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Barangays in Matnog

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 Matnog, at a glance

Barangays: 40^[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: 42,444^[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]; 39 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Gadgaron^[5]; Matnog, Sorsogon; 2,513 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: Calpi^[6]; Matnog, Sorsogon; about 25.20 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: 14 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.

40 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Matnog, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	GadgaronMatnog, Sorsogon	2,513	about 858	about 2.93 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
2	CulasiMatnog, Sorsogon	2,133	about 347	about 6.15 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
3	TabunanMatnog, Sorsogon	2,089	about 15,138	about 0.138 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
4	CamachilesMatnog, Sorsogon	1,724	about 39,093	about 0.0441 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
5	Bon-Ot BigMatnog, Sorsogon	1,633	about 349	about 4.68 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
6	Coron-coronMatnog, Sorsogon	1,596	about 309	about 5.16 km²	2.67% a year	Rural
7	SisigonMatnog, Sorsogon	1,591	about 360	about 4.42 km²	−1.69% a year	Rural
8	HidhidMatnog, Sorsogon	1,482	about 319	about 4.64 km²	3.19% a year	Rural
9	CalintaanMatnog, Sorsogon	1,479	about 436	about 3.39 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
10	BariisMatnog, Sorsogon	1,463	about 644	about 2.27 km²	1.86% a year	Rural
11	SuaMatnog, Sorsogon	1,445	about 350	about 4.13 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
12	PawaMatnog, Sorsogon	1,342	about 586	about 2.29 km²	−0.58% a year	Rural
13	BoloMatnog, Sorsogon	1,323	about 334	about 3.96 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
14	TablacMatnog, Sorsogon	1,322	about 19,413	about 0.0681 km²	−2.18% a year	Rural
15	SinibaranMatnog, Sorsogon	1,221	about 352	about 3.47 km²	2.96% a year	Rural
16	Genablan OrientalMatnog, Sorsogon	1,109	about 307	about 3.61 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
17	ManjunladMatnog, Sorsogon	1,105	about 1,005	about 1.10 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
18	CamcamanMatnog, Sorsogon	1,094	about 16,231	about 0.0674 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
19	CaloocanMatnog, Sorsogon	1,051	about 6,409	about 0.164 km²	−0.23% a year	Urban
20	BalocaweMatnog, Sorsogon	1,033	about 86	about 12.05 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
21	Santa IsabelMatnog, Sorsogon	1,018	about 332	about 3.07 km²	−7.12% a year	Rural
22	TugasMatnog, Sorsogon	948	about 200	about 4.74 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
23	SulanganMatnog, Sorsogon	915	about 598	about 1.53 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
24	PoropandanMatnog, Sorsogon	901	about 909	about 0.991 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
25	LaboyMatnog, Sorsogon	814	about 162	about 5.01 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
26	PangiMatnog, Sorsogon	679	about 98	about 6.93 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
27	BanuangdaanMatnog, Sorsogon	678	about 2,873	about 0.236 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
28	LajongMatnog, Sorsogon	649	about 569	about 1.14 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
29	CalayuanMatnog, Sorsogon	620	about 559	about 1.11 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
30	PaghuliranMatnog, Sorsogon	618	about 169	about 3.65 km²	3.94% a year	Rural
31	ManurabiMatnog, Sorsogon	612	about 159	about 3.86 km²	−0.35% a year	Rural
32	MambajogMatnog, Sorsogon	604	about 182	about 3.31 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
33	Genablan OccidentalMatnog, Sorsogon	595	about 247	about 2.41 km²	−5.22% a year	Rural
34	BanogaoMatnog, Sorsogon	555	about 399	about 1.39 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
35	SinalmacanMatnog, Sorsogon	537	about 125	about 4.30 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
36	NaburacanMatnog, Sorsogon	536	about 305	about 1.76 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
37	CabagahanMatnog, Sorsogon	529	about 207	about 2.55 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
38	Sinang-AtanMatnog, Sorsogon	405	about 654	about 0.619 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
39	Bon-Ot SmallMatnog, Sorsogon	373	about 345	about 1.08 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
40	CalpiMatnog, Sorsogon	110	about 4	about 25.20 km²	3.32% 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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