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Barangays in Bago 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 Bago 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: 192,993^[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: 16 urban^[4]; 8 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Ma-ao Barrio^[5]; Bago City, Negros Occidental; 18,796 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: Mailum^[6]; Bago City, Negros Occidental; about 54.54 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: Busay^{[5, 7]}; Bago City, Negros Occidental; 1.52% 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: 5 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Sampinit, −2.54% a year.

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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 Bago City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Ma-ao BarrioBago City, Negros Occidental	18,796	about 440	about 42.68 km²	1.08% a year	Urban
2	TalocBago City, Negros Occidental	17,822	about 958	about 18.60 km²	1.32% a year	Urban
3	Lag-AsanBago City, Negros Occidental	13,099	about 2,548	about 5.14 km²	0.45% a year	Urban
4	PoblacionBago City, Negros Occidental	11,411	about 4,090	about 2.79 km²	−0.21% a year	Urban
5	Jorge L. AranetaBago City, Negros Occidental	11,211	about 523	about 21.44 km²	0.00% a year	Urban
6	DulaoBago City, Negros Occidental	10,142	about 313	about 32.45 km²	0.03% a year	Urban
7	CalumanganBago City, Negros Occidental	9,758	about 1,313	about 7.43 km²	0.47% a year	Urban
8	MailumBago City, Negros Occidental	9,407	about 172	about 54.54 km²	−1.21% a year	Urban
9	TabunanBago City, Negros Occidental	9,125	about 1,668	about 5.47 km²	−0.62% a year	Urban
10	SampinitBago City, Negros Occidental	8,708	about 1,575	about 5.53 km²	−2.54% a year	Urban
11	Bacong-MontillaBago City, Negros Occidental	8,200	about 161	about 50.83 km²	−0.06% a year	Urban
12	BusayBago City, Negros Occidental	7,794	about 520	about 14.98 km²	1.52% a year	Urban
13	NapolesBago City, Negros Occidental	7,454	about 399	about 18.67 km²	0.05% a year	Urban
14	MalinginBago City, Negros Occidental	7,070	about 419	about 16.88 km²	0.00% a year	Urban
15	AbuananBago City, Negros Occidental	6,177	about 534	about 11.57 km²	0.90% a year	Urban
16	BinubuhanBago City, Negros Occidental	6,015	about 559	about 10.76 km²	0.32% a year	Urban
17	SagasaBago City, Negros Occidental	4,857	about 584	about 8.32 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
18	BalingasagBago City, Negros Occidental	4,837	about 1,390	about 3.48 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
19	PacolBago City, Negros Occidental	4,414	about 510	about 8.66 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
20	AtipuluanBago City, Negros Occidental	4,041	about 626	about 6.46 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
21	CaridadBago City, Negros Occidental	3,939	about 605	about 6.51 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
22	IlijanBago City, Negros Occidental	3,531	about 78	about 45.53 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
23	AlianzaBago City, Negros Occidental	3,193	about 536	about 5.96 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
24	BagroyBago City, Negros Occidental	1,992	about 418	about 4.76 km²	4.11% 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: Negros Island Region (NIR) (OpenSTAT table 0181A6DTHP7). Published August 7, 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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