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Barangays in Misamis Occidental

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]

Open Misamis Occidental

Barangays in Misamis Occidental, at a glance

Barangays: 490^[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: 621,993^[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: 36 urban^[4]; 454 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Tinago^[5]; Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental; 9,662 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: Lake Duminagat^[6]; Don Victoriano, Misamis Occidental; about 53.03 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: Banadero^{[5, 7]}; Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental; 2.72% 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: 174 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Carmen, −2.57% a year.

Each row is a barangay, with its 2024 census figures. Choose a column heading or a sort button to order the list, and choose it again to turn the order round. Narrow it with the menus.

490 barangays, 451 to 490 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Misamis Occidental, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
451	TugayaAloran, Misamis Occidental	333	about 132	about 2.53 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
452	MatugnawTangub City, Misamis Occidental	325	about 178	about 1.83 km²	4.92% a year	Rural
453	Upper DioyoConcepcion, Misamis Occidental	321	about 153	about 2.10 km²	−5.64% a year	Rural
454	PenacioClarin, Misamis Occidental	319	about 14	about 22.89 km²	−4.94% a year	Rural
455	BangkoPanaon, Misamis Occidental	318	about 145	about 2.19 km²	−0.67% a year	Rural
456	DalaconLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	313	about 66	about 4.72 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
457	Don Andres SorianoLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	313	about 79	about 3.95 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
458	CamatingTudela, Misamis Occidental	310	about 69	about 4.48 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
459	CapuleConcepcion, Misamis Occidental	308	about 97	about 3.16 km²	−4.55% a year	Rural
460	Laya-anConcepcion, Misamis Occidental	306	about 183	about 1.67 km²	−10.94% a year	Rural
461	MasubongSapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental	304	about 64	about 4.72 km²	−1.95% a year	Rural
462	MahayahayLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	303	about 82	about 3.69 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
463	Upper DapitanConcepcion, Misamis Occidental	302	about 175	about 1.73 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
464	MialenOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental	299	about 32	about 9.48 km²	−1.09% a year	Rural
465	CamanucanPanaon, Misamis Occidental	297	about 137	about 2.17 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
466	TaguanaoAloran, Misamis Occidental	297	about 136	about 2.18 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
467	EstanteLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	296	about 83	about 3.56 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
468	MalindangOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental	285	about 43	about 6.63 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
469	AdorableJimenez, Misamis Occidental	284	about 241	about 1.18 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
470	DisoySapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental	284	about 42	about 6.83 km²	−1.62% a year	Rural
471	Bagong SilangLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	279	about 33	about 8.47 km²	−6.18% a year	Rural
472	DivisoriaPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	256	about 125	about 2.05 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
473	MacubonAloran, Misamis Occidental	253	about 25	about 9.94 km²	2.42% a year	Rural
474	MarugangConcepcion, Misamis Occidental	246	about 72	about 3.42 km²	−4.42% a year	Rural
475	BonifacioLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	238	about 54	about 4.44 km²	−1.27% a year	Rural
476	MagsaysayPanaon, Misamis Occidental	229	about 113	about 2.02 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
477	SingalatCalamba, Misamis Occidental	227	about 33	about 6.86 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
478	Lake DuminagatDon Victoriano, Misamis Occidental	220	about 4	about 53.03 km²	8.76% a year	Rural
479	Macalibre BajoLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	220	about 42	about 5.25 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
480	Soso-onConcepcion, Misamis Occidental	219	about 73	about 3.01 km²	−14.46% a year	Rural
481	VirayanConcepcion, Misamis Occidental	213	about 1,885	about 0.113 km²	−15.74% a year	Rural
482	LiboronDon Victoriano, Misamis Occidental	211	about 13	about 16.26 km²	5.32% a year	Rural
483	New CasulConcepcion, Misamis Occidental	208	about 184	about 1.13 km²	−16.98% a year	Rural
484	San PedroAloran, Misamis Occidental	193	about 19	about 10.19 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
485	Upper BautistaSapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental	173	about 30	about 5.73 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
486	PenielLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	168	about 19	about 8.98 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
487	SebucalOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental	158	about 11	about 14.48 km²	4.79% a year	Rural
488	RoxasAloran, Misamis Occidental	126	about 14	about 9.14 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
489	LingatonganConcepcion, Misamis Occidental	110	about 53	about 2.08 km²	−17.39% a year	Rural
490	MabasLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	68	about 7	about 9.55 km²	1.46% 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 : Region X (Northern Mindanao) (OpenSTAT table 0101A6DTPH9). Published August 5, 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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