The Atlas

Barangays in Panay

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]

Open Panay

Barangays in Panay, 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: 50,946^[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: Poblacion Ilaya^[5]; Panay, Capiz; 4,462 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: Pili^[6]; Panay, Capiz; about 13.32 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.

42 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Panay, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Poblacion IlayaPanay, Capiz	4,462	about 5,350	about 0.834 km²	6.44% a year	Urban
2	PawaPanay, Capiz	2,807	about 250	about 11.25 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
3	BongaPanay, Capiz	2,113	about 1,776	about 1.19 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
4	BatoPanay, Capiz	1,939	about 825	about 2.35 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
5	Tanza NortePanay, Capiz	1,824	about 294	about 6.21 km²	−0.49% a year	Rural
6	AgojoPanay, Capiz	1,630	about 177	about 9.23 km²	−0.18% a year	Rural
7	CalapawanPanay, Capiz	1,629	about 890	about 1.83 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
8	DagaPanay, Capiz	1,614	about 494	about 3.27 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
9	Tanza SurPanay, Capiz	1,560	about 852	about 1.83 km²	3.51% a year	Rural
10	CalitanPanay, Capiz	1,480	about 1,000	about 1.48 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
11	CandualPanay, Capiz	1,420	about 772	about 1.84 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
12	BantiquePanay, Capiz	1,377	about 115	about 11.93 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
13	AgbaloPanay, Capiz	1,352	about 417	about 3.24 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
14	NavitasPanay, Capiz	1,333	about 191	about 6.99 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
15	BuntodPanay, Capiz	1,303	about 530	about 2.46 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
16	TicoPanay, Capiz	1,293	about 424	about 3.05 km²	3.73% a year	Rural
17	AnhawonPanay, Capiz	1,217	about 751	about 1.62 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
18	ButacalPanay, Capiz	1,159	about 222	about 5.21 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
19	LanipgaPanay, Capiz	1,152	about 225	about 5.12 km²	2.46% a year	Rural
20	Lus-OnanPanay, Capiz	1,132	about 654	about 1.73 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
21	CogonPanay, Capiz	1,127	about 606	about 1.86 km²	2.83% a year	Rural
22	Bago ChiquitoPanay, Capiz	1,055	about 685	about 1.54 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
23	AgbanbanPanay, Capiz	1,054	about 994	about 1.06 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
24	LomboyPanay, Capiz	1,048	about 602	about 1.74 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
25	LinaoPanay, Capiz	1,028	about 979	about 1.05 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
26	LinateranPanay, Capiz	1,011	about 656	about 1.54 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
27	LibonPanay, Capiz	1,007	about 351	about 2.87 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
28	Cabugao EstePanay, Capiz	980	about 1,301	about 0.753 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
29	MagubilanPanay, Capiz	953	about 1,042	about 0.915 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
30	Cabugao OestePanay, Capiz	912	about 760	about 1.20 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
31	Bago GrandePanay, Capiz	894	about 458	about 1.95 km²	−2.81% a year	Rural
32	Poblacion TabucPanay, Capiz	890	about 5,057	about 0.176 km²	−2.66% a year	Rural
33	Jamul-awonPanay, Capiz	818	about 78	about 10.54 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
34	BinantuanPanay, Capiz	801	about 348	about 2.30 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
35	Lat-AsanPanay, Capiz	800	about 1,141	about 0.701 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
36	BagacayPanay, Capiz	655	about 352	about 1.86 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
37	Poblacion IlawodPanay, Capiz	494	about 2,129	about 0.232 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
38	BinangigPanay, Capiz	451	about 350	about 1.29 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
39	BahitPanay, Capiz	381	about 225	about 1.69 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
40	TalasaPanay, Capiz	325	about 188	about 1.73 km²	5.30% a year	Rural
41	PiliPanay, Capiz	297	about 22	about 13.32 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
42	IlamnayPanay, Capiz	169	about 294	about 0.575 km²	0.29% 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: Western Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0061A6DTPH5). Published August 5, 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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