The Atlas

Barangays in Masbate

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 Masbate, at a glance

Barangays: 550^[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: 910,813^[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: 28 urban^[4]; 522 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Nursery^[5]; Masbate City, Masbate; 12,733 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 Juan^[6]; Mandaon, Masbate; about 44.95 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: Poblacion^{[5, 7]}; Monreal, Masbate; 2.34% 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: 264 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Ibingay, −2.61% 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.

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

Barangays in Masbate, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	NurseryMasbate City, Masbate	12,733	about 12,483	about 1.02 km²	0.15% a year	Urban
2	TugboMasbate City, Masbate	8,642	about 1,470	about 5.88 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
3	PuroAroroy, Masbate	8,135	about 2,926	about 2.78 km²	−0.43% a year	Urban
4	PoblacionCataingan, Masbate	7,726	about 1,732	about 4.46 km²	1.67% a year	Urban
5	EspinosaMasbate City, Masbate	7,485	about 14,339	about 0.522 km²	1.20% a year	Urban
6	IbingayMasbate City, Masbate	7,274	about 10,713	about 0.679 km²	−2.61% a year	Urban
7	PoblacionMonreal, Masbate	6,642	about 858	about 7.74 km²	2.34% a year	Urban
8	PaniqueAroroy, Masbate	5,876	about 946	about 6.21 km²	−2.26% a year	Urban
9	BagumbayanMasbate City, Masbate	5,754	about 26,274	about 0.219 km²	0.38% a year	Urban
10	MayngaranMasbate City, Masbate	5,441	about 742	about 7.33 km²	2.02% a year	Urban
11	CabitanMandaon, Masbate	5,311	about 191	about 27.87 km²	0.15% a year	Urban
12	KinamaliganMasbate City, Masbate	5,248	about 1,988	about 2.64 km²	−0.59% a year	Urban
13	Villa InocencioPlacer, Masbate	4,992	about 4,894	about 1.02 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
14	BangadMilagros, Masbate	4,878	about 194	about 25.20 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
15	MalintaMasbate City, Masbate	4,689	about 214	about 21.93 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
16	Poblacion District IIClaveria, Masbate	4,650	about 381	about 12.22 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
17	AmbolongAroroy, Masbate	4,484	about 1,692	about 2.65 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
18	PoblacionCawayan, Masbate	4,475	about 1,610	about 2.78 km²	0.90% a year	Urban
19	GilotonganCawayan, Masbate	4,451	about 8,152	about 0.546 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
20	PasiagonPlacer, Masbate	4,391	about 1,138	about 3.86 km²	3.56% a year	Rural
21	PoblacionMandaon, Masbate	4,243	about 2,652	about 1.60 km²	−1.88% a year	Rural
22	PoblacionBaleno, Masbate	4,113	about 4,289	about 0.959 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
23	ArmeniaUson, Masbate	4,111	about 533	about 7.71 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
24	PoblacionAroroy, Masbate	4,092	about 12,514	about 0.327 km²	0.01% a year	Urban
25	Poblacion WestMilagros, Masbate	3,994	about 7,107	about 0.562 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
26	District IISan Jacinto, Masbate	3,895	about 2,563	about 1.52 km²	−3.32% a year	Rural
27	DivisoriaCawayan, Masbate	3,868	about 1,051	about 3.68 km²	0.33% a year	Urban
28	JamorawonMilagros, Masbate	3,863	about 122	about 31.74 km²	−1.50% a year	Rural
29	PinamarbuhanMobo, Masbate	3,796	about 1,257	about 3.02 km²	1.70% a year	Urban
30	San PedroSan Pascual, Masbate	3,762	about 135	about 27.86 km²	3.71% a year	Rural
31	TigbaoMilagros, Masbate	3,724	about 102	about 36.68 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
32	PawicanCataingan, Masbate	3,692	about 352	about 10.48 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
33	Poblacion District IClaveria, Masbate	3,656	about 289	about 12.64 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
34	BantigueMasbate City, Masbate	3,625	about 1,338	about 2.71 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
35	PatingMasbate City, Masbate	3,570	about 18,889	about 0.189 km²	−2.05% a year	Urban
36	BacolodMilagros, Masbate	3,568	about 438	about 8.14 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
37	Del CarmenUson, Masbate	3,536	about 279	about 12.69 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
38	PanguirananBalud, Masbate	3,487	about 516	about 6.76 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
39	Umabay ExteriorMobo, Masbate	3,486	about 1,453	about 2.40 km²	3.09% a year	Rural
40	NabangigPalanas, Masbate	3,478	about 570	about 6.10 km²	2.89% a year	Rural
41	BagahangladSan Jacinto, Masbate	3,475	about 235	about 14.81 km²	−1.31% a year	Rural
42	NaroCawayan, Masbate	3,468	about 1,562	about 2.22 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
43	BolodSan Pascual, Masbate	3,436	about 396	about 8.68 km²	−1.28% a year	Rural
44	PoblacionPio V. Corpus, Masbate	3,409	about 810	about 4.21 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
45	ParaisoMilagros, Masbate	3,402	about 81	about 42.14 km²	−1.28% a year	Rural
46	F. MagallanesMasbate City, Masbate	3,353	about 15,891	about 0.211 km²	−0.11% a year	Urban
47	PasigClaveria, Masbate	3,335	about 340	about 9.82 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
48	SyndicateAroroy, Masbate	3,280	about 661	about 4.96 km²	4.01% a year	Rural
49	BegiaCawayan, Masbate	3,272	about 628	about 5.21 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
50	UsabMasbate City, Masbate	3,240	about 348	about 9.30 km²	0.76% 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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