The Atlas

Barangays in Plaridel

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 Plaridel, at a glance

Barangays: 33^[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: 40,321^[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]; 33 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bato^[5]; Plaridel, Misamis Occidental; 3,457 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: Bato^[6]; Plaridel, Misamis Occidental; about 8.20 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: 11 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.

33 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Plaridel, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	BatoPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	3,457	about 422	about 8.20 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
2	PanalsalanPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	3,316	about 661	about 5.02 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
3	UnidosPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	2,673	about 825	about 3.24 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
4	UsocanPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	2,404	about 1,390	about 1.73 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
5	Mamanga DakuPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	2,199	about 666	about 3.30 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
6	Looc ProperPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	1,920	about 1,466	about 1.31 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
7	TipoloPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	1,864	about 696	about 2.68 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
8	Southern LoocPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	1,692	about 2,373	about 0.713 km²	1.40% a year	Rural
9	Southern PoblacionPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	1,674	about 4,292	about 0.39 km²	−2.33% a year	Rural
10	ClarinPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	1,398	about 553	about 2.53 km²	−0.02% a year	Rural
11	Eastern LoocPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	1,351	about 6,464	about 0.209 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
12	CebulinPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	1,243	about 290	about 4.29 km²	3.04% a year	Rural
13	KauswaganPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	1,216	about 1,013	about 1.20 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
14	Lao ProperPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	1,199	about 1,882	about 0.637 km²	4.25% a year	Rural
15	KatipunanPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	1,197	about 593	about 2.02 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
16	DanaoPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	1,044	about 378	about 2.76 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
17	MangidkidPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	990	about 697	about 1.42 km²	1.02% a year	Rural
18	Calaca-anPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	883	about 1,054	about 0.838 km²	2.21% a year	Rural
19	Santa CruzPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	859	about 636	about 1.35 km²	−2.29% a year	Rural
20	Northern PoblacionPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	832	about 2,899	about 0.287 km²	−3.20% a year	Rural
21	Lao Santa CruzPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	808	about 697	about 1.16 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
22	Mamanga GamayPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	791	about 565	about 1.40 km²	1.22% a year	Rural
23	Cartagena ProperPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	704	about 177	about 3.98 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
24	CatarmanPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	676	about 1,101	about 0.614 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
25	DebolocPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	598	about 149	about 4.02 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
26	IlisanPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	544	about 523	about 1.04 km²	−2.40% a year	Rural
27	AgunodPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	500	about 95	about 5.25 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
28	PuntodPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	468	about 275	about 1.70 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
29	Buena VoluntadPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	447	about 169	about 2.65 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
30	New LookPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	393	about 287	about 1.37 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
31	QuirinoPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	386	about 53	about 7.32 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
32	New CartagenaPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	339	about 61	about 5.52 km²	−1.69% a year	Rural
33	DivisoriaPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	256	about 125	about 2.05 km²	0.28% 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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