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Barangays in Bulusan

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 Bulusan, at a glance

Barangays: 24^[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: 24,152^[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]; 24 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: San Roque^[5]; Bulusan, Sorsogon; 2,765 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: Santa Barbara^[6]; Bulusan, Sorsogon; about 21.59 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.

24 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Bulusan, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	San RoqueBulusan, Sorsogon	2,765	about 356	about 7.77 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
2	San IsidroBulusan, Sorsogon	1,990	about 329	about 6.04 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
3	San VicenteBulusan, Sorsogon	1,731	about 3,010	about 0.575 km²	1.02% a year	Rural
4	DancalanBulusan, Sorsogon	1,609	about 659	about 2.44 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
5	San JoseBulusan, Sorsogon	1,390	about 144	about 9.63 km²	8.14% a year	Rural
6	SabangBulusan, Sorsogon	1,319	about 15,872	about 0.0831 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
7	MabuhayBulusan, Sorsogon	1,293	about 4,935	about 0.262 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
8	DapdapBulusan, Sorsogon	1,262	about 4,606	about 0.274 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
9	San RafaelBulusan, Sorsogon	1,197	about 224	about 5.34 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
10	San FranciscoBulusan, Sorsogon	1,181	about 139	about 8.50 km²	1.43% a year	Rural
11	MadlawonBulusan, Sorsogon	1,043	about 1,866	about 0.559 km²	−4.25% a year	Rural
12	Santa BarbaraBulusan, Sorsogon	997	about 46	about 21.59 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
13	San BernardoBulusan, Sorsogon	979	about 233	about 4.21 km²	2.37% a year	Rural
14	PorogBulusan, Sorsogon	869	about 790	about 1.10 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
15	BagacayBulusan, Sorsogon	797	about 422	about 1.89 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
16	SapnganBulusan, Sorsogon	554	about 2,651	about 0.209 km²	2.64% a year	Rural
17	LaludBulusan, Sorsogon	538	about 92	about 5.82 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
18	San AntonioBulusan, Sorsogon	512	about 237	about 2.16 km²	−4.26% a year	Rural
19	SalvacionBulusan, Sorsogon	488	about 100	about 4.90 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
20	TinampoBulusan, Sorsogon	454	about 112	about 4.04 km²	−1.47% a year	Rural
21	CogonBulusan, Sorsogon	382	about 229	about 1.67 km²	−2.19% a year	Rural
22	PoctolBulusan, Sorsogon	311	about 9,540	about 0.0326 km²	−0.76% a year	Rural
23	CentralBulusan, Sorsogon	283	about 5,787	about 0.0489 km²	−1.78% a year	Rural
24	LoobanBulusan, Sorsogon	208	about 6,520	about 0.0319 km²	−2.18% 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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