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Municipality

Balud

Balud is a municipality in Masbate, Bicol Region, Philippines. Its population was 40,236 in the 2024 census, and it has 32 barangays.

  • Population: 2024 Census
  • Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
  • Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
  • Page updated: October 9, 2026
Colour byColours the map of Balud by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
MandaonMilagrosBaybay: 602 people, 266 per km², −2.98% a yearBongcanaway: 580 people, 267 per km², −0.12% a yearMabuhay: 879 people, 78 per km², −1.22% a yearCalumpang: 1,862 people, 1,186 per km², 1.88% a yearCantil: 2,016 people, 772 per km², −2.61% a yearCasamongan: 823 people, 168 per km², 2.85% a yearDao: 2,463 people, 279 per km², −0.61% a yearDanao: 1,231 people, 388 per km², −1.77% a yearGuinbanwahan: 1,985 people, 467 per km², 0.13% a yearIlaya: 1,858 people, 245 per km², 0.29% a yearJangan: 1,064 people, 56 per km², 5.12% a yearJintotolo: 1,388 people, 524 per km², −0.81% a yearMapili: 290 people, 20 per km², 3.04% a yearMapitogo: 355 people, 16 per km², −4.17% a yearPajo: 2,552 people, 285 per km², 2.77% a yearPalane: 1,257 people, 146 per km², −2.85% a yearPanguiranan: 3,487 people, 516 per km², 0.01% a yearPanubigan: 1,037 people, 176 per km², −0.46% a yearPoblacion: 3,190 people, 563 per km², −0.55% a yearPulanduta: 1,412 people, 287 per km², −0.03% a yearQuinayangan Diotay: 566 people, 735 per km², −1.07% a yearQuinayangan Tonga: 439 people, 67 per km², −1.27% a yearSalvacion: 1,373 people, 663 per km², 1.39% a yearSampad: 489 people, 72 per km², −0.63% a yearSan Andres: 1,001 people, 145 per km², −1.30% a yearSan Antonio: 864 people, 554 per km², −1.98% a yearSapatos: 691 people, 4,866 per km², 0.82% a yearTalisay: 785 people, 162 per km², 0.81% a yearTonga: 1,195 people, 103 per km², 3.34% a yearUbo: 1,783 people, 409 per km², 1.60% a yearVictory: 356 people, 50 per km², −2.70% a yearVilla Alvarez: 363 people, 36 per km², 3.54% a year

People · 2024 Census

  • Under 690
  • 690 to 1,100
  • 1,100 to 1,800
  • 1,800 to 3,100
  • 3,100 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Density · people per km², 2024

  • Under 160
  • 160 to 340
  • 340 to 700
  • 700 to 2,600
  • 2,600 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Growth a year · 2020–2024

  • Fell by more than 1% a year
  • Fell, by up to 1% a year
  • Grew, by under 1% a year
  • Grew by 1 to 2% a year
  • Grew by 2% a year or more

Each place's yearly change between the 2020 and 2024 censuses, on the same steps as every map in the Atlas.

Borders from UN OCHA (PSA and NAMRIA), a guide and not the legal boundary[3]Open in OpenStreetMap

  • PeopleSources

    40,236

    people counted in the 2024 censusCensusA 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

    Up 12.3% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    12th

    of the 21 cities and municipalities of Masbate by population, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary

    About 4 of every 100 people in Masbate lived in Balud in 2024 (4.42%)

  • Inside itSources

    32

    barangays

  • LandSources

    223.00 km²

    of land, 2019 masterlistLand 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.Explained by Scene: Balud's land would fill a square about 14.9 km on each side. That is only a way to picture its size: its real shape is on the map.More in the glossary

    Average density, 2024: 180 people per km²Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.Explained by Scene: About 2 people per hectare if everyone were spread evenly across the land. In fact people live closer together in towns and farther apart in the countryside.More in the glossary

  • HomesSources

    9,909

    households in 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary

    4.1 people in each, on average, in 2024

  • Town or countrySources

    0%

    Fewer than 1 of every 1,000 people lived in urban barangays in 2024Urban 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

PSGC codePSGC codeThe code the Philippine Statistics Authority gives every place, so each one is known exactly, even when two share a name.More in the glossary
0504103000[4]Formerly 054103000
ZIP code
5412[15, 16, 17]

People

Balud had 40,236 people in the 2024 census, up 12.3% from 2010.
People at each census since 1960

Counts from 2000 on are on today’s borders; earlier counts are as the place was then, so the line may step where a border moved.

