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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, 2,051 to 2,100 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,051	San IsidroPitogo, Zamboanga del Sur	591	about 225	about 2.63 km²	−7.17% a year	Rural
2,052	PiwanMidsalip, Zamboanga del Sur	590	about 22	about 27.04 km²	3.95% a year	Rural
2,053	FatimaSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	588	about 176	about 3.35 km²	2.71% a year	Rural
2,054	New UnidosMidsalip, Zamboanga del Sur	588	about 176	about 3.34 km²	4.93% a year	Rural
2,055	Tubo-PaitDumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur	588	about 102	about 5.78 km²	3.37% a year	Rural
2,056	LantawanSominot, Zamboanga del Sur	587	about 170	about 3.46 km²	−5.59% a year	Rural
2,057	DataganBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	586	about 125	about 4.67 km²	−10.60% a year	Rural
2,058	Nangan-nanganTigbao, Zamboanga del Sur	583	about 41	about 14.26 km²	−4.26% a year	Rural
2,059	CalilicSibutad, Zamboanga del Norte	580	about 95	about 6.08 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
2,060	San FranciscoTabina, Zamboanga del Sur	578	about 159	about 3.63 km²	−6.24% a year	Rural
2,061	LalabDimataling, Zamboanga del Sur	577	about 180	about 3.20 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
2,062	TultolanTabina, Zamboanga del Sur	577	about 214	about 2.70 km²	−4.06% a year	Rural
2,063	CulaguanSibuco, Zamboanga del Norte	574	about 16	about 35.08 km²	5.29% a year	Rural
2,064	DulianDumingag, Zamboanga del Sur	573	about 139	about 4.11 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
2,065	San IsidroSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	573	about 54	about 10.69 km²	−3.30% a year	Rural
2,066	SuponBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	573	about 202	about 2.83 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
2,067	JosefinaDimataling, Zamboanga del Sur	572	about 136	about 4.20 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
2,068	KanipaanBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	572	about 180	about 3.18 km²	−2.66% a year	Rural
2,069	Lower DimalinaoMolave, Zamboanga del Sur	572	about 308	about 1.86 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
2,070	DelapaSibutad, Zamboanga del Norte	571	about 182	about 3.14 km²	2.41% a year	Rural
2,071	LukuanLakewood, Zamboanga del Sur	570	about 49	about 11.67 km²	3.00% a year	Rural
2,072	SandayongTampilisan, Zamboanga del Norte	570	about 148	about 3.85 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
2,073	BaluyanImelda, Zamboanga Sibugay	569	about 124	about 4.59 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
2,074	DinulanSibuco, Zamboanga del Norte	569	about 10	about 59.49 km²	12.21% a year	Rural
2,075	LuananLapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur	567	about 147	about 3.87 km²	3.16% a year	Rural
2,076	LaperianSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur	566	about 158	about 3.58 km²	2.39% a year	Rural
2,077	LogpondMalangas, Zamboanga Sibugay	564	about 265	about 2.13 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
2,078	DalamaPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	563	about 112	about 5.03 km²	−1.55% a year	Rural
2,079	MagahisMargosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur	563	about 315	about 1.79 km²	−4.63% a year	Rural
2,080	TininggaanTampilisan, Zamboanga del Norte	561	about 78	about 7.22 km²	3.66% a year	Rural
2,081	ReboconMalangas, Zamboanga Sibugay	558	about 147	about 3.80 km²	5.46% a year	Rural
2,082	SebodPres. Manuel A. Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte	556	about 177	about 3.14 km²	−1.65% a year	Rural
2,083	FatimaPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	555	about 90	about 6.15 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
2,084	TuburanSergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte	555	about 95	about 5.87 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
2,085	Pulang LupaSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	552	about 194	about 2.84 km²	12.64% a year	Rural
2,086	San VicenteMalangas, Zamboanga Sibugay	552	about 82	about 6.70 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
2,087	BalubohanRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	550	about 166	about 3.32 km²	3.32% a year	Rural
2,088	BalungisanImelda, Zamboanga Sibugay	549	about 70	about 7.83 km²	−1.14% a year	Rural
2,089	MabuhaySan Pablo, Zamboanga del Sur	549	about 245	about 2.24 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
2,090	MandegLapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur	548	about 115	about 4.75 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
2,091	PiliMidsalip, Zamboanga del Sur	547	about 52	about 10.49 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
2,092	LudiongDinas, Zamboanga del Sur	545	about 175	about 3.12 km²	−4.03% a year	Rural
2,093	PedulonanPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	545	about 209	about 2.61 km²	7.64% a year	Rural
2,094	MotongSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	543	about 65	about 8.41 km²	3.90% a year	Rural
2,095	Datu SaililaSiocon, Zamboanga del Norte	542	about 272	about 1.99 km²	−6.14% a year	Rural
2,096	TiwalesLakewood, Zamboanga del Sur	542	about 40	about 13.44 km²	−2.87% a year	Rural
2,097	LoperoJose Dalman, Zamboanga del Norte	541	about 126	about 4.28 km²	2.96% a year	Rural
2,098	Matab-angDumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur	540	about 239	about 2.26 km²	−0.57% a year	Rural
2,099	MalasikDumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur	538	about 338	about 1.59 km²	−1.54% a year	Rural
2,100	MolansongSan Pablo, Zamboanga del Sur	538	about 190	about 2.83 km²	1.29% 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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