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Barangays in Bangsamoro (BARMM)

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 Bangsamoro (BARMM)

Barangays in Bangsamoro (BARMM), at a glance

Barangays: 2,185^[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: 4,545,486^[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: 169 urban^[4]; 2,016 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Buluan, Maguindanao del Sur; 30,849 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: Sandab Madaya^[6]; Butig, Lanao del Sur; about 262.64 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: Karaha^{[5, 7]}; Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi; 31.95% 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: 104 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Kabasalan, −4.11% 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.

2,185 barangays, 1,951 to 2,000 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Bangsamoro (BARMM), most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,951	MasolunTaraka, Lanao del Sur	672	about 28,596	about 0.0235 km²	2.76% a year	Rural
1,952	MimbalawagPicong, Lanao del Sur	671	about 158	about 4.26 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
1,953	BuenavistaBalabagan, Lanao del Sur	670	about 166	about 4.03 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
1,954	AlongananDatu Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur	669	about 1,214	about 0.551 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
1,955	LilodMulondo, Lanao del Sur	669	about 6,883	about 0.0972 km²	4.31% a year	Rural
1,956	RadapanPiagapo, Lanao del Sur	669	about 1,317	about 0.508 km²	7.60% a year	Rural
1,957	MacadarKapai, Lanao del Sur	667	about 93	about 7.19 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
1,958	TringunLumbaca-Unayan, Lanao del Sur	666	about 524	about 1.27 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
1,959	AbagaMadalum, Lanao del Sur	661	about 444	about 1.49 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
1,960	LinindinganPagayawan, Lanao del Sur	661	about 352	about 1.88 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
1,961	GadonganSaguiaran, Lanao del Sur	660	about 738	about 0.894 km²	2.52% a year	Rural
1,962	Gindolongan AlabatMasiu, Lanao del Sur	660	about 4,853	about 0.136 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
1,963	Pindolonan ITugaya, Lanao del Sur	660	about 1,015	about 0.65 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
1,964	DiampacaMadalum, Lanao del Sur	659	about 1,028	about 0.641 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
1,965	Lumbac-DimaraoMaguing, Lanao del Sur	658	about 2,325	about 0.283 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
1,966	LigueLumbatan, Lanao del Sur	657	about 1,702	about 0.386 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
1,967	ToroganPicong, Lanao del Sur	657	about 57	about 11.56 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
1,968	Pagalongan BuadiadinganDitsaan-Ramain, Lanao del Sur	656	about 995	about 0.659 km²	3.60% a year	Rural
1,969	Cadingilan ALumbayanague, Lanao del Sur	655	about 1,520	about 0.431 km²	2.87% a year	Rural
1,970	BangonPoona Bayabao, Lanao del Sur	654	about 4,606	about 0.142 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
1,971	PilimoknanMaguing, Lanao del Sur	654	about 2,585	about 0.253 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
1,972	Bato BatorayGanassi, Lanao del Sur	653	about 506	about 1.29 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
1,973	CadayonanTagoloan II, Lanao del Sur	653	about 196	about 3.33 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
1,974	DadoDatu Salibo, Maguindanao del Sur	652	about 509	about 1.28 km²	3.32% a year	Rural
1,975	PunudMadamba, Lanao del Sur	652	about 459	about 1.42 km²	2.51% a year	Rural
1,976	BantalanTagoloan II, Lanao del Sur	651	about 53	about 12.32 km²	2.43% a year	Rural
1,977	SupanganTaraka, Lanao del Sur	651	about 2,843	about 0.229 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
1,978	TucaBinidayan, Lanao del Sur	651	about 6,084	about 0.107 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
1,979	Raya CadayonanBayang, Lanao del Sur	650	about 1,464	about 0.444 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
1,980	BansayanBubong, Lanao del Sur	648	about 3,086	about 0.21 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
1,981	Buadi DingunTaraka, Lanao del Sur	648	about 2,959	about 0.219 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
1,982	Ramain BubongBubong, Lanao del Sur	648	about 2,019	about 0.321 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
1,983	LamaMulondo, Lanao del Sur	645	about 11,007	about 0.0586 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
1,984	PindolonanBubong, Lanao del Sur	645	about 1,886	about 0.342 km²	4.59% a year	Rural
1,985	RayaBacolod-Kalawi, Lanao del Sur	645	about 360	about 1.79 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
1,986	SaliponganTaraka, Lanao del Sur	645	about 3,707	about 0.174 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
1,987	Pagalongan GinaopanDitsaan-Ramain, Lanao del Sur	644	about 1,905	about 0.338 km²	1.67% a year	Rural
1,988	PantaonMadamba, Lanao del Sur	640	about 332	about 1.93 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
1,989	PualasBuadiposo-Buntong, Lanao del Sur	640	about 1,147	about 0.558 km²	3.70% a year	Rural
1,990	LinukBayang, Lanao del Sur	638	about 2,900	about 0.22 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
1,991	DilausanDitsaan-Ramain, Lanao del Sur	637	about 1,370	about 0.465 km²	2.96% a year	Rural
1,992	Ragondingan EastBuadiposo-Buntong, Lanao del Sur	637	about 4,275	about 0.149 km²	5.83% a year	Rural
1,993	MaruhomTaraka, Lanao del Sur	636	about 5,530	about 0.115 km²	1.49% a year	Rural
1,994	BocalanTamparan, Lanao del Sur	635	about 3,872	about 0.164 km²	2.07% a year	Rural
1,995	MadayaMulondo, Lanao del Sur	634	about 1,664	about 0.381 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
1,996	Balut MaitoBinidayan, Lanao del Sur	633	about 12,535	about 0.0505 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
1,997	BubongMaguing, Lanao del Sur	633	about 1,978	about 0.32 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
1,998	LindonganTamparan, Lanao del Sur	633	about 5,364	about 0.118 km²	9.72% a year	Rural
1,999	RubokunPagayawan, Lanao del Sur	633	about 684	about 0.926 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
2,000	KianodanMaguing, Lanao del Sur	632	about 448	about 1.41 km²	0.00% 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 : Bangsamoro Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) (OpenSTAT table 0141A6DTHP3). Published August 7, 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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