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Barangays in Buenavista

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 Buenavista, at a glance

Barangays: 36^[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: 54,352^[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]; 35 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Salvacion^[5]; Buenavista, Guimaras; 4,898 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: Piña^[6]; Buenavista, Guimaras; about 9.04 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: 17 barangays^[7]

Region: Western Visayas

Province: Guimaras

Town: Buenavista

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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.

36 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Buenavista, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	SalvacionBuenavista, Guimaras	4,898	about 902	about 5.43 km²	4.11% a year	Rural
2	New PoblacionBuenavista, Guimaras	3,923	about 1,416	about 2.77 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
3	AvilaBuenavista, Guimaras	2,805	about 323	about 8.69 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
4	Santo RosarioBuenavista, Guimaras	2,764	about 4,360	about 0.634 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
5	East ValenciaBuenavista, Guimaras	2,389	about 354	about 6.74 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
6	PiñaBuenavista, Guimaras	2,278	about 252	about 9.04 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
7	GetulioBuenavista, Guimaras	2,233	about 503	about 4.44 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
8	TastasanBuenavista, Guimaras	1,894	about 773	about 2.45 km²	4.21% a year	Rural
9	San RoqueBuenavista, Guimaras	1,838	about 691	about 2.66 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
10	AgsanayanBuenavista, Guimaras	1,788	about 310	about 5.76 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
11	NazaretBuenavista, Guimaras	1,682	about 284	about 5.93 km²	2.14% a year	Rural
12	DaraganBuenavista, Guimaras	1,622	about 348	about 4.66 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
13	San NicolasBuenavista, Guimaras	1,594	about 256	about 6.22 km²	3.25% a year	Rural
14	NavalasBuenavista, Guimaras	1,583	about 889	about 1.78 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
15	SupangBuenavista, Guimaras	1,526	about 978	about 1.56 km²	1.22% a year	Rural
16	San IsidroBuenavista, Guimaras	1,447	about 626	about 2.31 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
17	TinadtaranBuenavista, Guimaras	1,437	about 489	about 2.94 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
18	MabiniBuenavista, Guimaras	1,429	about 1,059	about 1.35 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
19	CansilayanBuenavista, Guimaras	1,279	about 492	about 2.60 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
20	MclainBuenavista, Guimaras	1,250	about 563	about 2.22 km²	−0.49% a year	Rural
21	Dagsa-anBuenavista, Guimaras	1,233	about 534	about 2.31 km²	1.73% a year	Rural
22	ZaldivarBuenavista, Guimaras	1,019	about 363	about 2.81 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
23	BanbanBuenavista, Guimaras	976	about 383	about 2.55 km²	−1.65% a year	Rural
24	Old PoblacionBuenavista, Guimaras	976	about 525	about 1.86 km²	−5.32% a year	Rural
25	RizalBuenavista, Guimaras	957	about 1,130	about 0.847 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
26	TaminlaBuenavista, Guimaras	879	about 298	about 2.95 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
27	UmiligBuenavista, Guimaras	864	about 494	about 1.75 km²	−1.24% a year	Rural
28	San PedroBuenavista, Guimaras	849	about 181	about 4.68 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
29	MontpillerBuenavista, Guimaras	779	about 226	about 3.44 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
30	TacayBuenavista, Guimaras	759	about 393	about 1.93 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
31	BacjaoBuenavista, Guimaras	708	about 488	about 1.45 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
32	San MiguelBuenavista, Guimaras	679	about 635	about 1.07 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
33	MagsaysayBuenavista, Guimaras	630	about 699	about 0.901 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
34	TanagBuenavista, Guimaras	558	about 517	about 1.08 km²	−2.08% a year	Rural
35	San FernandoBuenavista, Guimaras	438	about 163	about 2.68 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
36	SawangBuenavista, Guimaras	389	about 512	about 0.76 km²	2.01% 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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