The Atlas

Barangays in Cataingan

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 Cataingan, at a glance

Barangays: 36^[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: 51,165^[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]; 34 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Cataingan, Masbate; 7,726 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: Quezon^[6]; Cataingan, Masbate; about 11.42 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]}; Cataingan, Masbate; 1.67% 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: 10 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.

36 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Cataingan, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionCataingan, Masbate	7,726	about 1,732	about 4.46 km²	1.67% a year	Urban
2	PawicanCataingan, Masbate	3,692	about 352	about 10.48 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
3	CurvadaCataingan, Masbate	2,308	about 388	about 5.95 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
4	DomorogCataingan, Masbate	2,207	about 414	about 5.33 km²	2.67% a year	Rural
5	QuezonCataingan, Masbate	1,924	about 168	about 11.42 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
6	LiongCataingan, Masbate	1,797	about 273	about 6.59 km²	−12.16% a year	Rural
7	Santo NiñoCataingan, Masbate	1,773	about 249	about 7.13 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
8	MatayumCataingan, Masbate	1,637	about 446	about 3.67 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
9	Santa TeresitaCataingan, Masbate	1,486	about 467	about 3.18 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
10	GahitCataingan, Masbate	1,467	about 329	about 4.46 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
11	EstamparCataingan, Masbate	1,389	about 164	about 8.49 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
12	ConcepcionCataingan, Masbate	1,307	about 515	about 2.54 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
13	MadambaCataingan, Masbate	1,293	about 349	about 3.71 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
14	AguadaCataingan, Masbate	1,286	about 445	about 2.89 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
15	CadulawanCataingan, Masbate	1,247	about 234	about 5.33 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
16	BagumbayanCataingan, Masbate	1,242	about 275	about 4.51 km²	2.73% a year	Rural
17	CagbatangCataingan, Masbate	1,237	about 148	about 8.36 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
18	BadiangCataingan, Masbate	1,232	about 415	about 2.97 km²	3.12% a year	Rural
19	MintacCataingan, Masbate	1,122	about 346	about 3.24 km²	−0.59% a year	Urban
20	PitogoCataingan, Masbate	1,085	about 111	about 9.79 km²	8.61% a year	Rural
21	NadawisanCataingan, Masbate	1,071	about 169	about 6.32 km²	2.28% a year	Rural
22	San RafaelCataingan, Masbate	1,004	about 193	about 5.20 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
23	TagboanCataingan, Masbate	972	about 256	about 3.79 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
24	San PedroCataingan, Masbate	970	about 224	about 4.34 km²	1.41% a year	Rural
25	MatubinaoCataingan, Masbate	903	about 161	about 5.61 km²	−1.28% a year	Rural
26	MalobagoCataingan, Masbate	888	about 440	about 2.02 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
27	Villa PogadoCataingan, Masbate	872	about 318	about 2.74 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
28	OsmeñaCataingan, Masbate	867	about 208	about 4.17 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
29	MaanahaoCataingan, Masbate	858	about 150	about 5.71 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
30	TuyboCataingan, Masbate	791	about 137	about 5.77 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
31	San JoseCataingan, Masbate	681	about 151	about 4.52 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
32	AbacaCataingan, Masbate	655	about 174	about 3.77 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
33	DivisoriaCataingan, Masbate	638	about 180	about 3.55 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
34	LibtongCataingan, Masbate	560	about 101	about 5.55 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
35	San IsidroCataingan, Masbate	524	about 138	about 3.79 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
36	ChimeneaCataingan, Masbate	454	about 84	about 5.41 km²	3.27% 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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