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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, 2,001 to 2,050 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,001	DesinPiñan, Zamboanga del Norte	635	about 93	about 6.81 km²	1.29% a year	Rural
2,002	Bag-ong SilaoDumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur	634	about 189	about 3.36 km²	−2.78% a year	Rural
2,003	MarabananMahayag, Zamboanga del Sur	634	about 149	about 4.25 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
2,004	San VicentePayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	632	about 118	about 5.34 km²	−2.55% a year	Rural
2,005	FloridaTalusan, Zamboanga Sibugay	631	about 235	about 2.68 km²	−13.33% a year	Rural
2,006	Pula BatoSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	631	about 168	about 3.75 km²	2.34% a year	Rural
2,007	DomandanIpil, Zamboanga Sibugay	628	about 197	about 3.18 km²	4.53% a year	Rural
2,008	NewlandMutia, Zamboanga del Norte	627	about 105	about 5.95 km²	−1.75% a year	Rural
2,009	MoalboalTitay, Zamboanga Sibugay	626	about 464	about 1.35 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
2,010	San FernandoRamon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur	626	about 162	about 3.86 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
2,011	BalogoPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	625	about 128	about 4.88 km²	1.77% a year	Rural
2,012	TinahOld Panamao, Sulu	625	about 275	about 2.27 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
2,013	San FranciscoDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	624	about 106	about 5.88 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
2,014	TinaplanLeon T. Postigo, Zamboanga del Norte	624	about 89	about 7.01 km²	−4.47% a year	Rural
2,015	Upper NipaanSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	624	about 111	about 5.63 km²	−5.41% a year	Rural
2,016	AlegriaAlicia, Zamboanga Sibugay	621	about 109	about 5.71 km²	−4.24% a year	Rural
2,017	PiñaSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	620	about 335	about 1.85 km²	3.60% a year	Rural
2,018	ManangonDiplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay	619	about 415	about 1.49 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
2,019	TubodTampilisan, Zamboanga del Norte	619	about 100	about 6.17 km²	−2.33% a year	Rural
2,020	New TangubSergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte	618	about 205	about 3.01 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
2,021	Immaculada ConcepcionGutalac, Zamboanga del Norte	617	about 9	about 67.52 km²	2.22% a year	Rural
2,022	San JoseBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	617	about 231	about 2.67 km²	3.48% a year	Rural
2,023	CatuyanSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	616	about 144	about 4.28 km²	11.52% a year	Rural
2,024	LibertadTukuran, Zamboanga del Sur	616	about 93	about 6.60 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
2,025	LitawanSibuco, Zamboanga del Norte	615	about 21	about 30.00 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
2,026	San IsidroDinas, Zamboanga del Sur	615	about 256	about 2.40 km²	−2.24% a year	Rural
2,027	BemposaAurora, Zamboanga del Sur	614	about 165	about 3.72 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
2,028	SipaonRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	613	about 98	about 6.25 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
2,029	BalumbunanBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	612	about 63	about 9.67 km²	−5.06% a year	Rural
2,030	MaralagLapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur	611	about 110	about 5.53 km²	1.09% a year	Rural
2,031	San RoqueLiloy, Zamboanga del Norte	610	about 200	about 3.05 km²	−1.69% a year	Rural
2,032	MabuhayRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	607	about 133	about 4.58 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
2,033	KasigpitanTalusan, Zamboanga Sibugay	606	about 128	about 4.75 km²	−20.74% a year	Rural
2,034	LagundiSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	605	about 504	about 1.20 km²	5.60% a year	Rural
2,035	VillaricoPiñan, Zamboanga del Norte	604	about 150	about 4.02 km²	4.94% a year	Rural
2,036	CabbunanSibuco, Zamboanga del Norte	603	about 29	about 20.54 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
2,037	Pisa-anDinas, Zamboanga del Sur	603	about 66	about 9.14 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
2,038	AliguayDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	601	about 828	about 0.726 km²	−4.24% a year	Rural
2,039	ConcepcionSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur	600	about 153	about 3.91 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
2,040	GuimotanBaliguian, Zamboanga del Norte	600	about 113	about 5.33 km²	5.76% a year	Rural
2,041	San JoseTambulig, Zamboanga del Sur	600	about 155	about 3.87 km²	−1.54% a year	Rural
2,042	SinaadSergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte	600	about 52	about 11.47 km²	3.64% a year	Rural
2,043	Upper SumilongPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	598	about 138	about 4.34 km²	−2.44% a year	Rural
2,044	LacarayanTigbao, Zamboanga del Sur	597	about 66	about 8.98 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
2,045	AbundaMabuhay, Zamboanga Sibugay	594	about 91	about 6.52 km²	−9.31% a year	Rural
2,046	CabongTampilisan, Zamboanga del Norte	594	about 139	about 4.28 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
2,047	PawanMidsalip, Zamboanga del Sur	593	about 50	about 11.88 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
2,048	Lower SambulawanRamon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur	592	about 342	about 1.73 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
2,049	DionumPiñan, Zamboanga del Norte	591	about 100	about 5.92 km²	−1.56% a year	Rural
2,050	MetokongDumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur	591	about 176	about 3.36 km²	2.10% 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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