Balud had the 12th most people of the 21 cities and municipalities of Masbate in 2024[1]
  1. 9Mandaon44,177
  2. 10Mobo41,199
  3. 11Claveria40,733
  4. 12Balud40,236
  5. 13San Jacinto29,458
  6. 14Baleno28,787
  7. 15Palanas28,133
All 21 cities and municipalities of Masbate
In 2024, the 10 barangays with the most people held about 56 of every 100 of its people[2]
  1. Panguiranan3,4879 in 100
  2. Poblacion3,1908 in 100
  3. Pajo2,5526 in 100
  4. Dao2,4636 in 100
  5. Cantil2,0165 in 100
  6. Guinbanwahan1,9855 in 100
  7. Calumpang1,8625 in 100
  8. Ilaya1,8585 in 100
  9. Ubo1,7834 in 100
  10. Pulanduta1,4124 in 100
See all 32 barangays of Balud
Age structure · 2020 Census[37]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 37 of every 100 are children under 15 (37.3%)
  • About 57 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (57%)
  • About 6 of every 100 are 65 or older (5.7%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
0 - 44,6142,3842,230
5 - 95,1062,6532,453
10 - 145,2472,7712,476
15 - 194,5672,3012,266
20 - 243,2771,6821,595
25 - 292,4971,2681,229
30 - 342,3251,1981,127
35 - 392,1521,1261,026
40 - 441,9831,030953
45 - 491,839952887
50 - 541,630838792
55 - 591,376691685
60 - 641,212604608
65 - 69917435482
70 - 74593256337
75 - 79390143247
80 years and over397120277

Every figure, census by census

People, 2024 CensusCensusA 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
40,236[1, 2]
Households, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary
9,909[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
4.1 on average[1, 2]
Share of Masbate, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary
4.42%[1]
In urban barangays, 2024Urban 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% (0 people)[5]
Men and women, 2020
20,452 men, 19,670 women[37]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 202440,236[1, 2]0.05% a year9,9094.1
2020as of May 1, 202040,155[1]1.10% a year——
2015as of August 1, 201538,124[1]1.18% a year——
2010as of May 1, 201035,841[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then31,484[35]0.64% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders30,068[35, 36]1.59% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then27,933[35]1.26% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then26,121[35]0.62% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then24,549[35]0.27% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then24,219[35]2.47% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then21,448[35]3.76% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then14,708[35]———

