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Barangays in Northern Mindanao

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 Northern Mindanao

Barangays in Northern Mindanao, at a glance

Barangays: 2,022^[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: 5,178,326^[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: 362 urban^[4]; 1,660 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Carmen^[5]; Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental; 78,612 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: Minalwang^[6]; Claveria, Misamis Oriental; about 228.18 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: Nazareth^{[5, 7]}; Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental; 15.37% 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: 494 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Martin, −5.88% 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.

2,022 barangays, 2,001 to 2,022 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Northern Mindanao, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,001	SebucalOroquieta City, Misamis Occidental	158	about 11	about 14.48 km²	4.79% a year	Rural
2,002	Barangay 19Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	153	about 6,096	about 0.0251 km²	−9.03% a year	Urban
2,003	RoxasAloran, Misamis Occidental	126	about 14	about 9.14 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
2,004	Barangay 5Malaybalay City, Bukidnon	114	about 4,385	about 0.026 km²	12.03% a year	Urban
2,005	Barangay 33Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	111	about 1,920	about 0.0578 km²	6.91% a year	Urban
2,006	LingatonganConcepcion, Misamis Occidental	110	about 53	about 2.08 km²	−17.39% a year	Rural
2,007	Barangay 11Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	104	about 3,133	about 0.0332 km²	−10.08% a year	Urban
2,008	Barangay 15Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental	100	about 2,336	about 0.0428 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
2,009	Barangay 3Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental	90	about 2,970	about 0.0303 km²	−7.58% a year	Urban
2,010	Barangay 12Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	80	about 3,279	about 0.0244 km²	−24.41% a year	Urban
2,011	Barangay 3Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	71	about 2,527	about 0.0281 km²	−6.27% a year	Urban
2,012	MabasLopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental	68	about 7	about 9.55 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
2,013	Barangay 8Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	52	about 1,793	about 0.029 km²	−12.33% a year	Urban
2,014	Barangay 2Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	47	about 1,298	about 0.0362 km²	−1.47% a year	Urban
2,015	Barangay 6Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	47	about 1,234	about 0.0381 km²	8.85% a year	Urban
2,016	Barangay 9Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	46	about 1,474	about 0.0312 km²	−22.05% a year	Urban
2,017	Barangay 20Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	39	about 1,726	about 0.0226 km²	−15.83% a year	Urban
2,018	Barangay 4Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	36	about 1,286	about 0.028 km²	−14.15% a year	Urban
2,019	Barangay 38Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	26	about 690	about 0.0377 km²	−13.67% a year	Urban
2,020	Barangay 5Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	26	about 977	about 0.0266 km²	−6.23% a year	Urban
2,021	Barangay 16Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	24	about 960	about 0.025 km²	−0.97% a year	Urban
2,022	Barangay 39Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	12	about 508	about 0.0236 km²	−8.01% 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 X (Northern Mindanao) (OpenSTAT table 0101A6DTPH9). 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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