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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, 551 to 600 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
551	SisayTungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,195	about 128	about 17.21 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
552	VillacastorBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,195	about 113	about 19.41 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
553	IsisPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	2,193	about 452	about 4.85 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
554	MaganayBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,192	about 503	about 4.36 km²	0.44% a year	Urban
555	TiptiponPanglima Estino, Sulu	2,190	about 615	about 3.56 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
556	GunyanSiayan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,182	about 143	about 15.25 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
557	Jose P. Brillantes, Sr.Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte	2,180	about 717	about 3.04 km²	1.25% a year	Rural
558	RiversideIsabela City, Basilan	2,180	about 26,880	about 0.0811 km²	3.57% a year	Rural
559	LinayBaliguian, Zamboanga del Norte	2,178	about 10	about 224.48 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
560	DananVincenzo A. Sagun, Zamboanga del Sur	2,177	about 378	about 5.76 km²	−4.25% a year	Rural
561	Lower PulacanLabangan, Zamboanga del Sur	2,177	about 751	about 2.90 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
562	MaligueIsabela City, Basilan	2,175	about 471	about 4.62 km²	−4.24% a year	Rural
563	InumanSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,174	about 414	about 5.25 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
564	TiguianMargosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur	2,173	about 185	about 11.73 km²	−3.90% a year	Rural
565	BusayZamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	2,172	about 909	about 2.39 km²	−1.26% a year	Rural
566	CommunalLiloy, Zamboanga del Norte	2,169	about 604	about 3.59 km²	−1.62% a year	Rural
567	LukbutonIsabela City, Basilan	2,166	about 401	about 5.40 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
568	Suba-subaPandami, Sulu	2,163	about 10,155	about 0.213 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
569	Happy ValleyTambulig, Zamboanga del Sur	2,161	about 2,219	about 0.974 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
570	Pisak-pisakPata, Sulu	2,160	about 254	about 8.51 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
571	BogoPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	2,158	about 771	about 2.80 km²	6.49% a year	Rural
572	Lower SinumaanTalipao, Sulu	2,158	about 907	about 2.38 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
573	BinuayDimataling, Zamboanga del Sur	2,151	about 368	about 5.84 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
574	KahikukukTongkil, Sulu	2,149	about 539	about 3.99 km²	3.09% a year	Rural
575	North PaarolTongkil, Sulu	2,148	about 801	about 2.68 km²	2.73% a year	Rural
576	Poblacion SouthPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	2,147	about 1,774	about 1.21 km²	0.24% a year	Urban
577	TinutunganTongkil, Sulu	2,146	about 492	about 4.36 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
578	Lantong BabagPangutaran, Sulu	2,145	about 613	about 3.50 km²	1.45% a year	Rural
579	Port AreaIsabela City, Basilan	2,145	about 46,529	about 0.0461 km²	8.80% a year	Rural
580	GampisSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,144	about 12,045	about 0.178 km²	5.41% a year	Rural
581	Bagong KahayagLakewood, Zamboanga del Sur	2,143	about 371	about 5.77 km²	2.44% a year	Rural
582	Kabatuhan TiisTalipao, Sulu	2,143	about 776	about 2.76 km²	2.85% a year	Rural
583	AsenieroDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,142	about 167	about 12.85 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
584	Daniel MaingKalawit, Zamboanga del Norte	2,141	about 67	about 31.88 km²	−4.24% a year	Rural
585	South ManubulPandami, Sulu	2,140	about 3,092	about 0.692 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
586	TenanIpil, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,135	about 456	about 4.68 km²	2.26% a year	Rural
587	BiswanganLakewood, Zamboanga del Sur	2,133	about 266	about 8.02 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
588	KuppongIndanan, Sulu	2,129	about 553	about 3.85 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
589	MasulaIsabela City, Basilan	2,129	about 62	about 34.44 km²	3.28% a year	Rural
590	Tambun-bunTongkil, Sulu	2,125	about 638	about 3.33 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
591	MarsadaTalipao, Sulu	2,124	about 308	about 6.89 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
592	New VillageTambulig, Zamboanga del Sur	2,124	about 1,062	about 2.00 km²	1.67% a year	Rural
593	Doña JosefaSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,122	about 352	about 6.02 km²	−0.73% a year	Rural
594	BalongatingGuipos, Zamboanga del Sur	2,121	about 503	about 4.22 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
595	DamitBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	2,118	about 201	about 10.54 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
596	CalaisOlutanga, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,116	about 375	about 5.65 km²	−7.17% a year	Rural
597	PaiksaPanglima Estino, Sulu	2,112	about 2,050	about 1.03 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
598	Kan-SipatOld Panamao, Sulu	2,109	about 525	about 4.02 km²	24.14% a year	Rural
599	DalapangLabangan, Zamboanga del Sur	2,108	about 1,109	about 1.90 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
600	EsperanzaRamon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur	2,107	about 366	about 5.75 km²	−0.03% 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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