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Barangays in San Fernando

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 Fernando, at a glance

Barangays: 24^[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: 65,494^[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: 4 urban^[4]; 20 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Halapitan^[5]; San Fernando, Bukidnon; 11,633 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: Kalagangan^[6]; San Fernando, Bukidnon; about 76.17 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: Namnam^{[5, 7]}; San Fernando, Bukidnon; 0.62% 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: 7 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Kalagangan, −1.70% 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.

24 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in San Fernando, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	HalapitanSan Fernando, Bukidnon	11,633	about 525	about 22.14 km²	−0.19% a year	Urban
2	KalaganganSan Fernando, Bukidnon	5,602	about 74	about 76.17 km²	−1.70% a year	Urban
3	Little BaguioSan Fernando, Bukidnon	5,513	about 113	about 48.81 km²	−0.63% a year	Urban
4	NamnamSan Fernando, Bukidnon	5,150	about 207	about 24.87 km²	0.62% a year	Urban
5	MatupeSan Fernando, Bukidnon	3,060	about 175	about 17.50 km²	6.59% a year	Rural
6	MabuhaySan Fernando, Bukidnon	3,049	about 476	about 6.40 km²	−2.57% a year	Rural
7	MagkalungaySan Fernando, Bukidnon	2,706	about 100	about 26.97 km²	2.28% a year	Rural
8	Sacramento ValleySan Fernando, Bukidnon	2,650	about 193	about 13.73 km²	4.75% a year	Rural
9	KibongcogSan Fernando, Bukidnon	2,440	about 45	about 54.30 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
10	KawayanSan Fernando, Bukidnon	2,433	about 126	about 19.38 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
11	IglugsadSan Fernando, Bukidnon	2,190	about 145	about 15.07 km²	8.61% a year	Rural
12	CayagaSan Fernando, Bukidnon	2,176	about 140	about 15.52 km²	8.69% a year	Rural
13	BonacaoSan Fernando, Bukidnon	2,059	about 172	about 11.97 km²	−2.33% a year	Rural
14	DaoSan Fernando, Bukidnon	1,948	about 66	about 29.34 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
15	TugopSan Fernando, Bukidnon	1,684	about 342	about 4.93 km²	−1.64% a year	Rural
16	Santo DomingoSan Fernando, Bukidnon	1,622	about 84	about 19.28 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
17	NacabukladSan Fernando, Bukidnon	1,562	about 46	about 33.81 km²	3.84% a year	Rural
18	PalacpacanSan Fernando, Bukidnon	1,515	about 230	about 6.59 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
19	San JoseSan Fernando, Bukidnon	1,391	about 82	about 16.98 km²	1.98% a year	Rural
20	MalayananSan Fernando, Bukidnon	1,348	about 97	about 13.91 km²	4.41% a year	Rural
21	DurianSan Fernando, Bukidnon	1,203	about 37	about 32.42 km²	2.99% a year	Rural
22	CandelariaSan Fernando, Bukidnon	990	about 24	about 40.96 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
23	BulalangSan Fernando, Bukidnon	814	about 28	about 29.20 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
24	CabulingSan Fernando, Bukidnon	756	about 26	about 29.02 km²	−4.40% 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 : Region X (Northern Mindanao) (OpenSTAT table 0101A6DTPH9). 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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