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Barangays in Oton

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 Oton, at a glance

Barangays: 37^[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: 99,920^[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: 9 urban^[4]; 28 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Abilay Norte^[5]; Oton, Iloilo; 8,780 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: Caboloan Norte^[6]; Oton, Iloilo; about 5.33 km²
Fastest growing, 5,000 people or moreGrowth 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: Cagbang^{[5, 7]}; Oton, Iloilo; 3.37% a year, 2020 to 2024
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: 21 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Trapiche, −0.87% a year.

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.

37 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Oton, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Abilay NorteOton, Iloilo	8,780	about 2,501	about 3.51 km²	−0.49% a year	Urban
2	BurayOton, Iloilo	6,835	about 1,975	about 3.46 km²	0.38% a year	Urban
3	CagbangOton, Iloilo	6,723	about 2,537	about 2.65 km²	3.37% a year	Urban
4	TrapicheOton, Iloilo	6,259	about 1,407	about 4.45 km²	−0.87% a year	Urban
5	BotongOton, Iloilo	5,391	about 1,797	about 3.00 km²	0.67% a year	Urban
6	Poblacion SouthOton, Iloilo	5,310	about 7,867	about 0.675 km²	−0.76% a year	Urban
7	PakiadOton, Iloilo	4,628	about 1,202	about 3.85 km²	5.32% a year	Urban
8	Poblacion EastOton, Iloilo	4,413	about 12,224	about 0.361 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
9	Polo Maestra BitaOton, Iloilo	3,734	about 1,001	about 3.73 km²	−0.31% a year	Urban
10	Caboloan NorteOton, Iloilo	3,678	about 690	about 5.33 km²	−0.05% a year	Urban
11	LambuyaoOton, Iloilo	3,571	about 937	about 3.81 km²	2.39% a year	Rural
12	San NicolasOton, Iloilo	3,174	about 5,501	about 0.577 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
13	Poblacion WestOton, Iloilo	3,044	about 5,809	about 0.524 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
14	CabanbananOton, Iloilo	2,930	about 2,170	about 1.35 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
15	Santa MonicaOton, Iloilo	2,856	about 543	about 5.26 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
16	AlegreOton, Iloilo	2,690	about 4,410	about 0.61 km²	3.58% a year	Rural
17	San AntonioOton, Iloilo	2,340	about 3,333	about 0.702 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
18	RizalOton, Iloilo	2,204	about 757	about 2.91 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
19	Santa RitaOton, Iloilo	1,950	about 717	about 2.72 km²	−1.75% a year	Rural
20	Tagbac SurOton, Iloilo	1,794	about 450	about 3.99 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
21	Santa ClaraOton, Iloilo	1,781	about 425	about 4.19 km²	3.26% a year	Rural
22	CadinglianOton, Iloilo	1,771	about 1,073	about 1.65 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
23	Abilay SurOton, Iloilo	1,330	about 532	about 2.50 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
24	Calam-isanOton, Iloilo	1,314	about 738	about 1.78 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
25	Tagbac NorteOton, Iloilo	1,299	about 467	about 2.78 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
26	Batuan IlayaOton, Iloilo	1,262	about 456	about 2.77 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
27	Poblacion NorthOton, Iloilo	1,023	about 5,530	about 0.185 km²	−5.96% a year	Rural
28	SambaludanOton, Iloilo	1,016	about 389	about 2.61 km²	−1.82% a year	Rural
29	GalangOton, Iloilo	1,015	about 451	about 2.25 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
30	Batuan IlaudOton, Iloilo	944	about 597	about 1.58 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
31	MambogOton, Iloilo	802	about 373	about 2.15 km²	−3.34% a year	Rural
32	Caboloan SurOton, Iloilo	782	about 567	about 1.38 km²	−1.53% a year	Rural
33	Turog-TurogOton, Iloilo	694	about 526	about 1.32 km²	−0.58% a year	Rural
34	TuburanOton, Iloilo	675	about 681	about 0.991 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
35	SalnganOton, Iloilo	674	about 539	about 1.25 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
36	Bita NorteOton, Iloilo	636	about 413	about 1.54 km²	−4.39% a year	Rural
37	Bita SurOton, Iloilo	598	about 383	about 1.56 km²	2.03% 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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