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Barangays in Bangsamoro (BARMM)

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 Bangsamoro (BARMM)

Barangays in Bangsamoro (BARMM), at a glance

Barangays: 2,185^[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: 4,545,486^[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: 169 urban^[4]; 2,016 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Buluan, Maguindanao del Sur; 30,849 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: Sandab Madaya^[6]; Butig, Lanao del Sur; about 262.64 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: Karaha^{[5, 7]}; Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi; 31.95% 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: 104 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Kabasalan, −4.11% 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.

2,185 barangays, 801 to 850 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Bangsamoro (BARMM), most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
801	Lower SilingBuluan, Maguindanao del Sur	1,839	about 244	about 7.55 km²	3.52% a year	Rural
802	SibutoDatu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte	1,839	about 369	about 4.98 km²	6.65% a year	Rural
803	Luuk-MaluhaLantawan, Basilan	1,838	about 353	about 5.21 km²	11.90% a year	Rural
804	PantawanBuldon, Maguindanao del Norte	1,837	about 19	about 96.74 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
805	PindolonanKapai, Lanao del Sur	1,837	about 409	about 4.49 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
806	SapaMapun, Tawi-Tawi	1,836	about 357	about 5.14 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
807	LaguitanDatu Blah T. Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte	1,833	about 113	about 16.15 km²	3.16% a year	Rural
808	SapakanMamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur	1,832	about 783	about 2.34 km²	8.10% a year	Rural
809	PoblacionLumbatan, Lanao del Sur	1,829	about 2,823	about 0.648 km²	2.47% a year	Rural
810	KubentongDatu Hoffer Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur	1,826	about 439	about 4.16 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
811	Central LabasKadayangan, Special Geographic Area	1,825	about 352	about 5.19 km²	−2.14% a year	Rural
812	KabuanParang, Maguindanao del Norte	1,822	about 456	about 4.00 km²	3.24% a year	Rural
813	Christian VillageWao, Lanao del Sur	1,821	about 201	about 9.07 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
814	BalaigayLumbayanague, Lanao del Sur	1,820	about 4,090	about 0.445 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
815	TikusSumisip, Basilan	1,815	about 1,093	about 1.66 km²	3.84% a year	Rural
816	Tuca AmbolongMarawi City, Lanao del Sur	1,815	about 37,813	about 0.048 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
817	CambugAl-Barka, Basilan	1,810	about 1,011	about 1.79 km²	4.16% a year	Rural
818	RogeroBubong, Lanao del Sur	1,810	about 18	about 100.81 km²	4.05% a year	Rural
819	LiongKabuntalan, Maguindanao del Norte	1,809	about 364	about 4.97 km²	3.92% a year	Rural
820	DabenayanMamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur	1,806	about 1,657	about 1.09 km²	4.65% a year	Rural
821	Switch YakalLantawan, Basilan	1,805	about 179	about 10.11 km²	10.82% a year	Rural
822	ButunTandubas, Tawi-Tawi	1,802	about 1,430	about 1.26 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
823	KiniktalLanguyan, Tawi-Tawi	1,802	about 1,218	about 1.48 km²	2.88% a year	Rural
824	TapodocTugunan, Special Geographic Area	1,797	about 363	about 4.95 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
825	IpilBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,792	about 308	about 5.82 km²	3.33% a year	Rural
826	DilimbayanMaguing, Lanao del Sur	1,790	about 34	about 52.68 km²	15.83% a year	Rural
827	Talub LangiMasiu, Lanao del Sur	1,790	about 3,278	about 0.546 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
828	ButilenDatu Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur	1,789	about 1,132	about 1.58 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
829	Campong TalaoTugaya, Lanao del Sur	1,789	about 183	about 9.79 km²	4.27% a year	Rural
830	PakiasBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,789	about 2,110	about 0.848 km²	3.82% a year	Rural
831	DalganPagalungan, Maguindanao del Sur	1,788	about 224	about 7.99 km²	2.46% a year	Rural
832	Campo IslamParang, Maguindanao del Norte	1,783	about 2,669	about 0.668 km²	−5.46% a year	Rural
833	SimbuhayOld Kaabakan, Special Geographic Area	1,781	about 82	about 21.74 km²	−1.18% a year	Rural
834	Tamontaka VCotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	1,781	about 636	about 2.80 km²	2.68% a year	Rural
835	Imam Hadji MohammadSibutu, Tawi-Tawi	1,780	about 582	about 3.06 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
836	LumabaoGen. S.K. Pendatun, Maguindanao del Sur	1,775	about 154	about 11.56 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
837	BulodGen. S.K. Pendatun, Maguindanao del Sur	1,769	about 50	about 35.57 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
838	PanducanHadji Muhtamad, Basilan	1,768	about 278	about 6.37 km²	1.61% a year	Rural
839	Dinganun GuilopaSultan Dumalondong, Lanao del Sur	1,766	about 564	about 3.13 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
840	SefegefenUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	1,766	about 470	about 3.76 km²	3.27% a year	Rural
841	GadunganSultan Sa Barongis, Maguindanao del Sur	1,764	about 228	about 7.74 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
842	PamucalinLantawan, Basilan	1,762	about 134	about 13.19 km²	7.95% a year	Rural
843	DuaminangaDatu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur	1,760	about 237	about 7.43 km²	2.64% a year	Rural
844	MatilacPahamuddin, Special Geographic Area	1,752	about 474	about 3.70 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
845	TapianTandubas, Tawi-Tawi	1,750	about 2,215	about 0.79 km²	3.75% a year	Rural
846	SalamanKapatagan, Lanao del Sur	1,748	about 182	about 9.60 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
847	BaguindanTipo-Tipo, Basilan	1,742	about 458	about 3.80 km²	−4.89% a year	Rural
848	DalamaLumbatan, Lanao del Sur	1,741	about 1,371	about 1.27 km²	2.31% a year	Rural
849	Sabala Manao ProperMarawi City, Lanao del Sur	1,740	about 33,591	about 0.0518 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
850	LiyaburanPanglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi	1,737	about 733	about 2.37 km²	−7.51% 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 : Bangsamoro Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) (OpenSTAT table 0141A6DTHP3). Published August 7, 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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