The Atlas

Barangays in Butuan City

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 Butuan City, at a glance

Barangays: 86^[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: 385,530^[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: 43 urban^[4]; 43 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Libertad^[5]; Butuan City, Agusan del Norte; 24,880 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: Anticala^[6]; Butuan City, Agusan del Norte; about 47.73 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: Tungao^{[5, 7]}; Butuan City, Agusan del Norte; 7.00% 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: 27 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Villa Kananga, −5.40% 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.

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

Barangays in Butuan City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	LibertadButuan City, Agusan del Norte	24,880	about 3,261	about 7.63 km²	−0.40% a year	Urban
2	San VicenteButuan City, Agusan del Norte	20,369	about 4,447	about 4.58 km²	1.05% a year	Urban
3	AmbagoButuan City, Agusan del Norte	15,523	about 2,218	about 7.00 km²	3.16% a year	Urban
4	Baan KM 3Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	15,066	about 1,460	about 10.32 km²	0.86% a year	Urban
5	DoonganButuan City, Agusan del Norte	14,591	about 3,901	about 3.74 km²	1.32% a year	Urban
6	AmpayonButuan City, Agusan del Norte	13,872	about 2,144	about 6.47 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
7	Villa KanangaButuan City, Agusan del Norte	9,843	about 2,632	about 3.74 km²	−5.40% a year	Urban
8	Holy Redeemer Pob.Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	9,184	about 19,458	about 0.472 km²	1.23% a year	Urban
9	Obrero Pob.Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	8,505	about 15,838	about 0.537 km²	−0.39% a year	Urban
10	TaguiboButuan City, Agusan del Norte	7,566	about 1,101	about 6.87 km²	6.34% a year	Urban
11	BonbonButuan City, Agusan del Norte	6,859	about 528	about 12.98 km²	2.10% a year	Urban
12	PagatpatanButuan City, Agusan del Norte	6,781	about 2,439	about 2.78 km²	1.48% a year	Urban
13	Mahogany Pob.Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	6,264	about 5,011	about 1.25 km²	0.39% a year	Urban
14	Port Poyohon Pob.Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	6,201	about 13,842	about 0.448 km²	−1.51% a year	Urban
15	TungaoButuan City, Agusan del Norte	6,109	about 1,554	about 3.93 km²	7.00% a year	Urban
16	Los AngelesButuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,861	about 330	about 17.74 km²	0.84% a year	Urban
17	Agusan PequeñoButuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,740	about 4,129	about 1.39 km²	0.79% a year	Urban
18	Bading Pob.Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,676	about 5,511	about 1.03 km²	0.03% a year	Urban
19	Bayanihan Pob.Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,616	about 4,011	about 1.40 km²	−0.04% a year	Urban
20	BancasiButuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,598	about 607	about 9.22 km²	0.92% a year	Urban
21	Baan Riverside Pob.Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,569	about 9,552	about 0.583 km²	0.40% a year	Urban
22	SumilihonButuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,325	about 621	about 8.57 km²	1.84% a year	Urban
23	TiniwisanButuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,305	about 912	about 5.82 km²	6.68% a year	Urban
24	Limaha Pob.Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,302	about 9,570	about 0.554 km²	−1.21% a year	Urban
25	Buhangin Pob.Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,291	about 3,504	about 1.51 km²	1.34% a year	Urban
26	MahayButuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,235	about 1,055	about 4.96 km²	1.73% a year	Urban
27	Maon Pob.Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,224	about 6,793	about 0.769 km²	−0.17% a year	Urban
28	LumbocanButuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,082	about 1,068	about 4.76 km²	0.59% a year	Urban
29	BanzaButuan City, Agusan del Norte	5,055	about 982	about 5.15 km²	0.56% a year	Urban
30	AnticalaButuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,969	about 104	about 47.73 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
31	Jose Rizal Pob.Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,798	about 8,676	about 0.553 km²	−0.54% a year	Urban
32	TaligamanButuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,774	about 1,029	about 4.64 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
33	PangabuganButuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,747	about 11,014	about 0.431 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
34	Ong Yiu Pob.Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,692	about 13,483	about 0.348 km²	−3.00% a year	Urban
35	Golden Ribbon Pob.Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,568	about 10,774	about 0.424 km²	−0.28% a year	Urban
36	AntongalonButuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,182	about 598	about 6.99 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
37	Tandang Sora Pob.Butuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,162	about 11,341	about 0.367 km²	0.89% a year	Urban
38	BasagButuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,062	about 489	about 8.30 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
39	TagabacaButuan City, Agusan del Norte	4,031	about 383	about 10.52 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
40	Bit-osButuan City, Agusan del Norte	3,998	about 223	about 17.93 km²	7.52% a year	Rural
41	KinamlutanButuan City, Agusan del Norte	3,995	about 498	about 8.02 km²	1.92% a year	Rural
42	MaguindaButuan City, Agusan del Norte	3,954	about 242	about 16.37 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
43	Manila de BugabusButuan City, Agusan del Norte	3,926	about 144	about 27.30 km²	1.02% a year	Rural
44	San MateoButuan City, Agusan del Norte	3,571	about 81	about 44.05 km²	−3.63% a year	Rural
45	AmparoButuan City, Agusan del Norte	3,412	about 262	about 13.03 km²	0.94% a year	Urban
46	PinamanculanButuan City, Agusan del Norte	3,345	about 515	about 6.49 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
47	Santo NiñoButuan City, Agusan del Norte	3,312	about 185	about 17.87 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
48	DumalaganButuan City, Agusan del Norte	3,232	about 1,007	about 3.21 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
49	CabcabonButuan City, Agusan del Norte	3,112	about 445	about 6.99 km²	2.38% a year	Rural
50	MaugButuan City, Agusan del Norte	3,046	about 748	about 4.07 km²	0.49% 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 XIII (Caraga) (OpenSTAT table 0131A6DTHP2). 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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