The Atlas

Barangays in Masbate City

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 City, at a glance

Barangays: 30^[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: 104,011^[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: 12 urban^[4]; 18 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: Malinta^[6]; Masbate City, Masbate; about 21.93 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: Mayngaran^{[5, 7]}; Masbate City, Masbate; 2.02% 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: 12 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.

30 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Masbate City, 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	EspinosaMasbate City, Masbate	7,485	about 14,339	about 0.522 km²	1.20% a year	Urban
4	IbingayMasbate City, Masbate	7,274	about 10,713	about 0.679 km²	−2.61% a year	Urban
5	BagumbayanMasbate City, Masbate	5,754	about 26,274	about 0.219 km²	0.38% a year	Urban
6	MayngaranMasbate City, Masbate	5,441	about 742	about 7.33 km²	2.02% a year	Urban
7	KinamaliganMasbate City, Masbate	5,248	about 1,988	about 2.64 km²	−0.59% a year	Urban
8	MalintaMasbate City, Masbate	4,689	about 214	about 21.93 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
9	BantigueMasbate City, Masbate	3,625	about 1,338	about 2.71 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
10	PatingMasbate City, Masbate	3,570	about 18,889	about 0.189 km²	−2.05% a year	Urban
11	F. MagallanesMasbate City, Masbate	3,353	about 15,891	about 0.211 km²	−0.11% a year	Urban
12	UsabMasbate City, Masbate	3,240	about 348	about 9.30 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
13	AsidMasbate City, Masbate	2,998	about 223	about 13.45 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
14	BoloMasbate City, Masbate	2,835	about 376	about 7.53 km²	−2.17% a year	Rural
15	PawaMasbate City, Masbate	2,664	about 426	about 6.26 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
16	BayombonMasbate City, Masbate	2,362	about 182	about 12.97 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
17	BatuhanMasbate City, Masbate	2,331	about 437	about 5.34 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
18	BiyongMasbate City, Masbate	2,164	about 176	about 12.28 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
19	IgangMasbate City, Masbate	2,138	about 100	about 21.37 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
20	CagayMasbate City, Masbate	1,786	about 93	about 19.28 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
21	B. TitongMasbate City, Masbate	1,617	about 512	about 3.16 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
22	CentroMasbate City, Masbate	1,557	about 5,425	about 0.287 km²	−1.52% a year	Urban
23	AnasMasbate City, Masbate	1,499	about 407	about 3.68 km²	−1.49% a year	Rural
24	MapiñaMasbate City, Masbate	1,438	about 121	about 11.87 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
25	Cawayan ExteriorMasbate City, Masbate	1,390	about 326	about 4.26 km²	−2.37% a year	Rural
26	SinalonganMasbate City, Masbate	1,344	about 71	about 18.88 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
27	BaporMasbate City, Masbate	1,332	about 11,684	about 0.114 km²	−1.95% a year	Urban
28	KalipayMasbate City, Masbate	1,320	about 5,867	about 0.225 km²	−3.85% a year	Urban
29	Ubongan DacuMasbate City, Masbate	1,202	about 890	about 1.35 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
30	Cawayan InteriorMasbate City, Masbate	980	about 138	about 7.09 km²	1.82% 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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