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Barangays in SOCCSKSARGEN

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 SOCCSKSARGEN, at a glance

Barangays: 1,097^[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: 4,462,776^[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: 268 urban^[4]; 829 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Calumpang^[5]; General Santos City, South Cotabato; 90,480 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: Ned^[6]; Lake Sebu, South Cotabato; about 493.50 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: New Dumangas^{[5, 7]}; T'Boli, South Cotabato; 8.62% 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: 431 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Poblacion, −4.68% 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.

1,097 barangays, 651 to 700 shown, most people first.

Barangays in SOCCSKSARGEN, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
651	ButrilPalimbang, Sultan Kudarat	2,308	about 70	about 33.19 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
652	ParadiseBanisilan, Cotabato	2,308	about 133	about 17.36 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
653	PinguiamanLambayong, Sultan Kudarat	2,297	about 360	about 6.38 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
654	BagumbayanTulunan, Cotabato	2,292	about 452	about 5.07 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
655	KapateKiamba, Sarangani	2,291	about 108	about 21.20 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
656	BuenavistaSurallah, South Cotabato	2,289	about 311	about 7.37 km²	3.34% a year	Rural
657	San IsidroMidsayap, Cotabato	2,285	about 686	about 3.33 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
658	TinalonSen. Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat	2,283	about 115	about 19.91 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
659	TaluntalunanMakilala, Cotabato	2,274	about 475	about 4.79 km²	2.86% a year	Urban
660	KinayaoBagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat	2,269	about 50	about 45.17 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
661	New CebuLambayong, Sultan Kudarat	2,264	about 199	about 11.38 km²	−4.64% a year	Urban
662	MalugongT'Boli, South Cotabato	2,263	about 177	about 12.79 km²	4.07% a year	Rural
663	BacdulongLake Sebu, South Cotabato	2,259	about 527	about 4.29 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
664	IndanganMakilala, Cotabato	2,248	about 201	about 11.16 km²	−2.70% a year	Rural
665	AbagaLibungan, Cotabato	2,241	about 992	about 2.26 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
666	KiblatMalungon, Sarangani	2,240	about 204	about 10.96 km²	−2.15% a year	Rural
667	LapuPolomolok, South Cotabato	2,237	about 672	about 3.33 km²	1.73% a year	Rural
668	General LunaCarmen, Cotabato	2,236	about 226	about 9.91 km²	−0.86% a year	Rural
669	New LeonAleosan, Cotabato	2,231	about 203	about 10.97 km²	−0.67% a year	Rural
670	Barurao IILebak, Sultan Kudarat	2,228	about 609	about 3.66 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
671	Nueva VidaM'Lang, Cotabato	2,225	about 200	about 11.11 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
672	New AlimodianMatalam, Cotabato	2,217	about 126	about 17.54 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
673	New BulatukanMakilala, Cotabato	2,215	about 471	about 4.70 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
674	LibertyNorala, South Cotabato	2,210	about 423	about 5.22 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
675	Paatan UpperKabacan, Cotabato	2,210	about 313	about 7.07 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
676	KabulacanMatalam, Cotabato	2,204	about 132	about 16.65 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
677	LanoonCarmen, Cotabato	2,202	about 250	about 8.82 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
678	AflekT'Boli, South Cotabato	2,196	about 69	about 31.99 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
679	Pag-asaM'Lang, Cotabato	2,184	about 196	about 11.14 km²	−1.08% a year	Rural
680	MatapolNorala, South Cotabato	2,182	about 383	about 5.69 km²	6.00% a year	Rural
681	KolambogPikit, Cotabato	2,180	about 387	about 5.63 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
682	GastayBanisilan, Cotabato	2,174	about 251	about 8.66 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
683	Poblacion IIPigkawayan, Cotabato	2,174	about 2,090	about 1.04 km²	−0.97% a year	Urban
684	BalesMaasim, Sarangani	2,169	about 197	about 10.99 km²	10.23% a year	Rural
685	KiadsamSen. Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat	2,167	about 174	about 12.45 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
686	TawantawanM'Lang, Cotabato	2,163	about 271	about 7.97 km²	2.04% a year	Urban
687	LibertadColumbio, Sultan Kudarat	2,157	about 216	about 9.97 km²	2.14% a year	Rural
688	MaganaoPalimbang, Sultan Kudarat	2,156	about 856	about 2.52 km²	−3.44% a year	Rural
689	DesawoT'Boli, South Cotabato	2,152	about 202	about 10.64 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
690	BatulakiGlan, Sarangani	2,142	about 400	about 5.35 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
691	ManobisaMagpet, Cotabato	2,141	about 90	about 23.71 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
692	RagandangLebak, Sultan Kudarat	2,137	about 130	about 16.44 km²	−1.52% a year	Rural
693	Central BulananMidsayap, Cotabato	2,131	about 493	about 4.32 km²	3.49% a year	Rural
694	NumoEsperanza, Sultan Kudarat	2,131	about 336	about 6.34 km²	−4.00% a year	Rural
695	ButoTampakan, South Cotabato	2,129	about 124	about 17.12 km²	1.98% a year	Rural
696	New BugasongMatalam, Cotabato	2,128	about 216	about 9.85 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
697	MahongcogMagpet, Cotabato	2,126	about 112	about 18.91 km²	2.68% a year	Rural
698	TampedMatalam, Cotabato	2,124	about 91	about 23.39 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
699	Lower MainitMalungon, Sarangani	2,123	about 147	about 14.42 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
700	BanahawMalungon, Sarangani	2,122	about 259	about 8.19 km²	0.38% 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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