Barangays

Balud is made up of 32 barangays.
Barangays of Balud. Each column heading sorts the table.
[2, 3, 5, 6, 7]Share (2024)Urban or rural
Baybay6021.5%−2.98% a yearabout 2.26 km²Rural
Bongcanaway5801.44%−0.12% a yearabout 2.17 km²Rural
Calumpang1,8624.63%1.88% a yearabout 1.57 km²Rural
Cantil2,0165.01%−2.61% a yearabout 2.61 km²Rural
Casamongan8232.05%2.85% a yearabout 4.91 km²Rural
Danao1,2313.06%−1.77% a yearabout 3.17 km²Rural
Dao2,4636.12%−0.61% a yearabout 8.84 km²Rural
Guinbanwahan1,9854.93%0.13% a yearabout 4.25 km²Rural
Ilaya1,8584.62%0.29% a yearabout 7.59 km²Rural
Jangan1,0642.64%5.12% a yearabout 19.00 km²Rural
Jintotolo1,3883.45%−0.81% a yearabout 2.65 km²Rural
Mabuhay8792.18%−1.22% a yearabout 11.21 km²Rural
Mapili2900.72%3.04% a yearabout 14.80 km²Rural
Mapitogo3550.88%−4.17% a yearabout 22.24 km²Rural
Pajo2,5526.34%2.77% a yearabout 8.95 km²Rural
Palane1,2573.12%−2.85% a yearabout 8.61 km²Rural
Panguiranan3,4878.67%0.01% a yearabout 6.76 km²Rural
Panubigan1,0372.58%−0.46% a yearabout 5.88 km²Rural
Poblacion3,1907.93%−0.55% a yearabout 5.67 km²Rural
Pulanduta1,4123.51%−0.03% a yearabout 4.92 km²Rural
Quinayangan Diotay5661.41%−1.07% a yearabout 0.77 km²Rural
Quinayangan Tonga4391.09%−1.27% a yearabout 6.57 km²Rural
Salvacion1,3733.41%1.39% a yearabout 2.07 km²Rural
Sampad4891.22%−0.63% a yearabout 6.81 km²Rural
San Andres1,0012.49%−1.30% a yearabout 6.91 km²Rural
San Antonio8642.15%−1.98% a yearabout 1.56 km²Rural
Sapatos6911.72%0.82% a yearabout 0.142 km²Rural
Talisay7851.95%0.81% a yearabout 4.86 km²Rural
Tonga1,1952.97%3.34% a yearabout 11.63 km²Rural
Ubo1,7834.43%1.60% a yearabout 4.36 km²Rural
Victory3560.88%−2.70% a yearabout 7.14 km²Rural
Villa Alvarez3630.9%3.54% a yearabout 10.16 km²Rural

Areas are approximate: each is measured inside the barangay's border on UN OCHA's map, which is a guide, not the legal boundary.

Land & Environment

Balud covers 223.00 km² of land, 180 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 365 m above the sea and it has 81.5 km of coast.
Land areaLand 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
223.00 km²[6]As listed in the 2019 Masterlist of Land Areas (LMB, DENR)
Average density, 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary
180 people per km²[6]
Coordinates
12.04630° N, 123.24624° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[31]
Lowest
Sea level
Average
40 m
Highest
365 m

Heights from the Copernicus DEM, a 30 m model of the surface: it reads the tops of trees and roofs, not the bare ground, over the land inside the border, the sea left out. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Water, coast and peaks

81.5 km of coastline[32]

Peaks[32]

  1. Mount Manapao373 m
  2. Mount Mabilantack176 m
  3. Mount Matigaoheight not mapped

Named rivers, lakes and peaks as OpenStreetMap mapped them on 30 September 2026, and the coast within 150 m of the border. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Climate

Climate typeClimate typePAGASA sorts the country's climate into four types by when the rain falls. Type I has a dry season from November to April and a wet one for the rest of the year; Type II has no dry season, with the most rain from December to February; Type III has a short dry season; Type IV has rain spread through the year.More in the glossary

Type III[33]

No clear rainiest time of year, and a short dry season of one to three months, in December to February or in March to May.

Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

At Masbate, the nearest PAGASA station, 55 km away[34]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 2,027 mm of rain on 146 days a year; 28.4 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Masbate, 1991 to 2020, by month
MonthRainRainy daysAverageHighLow
January195 mm1426.9 °C30.4 °C23.4 °C
February114 mm1027.2 °C31.0 °C23.4 °C
March111 mm828.0 °C32.0 °C24.0 °C
April50 mm529.1 °C33.2 °C24.9 °C
May127 mm829.7 °C33.7 °C25.7 °C
June145 mm1129.4 °C33.3 °C25.5 °C
July209 mm1528.8 °C32.5 °C25.1 °C
August169 mm1428.8 °C32.5 °C25.1 °C
September205 mm1528.8 °C32.5 °C25.0 °C
October204 mm1428.6 °C32.4 °C24.9 °C
November205 mm1528.3 °C31.9 °C24.7 °C
December294 mm1727.5 °C30.9 °C24.1 °C
The year2,027 mm14628.4 °C32.2 °C24.7 °C

