The Atlas

Barangays in Prosperidad

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 Prosperidad, at a glance

Barangays: 32^[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: 90,162^[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]; 28 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur; 13,081 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: La Purisima^[6]; Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur; about 63.16 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: Patin-ay^{[5, 7]}; Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur; 0.63% 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: 15 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Santa Irene, −0.97% 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.

32 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Prosperidad, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	13,081	about 833	about 15.70 km²	−0.86% a year	Urban
2	Patin-ayProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	9,953	about 682	about 14.59 km²	0.63% a year	Urban
3	Santa IreneProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	6,365	about 524	about 12.14 km²	−0.97% a year	Urban
4	LucenaProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	4,125	about 373	about 11.07 km²	4.08% a year	Rural
5	San VicenteProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	3,951	about 228	about 17.33 km²	1.67% a year	Rural
6	SalvacionProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	3,137	about 193	about 16.27 km²	1.76% a year	Urban
7	La PurisimaProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	3,056	about 48	about 63.16 km²	2.10% a year	Rural
8	AuroraProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	2,976	about 170	about 17.49 km²	−0.72% a year	Rural
9	San JoseProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	2,825	about 55	about 50.98 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
10	Los ArcosProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	2,783	about 185	about 15.07 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
11	MabuhayProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	2,757	about 239	about 11.54 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
12	MagsaysayProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	2,660	about 171	about 15.56 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
13	San MartinProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	2,441	about 49	about 49.97 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
14	AwaProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	2,403	about 411	about 5.84 km²	3.39% a year	Rural
15	AzpetiaProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	2,378	about 143	about 16.58 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
16	San LorenzoProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	2,191	about 154	about 14.24 km²	7.61% a year	Rural
17	La UnionProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	2,063	about 265	about 7.78 km²	3.16% a year	Rural
18	Santa MariaProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	1,954	about 215	about 9.07 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
19	San RafaelProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	1,920	about 276	about 6.96 km²	−1.71% a year	Rural
20	La SuerteProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	1,908	about 338	about 5.64 km²	1.29% a year	Rural
21	La CaridadProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	1,826	about 132	about 13.81 km²	1.26% a year	Rural
22	New MaugProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	1,698	about 206	about 8.23 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
23	Las NavasProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	1,644	about 737	about 2.23 km²	−1.01% a year	Rural
24	San JoaquinProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	1,644	about 54	about 30.59 km²	−1.90% a year	Rural
25	San SalvadorProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	1,577	about 189	about 8.34 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
26	MapagaProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	1,442	about 126	about 11.41 km²	−2.68% a year	Rural
27	NapoProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	1,097	about 227	about 4.84 km²	−1.65% a year	Rural
28	LibertadProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	1,070	about 86	about 12.45 km²	−0.02% a year	Rural
29	La PerianProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	845	about 163	about 5.20 km²	−3.13% a year	Rural
30	San RoqueProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	840	about 58	about 14.52 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
31	SalimbogaonProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	806	about 333	about 2.42 km²	−1.90% a year	Rural
32	San PedroProsperidad, Agusan del Sur	746	about 188	about 3.97 km²	0.26% 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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