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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, 1,201 to 1,250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,201	CarupayKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,305	about 161	about 8.11 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
1,202	PalarananManukan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,305	about 299	about 4.36 km²	9.94% a year	Rural
1,203	SipalocSibutad, Zamboanga del Norte	1,304	about 209	about 6.23 km²	−0.62% a year	Rural
1,204	LibertadDimataling, Zamboanga del Sur	1,303	about 356	about 3.66 km²	2.28% a year	Rural
1,205	MahayahayDumingag, Zamboanga del Sur	1,303	about 153	about 8.49 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
1,206	Upper IrasanPres. Manuel A. Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte	1,303	about 388	about 3.36 km²	−2.02% a year	Rural
1,207	LumpanacImelda, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,302	about 247	about 5.28 km²	6.64% a year	Rural
1,208	PangandaoManukan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,300	about 38	about 34.04 km²	−6.43% a year	Rural
1,209	BulawanPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	1,298	about 226	about 5.74 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
1,210	Sapa AndingRamon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur	1,298	about 277	about 4.69 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
1,211	Upper Salug DakuMahayag, Zamboanga del Sur	1,297	about 479	about 2.71 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
1,212	LakikiSibuco, Zamboanga del Norte	1,293	about 86	about 15.03 km²	18.95% a year	Rural
1,213	TugopTitay, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,293	about 207	about 6.25 km²	−1.62% a year	Rural
1,214	SininanKabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,292	about 179	about 7.22 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
1,215	MinsulaoSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,291	about 140	about 9.20 km²	3.44% a year	Rural
1,216	CauswaganLiloy, Zamboanga del Norte	1,290	about 420	about 3.07 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
1,217	LumbogImelda, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,289	about 451	about 2.86 km²	3.94% a year	Rural
1,218	PatianPata, Sulu	1,288	about 340	about 3.79 km²	8.15% a year	Rural
1,219	BalugoTambulig, Zamboanga del Sur	1,287	about 219	about 5.87 km²	−2.40% a year	Rural
1,220	Buton MahabloParang, Sulu	1,287	about 663	about 1.94 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
1,221	SipacongLeon T. Postigo, Zamboanga del Norte	1,287	about 61	about 21.24 km²	9.37% a year	Rural
1,222	AzusanoTitay, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,284	about 187	about 6.88 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
1,223	BululawanLakewood, Zamboanga del Sur	1,284	about 452	about 2.84 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
1,224	Del PilarPiñan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,282	about 317	about 4.05 km²	−3.24% a year	Rural
1,225	BobonganRamon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur	1,281	about 355	about 3.61 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
1,226	KanawayTapul, Sulu	1,280	about 182	about 7.05 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
1,227	MarapongSergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte	1,280	about 236	about 5.42 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
1,228	BaunohOld Panamao, Sulu	1,278	about 2,159	about 0.592 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
1,229	Kapok-PunggolMaimbung, Sulu	1,278	about 480	about 2.66 km²	6.19% a year	Rural
1,230	Lower PatibulanOld Panamao, Sulu	1,274	about 988	about 1.29 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
1,231	SawakiIndanan, Sulu	1,274	about 643	about 1.98 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
1,232	PoblacionGutalac, Zamboanga del Norte	1,273	about 1,543	about 0.825 km²	−6.26% a year	Rural
1,233	TampalanAlicia, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,273	about 324	about 3.93 km²	2.11% a year	Rural
1,234	Doña JosefaIpil, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,269	about 115	about 11.06 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
1,235	PolayoSiayan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,269	about 171	about 7.40 km²	5.78% a year	Rural
1,236	Duyan KabaoParang, Sulu	1,268	about 1,415	about 0.896 km²	3.27% a year	Rural
1,237	MahayagDimataling, Zamboanga del Sur	1,267	about 368	about 3.44 km²	4.47% a year	Rural
1,238	Ratag LimbonMaimbung, Sulu	1,266	about 656	about 1.93 km²	7.29% a year	Rural
1,239	LipakanSalug, Zamboanga del Norte	1,265	about 188	about 6.74 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
1,240	Lower KamuntayanTalipao, Sulu	1,265	about 512	about 2.47 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
1,241	AlegriaPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	1,264	about 303	about 4.17 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
1,242	BuyoganSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,264	about 120	about 10.51 km²	1.87% a year	Rural
1,243	LabangonDumingag, Zamboanga del Sur	1,263	about 69	about 18.20 km²	−2.10% a year	Rural
1,244	Pugad ManaulOld Panamao, Sulu	1,262	about 214	about 5.90 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
1,245	Seit HigadOld Panamao, Sulu	1,262	about 493	about 2.56 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
1,246	San VicenteTungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,261	about 84	about 15.00 km²	3.08% a year	Rural
1,247	BasalemBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,260	about 298	about 4.23 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
1,248	TonglabahSiasi, Sulu	1,256	about 5,368	about 0.234 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
1,249	BataanSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,254	about 461	about 2.72 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
1,250	New CalambaKalawit, Zamboanga del Norte	1,254	about 108	about 11.66 km²	0.37% 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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