The municipality of Barcelona has a total land area of 6,433.2850 hectares excluding the disputed area between Barcelona and Gubat covering an area of about 200 hectares. It comprises of Twenty-five (25) barangays including the three (3) urbanizing town proper namely: Poblacion Central, Poblacion Norte, and Poblacion Sur. The rest are rural barangays consisting Alegria, Bagacay, Bangate, Bugtong, Cagang, Fabrica, jibong, Lago, Layog, Luneta, Macabari, Mapapac, Olandia, Paghaluban, Putiao, San Antonio, San Isidro, San Ramon, San Vicente, Sta Cruz, Sta Lourdes, and Tagdon. All barangays are interconnected by barangay and provincial roads where transport facilities going to the neighboring municipalities, to Sorsogon City or to Metro Manila are available; it is shown on