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Barangays in Zamboanga del Sur

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 Zamboanga del Sur

Barangays in Zamboanga del Sur, at a glance

Barangays: 779^[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: 2,063,975^[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: 107 urban^[4]; 672 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Talon-talon^[5]; Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur; 38,108 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: Vitali^[6]; Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur; about 113.75 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: Talisayan^{[5, 7]}; Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur; 7.52% 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: 321 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Jose, −5.25% 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.

779 barangays, 651 to 700 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Zamboanga del Sur, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
651	PawanMidsalip, Zamboanga del Sur	593	about 50	about 11.88 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
652	Lower SambulawanRamon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur	592	about 342	about 1.73 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
653	MetokongDumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur	591	about 176	about 3.36 km²	2.10% a year	Rural
654	San IsidroPitogo, Zamboanga del Sur	591	about 225	about 2.63 km²	−7.17% a year	Rural
655	PiwanMidsalip, Zamboanga del Sur	590	about 22	about 27.04 km²	3.95% a year	Rural
656	New UnidosMidsalip, Zamboanga del Sur	588	about 176	about 3.34 km²	4.93% a year	Rural
657	Tubo-PaitDumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur	588	about 102	about 5.78 km²	3.37% a year	Rural
658	LantawanSominot, Zamboanga del Sur	587	about 170	about 3.46 km²	−5.59% a year	Rural
659	DataganBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	586	about 125	about 4.67 km²	−10.60% a year	Rural
660	Nangan-nanganTigbao, Zamboanga del Sur	583	about 41	about 14.26 km²	−4.26% a year	Rural
661	San FranciscoTabina, Zamboanga del Sur	578	about 159	about 3.63 km²	−6.24% a year	Rural
662	LalabDimataling, Zamboanga del Sur	577	about 180	about 3.20 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
663	TultolanTabina, Zamboanga del Sur	577	about 214	about 2.70 km²	−4.06% a year	Rural
664	DulianDumingag, Zamboanga del Sur	573	about 139	about 4.11 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
665	SuponBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	573	about 202	about 2.83 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
666	JosefinaDimataling, Zamboanga del Sur	572	about 136	about 4.20 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
667	KanipaanBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	572	about 180	about 3.18 km²	−2.66% a year	Rural
668	Lower DimalinaoMolave, Zamboanga del Sur	572	about 308	about 1.86 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
669	LukuanLakewood, Zamboanga del Sur	570	about 49	about 11.67 km²	3.00% a year	Rural
670	LuananLapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur	567	about 147	about 3.87 km²	3.16% a year	Rural
671	LaperianSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur	566	about 158	about 3.58 km²	2.39% a year	Rural
672	MagahisMargosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur	563	about 315	about 1.79 km²	−4.63% a year	Rural
673	MabuhaySan Pablo, Zamboanga del Sur	549	about 245	about 2.24 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
674	MandegLapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur	548	about 115	about 4.75 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
675	PiliMidsalip, Zamboanga del Sur	547	about 52	about 10.49 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
676	LudiongDinas, Zamboanga del Sur	545	about 175	about 3.12 km²	−4.03% a year	Rural
677	PedulonanPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	545	about 209	about 2.61 km²	7.64% a year	Rural
678	TiwalesLakewood, Zamboanga del Sur	542	about 40	about 13.44 km²	−2.87% a year	Rural
679	Matab-angDumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur	540	about 239	about 2.26 km²	−0.57% a year	Rural
680	MalasikDumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur	538	about 338	about 1.59 km²	−1.54% a year	Rural
681	MolansongSan Pablo, Zamboanga del Sur	538	about 190	about 2.83 km²	1.29% a year	Rural
682	TulbongMidsalip, Zamboanga del Sur	537	about 150	about 3.59 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
683	Bagong OponRamon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur	536	about 163	about 3.29 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
684	DagumLakewood, Zamboanga del Sur	527	about 24	about 21.99 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
685	BerayDinas, Zamboanga del Sur	524	about 243	about 2.16 km²	−5.04% a year	Rural
686	Matin-aoPitogo, Zamboanga del Sur	522	about 368	about 1.42 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
687	BusolTigbao, Zamboanga del Sur	521	about 151	about 3.45 km²	−7.40% a year	Rural
688	MahalingebLapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur	516	about 83	about 6.23 km²	2.69% a year	Rural
689	CanibonganDumingag, Zamboanga del Sur	514	about 53	about 9.77 km²	−4.62% a year	Rural
690	LibugananSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur	512	about 196	about 2.61 km²	−5.63% a year	Rural
691	SikatunaGuipos, Zamboanga del Sur	509	about 256	about 1.99 km²	4.60% a year	Rural
692	DacsolGuipos, Zamboanga del Sur	507	about 72	about 7.04 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
693	ResthouseAurora, Zamboanga del Sur	506	about 202	about 2.51 km²	−3.34% a year	Rural
694	VillakapaSan Pablo, Zamboanga del Sur	505	about 213	about 2.37 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
695	TulanMahayag, Zamboanga del Sur	500	about 151	about 3.31 km²	−1.83% a year	Rural
696	Kitaan DagatKumalarang, Zamboanga del Sur	495	about 57	about 8.65 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
697	NemeñoJosefina, Zamboanga del Sur	495	about 158	about 3.13 km²	−1.76% a year	Rural
698	Bagong MandaueAurora, Zamboanga del Sur	493	about 183	about 2.70 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
699	TalanusaMargosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur	491	about 138	about 3.57 km²	−11.86% a year	Rural
700	Bag-ong MisamisSan Pablo, Zamboanga del Sur	490	about 98	about 5.00 km²	3.01% 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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