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Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula

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]

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Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula, at a glance

Barangays: 2,314^[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: 5,089,934^[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: 229 urban^[4]; 2,085 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bus-bus^[5]; Jolo, Sulu; 39,070 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: Linay^[6]; Baliguian, Zamboanga del Norte; about 224.48 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: Matatal^{[5, 7]}; Maimbung, Sulu; 19.54% 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: 792 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Estaca, −6.18% 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.

2,314 barangays, 451 to 500 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
451	LabakidSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,544	about 460	about 5.53 km²	1.99% a year	Rural
452	NonoyanBaliguian, Zamboanga del Norte	2,543	about 418	about 6.08 km²	6.64% a year	Rural
453	CalubihanKabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,538	about 2,759	about 0.92 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
454	PatawagLabason, Zamboanga del Norte	2,534	about 215	about 11.77 km²	−1.37% a year	Rural
455	LibertadAurora, Zamboanga del Sur	2,524	about 886	about 2.85 km²	4.13% a year	Rural
456	LarayanDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,520	about 951	about 2.65 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
457	Marang-marangIsabela City, Basilan	2,518	about 481	about 5.23 km²	14.65% a year	Rural
458	San AntonioManukan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,513	about 811	about 3.10 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
459	SaloaganDimataling, Zamboanga del Sur	2,512	about 832	about 3.02 km²	2.20% a year	Rural
460	Kabatuhan BilaanTalipao, Sulu	2,508	about 703	about 3.57 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
461	San FernandinoRoseller Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,505	about 132	about 18.96 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
462	TattalanTongkil, Sulu	2,505	about 696	about 3.60 km²	1.65% a year	Rural
463	MiliganMolave, Zamboanga del Sur	2,501	about 544	about 4.60 km²	3.17% a year	Rural
464	DawoDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,499	about 2,293	about 1.09 km²	−0.22% a year	Urban
465	BunutIndanan, Sulu	2,496	about 832	about 3.00 km²	3.07% a year	Rural
466	TalingaLeon T. Postigo, Zamboanga del Norte	2,482	about 583	about 4.26 km²	−1.17% a year	Rural
467	LapakPandami, Sulu	2,478	about 194	about 12.76 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
468	Maria CristinaDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,469	about 182	about 13.54 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
469	Timuay DandaKabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,458	about 795	about 3.09 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
470	SinamanDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,457	about 596	about 4.12 km²	5.29% a year	Rural
471	Upper InumanSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,456	about 706	about 3.48 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
472	BuayanKabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,453	about 616	about 3.98 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
473	SiolakanSiasi, Sulu	2,450	about 749	about 3.27 km²	4.61% a year	Rural
474	DionganSiayan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,445	about 181	about 13.53 km²	−1.68% a year	Rural
475	Lower Salug DakuMahayag, Zamboanga del Sur	2,445	about 467	about 5.24 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
476	BulanitLabangan, Zamboanga del Sur	2,437	about 657	about 3.71 km²	2.41% a year	Urban
477	KapayawanIsabela City, Basilan	2,431	about 80	about 30.34 km²	27.01% a year	Rural
478	New LabanganLabangan, Zamboanga del Sur	2,431	about 992	about 2.45 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
479	BarcelonaDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,427	about 250	about 9.71 km²	2.09% a year	Rural
480	KanlibotTalipao, Sulu	2,422	about 3,387	about 0.715 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
481	KigayMalangas, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,422	about 664	about 3.65 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
482	La UnionLabason, Zamboanga del Norte	2,421	about 349	about 6.94 km²	2.46% a year	Rural
483	Kan-BulakLuuk, Sulu	2,420	about 382	about 6.33 km²	4.50% a year	Rural
484	TigbalabagZamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	2,420	about 208	about 11.61 km²	3.35% a year	Rural
485	BangkilayPangutaran, Sulu	2,415	about 353	about 6.84 km²	2.22% a year	Rural
486	GuituanIpil, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,412	about 267	about 9.04 km²	3.63% a year	Urban
487	GuinlesPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	2,404	about 415	about 5.79 km²	−2.35% a year	Rural
488	AdjidIndanan, Sulu	2,400	about 930	about 2.58 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
489	PoblacionBaliguian, Zamboanga del Norte	2,398	about 1,363	about 1.76 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
490	BiasongDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,397	about 7,491	about 0.32 km²	−6.18% a year	Urban
491	Lower TungawanTungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,385	about 177	about 13.50 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
492	MalimTabina, Zamboanga del Sur	2,376	about 266	about 8.93 km²	−4.19% a year	Rural
493	NavalanTukuran, Zamboanga del Sur	2,374	about 304	about 7.81 km²	−1.36% a year	Rural
494	San PedroDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,374	about 1,187	about 2.00 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
495	Lupa AbuParang, Sulu	2,370	about 2,236	about 1.06 km²	3.33% a year	Rural
496	GandianganImelda, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,363	about 240	about 9.83 km²	1.42% a year	Rural
497	LingasadPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	2,362	about 259	about 9.12 km²	−1.97% a year	Urban
498	NabilidPres. Manuel A. Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte	2,361	about 2,292	about 1.03 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
499	Suang BunahPangutaran, Sulu	2,361	about 44	about 53.81 km²	10.60% a year	Rural
500	TaglibiPatikul, Sulu	2,358	about 1,583	about 1.49 km²	1.24% 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: Zamboanga Peninsula (OpenSTAT table 0091A6DTPH8). 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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