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Barangays in Tawi-Tawi

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 Tawi-Tawi, at a glance

Barangays: 203^[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: 482,645^[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: 17 urban^[4]; 186 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bongao Poblacion^[5]; Bongao, Tawi-Tawi; 18,571 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: Baliungan^[6]; Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi; about 135.20 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: Karaha^{[5, 7]}; Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi; 31.95% 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: 21 barangays^[7]

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.

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

Barangays in Tawi-Tawi, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
101	KiniktalLanguyan, Tawi-Tawi	1,802	about 1,218	about 1.48 km²	2.88% a year	Rural
102	IpilBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,792	about 308	about 5.82 km²	3.33% a year	Rural
103	PakiasBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,789	about 2,110	about 0.848 km²	3.82% a year	Rural
104	Imam Hadji MohammadSibutu, Tawi-Tawi	1,780	about 582	about 3.06 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
105	TapianTandubas, Tawi-Tawi	1,750	about 2,215	about 0.79 km²	3.75% a year	Rural
106	LiyaburanPanglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi	1,737	about 733	about 2.37 km²	−7.51% a year	Rural
107	Dalo-daloSapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi	1,726	about 1,463	about 1.18 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
108	BakongLanguyan, Tawi-Tawi	1,725	about 40	about 43.48 km²	−1.20% a year	Rural
109	TonggosongSimunul, Tawi-Tawi	1,719	about 1,653	about 1.04 km²	2.86% a year	Rural
110	Montay MontayBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,701	about 266	about 6.39 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
111	KepengTandubas, Tawi-Tawi	1,699	about 2,970	about 0.572 km²	2.92% a year	Rural
112	Lakit-lakitSapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi	1,697	about 927	about 1.83 km²	1.70% a year	Rural
113	Tup-tup BanaranSapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi	1,694	about 1,236	about 1.37 km²	2.89% a year	Rural
114	Lakit LakitBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,661	about 322	about 5.16 km²	3.81% a year	Rural
115	SolloganSouth Ubian, Tawi-Tawi	1,660	about 537	about 3.09 km²	2.86% a year	Rural
116	SikubMapun, Tawi-Tawi	1,617	about 348	about 4.65 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
117	KamagongBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,605	about 175	about 9.18 km²	4.78% a year	Rural
118	PawanMapun, Tawi-Tawi	1,602	about 317	about 5.06 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
119	Datu Amilhamja JaafarSibutu, Tawi-Tawi	1,587	about 1,250	about 1.27 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
120	Bunay Bunay LookanSouth Ubian, Tawi-Tawi	1,586	about 34,934	about 0.0454 km²	2.83% a year	Rural
121	MalassaBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,566	about 403	about 3.89 km²	4.78% a year	Rural
122	TangngahSapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi	1,562	about 1,270	about 1.23 km²	2.86% a year	Rural
123	BintawlanSouth Ubian, Tawi-Tawi	1,538	about 1,221	about 1.26 km²	2.96% a year	Rural
124	Tapian SukahTandubas, Tawi-Tawi	1,525	about 1,574	about 0.969 km²	2.09% a year	Rural
125	Hadji Imam BidinSibutu, Tawi-Tawi	1,510	about 112	about 13.52 km²	2.61% a year	Rural
126	Likud BakkaoTurtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi	1,488	about 1,630	about 0.913 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
127	PagasinanSimunul, Tawi-Tawi	1,480	about 1,223	about 1.21 km²	2.80% a year	Rural
128	AdninLanguyan, Tawi-Tawi	1,476	about 190	about 7.77 km²	2.86% a year	Rural
129	SumangatBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,466	about 317	about 4.62 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
130	Bakaw-bakawLanguyan, Tawi-Tawi	1,459	about 197	about 7.39 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
131	KalupagLanguyan, Tawi-Tawi	1,459	about 436	about 3.35 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
132	NaunganTandubas, Tawi-Tawi	1,455	about 127	about 11.43 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
133	Bas-bas ProperLanguyan, Tawi-Tawi	1,448	about 563	about 2.57 km²	1.91% a year	Rural
134	TongsinahBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,407	about 1,701	about 0.827 km²	3.81% a year	Rural
135	Lahad DampongSouth Ubian, Tawi-Tawi	1,404	about 12,425	about 0.113 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
136	Lookan LatuanSapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi	1,404	about 955	about 1.47 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
137	Luuk BuntalPanglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi	1,403	about 225	about 6.24 km²	−9.10% a year	Rural
138	TukkaiSouth Ubian, Tawi-Tawi	1,390	about 31,954	about 0.0435 km²	2.86% a year	Rural
139	TumahubongLanguyan, Tawi-Tawi	1,380	about 142	about 9.69 km²	2.92% a year	Rural
140	SikullisLanguyan, Tawi-Tawi	1,378	about 92	about 15.02 km²	2.80% a year	Rural
141	Likud TabawanSouth Ubian, Tawi-Tawi	1,370	about 2,253	about 0.608 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
142	Lubbak ParangMapun, Tawi-Tawi	1,360	about 155	about 8.77 km²	2.88% a year	Rural
143	LatuanSapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi	1,350	about 993	about 1.36 km²	2.89% a year	Rural
144	Tubig DakulaLanguyan, Tawi-Tawi	1,328	about 63	about 21.24 km²	2.85% a year	Rural
145	BoheSouth Ubian, Tawi-Tawi	1,324	about 1,852	about 0.715 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
146	Ungus-ungusBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,310	about 263	about 4.98 km²	1.98% a year	Rural
147	SibakloonTandubas, Tawi-Tawi	1,307	about 2,171	about 0.602 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
148	TarukTandubas, Tawi-Tawi	1,305	about 244	about 5.34 km²	3.71% a year	Rural
149	KompangMapun, Tawi-Tawi	1,303	about 322	about 4.05 km²	1.87% a year	Rural
150	Lupa PulaMapun, Tawi-Tawi	1,301	about 173	about 7.54 km²	−20.54% 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 : Bangsamoro Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) (OpenSTAT table 0141A6DTHP3). Published August 7, 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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