Second Quarter 2025 PSGC Updates: Correction of the Names of Three Barangays
Release Date:During the second quarter of 2025, the names of three barangays in the Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) masterlist have been corrected based on the recommendation of the Interagency Technical Working Group on Geographic Code (TWGGC). The details of updates are as follows:
| Correct Name | Old Name | Legal Basis |
| Santo Niño | Certification signed by the Municipal Mayor dated 10 March 2025 |
| Barangay ng mga Mangingisda |
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| Santa Maria | Republic Act (RA) No. 11345 dated 27 April 2019 |
Meanwhile, the following barangays with identical names within the same municipality or city have been assigned specific descriptors, either based on their geographic district or former name, to distinguish them from one another:
Lopez, Quezon
- Barangay Rizal (Rural)
- Barangay Rizal (Poblacion)
Pilar, Sorsogon
- Barangay San Antonio (Millabas)
- Barangay San Antonio (Sapa)
City of Sorsogon, Sorsogon
- Barangay Balogo (Sorsogon East District)
- Barangay Balogo (Bacon District)
- Barangay Buenavista (Sorsogon West District)
- Barangay Buenavista (Bacon District)
- Barangay Salvacion (Sorsogon West District)
- Barangay Salvacion (Bacon District)
- Barangay San Isidro (Sorsogon West District)
- Barangay San Isidro (Bacon District)
- Barangay San Juan
- Barangay San Juan (Roro)
City of Zamboanga
- Barangay Dulian (Upper Bunguiao)
- Barangay Dulian (Upper Pasonanca)
Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte
- Barangay Cogon
- Barangay Cogon (Talicod)
- Barangay San Isidro (Babak)
- Barangay San Isidro (Kaputian)
Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur
- Barangay Pagatin
- Barangay Pagatin (Pagatin I)
It is important to note that the addition of a descriptor does not constitute a change in the name of the barangay. Rather, it serves only as supplementary information to indicate the barangay’s location and avoid confusion when identifying barangays with the same name within the same municipality or city.
Additionally, the PSA has updated the income classification of provinces, cities, and municipalities in PSGC, pursuant to Department of Finance (DOF) Department Order No. 074.2024, titled “Schedule of Income Classification for the First General Income Reclassification of Provinces, Cities, and Municipalities Based on the Income Ranges Under Republic Act No. 11964,” which took effect on 01 January 2025.
The changes as of 30 June 2025 only involve correction of names. Thus, the number of barangays and other local government units (LGUs) are the same as reported on 31 March 2025. The latest number of LGUs is shown in the table below:
| Geographic Level | Total Number (as of 30 June 2025) |
| Region | 18 |
| Province | 82 |
| Highly Urbanized City (HUC) | 33 |
Other Cities
| 116 5 111 |
| Municipality | 1,493 |
| Barangay | 42,011 |
You can access and download the updated masterlist at https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/.
The compilation and updating of the PSGC is a collaborative effort between the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and its interagency TWGGC, which includes the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Land Management Bureau (LMB), Land Registration Authority (LRA), National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), and the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA).
For further inquiries, you may contact the Statistical Classifications Division of the Standards Service with telephone number (+632) 8376-1867 and email address scd.staff@psa.gov.ph.
CLAIRE DENNIS S. MAPA, PhD
Undersecretary
National Statistician and Civil Registrar General
