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Barangays in Santa Catalina

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 Santa Catalina, at a glance

Barangays: 22^[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: 80,382^[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: 5 urban^[4]; 17 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental; 14,906 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: Nagbinlod^[6]; Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental; about 89.14 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: Nagbalaye^{[5, 7]}; Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental; 1.92% 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: 3 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.

22 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Santa Catalina, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	14,906	about 1,036	about 14.39 km²	1.46% a year	Urban
2	NagbalayeSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	6,310	about 316	about 20.00 km²	1.92% a year	Urban
3	CawitanSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	6,004	about 756	about 7.94 km²	0.20% a year	Urban
4	ManalongonSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	5,024	about 728	about 6.90 km²	0.12% a year	Urban
5	San FranciscoSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	4,840	about 206	about 23.53 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
6	TalalakSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	4,785	about 84	about 56.73 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
7	CaranocheSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	4,508	about 672	about 6.71 km²	1.03% a year	Urban
8	AlangilanSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	4,458	about 421	about 10.58 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
9	MilagrosaSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	3,714	about 93	about 39.82 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
10	NagbinlodSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	3,086	about 35	about 89.14 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
11	San PedroSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	2,958	about 138	about 21.41 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
12	KabulacanSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	2,957	about 206	about 14.36 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
13	San JoseSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	2,499	about 223	about 11.23 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
14	ObatSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	2,377	about 158	about 15.06 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
15	CaiganganSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	1,834	about 322	about 5.69 km²	2.39% a year	Rural
16	AmioSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	1,809	about 128	about 14.18 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
17	MabuhaySanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	1,747	about 292	about 5.98 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
18	FatimaSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	1,604	about 432	about 3.71 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
19	San MiguelSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	1,514	about 136	about 11.13 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
20	MansagomayonSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	1,263	about 115	about 10.95 km²	2.86% a year	Rural
21	BuenavistaSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	1,242	about 56	about 22.18 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
22	Santo RosarioSanta Catalina, Negros Oriental	943	about 174	about 5.43 km²	−2.83% 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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