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Barangays in Bislig 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 Bislig City, at a glance

Barangays: 24^[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: 99,872^[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: 7 urban^[4]; 17 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Mangagoy^[5]; Bislig City, Surigao del Sur; 29,324 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: San Jose^[6]; Bislig City, Surigao del Sur; about 59.23 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: Poblacion^{[5, 7]}; Bislig City, Surigao del Sur; 2.37% 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: 8 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Mangagoy, −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.

24 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Bislig City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	MangagoyBislig City, Surigao del Sur	29,324	about 9,646	about 3.04 km²	−0.97% a year	Urban
2	TabonBislig City, Surigao del Sur	13,661	about 1,254	about 10.89 km²	0.18% a year	Urban
3	PoblacionBislig City, Surigao del Sur	11,959	about 1,222	about 9.79 km²	2.37% a year	Urban
4	San RoqueBislig City, Surigao del Sur	6,695	about 118	about 56.67 km²	0.48% a year	Urban
5	San JoseBislig City, Surigao del Sur	4,544	about 77	about 59.23 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
6	ComawasBislig City, Surigao del Sur	3,765	about 907	about 4.15 km²	1.35% a year	Urban
7	LabismaBislig City, Surigao del Sur	3,173	about 281	about 11.31 km²	4.10% a year	Rural
8	MaharlikaBislig City, Surigao del Sur	3,121	about 156	about 19.98 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
9	San FernandoBislig City, Surigao del Sur	3,080	about 626	about 4.92 km²	1.29% a year	Urban
10	San VicenteBislig City, Surigao del Sur	2,646	about 169	about 15.62 km²	−0.43% a year	Urban
11	San IsidroBislig City, Surigao del Sur	2,186	about 194	about 11.27 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
12	BurboananBislig City, Surigao del Sur	1,691	about 61	about 27.55 km²	−1.36% a year	Rural
13	MoneBislig City, Surigao del Sur	1,634	about 58	about 28.16 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
14	San AntonioBislig City, Surigao del Sur	1,486	about 50	about 29.43 km²	1.86% a year	Rural
15	PamaypayanBislig City, Surigao del Sur	1,444	about 31	about 47.05 km²	−2.62% a year	Rural
16	LawiganBislig City, Surigao del Sur	1,441	about 143	about 10.10 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
17	KahayagBislig City, Surigao del Sur	1,317	about 274	about 4.80 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
18	ColetoBislig City, Surigao del Sur	1,307	about 137	about 9.53 km²	−1.82% a year	Rural
19	TumananBislig City, Surigao del Sur	1,050	about 133	about 7.91 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
20	Santa CruzBislig City, Surigao del Sur	1,016	about 126	about 8.09 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
21	SibaroyBislig City, Surigao del Sur	945	about 164	about 5.75 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
22	CaguyaoBislig City, Surigao del Sur	875	about 184	about 4.76 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
23	BuctoBislig City, Surigao del Sur	833	about 136	about 6.12 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
24	PamanlinanBislig City, Surigao del Sur	679	about 33	about 20.32 km²	−0.76% 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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