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, 1,701 to 1,750 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Northern Mindanao, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,701	Dullan NorteOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental	629	about 125	about 5.02 km²	−0.86% a year	Rural
1,702	CabadianganDon Carlos, Bukidnon	628	about 165	about 3.81 km²	3.73% a year	Rural
1,703	GuintomoyanJimenez, Misamis Occidental	626	about 145	about 4.32 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
1,704	SalvadorCalamba, Misamis Occidental	626	about 173	about 3.62 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
1,705	MitazanAloran, Misamis Occidental	622	about 196	about 3.17 km²	7.06% a year	Rural
1,706	SaumaySalvador, Lanao del Norte	621	about 746	about 0.832 km²	3.00% a year	Rural
1,707	Dullan SurOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental	618	about 149	about 4.16 km²	1.70% a year	Rural
1,708	KidampasSugbongcogon, Misamis Oriental	617	about 150	about 4.12 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
1,709	GuimadOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental	615	about 218	about 2.82 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
1,710	Agapito Yap, Sr.Sapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental	614	about 116	about 5.30 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
1,711	Barangay 8Malaybalay City, Bukidnon	613	about 10,569	about 0.058 km²	1.38% a year	Urban
1,712	Macalibre AltoLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	613	about 145	about 4.22 km²	−3.46% a year	Rural
1,713	BalintadManticao, Misamis Oriental	612	about 33	about 18.38 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
1,714	GamalSapad, Lanao del Norte	612	about 24	about 24.99 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
1,715	KimatTangub City, Misamis Occidental	612	about 254	about 2.41 km²	1.81% a year	Rural
1,716	LianganNunungan, Lanao del Norte	612	about 40	about 15.14 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
1,717	Big MeladocTangcal, Lanao del Norte	611	about 338	about 1.81 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
1,718	SibuyonBonifacio, Misamis Occidental	611	about 181	about 3.38 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
1,719	Campo IslamSultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte	610	about 266	about 2.29 km²	2.65% a year	Rural
1,720	Gotokan DiotOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental	610	about 284	about 2.15 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
1,721	Matugas AltoJimenez, Misamis Occidental	610	about 74	about 8.27 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
1,722	MaligubaanConcepcion, Misamis Occidental	609	about 140	about 4.35 km²	−4.13% a year	Rural
1,723	TulatulahanKapatagan, Lanao del Norte	609	about 247	about 2.47 km²	6.52% a year	Rural
1,724	LibertadBaroy, Lanao del Norte	607	about 199	about 3.05 km²	3.83% a year	Rural
1,725	MitugasTudela, Misamis Occidental	607	about 76	about 7.99 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
1,726	Barangay 2Malaybalay City, Bukidnon	606	about 5,363	about 0.113 km²	0.77% a year	Urban
1,727	KatipunanMagsaysay, Misamis Oriental	604	about 103	about 5.87 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
1,728	Santa AnaAloran, Misamis Occidental	604	about 250	about 2.42 km²	3.85% a year	Rural
1,729	LodiongBonifacio, Misamis Occidental	603	about 247	about 2.44 km²	3.52% a year	Rural
1,730	Bagong NayonConcepcion, Misamis Occidental	602	about 281	about 2.14 km²	−11.40% a year	Rural
1,731	BakidbakidGingoog City, Misamis Oriental	601	about 13	about 46.28 km²	−3.16% a year	Rural
1,732	MalabaoganMagsaysay, Lanao del Norte	601	about 567	about 1.06 km²	4.71% a year	Rural
1,733	DebolocPlaridel, Misamis Occidental	598	about 149	about 4.02 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
1,734	NotonganNunungan, Lanao del Norte	597	about 115	about 5.19 km²	4.10% a year	Rural
1,735	KilangitGitagum, Misamis Oriental	596	about 270	about 2.21 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
1,736	DigkilaanManticao, Misamis Oriental	595	about 99	about 6.04 km²	4.01% a year	Rural
1,737	MagsaysayBaliangao, Misamis Occidental	595	about 183	about 3.26 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
1,738	Bag-ong AnonangBonifacio, Misamis Occidental	594	about 84	about 7.03 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
1,739	GalaTudela, Misamis Occidental	593	about 36	about 16.48 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
1,740	MatiBacolod, Lanao del Norte	593	about 78	about 7.65 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
1,741	Canibungan ProperTudela, Misamis Occidental	591	about 143	about 4.14 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
1,742	DalacutanCabanglasan, Bukidnon	589	about 61	about 9.67 km²	3.27% a year	Rural
1,743	KitambisBinuangan, Misamis Oriental	589	about 375	about 1.57 km²	8.57% a year	Rural
1,744	TombadorMagsaysay, Lanao del Norte	589	about 234	about 2.52 km²	3.22% a year	Rural
1,745	LumbacKolambugan, Lanao del Norte	588	about 76	about 7.70 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
1,746	Bubong MadayaPantar, Lanao del Norte	587	about 1,186	about 0.495 km²	1.84% a year	Rural
1,747	GuingonaOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental	586	about 81	about 7.26 km²	4.49% a year	Rural
1,748	TinabalanGingoog City, Misamis Oriental	586	about 180	about 3.25 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
1,749	ValdeconchaBinuangan, Misamis Oriental	586	about 175	about 3.34 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
1,750	LuzaranLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	584	about 195	about 3.00 km²	3.79% 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 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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