The Atlas

Barangays in Valencia

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 Valencia

Barangays in Valencia, at a glance

Barangays: 24^[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: 39,986^[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: 1 urban^[4]; 23 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Balabag East^[5]; Valencia, Negros Oriental; 4,010 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: Dobdob^[6]; Valencia, Negros Oriental; about 50.69 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: 7 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.

24 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Valencia, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Balabag EastValencia, Negros Oriental	4,010	about 2,491	about 1.61 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
2	PalinpinonValencia, Negros Oriental	3,501	about 816	about 4.29 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
3	Bong-aoValencia, Negros Oriental	2,983	about 1,223	about 2.44 km²	−1.88% a year	Rural
4	JawaValencia, Negros Oriental	2,697	about 1,899	about 1.42 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
5	Balabag WestValencia, Negros Oriental	2,516	about 1,613	about 1.56 km²	4.61% a year	Rural
6	MalaunayValencia, Negros Oriental	2,220	about 88	about 25.26 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
7	BalugoValencia, Negros Oriental	2,096	about 1,335	about 1.57 km²	−1.39% a year	Rural
8	PuhaganValencia, Negros Oriental	2,008	about 123	about 16.33 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
9	ApolongValencia, Negros Oriental	1,872	about 241	about 7.76 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
10	BalayagmanokValencia, Negros Oriental	1,650	about 1,352	about 1.22 km²	2.78% a year	Rural
11	BongbongValencia, Negros Oriental	1,644	about 489	about 3.36 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
12	CaidiocanValencia, Negros Oriental	1,591	about 411	about 3.87 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
13	DobdobValencia, Negros Oriental	1,486	about 29	about 50.69 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
14	LiptongValencia, Negros Oriental	1,468	about 1,777	about 0.826 km²	4.46% a year	Rural
15	CalayuganValencia, Negros Oriental	1,344	about 1,451	about 0.926 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
16	LungaValencia, Negros Oriental	1,056	about 84	about 12.51 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
17	PulangbatoValencia, Negros Oriental	1,023	about 169	about 6.06 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
18	SagbangValencia, Negros Oriental	908	about 108	about 8.39 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
19	MalaboValencia, Negros Oriental	868	about 144	about 6.02 km²	2.01% a year	Rural
20	North PoblacionValencia, Negros Oriental	742	about 4,726	about 0.157 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
21	CambucadValencia, Negros Oriental	638	about 281	about 2.27 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
22	BaliliValencia, Negros Oriental	612	about 296	about 2.07 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
23	South PoblacionValencia, Negros Oriental	554	about 3,847	about 0.144 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
24	MampasValencia, Negros Oriental	499	about 160	about 3.11 km²	−0.66% 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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