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Barangays in Bicol Region

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 Bicol Region

Barangays in Bicol Region, at a glance

Barangays: 3,471^[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: 6,064,426^[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: 350 urban^[4]; 3,121 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Concepcion Pequeña^[5]; Naga City, Camarines Sur; 26,192 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: Cabadisan^[6]; Ragay, Camarines Sur; about 100.30 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: Carangcang^{[5, 7]}; Magarao, Camarines Sur; 14.05% 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: 1,770 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Magang, −5.05% 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.

3,471 barangays, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Bicol Region, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Concepcion PequeñaNaga City, Camarines Sur	26,192	about 7,137	about 3.67 km²	0.99% a year	Urban
2	CararayanNaga City, Camarines Sur	22,596	about 2,577	about 8.77 km²	3.35% a year	Urban
3	San FelipeNaga City, Camarines Sur	22,432	about 3,770	about 5.95 km²	1.48% a year	Urban
4	BibincahanSorsogon City, Sorsogon	22,265	about 2,783	about 8.00 km²	1.86% a year	Urban
5	Bgy. 56 - TaysanLegazpi City, Albay	20,017	about 2,125	about 9.42 km²	6.84% a year	Urban
6	San JosePili, Camarines Sur	17,519	about 2,166	about 8.09 km²	6.76% a year	Urban
7	PacolNaga City, Camarines Sur	15,881	about 1,444	about 11.00 km²	1.79% a year	Urban
8	AnislagDaraga, Albay	13,215	about 2,075	about 6.37 km²	0.62% a year	Urban
9	NurseryMasbate City, Masbate	12,733	about 12,483	about 1.02 km²	0.15% a year	Urban
10	San NicolasIriga City, Camarines Sur	11,983	about 1,958	about 6.12 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
11	BalatasNaga City, Camarines Sur	11,265	about 6,293	about 1.79 km²	0.33% a year	Urban
12	AlawihaoDaet, Camarines Norte	11,191	about 3,443	about 3.25 km²	−1.23% a year	Urban
13	Concepcion GrandeNaga City, Camarines Sur	10,804	about 4,016	about 2.69 km²	−0.70% a year	Urban
14	CalauagNaga City, Camarines Sur	10,738	about 17,460	about 0.615 km²	−1.21% a year	Urban
15	PangpangSorsogon City, Sorsogon	10,486	about 1,691	about 6.20 km²	0.67% a year	Urban
16	Bgy. 42 - RawisLegazpi City, Albay	10,330	about 6,538	about 1.58 km²	0.03% a year	Urban
17	Del RosarioNaga City, Camarines Sur	10,253	about 4,254	about 2.41 km²	−0.20% a year	Urban
18	San IsidroIriga City, Camarines Sur	10,161	about 2,331	about 4.36 km²	1.53% a year	Urban
19	CamambuganDaet, Camarines Norte	9,953	about 5,211	about 1.91 km²	1.13% a year	Urban
20	CarananPasacao, Camarines Sur	9,724	about 466	about 20.86 km²	−1.73% a year	Urban
21	La PurisimaNabua, Camarines Sur	9,661	about 1,861	about 5.19 km²	−0.57% a year	Urban
22	Santa ElenaSanta Elena, Camarines Norte	9,628	about 1,131	about 8.51 km²	−0.97% a year	Urban
23	Bgy. 66 - BanquerohanLegazpi City, Albay	8,918	about 593	about 15.05 km²	1.92% a year	Urban
24	Balogo (Sorsogon East District)Sorsogon City, Sorsogon	8,678	about 7,748	about 1.12 km²	2.10% a year	Urban
25	TugboMasbate City, Masbate	8,642	about 1,470	about 5.88 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
26	MaboloNaga City, Camarines Sur	8,408	about 8,243	about 1.02 km²	0.82% a year	Urban
27	Cabid-AnSorsogon City, Sorsogon	8,359	about 1,509	about 5.54 km²	1.03% a year	Urban
28	BongaBacacay, Albay	8,317	about 835	about 9.96 km²	0.94% a year	Urban
29	PuroAroroy, Masbate	8,135	about 2,926	about 2.78 km²	−0.43% a year	Urban
30	San LorenzoTabaco City, Albay	8,064	about 5,639	about 1.43 km²	−0.16% a year	Urban
31	San VicenteTabaco City, Albay	8,013	about 3,798	about 2.11 km²	13.82% a year	Urban
32	TagasDaraga, Albay	7,981	about 7,529	about 1.06 km²	1.07% a year	Urban
33	TrianguloNaga City, Camarines Sur	7,933	about 3,742	about 2.12 km²	−2.19% a year	Urban
34	PoblacionCataingan, Masbate	7,726	about 1,732	about 4.46 km²	1.67% a year	Urban
35	San RoqueMercedes, Camarines Norte	7,633	about 3,600	about 2.12 km²	0.35% a year	Urban
36	Bgy. 37 - BitanoLegazpi City, Albay	7,546	about 12,391	about 0.609 km²	−0.79% a year	Urban
37	CarolinaNaga City, Camarines Sur	7,539	about 486	about 15.51 km²	2.25% a year	Urban
38	EspinosaMasbate City, Masbate	7,485	about 14,339	about 0.522 km²	1.20% a year	Urban
39	MauraroGuinobatan, Albay	7,446	about 910	about 8.18 km²	2.06% a year	Urban
40	Bagumbayan SurNaga City, Camarines Sur	7,366	about 11,674	about 0.631 km²	−1.57% a year	Urban
41	PalsongBula, Camarines Sur	7,335	about 1,072	about 6.84 km²	1.12% a year	Urban
42	Bgy. 49 - BigaaLegazpi City, Albay	7,287	about 3,555	about 2.05 km²	0.13% a year	Urban
43	IbingayMasbate City, Masbate	7,274	about 10,713	about 0.679 km²	−2.61% a year	Urban
44	PantaoLibon, Albay	7,236	about 304	about 23.82 km²	−0.12% a year	Urban
45	BuluangBaao, Camarines Sur	7,211	about 1,088	about 6.63 km²	−2.38% a year	Urban
46	Bgy. 40 - CruzadaLegazpi City, Albay	7,030	about 4,848	about 1.45 km²	3.51% a year	Urban
47	AntipoloMinalabac, Camarines Sur	6,865	about 828	about 8.29 km²	0.03% a year	Urban
48	Barangay IVDaet, Camarines Norte	6,741	about 16,127	about 0.418 km²	−4.40% a year	Urban
49	DuranBalatan, Camarines Sur	6,732	about 8,800	about 0.765 km²	5.09% a year	Urban
50	TagaytayCamalig, Albay	6,643	about 1,730	about 3.84 km²	−0.06% 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: Bicol Region (OpenSTAT table 0051A6DTPH4). Published August 4, 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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