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Barangays in El Nido

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 El Nido, at a glance

Barangays: 18^[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: 51,367^[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]; 11 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bucana^[5]; El Nido, Palawan; 6,083 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: New Ibajay^[6]; El Nido, Palawan; about 59.72 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: Bucana^{[5, 7]}; El Nido, Palawan; 1.55% 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: 7 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.

18 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in El Nido, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	BucanaEl Nido, Palawan	6,083	about 283	about 21.48 km²	1.55% a year	Urban
2	Villa LibertadEl Nido, Palawan	5,380	about 220	about 24.50 km²	0.21% a year	Urban
3	TeneguibanEl Nido, Palawan	5,304	about 111	about 47.64 km²	0.83% a year	Urban
4	New IbajayEl Nido, Palawan	3,571	about 60	about 59.72 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
5	Corong-corong Pob.El Nido, Palawan	3,532	about 165	about 21.41 km²	−0.68% a year	Urban
6	PasadeñaEl Nido, Palawan	3,104	about 57	about 54.46 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
7	ManlagEl Nido, Palawan	2,779	about 62	about 44.95 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
8	BarotuanEl Nido, Palawan	2,664	about 104	about 25.64 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
9	San FernandoEl Nido, Palawan	2,553	about 114	about 22.32 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
10	Buena Suerte Pob.El Nido, Palawan	2,426	about 180	about 13.51 km²	−0.28% a year	Urban
11	Masagana Pob.El Nido, Palawan	2,153	about 1,259	about 1.71 km²	−1.18% a year	Urban
12	BebeladanEl Nido, Palawan	2,141	about 36	about 58.74 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
13	SibaltanEl Nido, Palawan	2,047	about 54	about 38.12 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
14	AberawanEl Nido, Palawan	1,687	about 54	about 31.07 km²	3.96% a year	Rural
15	MabiniEl Nido, Palawan	1,646	about 41	about 40.00 km²	−0.74% a year	Rural
16	Bagong BayanEl Nido, Palawan	1,498	about 68	about 21.87 km²	2.31% a year	Rural
17	Villa PazEl Nido, Palawan	1,419	about 38	about 37.59 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
18	Maligaya Pob.El Nido, Palawan	1,380	about 1,753	about 0.787 km²	−0.87% a year	Urban

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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