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Barangays in Kalinga

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]

Open Kalinga

Barangays in Kalinga, at a glance

Barangays: 153^[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: 235,391^[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: 7 urban^[4]; 146 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bulanao^[5]; Tabuk City, Kalinga; 21,219 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: Colayo^[6]; Pasil, Kalinga; about 144.52 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: Agbannawag^{[5, 7]}; Tabuk City, Kalinga; 1.33% 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: 53 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Bulanao, −0.34% a year.

Region: Cordillera Administrative Region

Province: Kalinga

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

Barangays in Kalinga, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	BulanaoTabuk City, Kalinga	21,219	about 655	about 32.42 km²	−0.34% a year	Urban
2	Bulanao NorteTabuk City, Kalinga	6,168	about 1,389	about 4.44 km²	−0.22% a year	Urban
3	AgbannawagTabuk City, Kalinga	6,047	about 208	about 29.08 km²	1.33% a year	Urban
4	MagsaysayTabuk City, Kalinga	5,036	about 898	about 5.61 km²	0.56% a year	Urban
5	Dagupan WesteTabuk City, Kalinga	4,933	about 2,202	about 2.24 km²	−0.46% a year	Urban
6	DilagTabuk City, Kalinga	4,878	about 299	about 16.34 km²	2.22% a year	Rural
7	NambaranTabuk City, Kalinga	4,419	about 143	about 30.83 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
8	BuloTabuk City, Kalinga	4,165	about 87	about 48.10 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
9	IpilTabuk City, Kalinga	3,863	about 190	about 20.32 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
10	LacnogTabuk City, Kalinga	3,766	about 135	about 27.93 km²	1.67% a year	Rural
11	Liwan WestRizal, Kalinga	3,543	about 111	about 31.82 km²	2.80% a year	Rural
12	CudalTabuk City, Kalinga	3,341	about 64	about 52.20 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
13	San JuanTabuk City, Kalinga	3,289	about 600	about 5.48 km²	0.41% a year	Urban
14	Laya WestTabuk City, Kalinga	3,194	about 435	about 7.35 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
15	Pinukpuk JunctionPinukpuk, Kalinga	3,141	about 171	about 18.41 km²	−1.44% a year	Rural
16	AppasTabuk City, Kalinga	3,075	about 459	about 6.70 km²	−1.33% a year	Rural
17	TagaPinukpuk, Kalinga	2,704	about 155	about 17.42 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
18	ApatanPinukpuk, Kalinga	2,534	about 134	about 18.90 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
19	Laya EastTabuk City, Kalinga	2,450	about 790	about 3.10 km²	−2.75% a year	Rural
20	Bado DangwaTabuk City, Kalinga	2,430	about 515	about 4.72 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
21	CasigayanTabuk City, Kalinga	2,379	about 3,519	about 0.676 km²	−1.63% a year	Rural
22	BalongTabuk City, Kalinga	2,365	about 135	about 17.55 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
23	Malin-awaTabuk City, Kalinga	2,343	about 188	about 12.45 km²	2.43% a year	Rural
24	GobgobTabuk City, Kalinga	2,288	about 123	about 18.55 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
25	Babalag WestRizal, Kalinga	2,283	about 128	about 17.82 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
26	CabaruanTabuk City, Kalinga	2,219	about 331	about 6.70 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
27	BayaoPinukpuk, Kalinga	2,195	about 80	about 27.59 km²	1.92% a year	Rural
28	DupliganTanudan, Kalinga	2,191	about 54	about 40.36 km²	1.98% a year	Rural
29	Dagupan CentroTabuk City, Kalinga	2,168	about 5,588	about 0.388 km²	−4.55% a year	Urban
30	MalagnatPinukpuk, Kalinga	2,157	about 137	about 15.77 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
31	CalananTabuk City, Kalinga	2,062	about 151	about 13.63 km²	2.96% a year	Rural
32	MacutayRizal, Kalinga	1,977	about 296	about 6.68 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
33	AmmacianPinukpuk, Kalinga	1,956	about 369	about 5.30 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
34	SocbotPinukpuk, Kalinga	1,953	about 77	about 25.43 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
35	KatabboganPinukpuk, Kalinga	1,886	about 143	about 13.23 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
36	Liwan EastRizal, Kalinga	1,751	about 549	about 3.19 km²	3.71% a year	Rural
37	TugaTabuk City, Kalinga	1,748	about 135	about 12.92 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
38	BalawagTabuk City, Kalinga	1,739	about 65	about 26.63 km²	−1.50% a year	Rural
39	BalantoyBalbalan, Kalinga	1,702	about 52	about 32.70 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
40	AllaguiaPinukpuk, Kalinga	1,678	about 74	about 22.55 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
41	LucogTabuk City, Kalinga	1,674	about 79	about 21.12 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
42	BalatocPasil, Kalinga	1,656	about 20	about 83.72 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
43	SantorRizal, Kalinga	1,618	about 107	about 15.19 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
44	New TanglagTabuk City, Kalinga	1,573	about 122	about 12.90 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
45	BantayTabuk City, Kalinga	1,520	about 151	about 10.09 km²	3.78% a year	Rural
46	MabilongLubuagan, Kalinga	1,498	about 137	about 10.91 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
47	BallayangonPinukpuk, Kalinga	1,492	about 133	about 11.26 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
48	San PascualRizal, Kalinga	1,481	about 572	about 2.59 km²	2.63% a year	Rural
49	LannaTabuk City, Kalinga	1,453	about 141	about 10.30 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
50	CagaluanPasil, Kalinga	1,429	about 149	about 9.61 km²	−0.82% 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: Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) (OpenSTAT table 0151A6DTHP4). Published August 3, 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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