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Barangays in Cordillera Administrative 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]

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Barangays in Cordillera Administrative Region, at a glance

Barangays: 1,178^[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: 1,808,985^[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: 138 urban^[4]; 1,040 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Irisan^[5]; Baguio City, Benguet; 36,932 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: Caganayan^[6]; Tineg, Abra; about 214.53 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: Loo^{[5, 7]}; Buguias, Benguet; 4.19% 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: 557 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Camp 3, −3.28% a year.

Region: Cordillera Administrative Region

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1,178 barangays, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cordillera Administrative Region, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	IrisanBaguio City, Benguet	36,932	about 5,995	about 6.16 km²	0.24% a year	Urban
2	PicoLa Trinidad, Benguet	26,510	about 7,985	about 3.32 km²	0.66% a year	Urban
3	BulanaoTabuk City, Kalinga	21,219	about 655	about 32.42 km²	−0.34% a year	Urban
4	BaliliLa Trinidad, Benguet	18,475	about 11,197	about 1.65 km²	0.96% a year	Urban
5	Bakakeng CentralBaguio City, Benguet	12,931	about 6,014	about 2.15 km²	−0.30% a year	Urban
6	Asin RoadBaguio City, Benguet	12,926	about 8,504	about 1.52 km²	−1.60% a year	Urban
7	PoblacionLa Trinidad, Benguet	12,758	about 10,125	about 1.26 km²	0.14% a year	Urban
8	Camp 7Baguio City, Benguet	12,597	about 3,451	about 3.65 km²	−2.29% a year	Urban
9	Loakan ProperBaguio City, Benguet	12,154	about 5,378	about 2.26 km²	0.29% a year	Urban
10	Bakakeng NorthBaguio City, Benguet	11,756	about 5,272	about 2.23 km²	1.90% a year	Urban
11	PuguisLa Trinidad, Benguet	11,391	about 1,507	about 7.56 km²	1.77% a year	Urban
12	BetagLa Trinidad, Benguet	10,704	about 8,702	about 1.23 km²	3.44% a year	Urban
13	ViracItogon, Benguet	10,432	about 1,190	about 8.77 km²	−0.82% a year	Urban
14	AmpucaoItogon, Benguet	10,152	about 74	about 137.08 km²	−1.74% a year	Urban
15	TudingItogon, Benguet	9,987	about 1,467	about 6.81 km²	−0.53% a year	Urban
16	TawangLa Trinidad, Benguet	9,396	about 3,773	about 2.49 km²	2.59% a year	Urban
17	San Luis VillageBaguio City, Benguet	8,935	about 9,317	about 0.959 km²	−0.12% a year	Urban
18	Pinsao ProperBaguio City, Benguet	8,822	about 4,433	about 1.99 km²	1.30% a year	Urban
19	BaliliMankayan, Benguet	8,757	about 285	about 30.74 km²	0.58% a year	Urban
20	AmbiongLa Trinidad, Benguet	8,714	about 2,041	about 4.27 km²	1.05% a year	Urban
21	TadianganTuba, Benguet	8,697	about 601	about 14.48 km²	0.96% a year	Urban
22	LubasLa Trinidad, Benguet	8,543	about 9,137	about 0.935 km²	2.50% a year	Urban
23	UcabItogon, Benguet	8,512	about 1,064	about 8.00 km²	−0.66% a year	Urban
24	LoacanItogon, Benguet	8,416	about 174	about 48.40 km²	0.11% a year	Urban
25	PoblacionTuba, Benguet	7,859	about 223	about 35.23 km²	−2.02% a year	Urban
26	GibraltarBaguio City, Benguet	7,781	about 10,543	about 0.738 km²	−0.79% a year	Urban
27	Fairview VillageBaguio City, Benguet	7,714	about 24,964	about 0.309 km²	−0.82% a year	Urban
28	PingetBaguio City, Benguet	7,422	about 14,610	about 0.508 km²	−1.11% a year	Urban
29	PacdalBaguio City, Benguet	7,308	about 5,622	about 1.30 km²	1.00% a year	Urban
30	Santo Tomas ProperBaguio City, Benguet	7,136	about 3,214	about 2.22 km²	0.22% a year	Urban
31	Camp 4Tuba, Benguet	7,114	about 162	about 44.03 km²	0.96% a year	Urban
32	Camp 3Tuba, Benguet	6,867	about 189	about 36.39 km²	−3.28% a year	Urban
33	KiasBaguio City, Benguet	6,544	about 8,049	about 0.813 km²	0.63% a year	Urban
34	WangalLa Trinidad, Benguet	6,484	about 1,345	about 4.82 km²	−0.96% a year	Urban
35	PoblacionParacelis, Mountain Province	6,459	about 153	about 42.19 km²	−1.18% a year	Urban
36	DontoganBaguio City, Benguet	6,355	about 2,727	about 2.33 km²	−0.04% a year	Urban
37	BahongLa Trinidad, Benguet	6,326	about 1,363	about 4.64 km²	1.31% a year	Urban
38	AmbassadorTublay, Benguet	6,186	about 275	about 22.51 km²	2.22% a year	Urban
39	Bulanao NorteTabuk City, Kalinga	6,168	about 1,389	about 4.44 km²	−0.22% a year	Urban
40	AgbannawagTabuk City, Kalinga	6,047	about 208	about 29.08 km²	1.33% a year	Urban
41	ShilanLa Trinidad, Benguet	5,793	about 514	about 11.28 km²	−0.01% a year	Urban
42	LooBuguias, Benguet	5,792	about 567	about 10.22 km²	4.19% a year	Urban
43	CapongaTublay, Benguet	5,710	about 547	about 10.43 km²	2.17% a year	Urban
44	San VicenteBaguio City, Benguet	5,654	about 21,915	about 0.258 km²	1.49% a year	Urban
45	MadaymenKibungan, Benguet	5,587	about 146	about 38.14 km²	0.16% a year	Urban
46	BangaoBuguias, Benguet	5,547	about 392	about 14.15 km²	1.01% a year	Urban
47	Santa MariaAlfonso Lista, Ifugao	5,483	about 352	about 15.58 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
48	Dominican Hill-MiradorBaguio City, Benguet	5,143	about 10,225	about 0.503 km²	1.58% a year	Urban
49	MagsaysayTabuk City, Kalinga	5,036	about 898	about 5.61 km²	0.56% a year	Urban
50	BantayParacelis, Mountain Province	4,967	about 107	about 46.49 km²	−1.54% 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: Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) (OpenSTAT table 0151A6DTHP4). Published August 3, 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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