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Barangays in Basilisa

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 Basilisa, at a glance

Barangays: 27^[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: 27,238^[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: 0 urban^[4]; 27 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Tag-abaca^[5]; Basilisa, Dinagat Islands; 2,687 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: Puerto Princesa^[6]; Basilisa, Dinagat Islands; about 14.37 km²
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]

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.

27 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Basilisa, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Tag-abacaBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	2,687	about 487	about 5.52 km²	−4.97% a year	Rural
2	SeringBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	2,247	about 747	about 3.01 km²	−8.02% a year	Rural
3	Doña HeleneBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,957	about 1,216	about 1.61 km²	−5.39% a year	Rural
4	Puerto PrincesaBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,793	about 125	about 14.37 km²	−3.94% a year	Rural
5	FerdinandBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,574	about 1,086	about 1.45 km²	−5.03% a year	Rural
6	NavarroBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,302	about 184	about 7.08 km²	−6.68% a year	Rural
7	Rita GlendaBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,294	about 191	about 6.78 km²	−10.67% a year	Rural
8	Santo NiñoBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,280	about 395	about 3.24 km²	−4.37% a year	Rural
9	CortesBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,141	about 746	about 1.53 km²	−5.82% a year	Rural
10	DiegasBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,141	about 444	about 2.57 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
11	MelgarBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,081	about 135	about 8.00 km²	−7.11% a year	Rural
12	Villa EcleoBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	955	about 113	about 8.46 km²	−3.77% a year	Rural
13	New NazarethBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	940	about 416	about 2.26 km²	−5.69% a year	Rural
14	GeotinaBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	894	about 199	about 4.49 km²	−8.72% a year	Rural
15	EderaBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	876	about 378	about 2.32 km²	−5.90% a year	Rural
16	CatadmanBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	705	about 743	about 0.949 km²	−6.52% a year	Rural
17	MontagBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	649	about 81	about 7.97 km²	−16.09% a year	Rural
18	RoxasBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	594	about 1,024	about 0.58 km²	−17.12% a year	Rural
19	SombradoBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	591	about 585	about 1.01 km²	−5.00% a year	Rural
20	Santa MonicaBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	527	about 1,082	about 0.487 km²	−6.42% a year	Rural
21	Villa PantinopleBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	521	about 562	about 0.927 km²	−5.68% a year	Rural
22	BenglenBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	513	about 122	about 4.21 km²	−9.56% a year	Rural
23	RomaBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	473	about 82	about 5.75 km²	−19.75% a year	Rural
24	ImeeBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	421	about 526	about 0.801 km²	−3.81% a year	Rural
25	CoringBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	384	about 191	about 2.01 km²	−5.59% a year	Rural
26	PoblacionBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	354	about 375	about 0.944 km²	−8.56% a year	Rural
27	ColumbusBasilisa, Dinagat Islands	344	about 200	about 1.72 km²	−5.42% 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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