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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, 151 to 200 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
151	Pandan NiogPangutaran, Sulu	5,179	about 667	about 7.76 km²	6.24% a year	Urban
152	BangkalPatikul, Sulu	5,139	about 1,028	about 5.00 km²	6.91% a year	Urban
153	PoblacionAlicia, Zamboanga Sibugay	5,139	about 2,039	about 2.52 km²	2.48% a year	Urban
154	Laud KulasiMaimbung, Sulu	5,130	about 8,622	about 0.595 km²	10.43% a year	Urban
155	LintanganSibuco, Zamboanga del Norte	5,125	about 107	about 47.78 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
156	Santa LuciaPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	5,117	about 12,761	about 0.401 km²	−3.20% a year	Urban
157	OsukanLabason, Zamboanga del Norte	5,082	about 1,061	about 4.79 km²	3.46% a year	Urban
158	KulasiMaimbung, Sulu	5,020	about 5,871	about 0.855 km²	0.06% a year	Urban
159	Barangay Zone IZamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	4,962	about 27,264	about 0.182 km²	0.77% a year	Urban
160	KanawayParang, Sulu	4,954	about 4,905	about 1.01 km²	7.69% a year	Rural
161	Bato-batoIndanan, Sulu	4,950	about 908	about 5.45 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
162	BacunganLeon T. Postigo, Zamboanga del Norte	4,946	about 906	about 5.46 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
163	KalawitKalawit, Zamboanga del Norte	4,929	about 182	about 27.09 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
164	Bualo LipidMaimbung, Sulu	4,912	about 2,775	about 1.77 km²	19.76% a year	Rural
165	GuinomanDiplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay	4,896	about 134	about 36.63 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
166	PoblacionBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	4,861	about 1,310	about 3.71 km²	0.39% a year	Urban
167	PoblacionTampilisan, Zamboanga del Norte	4,855	about 458	about 10.60 km²	0.10% a year	Urban
168	PoblacionDimataling, Zamboanga del Sur	4,808	about 564	about 8.52 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
169	LimaongZamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	4,796	about 122	about 39.35 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
170	MenziIsabela City, Basilan	4,772	about 5,087	about 0.938 km²	1.04% a year	Urban
171	PamucutanZamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	4,756	about 326	about 14.60 km²	1.86% a year	Rural
172	North LaudSiasi, Sulu	4,734	about 1,780	about 2.66 km²	9.86% a year	Rural
173	North ManubulPandami, Sulu	4,712	about 40,621	about 0.116 km²	1.18% a year	Rural
174	KitabogTitay, Zamboanga Sibugay	4,710	about 837	about 5.63 km²	2.37% a year	Urban
175	NiangkaanOmar, Sulu	4,699	about 432	about 10.87 km²	2.73% a year	Rural
176	PoblacionIpil, Zamboanga Sibugay	4,698	about 7,422	about 0.633 km²	0.23% a year	Urban
177	SalaanZamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	4,691	about 240	about 19.55 km²	6.39% a year	Rural
178	MangaPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	4,687	about 1,100	about 4.26 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
179	LangatianPres. Manuel A. Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte	4,656	about 1,080	about 4.31 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
180	PangiIpil, Zamboanga Sibugay	4,649	about 803	about 5.79 km²	0.52% a year	Urban
181	TubodLakewood, Zamboanga del Sur	4,613	about 300	about 15.36 km²	4.79% a year	Rural
182	BombaPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	4,593	about 3,506	about 1.31 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
183	LumbiaPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	4,593	about 10,833	about 0.424 km²	2.02% a year	Urban
184	PoblacionJose Dalman, Zamboanga del Norte	4,565	about 699	about 6.53 km²	−2.37% a year	Rural
185	MaubohPatikul, Sulu	4,481	about 1,859	about 2.41 km²	1.68% a year	Rural
186	Alu-DuyongLugus, Sulu	4,470	about 1,760	about 2.54 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
187	GuiboSiayan, Zamboanga del Norte	4,416	about 28	about 158.68 km²	4.74% a year	Rural
188	SiganggangPandami, Sulu	4,400	about 2,785	about 1.58 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
189	KahayaganBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	4,379	about 472	about 9.28 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
190	CabunbataIsabela City, Basilan	4,377	about 390	about 11.22 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
191	MonchingSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	4,373	about 496	about 8.81 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
192	Ipil HeightsIpil, Zamboanga Sibugay	4,364	about 2,438	about 1.79 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
193	Kaumpurnah Zone IIIsabela City, Basilan	4,318	about 103,055	about 0.0419 km²	2.55% a year	Rural
194	SibulaoZamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	4,315	about 98	about 43.87 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
195	Subah BuayaSiasi, Sulu	4,283	about 1,513	about 2.83 km²	2.32% a year	Rural
196	DisudSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	4,263	about 985	about 4.33 km²	2.70% a year	Urban
197	KabatanVincenzo A. Sagun, Zamboanga del Sur	4,258	about 621	about 6.86 km²	−4.05% a year	Rural
198	Upper PulacanLabangan, Zamboanga del Sur	4,240	about 472	about 8.98 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
199	PoblacionParang, Sulu	4,216	about 2,267	about 1.86 km²	12.32% a year	Rural
200	TabialanTongkil, Sulu	4,208	about 278	about 15.13 km²	1.36% 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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