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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, 701 to 750 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
701	Upper DisakanManukan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,948	about 342	about 5.69 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
702	La ConcepcionSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,947	about 408	about 4.77 km²	−3.17% a year	Rural
703	SimbolKabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,941	about 744	about 2.61 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
704	LapakanZamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	1,940	about 172	about 11.31 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
705	DisakanManukan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,935	about 463	about 4.18 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
706	CalubianSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,931	about 115	about 16.73 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
707	Santo NiñoDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,928	about 302	about 6.38 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
708	TambananOlutanga, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,923	about 331	about 5.81 km²	−5.59% a year	Rural
709	TigbaoSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,922	about 346	about 5.55 km²	−3.70% a year	Rural
710	LangapodLabangan, Zamboanga del Sur	1,920	about 79	about 24.36 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
711	BangcoTitay, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,917	about 203	about 9.45 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
712	GuinicolalayDinas, Zamboanga del Sur	1,917	about 327	about 5.87 km²	3.66% a year	Rural
713	San FranciscoPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	1,917	about 6,565	about 0.292 km²	−10.82% a year	Urban
714	LumayangZamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	1,914	about 256	about 7.47 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
715	DenoyanSiayan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,911	about 239	about 8.00 km²	6.99% a year	Rural
716	KipitTitay, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,911	about 63	about 30.39 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
717	DohinobPres. Manuel A. Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte	1,909	about 1,061	about 1.80 km²	4.45% a year	Rural
718	Punta BlancaManukan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,908	about 297	about 6.43 km²	−3.48% a year	Rural
719	BantayanSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,907	about 10,308	about 0.185 km²	−3.74% a year	Rural
720	ManggisIndanan, Sulu	1,907	about 1,289	about 1.48 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
721	PoblacionMutia, Zamboanga del Norte	1,906	about 428	about 4.45 km²	4.01% a year	Rural
722	GuintolanImelda, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,905	about 242	about 7.87 km²	0.71% a year	Rural
723	ColoranSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,898	about 246	about 7.70 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
724	Waling-walingVincenzo A. Sagun, Zamboanga del Sur	1,898	about 374	about 5.07 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
725	East MigpulaoDinas, Zamboanga del Sur	1,897	about 234	about 8.10 km²	−0.01% a year	Rural
726	MoyoSiayan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,894	about 56	about 33.82 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
727	SagacadDinas, Zamboanga del Sur	1,894	about 120	about 15.73 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
728	MatiSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur	1,893	about 503	about 3.76 km²	2.54% a year	Rural
729	LalaPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	1,891	about 372	about 5.09 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
730	Upper SulitanNaga, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,891	about 430	about 4.40 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
731	SiaySiocon, Zamboanga del Norte	1,888	about 222	about 8.50 km²	1.40% a year	Rural
732	SurabayRoseller Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,885	about 4,333	about 0.435 km²	3.01% a year	Rural
733	Lagasan HigadParang, Sulu	1,884	about 1,013	about 1.86 km²	3.72% a year	Rural
734	LagtohTalipao, Sulu	1,884	about 1,170	about 1.61 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
735	GataTalipao, Sulu	1,882	about 1,568	about 1.20 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
736	IpilMaimbung, Sulu	1,881	about 667	about 2.82 km²	21.16% a year	Rural
737	LimasonVincenzo A. Sagun, Zamboanga del Sur	1,881	about 689	about 2.73 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
738	TikwasDumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur	1,878	about 441	about 4.26 km²	1.85% a year	Rural
739	MacasingPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	1,874	about 412	about 4.55 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
740	KauswaganDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,872	about 443	about 4.23 km²	5.27% a year	Rural
741	BokongLabangan, Zamboanga del Sur	1,871	about 193	about 9.69 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
742	LampiniganIsabela City, Basilan	1,871	about 5,775	about 0.324 km²	4.44% a year	Rural
743	BalimbinganLabangan, Zamboanga del Sur	1,869	about 316	about 5.92 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
744	Doña CeciliaSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	1,868	about 1,015	about 1.84 km²	2.30% a year	Rural
745	KagayTalipao, Sulu	1,868	about 721	about 2.59 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
746	LawaganLabason, Zamboanga del Norte	1,867	about 283	about 6.59 km²	3.91% a year	Rural
747	Se-ipangPangutaran, Sulu	1,866	about 261	about 7.14 km²	5.84% a year	Rural
748	MalungonTungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,863	about 165	about 11.28 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
749	DeporeBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	1,862	about 185	about 10.07 km²	0.60% a year	Urban
750	BusayIsabela City, Basilan	1,861	about 435	about 4.28 km²	−3.36% 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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