A station's figures describe the place around it only roughly: inland and in the hills it may be cooler and wetter. The station stands 9 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

About 28 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2021.
Poverty, 2021Poverty incidenceHow many of every 100 people live in families whose income is below the poverty line: what a person needs in a year for food and other basic needs, as the PSA sets it for each province. It is an estimate, from a survey or, for a town, a statistical model, so the PSA gives a range it is likely to fall in.More in the glossary
28.5% of people[20]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's estimate for every town.
Income classIncome classThe Department of Finance sorts provinces, cities and municipalities into classes by their average yearly income over recent years: 1st class has the most. It measures the local government's income, not how well off its people are.More in the glossary
2nd class[4]
About 28 of every 100 people in Balud lived below the poverty line in 2021 (28.5%)[20]

The PSA's model for every town puts it between 24.4% and 32.5%, with 90% confidence.

Public places

  • 1government office
  • 1hospital or health centre
  • 40schools
  • 3places of worship
  • 1station or terminal

Counted from OpenStreetMap[3, 8]. Schools, places of worship, barangay halls and places known only by a common name, such as a chapel, are listed on each barangay's page.

Government offices1

Hospitals and health centres1

Stations and terminals1

As OpenStreetMap maps them on September 30, 2026. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads Balud. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Bayan (the municipal council), led by the vice mayor. The mayor, the vice mayor and the council's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.[13, 14]

Legislative districtLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary
2nd district of Masbate[18, 19]

Leaders

The mayor and vice mayor elected at each election since 2001, as COMELEC's lists of the elected name them, and those in office now, as the DILG's directory lists them.

  1. 2025–2028In office as of February 2026

    Mayor
    Rodolfo Obligacion Estrella Jr.[21]
    Vice mayor
    Felimon Cioco Abelita III[21]

  2. 2022–2025

    Mayor
    Rodolfo Obligacion Estrella Jr.[22]
    Vice mayor
    Felimon Cioco Abelita III[22]

  3. 2019–2022

    Mayor
    Ruben Jude Delmendo Lim[23]
    Vice mayor
    Felimon Cioco Abelita III[23]

  4. 2016–2019

    Mayor
    Ruben Jude Delmendo Lim[24]
    Vice mayor
    Clemente Aguilar Arguelles Jr.[24]

  5. 2013–2016

    Mayor
    Ruben Jude Delmendo Lim[25]
    Vice mayor
    Clemente Aguilar Arguelles Jr.[25]

  6. 2010–2013

    Mayor
    Ruel Amistoso Benisano[26]
    Vice mayor
    Richard Ado Alajar[26]

  7. 2007–2010

    Mayor
    Ruel Amistoso Benisano[27]
    Vice mayor
    Eugenio Bantiling Zafra[27]

  8. 2004–2007

    Mayor
    Clemente Arguelles Jr.[28]
    Vice mayor
    Emmanuel Sese[28]

  9. 2001–2004

    Mayor
    Clemente A. Arguelles Jr.[29]
    Vice mayor
    Emmanuel T. Sese[29]
Mayors and vice mayors of Balud, by term
TermMayorVice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Rodolfo Obligacion Estrella Jr.[21]Felimon Cioco Abelita III[21]
2022–2025Rodolfo Obligacion Estrella Jr.[22]Felimon Cioco Abelita III[22]
2019–2022Ruben Jude Delmendo Lim[23]Felimon Cioco Abelita III[23]
2016–2019Ruben Jude Delmendo Lim[24]Clemente Aguilar Arguelles Jr.[24]
2013–2016Ruben Jude Delmendo Lim[25]Clemente Aguilar Arguelles Jr.[25]
2010–2013Ruel Amistoso Benisano[26]Richard Ado Alajar[26]
2007–2010Ruel Amistoso Benisano[27]Eugenio Bantiling Zafra[27]
2004–2007Clemente Arguelles Jr.[28]Emmanuel Sese[28]
2001–2004Clemente A. Arguelles Jr.[29]Emmanuel T. Sese[29]

Before 2001

The heads of Balud before COMELEC's lists begin, newest first, as the local government's own page lists them, with the office as that page writes it ("Not given" where it names no single office). "From" a year: the page gives only when the term began.

