The Atlas

Barangays in Northern Mindanao

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 Northern Mindanao

Barangays in Northern Mindanao, at a glance

Barangays: 2,022^[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: 5,178,326^[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: 362 urban^[4]; 1,660 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Carmen^[5]; Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental; 78,612 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: Minalwang^[6]; Claveria, Misamis Oriental; about 228.18 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: Nazareth^{[5, 7]}; Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental; 15.37% 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: 494 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Martin, −5.88% 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.

2,022 barangays, 1,651 to 1,700 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Northern Mindanao, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,651	MauswagonCalamba, Misamis Occidental	681	about 100	about 6.83 km²	3.12% a year	Rural
1,652	San IsidroMahinog, Camiguin	681	about 141	about 4.84 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
1,653	CatarmanPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	676	about 1,101	about 0.614 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
1,654	KaulayananSugbongcogon, Misamis Oriental	674	about 108	about 6.25 km²	10.35% a year	Rural
1,655	TarakaNunungan, Lanao del Norte	674	about 394	about 1.71 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
1,656	Dig-aguyanMedina, Misamis Oriental	673	about 343	about 1.96 km²	−4.03% a year	Rural
1,657	MatampayMatungao, Lanao del Norte	673	about 172	about 3.91 km²	−4.18% a year	Rural
1,658	MabugnaoSapad, Lanao del Norte	672	about 277	about 2.43 km²	2.76% a year	Rural
1,659	PantaonMunai, Lanao del Norte	672	about 84	about 7.97 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
1,660	RicoroGingoog City, Misamis Oriental	668	about 181	about 3.69 km²	4.14% a year	Rural
1,661	Calambutan BajoTudela, Misamis Occidental	666	about 177	about 3.77 km²	−1.29% a year	Rural
1,662	Barangay V - MalubogTangub City, Misamis Occidental	665	about 5,991	about 0.111 km²	−8.52% a year	Rural
1,663	LocusSapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental	664	about 144	about 4.61 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
1,664	BonifacioCalamba, Misamis Occidental	663	about 223	about 2.97 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
1,665	DampalanLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	663	about 129	about 5.12 km²	3.65% a year	Rural
1,666	Lingco-anTangcal, Lanao del Norte	663	about 91	about 7.25 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
1,667	DibarosanPantar, Lanao del Norte	662	about 444	about 1.49 km²	−5.85% a year	Rural
1,668	KioraoKibawe, Bukidnon	662	about 92	about 7.17 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
1,669	Barangay 3Malaybalay City, Bukidnon	661	about 3,289	about 0.201 km²	10.37% a year	Urban
1,670	SalimpunoPanaon, Misamis Occidental	661	about 291	about 2.27 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
1,671	BalintadBaungon, Bukidnon	660	about 72	about 9.23 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
1,672	KilalaSalvador, Lanao del Norte	659	about 178	about 3.70 km²	−2.80% a year	Rural
1,673	SiladSugbongcogon, Misamis Oriental	659	about 998	about 0.66 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
1,674	Centro HulpaTudela, Misamis Occidental	657	about 1,955	about 0.336 km²	−3.00% a year	Rural
1,675	Delabayan WestBacolod, Lanao del Norte	657	about 288	about 2.28 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
1,676	PantaoMunai, Lanao del Norte	657	about 297	about 2.21 km²	−2.69% a year	Rural
1,677	Barangay 13Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental	655	about 20,662	about 0.0317 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
1,678	BobongKitaotao, Bukidnon	654	about 103	about 6.38 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
1,679	LumbayaoAloran, Misamis Occidental	653	about 743	about 0.879 km²	−3.60% a year	Rural
1,680	TituronTangub City, Misamis Occidental	652	about 262	about 2.49 km²	1.29% a year	Rural
1,681	Capucao C.Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental	649	about 172	about 3.78 km²	−9.72% a year	Rural
1,682	KitambanBinuangan, Misamis Oriental	649	about 219	about 2.96 km²	3.21% a year	Rural
1,683	Calambutan SettlementTudela, Misamis Occidental	648	about 165	about 3.93 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
1,684	Tuyabang AltoOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental	648	about 128	about 5.08 km²	3.12% a year	Rural
1,685	El ParaisoSapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental	646	about 207	about 3.12 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
1,686	KabangasanBalingoan, Misamis Oriental	646	about 130	about 4.97 km²	−3.14% a year	Rural
1,687	Barangay 30Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	645	about 11,063	about 0.0583 km²	−1.19% a year	Urban
1,688	Barangay 24Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	642	about 3,733	about 0.172 km²	1.35% a year	Urban
1,689	LourdesDangcagan, Bukidnon	642	about 285	about 2.25 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
1,690	BugdangTalisayan, Misamis Oriental	641	about 341	about 1.88 km²	6.86% a year	Rural
1,691	KulasiSumilao, Bukidnon	641	about 51	about 12.50 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
1,692	RetabloLibertad, Misamis Oriental	640	about 295	about 2.17 km²	4.30% a year	Rural
1,693	MahayahayMagsaysay, Misamis Oriental	639	about 159	about 4.03 km²	−1.52% a year	Rural
1,694	YungodSalay, Misamis Oriental	639	about 150	about 4.25 km²	−1.79% a year	Rural
1,695	MinaulonBacolod, Lanao del Norte	638	about 502	about 1.27 km²	−3.24% a year	Rural
1,696	DioyoSapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental	636	about 376	about 1.69 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
1,697	SinaadSapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental	636	about 82	about 7.79 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
1,698	CamanseSinacaban, Misamis Occidental	634	about 216	about 2.93 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
1,699	CulpanAloran, Misamis Occidental	631	about 278	about 2.27 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
1,700	Barangay 6Malaybalay City, Bukidnon	629	about 8,489	about 0.0741 km²	7.02% a year	Urban

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 X (Northern Mindanao) (OpenSTAT table 0101A6DTPH9). 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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