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Barangays in Northern Mindanao

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 Northern Mindanao

Barangays in Northern Mindanao, at a glance

Barangays: 2,022^[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: 5,178,326^[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: 362 urban^[4]; 1,660 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Carmen^[5]; Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental; 78,612 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: Minalwang^[6]; Claveria, Misamis Oriental; about 228.18 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: Nazareth^{[5, 7]}; Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental; 15.37% 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: 494 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Martin, −5.88% 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.

2,022 barangays, 501 to 550 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Northern Mindanao, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
501	Adapun-AliBaloi, Lanao del Norte	2,739	about 627	about 4.37 km²	1.25% a year	Rural
502	MaloroTangub City, Misamis Occidental	2,738	about 2,791	about 0.981 km²	−4.36% a year	Urban
503	MagkalungaySan Fernando, Bukidnon	2,706	about 100	about 26.97 km²	2.28% a year	Rural
504	BusdiMalaybalay City, Bukidnon	2,704	about 31	about 88.63 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
505	BonbononIligan City, Lanao del Norte	2,701	about 373	about 7.24 km²	3.07% a year	Rural
506	TalisayGingoog City, Misamis Oriental	2,687	about 637	about 4.22 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
507	Raw-anLala, Lanao del Norte	2,676	about 507	about 5.28 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
508	UnidosPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	2,673	about 825	about 3.24 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
509	MigcanawayTangub City, Misamis Occidental	2,671	about 9,147	about 0.292 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
510	PigtaurananPangantucan, Bukidnon	2,652	about 81	about 32.76 km²	4.67% a year	Rural
511	PualasDon Carlos, Bukidnon	2,652	about 658	about 4.03 km²	4.28% a year	Rural
512	Sacramento ValleySan Fernando, Bukidnon	2,650	about 193	about 13.73 km²	4.75% a year	Rural
513	ParadiseCabanglasan, Bukidnon	2,643	about 53	about 49.65 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
514	Silo-oMalitbog, Bukidnon	2,642	about 32	about 83.12 km²	0.71% a year	Rural
515	F. S. CatanicoCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	2,639	about 165	about 15.96 km²	2.67% a year	Rural
516	PanalsalanMaramag, Bukidnon	2,633	about 277	about 9.51 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
517	TabokLagonglong, Misamis Oriental	2,628	about 2,346	about 1.12 km²	2.07% a year	Rural
518	Lam-anOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental	2,620	about 5,610	about 0.467 km²	−1.12% a year	Urban
519	TubigonMaramag, Bukidnon	2,613	about 639	about 4.09 km²	1.26% a year	Rural
520	BarongcotDangcagan, Bukidnon	2,610	about 442	about 5.90 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
521	Nabag-oValencia City, Bukidnon	2,610	about 213	about 12.27 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
522	Pan-ayClarin, Misamis Occidental	2,606	about 1,761	about 1.48 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
523	Isidro D. TanTangub City, Misamis Occidental	2,605	about 678	about 3.84 km²	1.25% a year	Rural
524	BatolaconganBaloi, Lanao del Norte	2,595	about 1,207	about 2.15 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
525	VictoryLantapan, Bukidnon	2,595	about 127	about 20.43 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
526	La RoxasMaramag, Bukidnon	2,581	about 179	about 14.39 km²	1.92% a year	Rural
527	AposkahoyClaveria, Misamis Oriental	2,571	about 78	about 32.80 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
528	DagumbaanTalakag, Bukidnon	2,570	about 268	about 9.60 km²	0.61% a year	Urban
529	BaybayKolambugan, Lanao del Norte	2,564	about 4,288	about 0.598 km²	−1.14% a year	Rural
530	LantayPangantucan, Bukidnon	2,561	about 221	about 11.59 km²	3.11% a year	Rural
531	PoblacionSapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental	2,560	about 1,004	about 2.55 km²	0.66% a year	Urban
532	PagalunganCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	2,549	about 167	about 15.24 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
533	VintarValencia City, Bukidnon	2,545	about 308	about 8.26 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
534	SampatulogAlubijid, Misamis Oriental	2,542	about 591	about 4.30 km²	3.76% a year	Rural
535	Poblacion 1Villanueva, Misamis Oriental	2,537	about 3,155	about 0.804 km²	1.41% a year	Urban
536	GuiheanImpasug-ong, Bukidnon	2,530	about 39	about 64.55 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
537	DumaraitBalingasag, Misamis Oriental	2,529	about 913	about 2.77 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
538	PalmaKibawe, Bukidnon	2,527	about 2,071	about 1.22 km²	2.10% a year	Rural
539	KibatangDon Carlos, Bukidnon	2,524	about 289	about 8.72 km²	3.14% a year	Rural
540	Baybay TriunfoOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental	2,520	about 16,051	about 0.157 km²	0.03% a year	Urban
541	BonbonCatarman, Camiguin	2,513	about 276	about 9.09 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
542	DelabayanKauswagan, Lanao del Norte	2,512	about 306	about 8.22 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
543	DanatagBaungon, Bukidnon	2,510	about 92	about 27.23 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
544	GimaylanLibertad, Misamis Oriental	2,498	about 1,274	about 1.96 km²	1.88% a year	Urban
545	MagpataoLala, Lanao del Norte	2,493	about 568	about 4.39 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
546	PoblacionKinoguitan, Misamis Oriental	2,493	about 1,651	about 1.51 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
547	SinabuaganValencia City, Bukidnon	2,493	about 373	about 6.69 km²	2.21% a year	Rural
548	CatumbalonValencia City, Bukidnon	2,490	about 357	about 6.97 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
549	Taboc SurOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental	2,487	about 2,487	about 1.00 km²	−1.09% a year	Rural
550	MibantangQuezon, Bukidnon	2,482	about 605	about 4.10 km²	0.53% 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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