The Atlas

Barangays in Cotabato

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 Cotabato

Barangays in Cotabato, at a glance

Barangays: 480^[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: 1,286,142^[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: 76 urban^[4]; 404 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Kidapawan City, Cotabato; 28,191 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: Guiling^[6]; Alamada, Cotabato; about 137.86 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: Kalasuyan^{[5, 7]}; Kidapawan City, Cotabato; 4.90% 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: 254 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Tuael, −3.24% 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.

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

Barangays in Cotabato, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
151	GanatanArakan, Cotabato	2,887	about 67	about 43.30 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
152	New PanayAleosan, Cotabato	2,859	about 207	about 13.83 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
153	Old BulatukanMakilala, Cotabato	2,850	about 297	about 9.58 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
154	TomadoAleosan, Cotabato	2,849	about 236	about 12.09 km²	−0.70% a year	Rural
155	SinapanganLibungan, Cotabato	2,832	about 157	about 18.05 km²	11.13% a year	Rural
156	New RizalM'Lang, Cotabato	2,813	about 296	about 9.50 km²	4.76% a year	Rural
157	PatadonKidapawan City, Cotabato	2,810	about 664	about 4.23 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
158	MateoKidapawan City, Cotabato	2,801	about 496	about 5.65 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
159	LepagaM'Lang, Cotabato	2,786	about 208	about 13.40 km²	−0.35% a year	Rural
160	Barangay Poblacion 1Midsayap, Cotabato	2,785	about 6,963	about 0.40 km²	−0.04% a year	Urban
161	MalagapBanisilan, Cotabato	2,779	about 125	about 22.29 km²	−2.23% a year	Rural
162	Barangay Poblacion 7Midsayap, Cotabato	2,772	about 3,405	about 0.814 km²	−1.19% a year	Rural
163	KiaringBanisilan, Cotabato	2,754	about 175	about 15.78 km²	5.81% a year	Rural
164	Pangao-anMagpet, Cotabato	2,725	about 237	about 11.48 km²	1.26% a year	Rural
165	DamawatoTulunan, Cotabato	2,693	about 663	about 4.06 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
166	MacabenbanCarmen, Cotabato	2,646	about 66	about 40.29 km²	−1.95% a year	Rural
167	NesMidsayap, Cotabato	2,635	about 1,668	about 1.58 km²	5.78% a year	Rural
168	CapayuranPigkawayan, Cotabato	2,607	about 569	about 4.58 km²	−4.55% a year	Rural
169	Lower GladMidsayap, Cotabato	2,603	about 813	about 3.20 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
170	Mua-anKidapawan City, Cotabato	2,597	about 409	about 6.35 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
171	South ManuanganPigkawayan, Cotabato	2,584	about 453	about 5.71 km²	3.03% a year	Rural
172	UlamianLibungan, Cotabato	2,584	about 346	about 7.47 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
173	MapurokAlamada, Cotabato	2,565	about 111	about 23.14 km²	−2.54% a year	Rural
174	SinawinganLibungan, Cotabato	2,563	about 451	about 5.68 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
175	RangabanMidsayap, Cotabato	2,535	about 282	about 9.00 km²	−1.02% a year	Rural
176	Lower DadoAlamada, Cotabato	2,530	about 355	about 7.12 km²	8.94% a year	Rural
177	Central KatingawanMidsayap, Cotabato	2,515	about 825	about 3.05 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
178	Barangay Poblacion 5Midsayap, Cotabato	2,496	about 2,950	about 0.846 km²	−3.16% a year	Urban
179	TibaoM'Lang, Cotabato	2,488	about 86	about 28.97 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
180	BalikiMidsayap, Cotabato	2,476	about 132	about 18.80 km²	8.93% a year	Rural
181	BadiangonArakan, Cotabato	2,471	about 185	about 13.33 km²	4.07% a year	Rural
182	Upper MingadingAleosan, Cotabato	2,470	about 218	about 11.33 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
183	KitubodLibungan, Cotabato	2,468	about 278	about 8.88 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
184	LomopogMidsayap, Cotabato	2,461	about 327	about 7.52 km²	−5.98% a year	Rural
185	New JaniuayM'Lang, Cotabato	2,458	about 330	about 7.44 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
186	BusaonBanisilan, Cotabato	2,455	about 163	about 15.04 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
187	LadtinganPikit, Cotabato	2,455	about 506	about 4.85 km²	−2.79% a year	Rural
188	Nica-anLibungan, Cotabato	2,439	about 360	about 6.77 km²	4.52% a year	Rural
189	MalamoteMidsayap, Cotabato	2,423	about 336	about 7.22 km²	1.51% a year	Rural
190	PalaoLibungan, Cotabato	2,423	about 139	about 17.46 km²	3.27% a year	Rural
191	KiyaabAntipas, Cotabato	2,401	about 351	about 6.85 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
192	MontayLibungan, Cotabato	2,384	about 348	about 6.86 km²	−8.95% a year	Rural
193	KisupaanPresident Roxas, Cotabato	2,369	about 67	about 35.53 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
194	BulodPikit, Cotabato	2,362	about 1,130	about 2.09 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
195	New BoholKidapawan City, Cotabato	2,360	about 446	about 5.29 km²	−0.62% a year	Rural
196	Santa FelominaMakilala, Cotabato	2,357	about 339	about 6.95 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
197	RanzoCarmen, Cotabato	2,356	about 167	about 14.11 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
198	Midpapan IPigkawayan, Cotabato	2,347	about 470	about 4.99 km²	1.10% a year	Urban
199	KidamaMatalam, Cotabato	2,342	about 431	about 5.44 km²	2.76% a year	Rural
200	TubonPigkawayan, Cotabato	2,332	about 473	about 4.93 km²	−1.73% 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 XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) (OpenSTAT table 0121A6DTHP1). 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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