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Barangays in South Cotabato

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 South Cotabato

Barangays in South Cotabato, at a glance

Barangays: 226^[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: 1,732,068^[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: 94 urban^[4]; 132 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: 42 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Lamfugon, −2.93% 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.

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

Barangays in South Cotabato, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
51	PoblacionTampakan, South Cotabato	7,757	about 1,129	about 6.87 km²	1.00% a year	Urban
52	Zone IVKoronadal City, South Cotabato	7,283	about 3,754	about 1.94 km²	−1.80% a year	Urban
53	LigayaGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	7,232	about 1,161	about 6.23 km²	1.89% a year	Urban
54	San VicenteBanga, South Cotabato	7,188	about 425	about 16.92 km²	1.31% a year	Urban
55	ColonguloSurallah, South Cotabato	6,978	about 271	about 25.73 km²	−0.51% a year	Urban
56	CebuanoTupi, South Cotabato	6,928	about 245	about 28.26 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
57	ParaisoKoronadal City, South Cotabato	6,796	about 442	about 15.36 km²	0.59% a year	Urban
58	Dadiangas NorthGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	6,731	about 6,946	about 0.969 km²	−0.25% a year	Urban
59	MaanT'Boli, South Cotabato	6,647	about 85	about 78.54 km²	0.75% a year	Urban
60	LandanPolomolok, South Cotabato	6,645	about 172	about 38.55 km²	−0.65% a year	Urban
61	LiwanayBanga, South Cotabato	6,589	about 1,246	about 5.29 km²	0.52% a year	Urban
62	BunaoTupi, South Cotabato	6,422	about 382	about 16.82 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
63	ConcepcionKoronadal City, South Cotabato	6,366	about 915	about 6.96 km²	2.18% a year	Urban
64	KablonTupi, South Cotabato	6,275	about 158	about 39.74 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
65	New DumangasT'Boli, South Cotabato	6,238	about 305	about 20.47 km²	8.62% a year	Urban
66	San FelipeTantangan, South Cotabato	6,213	about 1,354	about 4.59 km²	4.06% a year	Urban
67	KipalbigTampakan, South Cotabato	6,204	about 273	about 22.70 km²	1.89% a year	Urban
68	SulitPolomolok, South Cotabato	6,173	about 606	about 10.18 km²	0.80% a year	Urban
69	LamfugonLake Sebu, South Cotabato	6,047	about 205	about 29.49 km²	−2.93% a year	Urban
70	TubialaSurallah, South Cotabato	5,725	about 490	about 11.69 km²	1.89% a year	Urban
71	Rang-ayBanga, South Cotabato	5,574	about 801	about 6.96 km²	1.50% a year	Urban
72	CaloocanKoronadal City, South Cotabato	5,468	about 971	about 5.63 km²	1.40% a year	Urban
73	NaciSurallah, South Cotabato	5,453	about 365	about 14.95 km²	0.69% a year	Urban
74	Upper KlinanPolomolok, South Cotabato	5,326	about 341	about 15.61 km²	1.06% a year	Urban
75	San MiguelNorala, South Cotabato	5,135	about 428	about 12.00 km²	0.77% a year	Urban
76	RizalBanga, South Cotabato	5,077	about 385	about 13.20 km²	0.77% a year	Urban
77	New PangasinanKoronadal City, South Cotabato	5,059	about 631	about 8.02 km²	3.85% a year	Urban
78	LamdalagLake Sebu, South Cotabato	5,049	about 389	about 12.97 km²	−0.33% a year	Urban
79	LambontongSurallah, South Cotabato	4,974	about 388	about 12.82 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
80	New IloiloTantangan, South Cotabato	4,897	about 565	about 8.67 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
81	KusanBanga, South Cotabato	4,889	about 379	about 12.90 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
82	Rizal PoblacionBanga, South Cotabato	4,881	about 961	about 5.08 km²	0.17% a year	Urban
83	RotondaKoronadal City, South Cotabato	4,841	about 796	about 6.08 km²	2.49% a year	Rural
84	AvanceñaKoronadal City, South Cotabato	4,781	about 632	about 7.56 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
85	Manuel RoxasSanto Niño, South Cotabato	4,766	about 341	about 13.97 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
86	SalacafeT'Boli, South Cotabato	4,764	about 102	about 46.86 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
87	Dadiangas SouthGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	4,755	about 7,548	about 0.63 km²	−0.30% a year	Urban
88	LamlahakLake Sebu, South Cotabato	4,742	about 157	about 30.29 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
89	NamnamaKoronadal City, South Cotabato	4,705	about 763	about 6.17 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
90	KlubiLake Sebu, South Cotabato	4,694	about 176	about 26.70 km²	2.58% a year	Rural
91	AcmonanTupi, South Cotabato	4,692	about 153	about 30.60 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
92	Bukay PaitTantangan, South Cotabato	4,669	about 296	about 15.75 km²	2.65% a year	Rural
93	San JoseBanga, South Cotabato	4,573	about 438	about 10.43 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
94	Crossing RubberTupi, South Cotabato	4,561	about 535	about 8.53 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
95	EdwardsT'Boli, South Cotabato	4,545	about 405	about 11.22 km²	1.18% a year	Rural
96	San RoqueKoronadal City, South Cotabato	4,537	about 478	about 9.50 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
97	OlympogGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	4,534	about 325	about 13.93 km²	0.42% a year	Urban
98	SinolonT'Boli, South Cotabato	4,525	about 312	about 14.49 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
99	ReyesBanga, South Cotabato	4,486	about 878	about 5.11 km²	−2.01% a year	Urban
100	DumadaligTantangan, South Cotabato	4,471	about 255	about 17.53 km²	−0.88% a year	Urban

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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