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Barangays in Bulan

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 Bulan, 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: 106,919^[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: 5 urban^[4]; 58 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Zone II Pob.^[5]; Bulan, Sorsogon; 5,721 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: Daganas^[6]; Bulan, Sorsogon; about 9.39 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 Vicente^{[5, 7]}; Bulan, Sorsogon; 0.52% 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: 17 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Zone II Pob., −0.47% 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.

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

Barangays in Bulan, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Zone II Pob.Bulan, Sorsogon	5,721	about 36,673	about 0.156 km²	−0.47% a year	Urban
2	San VicenteBulan, Sorsogon	5,424	about 4,520	about 1.20 km²	0.52% a year	Urban
3	J.P. LaurelBulan, Sorsogon	4,128	about 1,885	about 2.19 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
4	Zone VII Pob.Bulan, Sorsogon	4,101	about 16,082	about 0.255 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
5	LajongBulan, Sorsogon	3,661	about 1,532	about 2.39 km²	0.14% a year	Urban
6	OtaviBulan, Sorsogon	3,474	about 1,096	about 3.17 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
7	Benigno S. AquinoBulan, Sorsogon	3,458	about 2,096	about 1.65 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
8	ManaganagaBulan, Sorsogon	3,323	about 3,367	about 0.987 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
9	San IsidroBulan, Sorsogon	3,177	about 481	about 6.60 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
10	ButagBulan, Sorsogon	3,075	about 465	about 6.61 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
11	San FranciscoBulan, Sorsogon	2,749	about 437	about 6.29 km²	−1.02% a year	Rural
12	FabricaBulan, Sorsogon	2,745	about 918	about 2.99 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
13	ObreroBulan, Sorsogon	2,575	about 20,600	about 0.125 km²	−3.03% a year	Rural
14	Zone VIII Pob.Bulan, Sorsogon	2,371	about 7,877	about 0.301 km²	2.00% a year	Rural
15	InararanBulan, Sorsogon	2,337	about 1,579	about 1.48 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
16	San RafaelBulan, Sorsogon	2,121	about 848	about 2.50 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
17	NamoBulan, Sorsogon	2,044	about 402	about 5.08 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
18	QuezonBulan, Sorsogon	2,008	about 1,499	about 1.34 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
19	G. Del PilarBulan, Sorsogon	1,968	about 551	about 3.57 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
20	Santa RemediosBulan, Sorsogon	1,968	about 1,789	about 1.10 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
21	GateBulan, Sorsogon	1,946	about 708	about 2.75 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
22	BeguinBulan, Sorsogon	1,900	about 426	about 4.46 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
23	CalomagonBulan, Sorsogon	1,848	about 287	about 6.43 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
24	San Juan Bag-oBulan, Sorsogon	1,742	about 1,350	about 1.29 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
25	TaromataBulan, Sorsogon	1,626	about 220	about 7.40 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
26	NasujeBulan, Sorsogon	1,588	about 1,126	about 1.41 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
27	Zone V Pob.Bulan, Sorsogon	1,565	about 10,793	about 0.145 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
28	MarinabBulan, Sorsogon	1,502	about 314	about 4.79 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
29	SomagongsongBulan, Sorsogon	1,493	about 361	about 4.14 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
30	San RamonBulan, Sorsogon	1,480	about 509	about 2.91 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
31	Santa TeresitaBulan, Sorsogon	1,430	about 769	about 1.86 km²	1.98% a year	Rural
32	N. RoqueBulan, Sorsogon	1,299	about 702	about 1.85 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
33	Zone IV Pob.Bulan, Sorsogon	1,276	about 11,925	about 0.107 km²	−0.59% a year	Urban
34	M. RoxasBulan, Sorsogon	1,250	about 303	about 4.13 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
35	JamorawonBulan, Sorsogon	1,205	about 506	about 2.38 km²	8.15% a year	Rural
36	MagsaysayBulan, Sorsogon	1,204	about 334	about 3.60 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
37	MontecalvarioBulan, Sorsogon	1,166	about 357	about 3.27 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
38	San Juan DaanBulan, Sorsogon	1,120	about 203	about 5.53 km²	−0.74% a year	Rural
39	AguinaldoBulan, Sorsogon	1,090	about 189	about 5.76 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
40	Abad SantosBulan, Sorsogon	1,036	about 871	about 1.19 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
41	DanaoBulan, Sorsogon	1,028	about 296	about 3.47 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
42	Zone VI Pob.Bulan, Sorsogon	957	about 16,138	about 0.0593 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
43	CalpiBulan, Sorsogon	928	about 151	about 6.13 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
44	J. GeronaBulan, Sorsogon	924	about 104	about 8.91 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
45	LibertadBulan, Sorsogon	911	about 41,036	about 0.0222 km²	2.80% a year	Rural
46	CadandananBulan, Sorsogon	847	about 235	about 3.61 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
47	SigadBulan, Sorsogon	819	about 240	about 3.41 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
48	OsmeñaBulan, Sorsogon	802	about 524	about 1.53 km²	3.00% a year	Rural
49	R. GeronaBulan, Sorsogon	782	about 210	about 3.72 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
50	BicalBulan, Sorsogon	711	about 127	about 5.60 km²	1.33% 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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