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Barangays in Besao

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 Besao, at a glance

Barangays: 14^[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: 6,315^[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]; 14 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Kin-iway^[5]; Besao, Mountain Province; 822 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: Ambaguio^[6]; Besao, Mountain Province; about 46.13 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: 9 barangays^[7]

Region: Cordillera Administrative Region

Province: Mountain Province

Town: Besao

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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.

14 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Besao, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Kin-iwayBesao, Mountain Province	822	about 267	about 3.08 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
2	LaylayaBesao, Mountain Province	760	about 70	about 10.88 km²	−3.27% a year	Rural
3	TamboanBesao, Mountain Province	640	about 33	about 19.25 km²	−5.13% a year	Rural
4	BanguitanBesao, Mountain Province	599	about 62	about 9.72 km²	−1.24% a year	Rural
5	GuedayBesao, Mountain Province	527	about 49	about 10.68 km²	−3.90% a year	Rural
6	CatenganBesao, Mountain Province	440	about 24	about 18.43 km²	−6.41% a year	Rural
7	PadanganBesao, Mountain Province	413	about 158	about 2.62 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
8	PayeoBesao, Mountain Province	403	about 226	about 1.78 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
9	Besao WestBesao, Mountain Province	398	about 858	about 0.464 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
10	AgawaBesao, Mountain Province	332	about 91	about 3.66 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
11	SuquibBesao, Mountain Province	311	about 319	about 0.976 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
12	Besao EastBesao, Mountain Province	297	about 758	about 0.392 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
13	AmbaguioBesao, Mountain Province	189	about 4	about 46.13 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
14	LacmaanBesao, Mountain Province	184	about 58	about 3.16 km²	0.00% 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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