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Barangays in San Fernando

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 San Fernando, at a glance

Barangays: 26^[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: 22,006^[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]; 26 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Resurreccion^[5]; San Fernando, Masbate; 2,075 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: Progreso^[6]; San Fernando, Masbate; about 7.71 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: 13 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.

26 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in San Fernando, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	ResurreccionSan Fernando, Masbate	2,075	about 523	about 3.97 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
2	Bayanihan Pob.San Fernando, Masbate	1,967	about 1,144	about 1.72 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
3	Silangan Pob.San Fernando, Masbate	1,659	about 11,601	about 0.143 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
4	Baybaydagat Pob.San Fernando, Masbate	1,590	about 12,927	about 0.123 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
5	Magsasaka Pob.San Fernando, Masbate	1,463	about 898	about 1.63 km²	3.59% a year	Rural
6	BuyoSan Fernando, Masbate	997	about 643	about 1.55 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
7	DaplianSan Fernando, Masbate	955	about 1,125	about 0.849 km²	−2.51% a year	Rural
8	BenitinanSan Fernando, Masbate	853	about 597	about 1.43 km²	6.27% a year	Rural
9	BuenavistaSan Fernando, Masbate	816	about 197	about 4.14 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
10	ProgresoSan Fernando, Masbate	813	about 105	about 7.71 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
11	CañelasSan Fernando, Masbate	750	about 150	about 4.99 km²	−2.57% a year	Rural
12	MinioSan Fernando, Masbate	730	about 198	about 3.69 km²	4.73% a year	Rural
13	Del RosarioSan Fernando, Masbate	727	about 192	about 3.79 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
14	Buenos AiresSan Fernando, Masbate	666	about 100	about 6.64 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
15	TalisaySan Fernando, Masbate	641	about 197	about 3.25 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
16	ValparaisoSan Fernando, Masbate	640	about 209	about 3.06 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
17	PinamoghaanSan Fernando, Masbate	633	about 411	about 1.54 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
18	BuenasuerteSan Fernando, Masbate	570	about 167	about 3.41 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
19	CorbadaSan Fernando, Masbate	534	about 161	about 3.32 km²	2.80% a year	Rural
20	SowaSan Fernando, Masbate	523	about 199	about 2.63 km²	−1.88% a year	Rural
21	AltavistaSan Fernando, Masbate	490	about 198	about 2.47 km²	−3.32% a year	Rural
22	IpilSan Fernando, Masbate	458	about 179	about 2.56 km²	−1.70% a year	Rural
23	SalvacionSan Fernando, Masbate	401	about 133	about 3.02 km²	4.71% a year	Rural
24	LumbiaSan Fernando, Masbate	395	about 93	about 4.27 km²	−2.12% a year	Rural
25	LahongSan Fernando, Masbate	347	about 144	about 2.41 km²	−2.82% a year	Rural
26	MagkaipitSan Fernando, Masbate	313	about 73	about 4.31 km²	11.34% 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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