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Barangays in San Joaquin

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 San Joaquin, at a glance

Barangays: 85^[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: 52,773^[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]; 85 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Lawigan^[5]; San Joaquin, Iloilo; 2,780 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: Igdagmay^[6]; San Joaquin, Iloilo; about 8.13 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: 45 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.

85 barangays, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in San Joaquin, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	LawiganSan Joaquin, Iloilo	2,780	about 681	about 4.08 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
2	TiolasSan Joaquin, Iloilo	1,910	about 697	about 2.74 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
3	Santa RitaSan Joaquin, Iloilo	1,898	about 1,179	about 1.61 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
4	SiwaraganSan Joaquin, Iloilo	1,814	about 1,634	about 1.11 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
5	SinogbuhanSan Joaquin, Iloilo	1,772	about 457	about 3.88 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
6	PitogoSan Joaquin, Iloilo	1,753	about 246	about 7.13 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
7	BucayaSan Joaquin, Iloilo	1,732	about 888	about 1.95 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
8	Purok 5San Joaquin, Iloilo	1,651	about 2,584	about 0.639 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
9	Purok 1San Joaquin, Iloilo	1,455	about 2,544	about 0.572 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
10	Amboyu-anSan Joaquin, Iloilo	1,278	about 522	about 2.45 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
11	Cata-anSan Joaquin, Iloilo	1,276	about 329	about 3.88 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
12	BalabagoSan Joaquin, Iloilo	1,270	about 362	about 3.51 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
13	BaybaySan Joaquin, Iloilo	1,003	about 1,807	about 0.555 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
14	Crossing DapuyanSan Joaquin, Iloilo	939	about 854	about 1.10 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
15	DongocSan Joaquin, Iloilo	936	about 134	about 7.00 km²	11.08% a year	Rural
16	EscalanteraSan Joaquin, Iloilo	892	about 235	about 3.80 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
17	Purok 2San Joaquin, Iloilo	812	about 4,667	about 0.174 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
18	Ginot-anSan Joaquin, Iloilo	794	about 123	about 6.47 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
19	Qui-ananSan Joaquin, Iloilo	737	about 332	about 2.22 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
20	BagumbayanSan Joaquin, Iloilo	731	about 294	about 2.49 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
21	To-ogSan Joaquin, Iloilo	723	about 282	about 2.56 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
22	Guibongan BayunanSan Joaquin, Iloilo	720	about 871	about 0.827 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
23	Purok 4San Joaquin, Iloilo	717	about 3,382	about 0.212 km²	−1.63% a year	Rural
24	MatambogSan Joaquin, Iloilo	664	about 145	about 4.58 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
25	TaslanSan Joaquin, Iloilo	664	about 355	about 1.87 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
26	BayunanSan Joaquin, Iloilo	651	about 668	about 0.974 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
27	MasagudSan Joaquin, Iloilo	630	about 1,182	about 0.533 km²	2.05% a year	Rural
28	San LuisSan Joaquin, Iloilo	609	about 165	about 3.70 km²	−1.33% a year	Rural
29	TiglawaSan Joaquin, Iloilo	596	about 191	about 3.12 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
30	JawodSan Joaquin, Iloilo	591	about 217	about 2.72 km²	−1.60% a year	Rural
31	NagsipitSan Joaquin, Iloilo	581	about 208	about 2.79 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
32	IgcaratongSan Joaquin, Iloilo	574	about 269	about 2.13 km²	−1.49% a year	Rural
33	IgcoresSan Joaquin, Iloilo	558	about 261	about 2.14 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
34	IgcadlumSan Joaquin, Iloilo	554	about 357	about 1.55 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
35	AntalonSan Joaquin, Iloilo	529	about 194	about 2.73 km²	−1.86% a year	Rural
36	IgburiSan Joaquin, Iloilo	529	about 317	about 1.67 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
37	LomboyanSan Joaquin, Iloilo	525	about 81	about 6.51 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
38	BulhoSan Joaquin, Iloilo	516	about 371	about 1.39 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
39	BongaSan Joaquin, Iloilo	501	about 346	about 1.45 km²	3.62% a year	Rural
40	RomaSan Joaquin, Iloilo	501	about 252	about 1.99 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
41	CadoldolanSan Joaquin, Iloilo	491	about 325	about 1.51 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
42	DoldolSan Joaquin, Iloilo	454	about 322	about 1.41 km²	−1.57% a year	Rural
43	TapikanSan Joaquin, Iloilo	451	about 552	about 0.817 km²	−2.30% a year	Rural
44	BolboganSan Joaquin, Iloilo	448	about 226	about 1.98 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
45	Andres BonifacioSan Joaquin, Iloilo	435	about 133	about 3.27 km²	−2.19% a year	Rural
46	DacdacananSan Joaquin, Iloilo	420	about 176	about 2.39 km²	−2.11% a year	Rural
47	UlaySan Joaquin, Iloilo	412	about 120	about 3.44 km²	−0.85% a year	Rural
48	MontinolaSan Joaquin, Iloilo	401	about 144	about 2.79 km²	−1.61% a year	Rural
49	Lopez VitoSan Joaquin, Iloilo	396	about 230	about 1.72 km²	−2.71% a year	Rural
50	Mabini SurSan Joaquin, Iloilo	393	about 260	about 1.51 km²	−1.64% 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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