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Barangays in Tayasan

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 Tayasan, at a glance

Barangays: 28^[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: 39,005^[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: 0 urban^[4]; 28 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Tambulan^[5]; Tayasan, Negros Oriental; 3,327 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: Guincalaban^[6]; Tayasan, Negros Oriental; about 21.46 km²
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: 10 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.

28 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Tayasan, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	TambulanTayasan, Negros Oriental	3,327	about 247	about 13.47 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
2	BagoTayasan, Negros Oriental	2,954	about 268	about 11.03 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
3	PoblacionTayasan, Negros Oriental	2,417	about 3,570	about 0.677 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
4	PindahanTayasan, Negros Oriental	2,376	about 354	about 6.72 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
5	MatuogTayasan, Negros Oriental	2,251	about 728	about 3.09 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
6	PalaslanTayasan, Negros Oriental	2,119	about 1,536	about 1.38 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
7	GuincalabanTayasan, Negros Oriental	2,106	about 98	about 21.46 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
8	PinocawanTayasan, Negros Oriental	2,085	about 145	about 14.33 km²	−1.37% a year	Rural
9	Lag-itTayasan, Negros Oriental	1,734	about 99	about 17.47 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
10	TamaoTayasan, Negros Oriental	1,518	about 630	about 2.41 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
11	LutayTayasan, Negros Oriental	1,332	about 614	about 2.17 km²	2.39% a year	Rural
12	TanladTayasan, Negros Oriental	1,288	about 96	about 13.46 km²	6.03% a year	Rural
13	LinaoTayasan, Negros Oriental	1,212	about 191	about 6.34 km²	2.13% a year	Rural
14	CabulotanTayasan, Negros Oriental	1,084	about 599	about 1.81 km²	5.24% a year	Rural
15	JilabanganTayasan, Negros Oriental	1,061	about 130	about 8.19 km²	−4.08% a year	Rural
16	PinalubnganTayasan, Negros Oriental	1,048	about 108	about 9.72 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
17	Ilaya-TayasanTayasan, Negros Oriental	1,046	about 137	about 7.65 km²	3.70% a year	Rural
18	CambayeTayasan, Negros Oriental	1,029	about 165	about 6.22 km²	−4.08% a year	Rural
19	BangaTayasan, Negros Oriental	980	about 307	about 3.19 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
20	SuquibTayasan, Negros Oriental	953	about 138	about 6.93 km²	8.13% a year	Rural
21	Santa CruzTayasan, Negros Oriental	846	about 1,005	about 0.842 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
22	DalauponTayasan, Negros Oriental	824	about 299	about 2.76 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
23	SayingTayasan, Negros Oriental	677	about 202	about 3.35 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
24	MagliheTayasan, Negros Oriental	670	about 130	about 5.15 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
25	MatautaTayasan, Negros Oriental	669	about 437	about 1.53 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
26	NumnumTayasan, Negros Oriental	600	about 121	about 4.97 km²	6.25% a year	Rural
27	MagtuhaoTayasan, Negros Oriental	468	about 384	about 1.22 km²	−6.27% a year	Rural
28	BacongTayasan, Negros Oriental	331	about 387	about 0.855 km²	−4.03% 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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