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Barangays in Murcia

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]

Open Murcia

Barangays in Murcia, at a glance

Barangays: 23^[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: 90,123^[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: 8 urban^[4]; 15 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Minoyan^[5]; Murcia, Negros Occidental; 13,310 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: Minoyan^[6]; Murcia, Negros Occidental; about 62.70 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: Cansilayan^{[5, 7]}; Murcia, Negros Occidental; 2.68% 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: 11 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Salvacion, −0.58% 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.

23 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Murcia, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	MinoyanMurcia, Negros Occidental	13,310	about 212	about 62.70 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
2	BlumentrittMurcia, Negros Occidental	12,465	about 474	about 26.29 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
3	SalvacionMurcia, Negros Occidental	6,360	about 774	about 8.22 km²	−0.58% a year	Urban
4	Santa RosaMurcia, Negros Occidental	5,649	about 394	about 14.35 km²	0.66% a year	Urban
5	CansilayanMurcia, Negros Occidental	5,020	about 387	about 12.98 km²	2.68% a year	Urban
6	Santa CruzMurcia, Negros Occidental	4,161	about 517	about 8.05 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
7	Lopez JaenaMurcia, Negros Occidental	4,141	about 448	about 9.24 km²	−1.47% a year	Rural
8	Abo-aboMurcia, Negros Occidental	3,946	about 477	about 8.28 km²	3.68% a year	Rural
9	CanlandogMurcia, Negros Occidental	3,872	about 79	about 49.07 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
10	San MiguelMurcia, Negros Occidental	3,845	about 508	about 7.57 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
11	PandanonMurcia, Negros Occidental	3,495	about 549	about 6.37 km²	3.89% a year	Rural
12	AlegriaMurcia, Negros Occidental	3,477	about 383	about 9.09 km²	−2.06% a year	Urban
13	CalibanMurcia, Negros Occidental	3,241	about 511	about 6.34 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
14	BuenavistaMurcia, Negros Occidental	2,995	about 148	about 20.30 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
15	DamsiteMurcia, Negros Occidental	2,918	about 274	about 10.66 km²	−2.15% a year	Rural
16	AmaycoMurcia, Negros Occidental	2,610	about 252	about 10.34 km²	2.78% a year	Rural
17	Iglau-anMurcia, Negros Occidental	2,136	about 421	about 5.07 km²	−1.50% a year	Rural
18	TalotogMurcia, Negros Occidental	1,921	about 324	about 5.93 km²	−1.36% a year	Rural
19	Zone IMurcia, Negros Occidental	1,856	about 21,407	about 0.0867 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
20	Zone VMurcia, Negros Occidental	937	about 17,067	about 0.0549 km²	−3.41% a year	Rural
21	Zone IIIMurcia, Negros Occidental	658	about 9,676	about 0.068 km²	3.29% a year	Urban
22	Zone IVMurcia, Negros Occidental	654	about 11,104	about 0.0589 km²	4.93% a year	Rural
23	Zone IIMurcia, Negros Occidental	456	about 6,746	about 0.0676 km²	−1.85% 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: 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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