The Atlas

Barangays in 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 Cotabato

Barangays in Cotabato, at a glance

Barangays: 480^[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: 1,286,142^[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: 76 urban^[4]; 404 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Kidapawan City, Cotabato; 28,191 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: Guiling^[6]; Alamada, Cotabato; about 137.86 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: Kalasuyan^{[5, 7]}; Kidapawan City, Cotabato; 4.90% 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: 254 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Tuael, −3.24% 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.

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

Barangays in Cotabato, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
101	SangatM'Lang, Cotabato	3,413	about 986	about 3.46 km²	1.55% a year	Urban
102	DalapitanMatalam, Cotabato	3,407	about 409	about 8.34 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
103	Del CarmenPresident Roxas, Cotabato	3,393	about 505	about 6.72 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
104	DalingaoenPikit, Cotabato	3,390	about 325	about 10.43 km²	−1.24% a year	Rural
105	DalipeM'Lang, Cotabato	3,382	about 449	about 7.54 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
106	Central MalamoteMatalam, Cotabato	3,371	about 582	about 5.79 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
107	ManoboMagpet, Cotabato	3,369	about 122	about 27.68 km²	−1.25% a year	Rural
108	NalinMidsayap, Cotabato	3,369	about 906	about 3.72 km²	−1.19% a year	Rural
109	AnonangMidsayap, Cotabato	3,366	about 520	about 6.47 km²	6.85% a year	Rural
110	Upper BaguerPigkawayan, Cotabato	3,357	about 1,174	about 2.86 km²	−1.86% a year	Rural
111	MinapanTulunan, Cotabato	3,354	about 433	about 7.74 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
112	New AntiqueM'Lang, Cotabato	3,350	about 135	about 24.85 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
113	KabalantianArakan, Cotabato	3,328	about 83	about 40.33 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
114	KiwananMidsayap, Cotabato	3,314	about 746	about 4.44 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
115	KibenesCarmen, Cotabato	3,308	about 246	about 13.46 km²	7.40% a year	Rural
116	BannawagKabacan, Cotabato	3,287	about 588	about 5.59 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
117	TakipanPikit, Cotabato	3,287	about 578	about 5.69 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
118	PerezKidapawan City, Cotabato	3,286	about 313	about 10.50 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
119	LampayanMatalam, Cotabato	3,266	about 174	about 18.75 km²	−0.18% a year	Rural
120	Poblacion IIBanisilan, Cotabato	3,252	about 276	about 11.80 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
121	Upper Glad IMidsayap, Cotabato	3,246	about 1,546	about 2.10 km²	2.20% a year	Urban
122	MeocanArakan, Cotabato	3,245	about 142	about 22.89 km²	−1.25% a year	Rural
123	LinangcobKidapawan City, Cotabato	3,229	about 226	about 14.28 km²	3.14% a year	Rural
124	AromanCarmen, Cotabato	3,226	about 317	about 10.19 km²	2.22% a year	Urban
125	BalogoPigkawayan, Cotabato	3,222	about 1,063	about 3.03 km²	5.99% a year	Rural
126	MacasendegMidsayap, Cotabato	3,213	about 223	about 14.40 km²	−13.53% a year	Rural
127	ManubuanMatalam, Cotabato	3,209	about 360	about 8.91 km²	3.58% a year	Urban
128	KatilacanPikit, Cotabato	3,204	about 581	about 5.51 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
129	Poblacion IIIPigkawayan, Cotabato	3,168	about 3,137	about 1.01 km²	−0.52% a year	Urban
130	MacabasaAlamada, Cotabato	3,113	about 140	about 22.23 km²	9.89% a year	Rural
131	Barangay Poblacion 3Midsayap, Cotabato	3,107	about 12,528	about 0.248 km²	−1.77% a year	Urban
132	ManiliCarmen, Cotabato	3,096	about 179	about 17.30 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
133	PisanKabacan, Cotabato	3,090	about 122	about 25.38 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
134	BatasanMakilala, Cotabato	3,084	about 56	about 55.16 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
135	Lower KatingawanMidsayap, Cotabato	3,075	about 952	about 3.23 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
136	Central GladMidsayap, Cotabato	3,074	about 995	about 3.09 km²	5.06% a year	Rural
137	KimarayangPigkawayan, Cotabato	3,056	about 57	about 54.02 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
138	CabpangiLibungan, Cotabato	3,055	about 320	about 9.56 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
139	SarayanMatalam, Cotabato	3,032	about 93	about 32.61 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
140	KalacacanPikit, Cotabato	3,030	about 279	about 10.86 km²	5.25% a year	Rural
141	WadyaBanisilan, Cotabato	3,022	about 220	about 13.71 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
142	LangayenPikit, Cotabato	3,010	about 451	about 6.68 km²	2.21% a year	Rural
143	PalanggalanCarmen, Cotabato	2,992	about 163	about 18.37 km²	−2.60% a year	Rural
144	BasakMagpet, Cotabato	2,965	about 260	about 11.39 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
145	BulucaonPigkawayan, Cotabato	2,957	about 339	about 8.71 km²	−2.31% a year	Rural
146	BacongTulunan, Cotabato	2,945	about 89	about 32.97 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
147	Poblacion IPigkawayan, Cotabato	2,944	about 3,662	about 0.804 km²	−0.32% a year	Urban
148	GaunanM'Lang, Cotabato	2,910	about 118	about 24.64 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
149	North ManuanganPigkawayan, Cotabato	2,908	about 923	about 3.15 km²	2.98% a year	Rural
150	BarongisLibungan, Cotabato	2,891	about 275	about 10.53 km²	−0.25% 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 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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