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Barangays in Placer

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 Placer, at a glance

Barangays: 20^[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: 30,442^[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: 3 urban^[4]; 17 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Magsaysay^[5]; Placer, Surigao del Norte; 5,429 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: Suyoc^[6]; Placer, Surigao del Norte; about 5.94 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: Magsaysay^{[5, 7]}; Placer, Surigao del Norte; −1.02% 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: 3 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Magsaysay, −1.02% 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.

20 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Placer, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	MagsaysayPlacer, Surigao del Norte	5,429	about 2,262	about 2.40 km²	−1.02% a year	Urban
2	Santa CruzPlacer, Surigao del Norte	3,246	about 562	about 5.78 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
3	CentralPlacer, Surigao del Norte	3,109	about 9,870	about 0.315 km²	1.25% a year	Rural
4	Bad-asPlacer, Surigao del Norte	2,407	about 704	about 3.42 km²	1.14% a year	Urban
5	AnislaganPlacer, Surigao del Norte	2,182	about 585	about 3.73 km²	1.42% a year	Rural
6	AmoslogPlacer, Surigao del Norte	1,631	about 377	about 4.33 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
7	EllaperalPlacer, Surigao del Norte	1,375	about 347	about 3.96 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
8	MacalayaPlacer, Surigao del Norte	1,311	about 403	about 3.25 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
9	MabiniPlacer, Surigao del Norte	1,310	about 271	about 4.84 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
10	Bugas-bugasPlacer, Surigao del Norte	1,196	about 212	about 5.65 km²	5.52% a year	Rural
11	IpilPlacer, Surigao del Norte	1,037	about 2,434	about 0.426 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
12	Pananay-anPlacer, Surigao del Norte	880	about 155	about 5.67 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
13	LakandulaPlacer, Surigao del Norte	870	about 360	about 2.42 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
14	PanhutonganPlacer, Surigao del Norte	796	about 692	about 1.15 km²	2.10% a year	Rural
15	TagbongabongPlacer, Surigao del Norte	778	about 489	about 1.59 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
16	BoyonganPlacer, Surigao del Norte	708	about 120	about 5.92 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
17	SuyocPlacer, Surigao del Norte	689	about 116	about 5.94 km²	0.96% a year	Rural
18	Sani-saniPlacer, Surigao del Norte	613	about 311	about 1.97 km²	0.96% a year	Rural
19	San IsidroPlacer, Surigao del Norte	558	about 457	about 1.22 km²	0.22% a year	Urban
20	MagupangePlacer, Surigao del Norte	317	about 364	about 0.87 km²	1.58% 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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