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Barangays in Davao Occidental

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 Davao Occidental

Barangays in Davao Occidental, at a glance

Barangays: 105^[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: 317,598^[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: 14 urban^[4]; 91 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Malita, Davao Occidental; 20,289 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: Little Baguio^[6]; Malita, Davao Occidental; about 126.27 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: Poblacion^{[5, 7]}; Malita, Davao Occidental; 1.49% 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: 55 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Datu Danwata, −1.69% 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.

105 barangays, 51 to 100 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Davao Occidental, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
51	CarahayanJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,466	about 91	about 27.15 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
52	BaluntayaDon Marcelino, Davao Occidental	2,387	about 100	about 23.79 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
53	TalogoyMalita, Davao Occidental	2,322	about 107	about 21.68 km²	−1.11% a year	Rural
54	ButuanJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,257	about 220	about 10.28 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
55	PangaleonMalita, Davao Occidental	2,257	about 108	about 20.84 km²	−0.02% a year	Rural
56	MolmolJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,231	about 369	about 6.04 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
57	BatugandingSarangani, Davao Occidental	2,217	about 247	about 8.99 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
58	MalalanJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,194	about 118	about 18.57 km²	−1.87% a year	Rural
59	TingoloMalita, Davao Occidental	2,193	about 216	about 10.16 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
60	MabuhayDon Marcelino, Davao Occidental	2,178	about 94	about 23.07 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
61	San IsidroJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,155	about 172	about 12.50 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
62	PongpongSanta Maria, Davao Occidental	2,152	about 112	about 19.17 km²	−0.18% a year	Rural
63	CulamanMalita, Davao Occidental	2,114	about 190	about 11.10 km²	1.56% a year	Urban
64	TanumanJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,113	about 144	about 14.64 km²	−1.44% a year	Rural
65	Nueva VillaDon Marcelino, Davao Occidental	2,106	about 124	about 16.99 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
66	North LamidanDon Marcelino, Davao Occidental	2,080	about 183	about 11.34 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
67	KonelSarangani, Davao Occidental	2,046	about 320	about 6.40 km²	−1.09% a year	Rural
68	KiobogDon Marcelino, Davao Occidental	1,950	about 55	about 35.59 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
69	BolilaMalita, Davao Occidental	1,923	about 144	about 13.33 km²	−0.58% a year	Rural
70	LinadasanDon Marcelino, Davao Occidental	1,914	about 43	about 44.19 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
71	LipolSarangani, Davao Occidental	1,885	about 275	about 6.85 km²	3.62% a year	Rural
72	LaisMalita, Davao Occidental	1,810	about 144	about 12.58 km²	−2.13% a year	Rural
73	CadaatanSanta Maria, Davao Occidental	1,774	about 268	about 6.61 km²	−2.21% a year	Rural
74	CayapongaJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	1,760	about 71	about 24.89 km²	−1.59% a year	Rural
75	San RoqueSanta Maria, Davao Occidental	1,715	about 295	about 5.81 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
76	QuiapoJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	1,708	about 237	about 7.21 km²	−2.35% a year	Rural
77	San PedroSanta Maria, Davao Occidental	1,707	about 125	about 13.71 km²	−4.39% a year	Rural
78	BitoMalita, Davao Occidental	1,639	about 91	about 18.03 km²	−3.31% a year	Rural
79	Santo RosarioSanta Maria, Davao Occidental	1,631	about 295	about 5.53 km²	2.59% a year	Rural
80	Datu IntanSanta Maria, Davao Occidental	1,620	about 222	about 7.29 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
81	New ArgaoMalita, Davao Occidental	1,602	about 1,710	about 0.937 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
82	CamalianJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	1,595	about 99	about 16.16 km²	−2.45% a year	Rural
83	South LamidanDon Marcelino, Davao Occidental	1,595	about 242	about 6.60 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
84	PatulangJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	1,553	about 79	about 19.61 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
85	Santo NiñoSanta Maria, Davao Occidental	1,509	about 1,118	about 1.35 km²	−1.44% a year	Rural
86	LakerSarangani, Davao Occidental	1,422	about 168	about 8.44 km²	−1.65% a year	Rural
87	KisuladSanta Maria, Davao Occidental	1,337	about 251	about 5.32 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
88	OgpaoSanta Maria, Davao Occidental	1,336	about 437	about 3.06 km²	2.81% a year	Rural
89	KinilidanSanta Maria, Davao Occidental	1,335	about 152	about 8.77 km²	1.92% a year	Rural
90	KibalatongMalita, Davao Occidental	1,316	about 164	about 8.04 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
91	TininaSarangani, Davao Occidental	1,310	about 322	about 4.07 km²	−2.23% a year	Rural
92	BuguisJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	1,305	about 80	about 16.25 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
93	TagenSarangani, Davao Occidental	1,266	about 119	about 10.64 km²	−2.33% a year	Rural
94	KidadanSanta Maria, Davao Occidental	1,257	about 126	about 10.01 km²	3.61% a year	Rural
95	MacolMalita, Davao Occidental	1,243	about 100	about 12.47 km²	−2.49% a year	Rural
96	San JuanSanta Maria, Davao Occidental	1,224	about 109	about 11.24 km²	−5.09% a year	Rural
97	CamahualSarangani, Davao Occidental	1,195	about 140	about 8.51 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
98	LanaoDon Marcelino, Davao Occidental	1,145	about 113	about 10.09 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
99	CamaligSarangani, Davao Occidental	1,073	about 134	about 7.98 km²	−1.85% a year	Rural
100	GomtagoSarangani, Davao Occidental	1,072	about 147	about 7.27 km²	4.42% 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 XI (Davao Region) (OpenSTAT table 0111A6DTHP0). 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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