The Atlas

Barangays in Baco

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 Baco, 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: 40,159^[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: Mangangan I^[5]; Baco, Oriental Mindoro; 3,508 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 Ignacio^[6]; Baco, Oriental Mindoro; about 12.66 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: 11 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 Baco, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Mangangan IBaco, Oriental Mindoro	3,508	about 417	about 8.41 km²	6.58% a year	Rural
2	BangkatanBaco, Oriental Mindoro	2,953	about 243	about 12.16 km²	5.24% a year	Rural
3	PoblacionBaco, Oriental Mindoro	2,674	about 686	about 3.90 km²	−1.60% a year	Rural
4	Dulangan IIBaco, Oriental Mindoro	2,583	about 259	about 9.98 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
5	San IgnacioBaco, Oriental Mindoro	2,459	about 194	about 12.66 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
6	Dulangan IBaco, Oriental Mindoro	2,218	about 366	about 6.06 km²	5.50% a year	Rural
7	Santa Rosa IBaco, Oriental Mindoro	2,168	about 511	about 4.24 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
8	BarasBaco, Oriental Mindoro	2,159	about 338	about 6.38 km²	8.05% a year	Rural
9	MayabigBaco, Oriental Mindoro	1,713	about 366	about 4.68 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
10	Tabon-tabonBaco, Oriental Mindoro	1,591	about 435	about 3.66 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
11	Catwiran IIBaco, Oriental Mindoro	1,526	about 545	about 2.80 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
12	Santa Rosa IIBaco, Oriental Mindoro	1,501	about 357	about 4.21 km²	−3.09% a year	Rural
13	Catwiran IBaco, Oriental Mindoro	1,495	about 596	about 2.51 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
14	TagumpayBaco, Oriental Mindoro	1,302	about 202	about 6.43 km²	−7.32% a year	Rural
15	PambisanBaco, Oriental Mindoro	1,202	about 2,624	about 0.458 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
16	WaterBaco, Oriental Mindoro	1,167	about 173	about 6.76 km²	−7.12% a year	Rural
17	AlagBaco, Oriental Mindoro	1,059	about 415	about 2.55 km²	−2.28% a year	Rural
18	BayananBaco, Oriental Mindoro	1,047	about 155	about 6.75 km²	−8.52% a year	Rural
19	Pulang-TubigBaco, Oriental Mindoro	954	about 608	about 1.57 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
20	Mangangan IIBaco, Oriental Mindoro	847	about 314	about 2.70 km²	1.41% a year	Rural
21	BurbuliBaco, Oriental Mindoro	833	about 386	about 2.16 km²	8.45% a year	Rural
22	LantuyangBaco, Oriental Mindoro	745	about 114	about 6.53 km²	−12.19% a year	Rural
23	Lumang BayanBaco, Oriental Mindoro	710	about 436	about 1.63 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
24	Putican-CabuloBaco, Oriental Mindoro	599	about 230	about 2.60 km²	4.33% a year	Rural
25	MalapadBaco, Oriental Mindoro	559	about 383	about 1.46 km²	2.47% a year	Rural
26	San AndresBaco, Oriental Mindoro	312	about 220	about 1.42 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
27	Santa CruzBaco, Oriental Mindoro	275	about 82	about 3.34 km²	−10.32% 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: MIMAROPA Region (OpenSTAT table 0161A6DTHP5). 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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