Heads of Balud before 2001, newest first
YearsNameOffice
1998–2001Clemente “Nonoy” Aguilar Arguelles, Jr.[30]Mayor
1995–1998Clemente “Melong” Arnaldo Arguelles, Sr.[30]Mayor
1992–1995Clemente “Melong” Arnaldo Arguelles, Sr.[30]Mayor
1988–1992Clemente “Melong” Arnaldo Arguelles, Sr.[30]Mayor
1986–1987Nestor R. Bacolod, Sr.[30]Mayor
1981–1985Clemente “Melong” Arnaldo Arguelles, Sr.[30]Mayor
1969Clemente “Melong” Arnaldo Arguelles, Sr.[30]Mayor

History & Identity

Created
Balud was created as a municipality of Masbate by Executive Order No. 244 of President Quirino, dated 18 July 1949, with its seat at the barrio of Balud. It took the land that the former municipality of Balud had when it was joined to Milagros.[9]

How it got its name

Local traditionThe town's own history page says the place was named for wild doves that early settlers called balud, which were plentiful on the forested coast.[11]

Its story

The town's history page says the first settlers were about four families from nearby Panay who settled by the mouth of the Balud River and cleared the forest for corn, root crops and fishing.[11]

The same page says that under the American government the barrio of Pulanduta was made a municipality, but it was short-lived because of its small population and low income, and was handed back to Milagros.[11]

The page says Balud grew to be the largest barrio of Milagros, with many more fishermen from Panay arriving after the war in 1946.[11]

Balud became its own municipality in 1949 under Executive Order No. 244.[9]

Timeline

  1. 18 July 1949

    Executive Order No. 244 created the municipality of Balud.[9]

  2. 19 August 1949

    Sources differThe town's own history page gives 19 August 1949 and Executive Order No. 242 for the day Balud was separated from Milagros. The law itself is Executive Order No. 244 of 18 July 1949, so the page and the law differ.[11]

  3. 23 December 1953

    Executive Order No. 662 corrected errors in the barrio lists of Executive Order No. 244.[12]

Nearby

Balud shares a border with Mandaon and Milagros.

How it compares

Balud beside Masbate, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of Masbate.

Balud beside Masbate
FigureBaludMasbateRank among the cities and municipalities of Masbate
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 glossary40,236[1, 2]910,81312th of 21
Growth a year, 2020–2024Growth 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 glossary0.05% a year[1, 2]about the same0.05% a year12th of 21
People per km², 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary180[6]less crowded22217th of 21
Land areaLand 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 glossary223.00 km²[6]4,095.65 km²7th of 21
People in each household, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary4.1[1, 2]about the same4.1not ranked
In urban barangays, 2024Urban 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 glossary0%[5]lower14%not ranked

How far, in a straight line[3]

Masbate City, the capital of Masbate
45.8 km northeast
Manila
373.8 km northwest

In a straight line between the points inside each place farthest from its edges, not by road.

The nearest towns and cities[3]

  1. MandaonMasbate25.7 km north
  2. MilagrosMasbate33.1 km northeast
  3. AroroyMasbate41.2 km north
  4. Masbate CityMasbate45.8 km northeast
  5. BalenoMasbate50.1 km northeast
  6. MoboMasbate52.2 km northeast

Sources

Page updated October 9, 2026. Sources checked by Scene October 8, 2026.
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  9. 9.Official Gazette / Lawphil Project. Executive Order No. 244, s. 1949: Creating the municipalities of Mobo, Baleno, Cawayan, Mandaon, Balud and Uson, in the Province of Masbate. Published July 18, 1949. Read by Scene October 3, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
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