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Barangays in Gubat

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 Gubat, at a glance

Barangays: 42^[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: 61,095^[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: 1 urban^[4]; 41 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bagacay^[5]; Gubat, Sorsogon; 3,673 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: Tiris^[6]; Gubat, Sorsogon; about 7.58 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.

42 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Gubat, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	BagacayGubat, Sorsogon	3,673	about 1,345	about 2.73 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
2	CogonGubat, Sorsogon	2,904	about 1,553	about 1.87 km²	1.86% a year	Rural
3	RizalGubat, Sorsogon	2,691	about 714	about 3.77 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
4	San IgnacioGubat, Sorsogon	2,401	about 1,022	about 2.35 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
5	CarriedoGubat, Sorsogon	2,240	about 624	about 3.59 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
6	TirisGubat, Sorsogon	2,146	about 283	about 7.58 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
7	PanganibanGubat, Sorsogon	2,137	about 4,300	about 0.497 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
8	Balud Del NorteGubat, Sorsogon	2,056	about 29,971	about 0.0686 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
9	Santa AnaGubat, Sorsogon	1,999	about 546	about 3.66 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
10	BulacaoGubat, Sorsogon	1,865	about 982	about 1.90 km²	−1.06% a year	Rural
11	TabiGubat, Sorsogon	1,862	about 665	about 2.80 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
12	BentucoGubat, Sorsogon	1,819	about 414	about 4.39 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
13	Luna-CandolGubat, Sorsogon	1,744	about 5,502	about 0.317 km²	−0.73% a year	Urban
14	ArimanGubat, Sorsogon	1,728	about 1,176	about 1.47 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
15	PayawinGubat, Sorsogon	1,677	about 522	about 3.21 km²	2.11% a year	Rural
16	PacoGubat, Sorsogon	1,630	about 249	about 6.55 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
17	Cota Na DacoGubat, Sorsogon	1,582	about 5,436	about 0.291 km²	−2.22% a year	Rural
18	ManookGubat, Sorsogon	1,491	about 7,607	about 0.196 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
19	PinontinganGubat, Sorsogon	1,479	about 9,018	about 0.164 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
20	OgaoGubat, Sorsogon	1,417	about 345	about 4.11 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
21	Balud Del SurGubat, Sorsogon	1,309	about 20,108	about 0.0651 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
22	UnionGubat, Sorsogon	1,273	about 537	about 2.37 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
23	ParadijonGubat, Sorsogon	1,259	about 7,236	about 0.174 km²	−1.73% a year	Rural
24	TagaytayGubat, Sorsogon	1,189	about 403	about 2.95 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
25	CasiliGubat, Sorsogon	1,169	about 386	about 3.03 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
26	JupiGubat, Sorsogon	1,124	about 677	about 1.66 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
27	TogaweGubat, Sorsogon	1,119	about 327	about 3.42 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
28	NatoGubat, Sorsogon	1,080	about 812	about 1.33 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
29	BuenavistaGubat, Sorsogon	1,039	about 888	about 1.17 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
30	BeriranGubat, Sorsogon	1,037	about 648	about 1.60 km²	2.20% a year	Rural
31	TigkiwGubat, Sorsogon	976	about 320	about 3.05 km²	−1.56% a year	Rural
32	CabigaanGubat, Sorsogon	961	about 707	about 1.36 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
33	NaagtanGubat, Sorsogon	957	about 335	about 2.86 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
34	ManapaoGubat, Sorsogon	923	about 237	about 3.89 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
35	SangatGubat, Sorsogon	793	about 154	about 5.16 km²	2.69% a year	Rural
36	CabiguhanGubat, Sorsogon	735	about 181	about 4.05 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
37	VillarealGubat, Sorsogon	729	about 473	about 1.54 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
38	DitaGubat, Sorsogon	666	about 221	about 3.01 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
39	PatagGubat, Sorsogon	599	about 153	about 3.91 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
40	NazarenoGubat, Sorsogon	551	about 365	about 1.51 km²	2.26% a year	Rural
41	BenguetGubat, Sorsogon	549	about 258	about 2.13 km²	−1.27% a year	Rural
42	LapinigGubat, Sorsogon	517	about 214	about 2.42 km²	0.71% 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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