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Barangays in Davao del Sur

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 Davao del Sur, at a glance

Barangays: 414^[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: 2,554,076^[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: 181 urban^[4]; 233 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bucana^[5]; Davao City, Davao del Sur; 83,192 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: Marilog^[6]; Davao City, Davao del Sur; about 174.04 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: Mudiang^{[5, 7]}; Davao City, Davao del Sur; 9.20% 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: 95 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Poblacion Dos, −3.42% 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.

414 barangays, 101 to 150 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Davao del Sur, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
101	MattiDigos City, Davao del Sur	6,726	about 898	about 7.49 km²	0.97% a year	Urban
102	WanganDavao City, Davao del Sur	6,707	about 535	about 12.54 km²	−0.70% a year	Urban
103	KiagotDigos City, Davao del Sur	6,591	about 739	about 8.92 km²	1.55% a year	Urban
104	GumalangDavao City, Davao del Sur	6,519	about 429	about 15.20 km²	1.59% a year	Urban
105	PoblacionMalalag, Davao del Sur	6,519	about 700	about 9.31 km²	0.16% a year	Urban
106	Zone IISanta Cruz, Davao del Sur	6,490	about 413	about 15.72 km²	1.54% a year	Urban
107	ColosasDavao City, Davao del Sur	6,256	about 58	about 107.17 km²	2.09% a year	Urban
108	PoblacionMatanao, Davao del Sur	6,219	about 921	about 6.75 km²	0.73% a year	Urban
109	SubastaDavao City, Davao del Sur	6,206	about 522	about 11.88 km²	4.12% a year	Urban
110	DacudaoDavao City, Davao del Sur	6,135	about 467	about 13.15 km²	2.23% a year	Urban
111	LacsonDavao City, Davao del Sur	6,108	about 605	about 10.10 km²	−1.66% a year	Urban
112	BarayongMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	6,080	about 722	about 8.42 km²	0.50% a year	Urban
113	DawisDigos City, Davao del Sur	5,991	about 2,616	about 2.29 km²	0.72% a year	Urban
114	MudiangDavao City, Davao del Sur	5,940	about 1,119	about 5.31 km²	9.20% a year	Urban
115	SibulanSanta Cruz, Davao del Sur	5,936	about 141	about 42.10 km²	−1.68% a year	Urban
116	PoblacionKiblawan, Davao del Sur	5,935	about 983	about 6.04 km²	2.39% a year	Urban
117	SalaysayDavao City, Davao del Sur	5,926	about 129	about 45.90 km²	−2.79% a year	Urban
118	BaguioDavao City, Davao del Sur	5,807	about 675	about 8.60 km²	4.67% a year	Urban
119	Rafael CastilloDavao City, Davao del Sur	5,785	about 11,321	about 0.511 km²	−0.64% a year	Urban
120	Barangay 37-DDavao City, Davao del Sur	5,726	about 46,553	about 0.123 km²	−0.19% a year	Urban
121	SuawanDavao City, Davao del Sur	5,696	about 127	about 44.92 km²	1.56% a year	Urban
122	SinawilanDigos City, Davao del Sur	5,462	about 1,635	about 3.34 km²	−1.51% a year	Urban
123	Barangay 20-BDavao City, Davao del Sur	5,256	about 9,046	about 0.581 km²	1.55% a year	Urban
124	MagtuodDavao City, Davao del Sur	5,220	about 624	about 8.37 km²	2.02% a year	Urban
125	SinayawanHagonoy, Davao del Sur	5,197	about 522	about 9.96 km²	0.55% a year	Urban
126	ManagaBansalan, Davao del Sur	5,185	about 122	about 42.35 km²	1.38% a year	Urban
127	SinawilanMatanao, Davao del Sur	5,185	about 499	about 10.39 km²	1.17% a year	Urban
128	New ClarinBansalan, Davao del Sur	5,130	about 528	about 9.71 km²	3.11% a year	Urban
129	Kap. Tomas Monteverde, Sr.Davao City, Davao del Sur	5,036	about 24,686	about 0.204 km²	−1.03% a year	Urban
130	BulacanMalalag, Davao del Sur	5,025	about 269	about 18.71 km²	0.49% a year	Urban
131	TagakpanDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,976	about 699	about 7.12 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
132	Tawan-tawanDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,866	about 485	about 10.04 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
133	Biao GuiangaDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,846	about 830	about 5.84 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
134	PandaitanDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,684	about 142	about 33.07 km²	2.32% a year	Rural
135	InayanganDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,630	about 256	about 18.09 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
136	LangubDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,597	about 487	about 9.43 km²	1.42% a year	Urban
137	PoblacionHagonoy, Davao del Sur	4,555	about 930	about 4.90 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
138	Biao EscuelaDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,499	about 387	about 11.64 km²	1.30% a year	Urban
139	MapulaDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,471	about 60	about 73.94 km²	2.89% a year	Rural
140	RuparanDigos City, Davao del Sur	4,415	about 642	about 6.88 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
141	GomaDigos City, Davao del Sur	4,389	about 132	about 33.32 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
142	RizalBansalan, Davao del Sur	4,378	about 617	about 7.10 km²	4.46% a year	Rural
143	BayabasDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,365	about 339	about 12.89 km²	5.52% a year	Rural
144	Manuel GuiangaDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,336	about 429	about 10.10 km²	−5.97% a year	Urban
145	Barangay 39-DDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,316	about 31,050	about 0.139 km²	0.35% a year	Urban
146	San IsidroMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	4,316	about 308	about 14.01 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
147	BaybayMalalag, Davao del Sur	4,310	about 4,937	about 0.873 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
148	WaanDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,293	about 761	about 5.64 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
149	DoloBansalan, Davao del Sur	4,280	about 594	about 7.21 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
150	LamananDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,229	about 215	about 19.67 km²	−2.02% 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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