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Barangays in Dumaguete 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]

Open Dumaguete City

Barangays in Dumaguete City, at a glance

Barangays: 30^[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: 142,171^[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: 28 urban^[4]; 2 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Batinguel^[5]; Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental; 13,380 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: Banilad^[6]; Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental; about 3.31 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: Batinguel^{[5, 7]}; Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental; 7.32% 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: Junob, −2.34% a year.

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.

30 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Dumaguete City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	BatinguelDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	13,380	about 6,862	about 1.95 km²	7.32% a year	Urban
2	Candau-ayDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	10,051	about 3,191	about 3.15 km²	1.12% a year	Urban
3	BaniladDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	9,898	about 2,990	about 3.31 km²	0.58% a year	Urban
4	BajumpandanDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	9,755	about 3,752	about 2.60 km²	5.25% a year	Urban
5	BagacayDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	9,361	about 5,605	about 1.67 km²	−0.58% a year	Urban
6	TacloboDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	9,094	about 6,638	about 1.37 km²	−0.94% a year	Urban
7	CadawinonanDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	7,628	about 4,435	about 1.72 km²	2.48% a year	Urban
8	JunobDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	6,932	about 3,027	about 2.29 km²	−2.34% a year	Urban
9	CalindaganDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	6,362	about 6,413	about 0.992 km²	−1.27% a year	Urban
10	DaroDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	6,079	about 4,503	about 1.35 km²	−0.33% a year	Urban
11	PiapiDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	5,470	about 6,018	about 0.909 km²	2.97% a year	Urban
12	TalayDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	5,174	about 2,320	about 2.23 km²	0.22% a year	Urban
13	Cantil-eDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	5,138	about 2,401	about 2.14 km²	2.18% a year	Urban
14	LoocDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	4,990	about 8,678	about 0.575 km²	5.05% a year	Urban
15	CamanjacDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	4,969	about 2,322	about 2.14 km²	0.54% a year	Urban
16	BalugoDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	4,409	about 3,527	about 1.25 km²	1.70% a year	Rural
17	BantayanDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	4,241	about 3,476	about 1.22 km²	−1.04% a year	Urban
18	Mangnao-CanalDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	3,582	about 4,920	about 0.728 km²	3.42% a year	Urban
19	PulantubigDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	2,887	about 3,875	about 0.745 km²	−0.87% a year	Urban
20	MotongDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	2,567	about 4,727	about 0.543 km²	1.33% a year	Urban
21	BunaoDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	2,498	about 5,490	about 0.455 km²	−2.05% a year	Urban
22	Poblacion No. 1Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental	2,129	about 19,009	about 0.112 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
23	TabuctubigDumaguete City, Negros Oriental	1,970	about 5,104	about 0.386 km²	8.55% a year	Urban
24	Poblacion No. 8Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental	1,490	about 14,327	about 0.104 km²	−1.23% a year	Urban
25	Poblacion No. 2Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental	1,075	about 20,019	about 0.0537 km²	0.45% a year	Urban
26	Poblacion No. 6Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental	273	about 3,719	about 0.0734 km²	1.65% a year	Urban
27	Poblacion No. 4Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental	238	about 2,267	about 0.105 km²	1.36% a year	Urban
28	Poblacion No. 3Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental	214	about 1,313	about 0.163 km²	2.51% a year	Urban
29	Poblacion No. 7Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental	171	about 3,037	about 0.0563 km²	−0.55% a year	Urban
30	Poblacion No. 5Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental	146	about 1,058	about 0.138 km²	0.67% 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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