NIUGAN
A place known as the ‘bagsakan’ of copra or coconut oil from provinces.

Barangay Captain : RODERICK FULGENCIO
Contact No.: 4073236
Population: 5,831
Percentage : 1.60%

PANGHULO
Meaning Northernmost

Barangay Captain : ESMERALDO BORJA
Contact No.: 4466316
Population: 12,264
Percentage : 3.37%

SAN AGUSTIN
From a patron or favorite saint of one of the original resident named “Agustin”.

Barangay Captain : GREG BERNARDO
Contact No.: 2810758
Population: 11,169
Percentage : 3.07%

SANTULAN
A place with abundant “Santol” trees.

Barangay Captain : DIOSCORO MANALASTAS
Contact No.: 4464284
Population: 12,758
Percentage : 3.51%

TANONG
Named after TA ANONG, one of the early residents of the area.

Barangay Captain : JULIAN BUENAVENTURA, JR.
Contact No.: 2820083
Population: 16,257
Percentage : 4.47%

ACACIA
A place with abundant ‘Acacia’ trees.

Barangay Captain : EDMUND LUY
Contact No.: 4476573
Population: 5,482
Percentage : 1.51%

LONGOS
Meaning a piece of land that protrudes to the bay.

Barangay Captain : ERNESTO DELA CRUZ
Contact No.: 4472744
Population: 51,113
Percentage : 14.05%

POTRERO
Meaning ‘tail-end’ or pasture.

Barangay Captain : SHERYL NOLASCO
Contact No.: 3641096
Population: 45,081
Percentage : 12.40%

TINAJEROS
From the Spanish word ‘tinajas’ or pottery.

Barangay Captain : ESTEBAN AREVALO
Contact No.: 2874162
Population: 18,387
Percentage : 5.06%

TONSUYA
Named after TAN SU YA, a Chinese resident and merchant of fishing gears.

Barangay Captain : POLICARPIO OMBAS
Contact No.: 3511332
Population: 40,221
Percentage : 11.06%

TUGATOG
Meaning peak or uppermost as the town was then the highest point of the whole town.

Barangay Captain : SHERIDAN ABAD
Contact No.: 2875432
Population: 23,296
Percentage : 6.41%

MAYSILO
From the knotted and convoluted roots of trees growing in the area.

Barangay Captain : PAULO ORETA
Contact No.: 2946180
Population: 11,104
Percentage : 3.05%

MUZON
A place with abundant…

Barangay Captain : CHRISTOPHER CRISTOBAL
Contact No.: 2820255
Population: 5,683
Percentage : 1.56%

HULONG DUHAT
Meaning, a place of duhat trees.

Barangay Captain : ANTHONY VELASQUEZ
Contact No.: 2811373
Population: 11,987
Percentage : 3.30%

IBABA
Meaning southernmost.

Barangay Captain : GENARO BERNARDO
Contact No.: 2816597
Population: 9,629
Percentage : 2.65%

DAMPALIT
From the name of abundant salad herb that grows in the area and physical description of the small streets or alleys in the barangay; “daang-paliit”.

Barangay Captain : REYNALDO CRUZ
Contact No.: 2826701
Population: 12,087
Percentage : 3.32%

FLORES
Descriptive of the flowery shrubs in the area.

Barangay Captain : GERTRUDES AQUINO
Contact No.: 2822227
Population: 4,128
Percentage : 1.14%

CATMON
A medicinal herb called “katmon” grows there.

Barangay Captain : MARIO CRUZ
Contact No.: 2880217
Population: 36,804
Percentage : 10.12%

CONCEPCION
From the town’s patroness “La Purisima Concepcion”.

Barangay Captain : CRISTINA BERNARDO
Contact No.: 2830309
Population: 12,497
Percentage : 3.44%

BARITAN
Meaning, a place where “barit”, a small plant grows

Barangay Captain : ALEXANDER ROQUE, JR.
Contact No.: 2825593
Population: 10,953
Percentage : 3.01%

BAYAN-BAYANAN
A little or makeshift town.

Barangay Captain : CLEMENTE FELIX, JR.
Contact No.: 2817474
Population: 6,950
Percentage : 1.91%