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Barangays in Guihulngan 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 Guihulngan City, at a glance

Barangays: 33^[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: 106,576^[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: 4 urban^[4]; 29 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental; 16,901 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: Sandayao^[6]; Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental; about 36.58 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: Poblacion^{[5, 7]}; Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental; 1.08% 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: 9 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Hibaiyo, −0.41% 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.

33 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Guihulngan City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	16,901	about 2,198	about 7.69 km²	1.08% a year	Urban
2	TrinidadGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	6,518	about 336	about 19.37 km²	0.75% a year	Urban
3	HibaiyoGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	5,507	about 291	about 18.94 km²	−0.41% a year	Urban
4	HilaitanGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	5,279	about 548	about 9.63 km²	−0.23% a year	Urban
5	BasakGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	4,670	about 518	about 9.01 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
6	BuenavistaGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	4,528	about 432	about 10.47 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
7	MalusayGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	4,057	about 655	about 6.19 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
8	BuladoGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	3,817	about 287	about 13.28 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
9	Tinayunan BeachGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	3,797	about 1,137	about 3.34 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
10	CalambaGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	3,628	about 303	about 11.97 km²	2.61% a year	Rural
11	SandayaoGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	3,578	about 98	about 36.58 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
12	BalogoGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	3,057	about 157	about 19.41 km²	3.60% a year	Rural
13	LinantuyanGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	3,006	about 192	about 15.66 km²	2.57% a year	Rural
14	Padre ZamoraGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	2,773	about 736	about 3.77 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
15	MckinleyGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	2,639	about 1,015	about 2.60 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
16	Tinayunan HillGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	2,514	about 323	about 7.78 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
17	VillegasGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	2,464	about 385	about 6.40 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
18	HinakpanGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	2,221	about 157	about 14.18 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
19	ManiakGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	2,210	about 137	about 16.19 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
20	MagsaysayGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	2,059	about 178	about 11.54 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
21	MabungaGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	1,914	about 146	about 13.07 km²	0.71% a year	Rural
22	LuzGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	1,906	about 145	about 13.18 km²	2.59% a year	Rural
23	KagawasanGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	1,901	about 458	about 4.15 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
24	PlanasGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	1,881	about 173	about 10.85 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
25	HumayhumayGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	1,768	about 272	about 6.49 km²	3.00% a year	Rural
26	BanwaqueGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	1,745	about 135	about 12.97 km²	3.96% a year	Rural
27	NagsahaGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	1,658	about 281	about 5.91 km²	1.43% a year	Rural
28	Calupa-anGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	1,631	about 86	about 19.05 km²	−3.30% a year	Rural
29	BinobohanGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	1,612	about 170	about 9.47 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
30	TacpaoGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	1,606	about 119	about 13.54 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
31	ImeldaGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	1,475	about 106	about 13.94 km²	1.40% a year	Rural
32	BakidGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	1,136	about 282	about 4.03 km²	−2.82% a year	Rural
33	PlagatasanonGuihulngan City, Negros Oriental	1,120	about 166	about 6.73 km²	1.01% 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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