% 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: 37 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.

63 barangays, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Virac, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	San Isidro VillageVirac, Catanduanes	5,501	about 1,834	about 3.00 km²	0.18% a year	Urban
2	CavinitanVirac, Catanduanes	3,900	about 1,765	about 2.21 km²	−0.36% a year	Urban
3	BigaaVirac, Catanduanes	3,287	about 1,387	about 2.37 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
4	Calatagan ProperVirac, Catanduanes	3,205	about 2,257	about 1.42 km²	−0.95% a year	Urban
5	Calatagan TibangVirac, Catanduanes	2,539	about 324	about 7.84 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
6	DanicopVirac, Catanduanes	2,366	about 318	about 7.44 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
7	San VicenteVirac, Catanduanes	2,300	about 352	about 6.53 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
8	ValenciaVirac, Catanduanes	2,243	about 1,068	about 2.10 km²	3.01% a year	Urban
9	Sogod-TibgaoVirac, Catanduanes	2,163	about 489	about 4.42 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
10	Gogon CentroVirac, Catanduanes	2,116	about 10,580	about 0.20 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
11	Palnab Del NorteVirac, Catanduanes	2,030	about 7,575	about 0.268 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
12	Palnab Del SurVirac, Catanduanes	1,976	about 1,703	about 1.16 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
13	FranciaVirac, Catanduanes	1,894	about 6,313	about 0.30 km²	1.21% a year	Urban
14	BuyoVirac, Catanduanes	1,700	about 455	about 3.74 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
15	RawisVirac, Catanduanes	1,700	about 15,596	about 0.109 km²	−4.03% a year	Rural
16	CapilihanVirac, Catanduanes	1,576	about 1,292	about 1.22 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
17	Santo DomingoVirac, Catanduanes	1,567	about 2,429	about 0.645 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
18	Santo NiñoVirac, Catanduanes	1,422	about 196	about 7.26 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
19	Dugui TooVirac, Catanduanes	1,400	about 141	about 9.93 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
20	Palta SalvacionVirac, Catanduanes	1,299	about 999	about 1.30 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
21	Santo CristoVirac, Catanduanes	1,233	about 430	about 2.87 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
22	TubaonVirac, Catanduanes	1,226	about 1,202	about 1.02 km²	2.66% a year	Rural
23	HicmingVirac, Catanduanes	1,205	about 251	about 4.80 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
24	Pajo San IsidroVirac, Catanduanes	1,133	about 420	about 2.70 km²	−1.47% a year	Rural
25	LanaoVirac, Catanduanes	976	about 5,775	about 0.169 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
26	Ibong SapaVirac, Catanduanes	970	about 257	about 3.77 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
27	BaliteVirac, Catanduanes	900	about 367	about 2.45 km²	−1.01% a year	Rural
28	SimamlaVirac, Catanduanes	893	about 227	about 3.94 km²	−0.76% a year	Rural
29	Palta SmallVirac, Catanduanes	861	about 222	about 3.87 km²	−2.28% a year	Rural
30	Hawan GrandeVirac, Catanduanes	849	about 361	about 2.35 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
31	IgangVirac, Catanduanes	832	about 743	about 1.12 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
32	San PabloVirac, Catanduanes	830	about 24,128	about 0.0344 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
33	San RoqueVirac, Catanduanes	802	about 2,546	about 0.315 km²	−5.09% a year	Urban
34	Gogon SiranganVirac, Catanduanes	798	about 11,787	about 0.0677 km²	−0.30% a year	Urban
35	ConcepcionVirac, Catanduanes	797	about 13,217	about 0.0603 km²	−3.61% a year	Urban
36	Marcelo AlbertoVirac, Catanduanes	797	about 24,373	about 0.0327 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
37	Hawan IlayaVirac, Catanduanes	793	about 515	about 1.54 km²	3.90% a year	Rural
38	Santa CruzVirac, Catanduanes	787	about 10,221	about 0.077 km²	−4.98% a year	Urban
39	CalabniganVirac, Catanduanes	783	about 768	about 1.02 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
40	Magnesia Del SurVirac, Catanduanes	767	about 402	about 1.91 km²	−2.84% a year	Rural
41	Antipolo Del NorteVirac, Catanduanes	713	about 524	about 1.36 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
42	ConstantinoVirac, Catanduanes	638	about 2,065	about 0.309 km²	−5.59% a year	Urban
43	Magnesia Del NorteVirac, Catanduanes	601	about 423	about 1.42 km²	−5.77% a year	Rural
44	Antipolo Del SurVirac, Catanduanes	598	about 592	about 1.01 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
45	CasoocanVirac, Catanduanes	595	about 318	about 1.87 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
46	Santa ElenaVirac, Catanduanes	572	about 12,489	about 0.0458 km²	−5.15% a year	Urban
47	Pajo BaguioVirac, Catanduanes	554	about 586	about 0.946 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
48	Juan M. AlbertoVirac, Catanduanes	539	about 262	about 2.06 km²	1.92% a year	Rural
49	BatagVirac, Catanduanes	523	about 368	about 1.42 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
50	CabihianVirac, Catanduanes	502	about 344	about 1.46 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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