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Barangays in Barobo

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 Barobo, at a glance

Barangays: 22^[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: 53,729^[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]; 18 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Barobo, Surigao del Sur; 14,624 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: Tambis^[6]; Barobo, Surigao del Sur; about 36.47 km²

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.

22 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Barobo, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionBarobo, Surigao del Sur	14,624	about 2,683	about 5.45 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
2	TambisBarobo, Surigao del Sur	6,280	about 172	about 36.47 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
3	GamutBarobo, Surigao del Sur	3,388	about 116	about 29.19 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
4	AmagaBarobo, Surigao del Sur	2,997	about 511	about 5.86 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
5	WakatBarobo, Surigao del Sur	2,737	about 847	about 3.23 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
6	CambagangBarobo, Surigao del Sur	2,537	about 215	about 11.81 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
7	JavierBarobo, Surigao del Sur	2,180	about 80	about 27.13 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
8	BahiBarobo, Surigao del Sur	2,172	about 136	about 16.01 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
9	RizalBarobo, Surigao del Sur	1,854	about 316	about 5.86 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
10	DapdapBarobo, Surigao del Sur	1,842	about 899	about 2.05 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
11	DughanBarobo, Surigao del Sur	1,603	about 246	about 6.51 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
12	CabacunganBarobo, Surigao del Sur	1,581	about 93	about 17.01 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
13	GuinhalinanBarobo, Surigao del Sur	1,500	no border mapped	no border mapped	no 2020 count	Rural
14	San VicenteBarobo, Surigao del Sur	1,400	about 225	about 6.23 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
15	KinayanBarobo, Surigao del Sur	1,368	about 563	about 2.43 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
16	SuaBarobo, Surigao del Sur	1,079	about 258	about 4.18 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
17	San JoseBarobo, Surigao del Sur	1,062	about 93	about 11.39 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
18	UnidadBarobo, Surigao del Sur	955	about 155	about 6.16 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
19	San RoqueBarobo, Surigao del Sur	818	about 133	about 6.13 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
20	CauswaganBarobo, Surigao del Sur	713	about 118	about 6.04 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
21	MamisBarobo, Surigao del Sur	654	about 76	about 8.64 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
22	SudlonBarobo, Surigao del Sur	385	about 25	about 15.67 km²	no 2020 count	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

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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