The Atlas

Barangays in Bontoc

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 Bontoc, 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: 32,082^[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]; 40 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Divisoria^[5]; Bontoc, Southern Leyte; 2,255 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: Olisihan^[6]; Bontoc, Southern Leyte; about 11.87 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: 8 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 Bontoc, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	DivisoriaBontoc, Southern Leyte	2,255	about 1,168	about 1.93 km²	2.97% a year	Rural
2	UnionBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,934	about 738	about 2.62 km²	2.98% a year	Rural
3	TalisayBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,898	about 1,282	about 1.48 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
4	HilaanBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,671	about 331	about 5.05 km²	3.62% a year	Rural
5	Santo NiñoBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,513	about 1,182	about 1.28 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
6	Santa CruzBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,478	about 2,193	about 0.674 km²	−0.73% a year	Rural
7	BuenavistaBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,434	about 649	about 2.21 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
8	PakuBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,323	about 410	about 3.23 km²	3.27% a year	Rural
9	MahayahayBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,287	about 499	about 2.58 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
10	San RamonBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,267	about 1,871	about 0.677 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
11	PoblacionBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,199	about 8,385	about 0.143 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
12	San VicenteBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,068	about 584	about 1.83 km²	3.35% a year	Rural
13	CasaoBontoc, Southern Leyte	866	about 698	about 1.24 km²	3.48% a year	Rural
14	BungaBontoc, Southern Leyte	830	about 149	about 5.56 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
15	EsperanzaBontoc, Southern Leyte	828	about 213	about 3.89 km²	2.30% a year	Rural
16	GuinsangaanBontoc, Southern Leyte	763	about 474	about 1.61 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
17	SampongonBontoc, Southern Leyte	729	about 241	about 3.03 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
18	MalbagoBontoc, Southern Leyte	726	about 208	about 3.49 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
19	TaytaganBontoc, Southern Leyte	643	about 564	about 1.14 km²	3.41% a year	Rural
20	BaugoBontoc, Southern Leyte	627	about 99	about 6.32 km²	4.93% a year	Rural
21	TaaBontoc, Southern Leyte	608	about 1,025	about 0.593 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
22	MauylabBontoc, Southern Leyte	602	about 485	about 1.24 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
23	CawayananBontoc, Southern Leyte	564	about 135	about 4.19 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
24	BenitonBontoc, Southern Leyte	551	about 244	about 2.26 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
25	PangiBontoc, Southern Leyte	484	about 384	about 1.26 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
26	PamigsianBontoc, Southern Leyte	477	about 64	about 7.44 km²	2.86% a year	Rural
27	BanahaoBontoc, Southern Leyte	459	about 73	about 6.29 km²	4.18% a year	Rural
28	PamahawanBontoc, Southern Leyte	450	about 89	about 5.05 km²	4.94% a year	Rural
29	HimakiloBontoc, Southern Leyte	444	about 267	about 1.66 km²	5.51% a year	Rural
30	HibagwanBontoc, Southern Leyte	442	about 163	about 2.72 km²	3.37% a year	Rural
31	Pong-onBontoc, Southern Leyte	410	about 118	about 3.48 km²	0.71% a year	Rural
32	HitawosBontoc, Southern Leyte	377	about 48	about 7.92 km²	−2.67% a year	Rural
33	CatooganBontoc, Southern Leyte	348	about 152	about 2.29 km²	4.38% a year	Rural
34	CatmonBontoc, Southern Leyte	325	about 111	about 2.92 km²	−1.42% a year	Rural
35	DaoBontoc, Southern Leyte	307	about 169	about 1.82 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
36	AnahaoBontoc, Southern Leyte	282	about 75	about 3.77 km²	−3.56% a year	Rural
37	LawgawanBontoc, Southern Leyte	171	about 49	about 3.50 km²	10.92% a year	Rural
38	LanaoBontoc, Southern Leyte	170	about 44	about 3.88 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
39	TuburanBontoc, Southern Leyte	161	about 100	about 1.61 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
40	OlisihanBontoc, Southern Leyte	111	about 9	about 11.87 km²	−0.21% 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: Eastern Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0081A6DTPH7). 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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