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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, 1,451 to 1,500 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,451	Lower BayaoTukuran, Zamboanga del Sur	1,065	about 2,143	about 0.497 km²	4.91% a year	Rural
1,452	TilasanRoseller Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,064	about 67	about 15.94 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
1,453	GumintaBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,063	about 568	about 1.87 km²	3.23% a year	Rural
1,454	MamawanBaliguian, Zamboanga del Norte	1,061	about 61	about 17.28 km²	3.40% a year	Rural
1,455	SiundohSiasi, Sulu	1,061	about 1,313	about 0.808 km²	4.99% a year	Rural
1,456	Upper BayaoTukuran, Zamboanga del Sur	1,061	about 389	about 2.73 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
1,457	Kabbon TakasPatikul, Sulu	1,059	about 143	about 7.42 km²	2.48% a year	Rural
1,458	LamareBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	1,058	about 280	about 3.78 km²	1.26% a year	Rural
1,459	LubokSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	1,057	about 489	about 2.16 km²	5.64% a year	Rural
1,460	BakudSiasi, Sulu	1,056	about 550	about 1.92 km²	2.65% a year	Rural
1,461	BitanagOld Panamao, Sulu	1,054	about 1,564	about 0.674 km²	2.42% a year	Rural
1,462	ManihaSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,054	about 325	about 3.24 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
1,463	Bas LugusLugus, Sulu	1,053	about 439	about 2.40 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
1,464	LucobanDinas, Zamboanga del Sur	1,052	about 405	about 2.60 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
1,465	PugwanMahayag, Zamboanga del Sur	1,052	about 346	about 3.04 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
1,466	San JoseOlutanga, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,052	about 255	about 4.12 km²	−6.12% a year	Rural
1,467	CatituanMalangas, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,051	about 156	about 6.72 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
1,468	TagulaloAurora, Zamboanga del Sur	1,051	about 199	about 5.29 km²	4.64% a year	Rural
1,469	North Musu LaudSiasi, Sulu	1,050	about 1,777	about 0.591 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
1,470	DagohoySindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,049	about 57	about 18.34 km²	−0.74% a year	Rural
1,471	PangianSibuco, Zamboanga del Norte	1,049	about 104	about 10.11 km²	−1.52% a year	Rural
1,472	LunggangOld Panamao, Sulu	1,048	about 452	about 2.32 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
1,473	TongaoPitogo, Zamboanga del Sur	1,046	about 171	about 6.10 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
1,474	MatamKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,045	about 94	about 11.17 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
1,475	DumpilasSiayan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,042	about 376	about 2.77 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
1,476	PununganSiasi, Sulu	1,041	about 15,869	about 0.0656 km²	2.64% a year	Rural
1,477	KanmangonTapul, Sulu	1,040	about 1,494	about 0.696 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
1,478	BulabogMaimbung, Sulu	1,039	about 1,526	about 0.681 km²	9.93% a year	Rural
1,479	BagalupaLabangan, Zamboanga del Sur	1,038	about 447	about 2.32 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
1,480	MalasayKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,037	about 74	about 13.97 km²	−5.07% a year	Rural
1,481	SumbatoDimataling, Zamboanga del Sur	1,036	about 215	about 4.82 km²	1.22% a year	Rural
1,482	BangdayOld Panamao, Sulu	1,033	about 1,054	about 0.98 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
1,483	BanuanganGodod, Zamboanga del Norte	1,033	about 66	about 15.69 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
1,484	TamaoBaliguian, Zamboanga del Norte	1,033	about 43	about 24.27 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
1,485	TinongtonganDiplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,033	about 356	about 2.90 km²	0.71% a year	Rural
1,486	Kahayagan EastAurora, Zamboanga del Sur	1,032	about 263	about 3.92 km²	−1.30% a year	Rural
1,487	PatawagLiloy, Zamboanga del Norte	1,031	about 340	about 3.03 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
1,488	San JuanSergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte	1,031	about 276	about 3.74 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
1,489	LabasanSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,030	about 342	about 3.01 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
1,490	AliciaMolave, Zamboanga del Sur	1,029	about 147	about 7.01 km²	−2.10% a year	Rural
1,491	TamarokJose Dalman, Zamboanga del Norte	1,029	about 224	about 4.59 km²	−2.73% a year	Rural
1,492	Anak JatiMaimbung, Sulu	1,028	about 1,807	about 0.569 km²	13.42% a year	Rural
1,493	Santo NiñoSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,026	about 97	about 10.54 km²	1.68% a year	Rural
1,494	BantingTapul, Sulu	1,023	about 461	about 2.22 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
1,495	DumpocImelda, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,023	about 205	about 4.98 km²	1.26% a year	Rural
1,496	SalambuyanLapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur	1,021	about 240	about 4.25 km²	−0.58% a year	Rural
1,497	Bud SeitOld Panamao, Sulu	1,020	about 1,216	about 0.839 km²	2.94% a year	Rural
1,498	PinalimMabuhay, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,020	about 276	about 3.69 km²	−9.87% a year	Rural
1,499	PongapongSan Pablo, Zamboanga del Sur	1,020	about 583	about 1.75 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
1,500	BalunokanSiayan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,019	about 232	about 4.39 km²	10.30% 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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