The Atlas

Barangays in Cotabato

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 Cotabato

Barangays in Cotabato, at a glance

Barangays: 480^[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: 1,286,142^[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: 76 urban^[4]; 404 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Kidapawan City, Cotabato; 28,191 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: Guiling^[6]; Alamada, Cotabato; about 137.86 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: Kalasuyan^{[5, 7]}; Kidapawan City, Cotabato; 4.90% 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: 254 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Tuael, −3.24% 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.

480 barangays, 451 to 480 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cotabato, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
451	GambodesArakan, Cotabato	835	about 100	about 8.31 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
452	Don PanacaMagpet, Cotabato	834	about 25	about 33.14 km²	−1.60% a year	Rural
453	Maria CaridadArakan, Cotabato	828	about 149	about 5.55 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
454	F. CajeloPresident Roxas, Cotabato	812	about 180	about 4.51 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
455	OwasMagpet, Cotabato	784	about 145	about 5.41 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
456	MagbokTulunan, Cotabato	779	about 97	about 8.06 km²	2.42% a year	Rural
457	La SuerteM'Lang, Cotabato	765	about 125	about 6.12 km²	1.98% a year	Rural
458	GuanganMakilala, Cotabato	764	about 531	about 1.44 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
459	MalungonMakilala, Cotabato	764	about 89	about 8.58 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
460	Katipunan IIMakilala, Cotabato	762	about 237	about 3.22 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
461	Datu MatangkilArakan, Cotabato	761	about 76	about 10.04 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
462	DamalasakPikit, Cotabato	759	about 339	about 2.24 km²	8.65% a year	Rural
463	BatoMatalam, Cotabato	757	about 45	about 16.69 km²	−5.11% a year	Rural
464	KauswaganMagpet, Cotabato	753	about 396	about 1.90 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
465	UgpayM'Lang, Cotabato	750	about 217	about 3.45 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
466	Del PilarMagpet, Cotabato	730	about 163	about 4.49 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
467	SumaliliArakan, Cotabato	721	about 48	about 15.10 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
468	DagupanMakilala, Cotabato	719	about 178	about 4.05 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
469	KatipunanArakan, Cotabato	718	about 161	about 4.45 km²	−0.62% a year	Rural
470	KalawaigBanisilan, Cotabato	700	about 132	about 5.29 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
471	ParaisoTulunan, Cotabato	676	about 154	about 4.38 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
472	BunawanTulunan, Cotabato	656	about 34	about 19.12 km²	−0.86% a year	Rural
473	VillafloresMakilala, Cotabato	581	about 78	about 7.41 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
474	KimaruhingPresident Roxas, Cotabato	547	about 166	about 3.30 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
475	BatangTulunan, Cotabato	538	about 53	about 10.07 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
476	MalagakitPigkawayan, Cotabato	471	about 90	about 5.26 km²	−4.59% a year	Rural
477	La EsperanzaPresident Roxas, Cotabato	456	about 231	about 1.97 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
478	MulokPigkawayan, Cotabato	409	about 93	about 4.42 km²	−2.57% a year	Rural
479	LeboceMakilala, Cotabato	381	about 80	about 4.74 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
480	Genoveva BaynosaTulunan, Cotabato	370	about 108	about 3.44 km²	5.24% 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 XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) (OpenSTAT table 0121A6DTHP1). Published August 3, 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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