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Barangays in Davao del Sur

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 Davao del Sur, at a glance

Barangays: 414^[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: 2,554,076^[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: 181 urban^[4]; 233 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bucana^[5]; Davao City, Davao del Sur; 83,192 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: Marilog^[6]; Davao City, Davao del Sur; about 174.04 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: Mudiang^{[5, 7]}; Davao City, Davao del Sur; 9.20% 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: 95 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Poblacion Dos, −3.42% 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.

414 barangays, 151 to 200 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Davao del Sur, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
151	New BaclayonMalalag, Davao del Sur	4,205	about 519	about 8.10 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
152	TigumanDigos City, Davao del Sur	4,109	about 915	about 4.49 km²	7.03% a year	Rural
153	Daliaon PlantationDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,087	about 391	about 10.46 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
154	CatiganDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,082	about 174	about 23.42 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
155	CallawaDavao City, Davao del Sur	4,044	about 286	about 14.15 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
156	San AgustinDigos City, Davao del Sur	4,011	about 814	about 4.93 km²	3.11% a year	Urban
157	TaculMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	3,965	about 328	about 12.10 km²	4.07% a year	Rural
158	FatimaDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,917	about 143	about 27.46 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
159	AcaciaDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,861	about 327	about 11.79 km²	−10.08% a year	Urban
160	IgpitDigos City, Davao del Sur	3,823	about 392	about 9.75 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
161	Lower BalaMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	3,755	about 290	about 12.93 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
162	MagsaysayDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,752	about 90	about 41.74 km²	4.51% a year	Rural
163	MangaMatanao, Davao del Sur	3,751	about 338	about 11.10 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
164	ManambulanDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,716	about 478	about 7.77 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
165	TalandangDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,705	about 279	about 13.28 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
166	Barangay 28-CDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,639	about 23,784	about 0.153 km²	3.66% a year	Urban
167	Barangay 7-ADavao City, Davao del Sur	3,621	about 17,926	about 0.202 km²	1.80% a year	Urban
168	ColoradoDigos City, Davao del Sur	3,562	about 776	about 4.59 km²	1.84% a year	Rural
169	Hagonoy CrossingHagonoy, Davao del Sur	3,484	about 213	about 16.35 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
170	BaracatanDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,460	about 324	about 10.69 km²	3.77% a year	Rural
171	Guihing AplayaHagonoy, Davao del Sur	3,430	about 1,345	about 2.55 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
172	PaligueHagonoy, Davao del Sur	3,426	about 514	about 6.66 km²	1.38% a year	Urban
173	Upper LimonzoPadada, Davao del Sur	3,342	about 1,247	about 2.68 km²	2.97% a year	Rural
174	Paradise EmbakDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,338	about 147	about 22.73 km²	2.20% a year	Rural
175	BangkalMatanao, Davao del Sur	3,335	about 363	about 9.18 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
176	AngalanDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,319	about 717	about 4.63 km²	4.70% a year	Rural
177	AlambreDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,314	about 1,013	about 3.27 km²	2.81% a year	Rural
178	Matina BiaoDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,302	about 303	about 10.89 km²	10.17% a year	Rural
179	DalawinonMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	3,299	about 466	about 7.08 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
180	Upper BalaMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	3,251	about 265	about 12.29 km²	2.73% a year	Rural
181	TungakalanDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,227	about 186	about 17.37 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
182	LelingHagonoy, Davao del Sur	3,223	about 361	about 8.94 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
183	BalutakayHagonoy, Davao del Sur	3,220	about 805	about 4.00 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
184	CawayanDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,207	about 373	about 8.60 km²	−0.78% a year	Urban
185	PaquibatoDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,105	about 83	about 37.55 km²	7.78% a year	Rural
186	SacubHagonoy, Davao del Sur	3,100	about 500	about 6.20 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
187	CadalianDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,079	about 409	about 7.52 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
188	KiblagonSulop, Davao del Sur	3,054	about 1,053	about 2.90 km²	8.35% a year	Rural
189	TagabuliSanta Cruz, Davao del Sur	3,032	about 518	about 5.85 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
190	MabuhayBansalan, Davao del Sur	3,030	about 347	about 8.74 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
191	New CarmenDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,028	about 271	about 11.19 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
192	BalasiaoKiblawan, Davao del Sur	3,015	about 171	about 17.62 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
193	Biao JoaquinDavao City, Davao del Sur	3,010	about 581	about 5.18 km²	6.30% a year	Rural
194	TibuloyDavao City, Davao del Sur	2,981	about 368	about 8.10 km²	5.00% a year	Urban
195	WinesDavao City, Davao del Sur	2,965	about 327	about 9.06 km²	−5.76% a year	Rural
196	IhanKiblawan, Davao del Sur	2,944	about 233	about 12.63 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
197	BinatonDigos City, Davao del Sur	2,941	about 99	about 29.59 km²	2.58% a year	Rural
198	BoltonMalalag, Davao del Sur	2,928	about 260	about 11.25 km²	2.80% a year	Rural
199	BagumbayanMalalag, Davao del Sur	2,916	about 2,859	about 1.02 km²	1.13% a year	Urban
200	Barangay 2-ADavao City, Davao del Sur	2,913	about 13,676	about 0.213 km²	−0.18% 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 XI (Davao Region) (OpenSTAT table 0111A6DTHP0). 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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