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Barangays in Magallanes

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 Magallanes, at a glance

Barangays: 34^[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: 38,072^[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]; 34 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Caditaan^[5]; Magallanes, Sorsogon; 3,686 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: Malbog^[6]; Magallanes, Sorsogon; about 8.99 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: 12 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.

34 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Magallanes, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	CaditaanMagallanes, Sorsogon	3,686	about 616	about 5.98 km²	1.02% a year	Rural
2	BehiaMagallanes, Sorsogon	2,582	about 802	about 3.22 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
3	BitonMagallanes, Sorsogon	2,309	about 597	about 3.87 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
4	SiutonMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,882	about 431	about 4.37 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
5	Cawit ExtensionMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,716	about 11,289	about 0.152 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
6	PiliMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,572	about 292	about 5.38 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
7	IncarizanMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,416	about 406	about 3.49 km²	3.35% a year	Rural
8	Aguada NorteMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,373	about 1,135	about 1.21 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
9	BigaMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,346	about 801	about 1.68 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
10	PantalanMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,293	about 27,336	about 0.0473 km²	2.68% a year	Rural
11	Aguada SurMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,278	about 597	about 2.14 km²	1.02% a year	Rural
12	SalvacionMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,176	about 171	about 6.89 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
13	Cawit ProperMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,136	about 12,539	about 0.0906 km²	−1.52% a year	Rural
14	BanacudMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,109	about 3,989	about 0.278 km²	−0.76% a year	Rural
15	Santa ElenaMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,061	about 317	about 3.35 km²	−2.32% a year	Rural
16	HuboMagallanes, Sorsogon	1,048	about 228	about 4.60 km²	2.00% a year	Rural
17	Binisitahan del NorteMagallanes, Sorsogon	997	about 9,775	about 0.102 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
18	Tulatula NorteMagallanes, Sorsogon	961	about 338	about 2.84 km²	4.31% a year	Rural
19	LapinigMagallanes, Sorsogon	892	about 187	about 4.77 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
20	BacolodMagallanes, Sorsogon	872	about 39,636	about 0.022 km²	−4.20% a year	Rural
21	GinangraMagallanes, Sorsogon	815	about 400	about 2.04 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
22	CagtalabaMagallanes, Sorsogon	809	about 174	about 4.66 km²	13.97% a year	Rural
23	CagboloMagallanes, Sorsogon	762	about 244	about 3.12 km²	−7.51% a year	Rural
24	Tulatula SurMagallanes, Sorsogon	716	about 95	about 7.56 km²	3.08% a year	Rural
25	Binisitahan del SurMagallanes, Sorsogon	709	about 11,738	about 0.0604 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
26	PawikMagallanes, Sorsogon	698	about 212	about 3.30 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
27	BacalonMagallanes, Sorsogon	624	about 119	about 5.23 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
28	BulalaMagallanes, Sorsogon	542	about 133	about 4.06 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
29	AnibongMagallanes, Sorsogon	541	about 112	about 4.81 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
30	BusayMagallanes, Sorsogon	538	about 92	about 5.85 km²	−2.11% a year	Rural
31	TagasMagallanes, Sorsogon	492	about 189	about 2.60 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
32	PoblacionMagallanes, Sorsogon	465	about 7,922	about 0.0587 km²	−1.96% a year	Rural
33	MalbogMagallanes, Sorsogon	358	about 40	about 8.99 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
34	MagsaysayMagallanes, Sorsogon	298	about 54	about 5.47 km²	−0.16% 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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