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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, 2,201 to 2,250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,201	Upper LiasonTambulig, Zamboanga del Sur	442	about 183	about 2.41 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
2,202	LiwanagSergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte	441	about 126	about 3.49 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
2,203	TalabobLapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur	441	about 48	about 9.22 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
2,204	Upper DimayaDinas, Zamboanga del Sur	441	about 168	about 2.63 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
2,205	DumaraLapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur	440	about 29	about 15.00 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,206	VillagraciaSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	439	about 79	about 5.55 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
2,207	NapulanSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	437	about 127	about 3.45 km²	3.08% a year	Rural
2,208	DilucotGodod, Zamboanga del Norte	436	about 25	about 17.79 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
2,209	NilaboRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	435	about 173	about 2.51 km²	3.04% a year	Rural
2,210	LantawanKumalarang, Zamboanga del Sur	433	about 62	about 6.94 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
2,211	EcuanMidsalip, Zamboanga del Sur	429	about 138	about 3.11 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
2,212	NalaSibuco, Zamboanga del Norte	429	about 44	about 9.77 km²	−3.28% a year	Rural
2,213	AlegriaAurora, Zamboanga del Sur	426	about 238	about 1.79 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
2,214	DimalinaoTambulig, Zamboanga del Sur	425	about 112	about 3.78 km²	−1.20% a year	Rural
2,215	LantawanBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	425	about 163	about 2.60 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
2,216	PedaganMahayag, Zamboanga del Sur	424	about 99	about 4.28 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
2,217	BalubuanSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	420	about 264	about 1.59 km²	2.17% a year	Rural
2,218	TabonLapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur	420	about 233	about 1.80 km²	1.61% a year	Rural
2,219	GumpinganDumingag, Zamboanga del Sur	417	about 104	about 4.02 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
2,220	MagahisDimataling, Zamboanga del Sur	417	about 181	about 2.30 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
2,221	WilbenSergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte	416	about 57	about 7.31 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
2,222	Lower LiasanTambulig, Zamboanga del Sur	414	about 170	about 2.43 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
2,223	Princesa FreshiaSergio Osmeña Sr., Zamboanga del Norte	414	about 64	about 6.48 km²	−1.40% a year	Rural
2,224	AuroraTalusan, Zamboanga Sibugay	412	about 235	about 1.75 km²	−8.98% a year	Rural
2,225	DiolenMutia, Zamboanga del Norte	412	about 123	about 3.36 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
2,226	La VictoriaLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	411	about 95	about 4.31 km²	2.09% a year	Rural
2,227	PalalianMalangas, Zamboanga Sibugay	411	about 93	about 4.40 km²	−1.68% a year	Rural
2,228	WakatRamon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur	410	about 125	about 3.29 km²	2.63% a year	Rural
2,229	PanaghiusaAurora, Zamboanga del Sur	407	about 170	about 2.39 km²	−6.26% a year	Rural
2,230	TaminKabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay	405	about 70	about 5.77 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
2,231	MoradjiJosefina, Zamboanga del Sur	404	about 162	about 2.50 km²	−6.93% a year	Rural
2,232	MagsaysaySiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	403	about 29	about 13.68 km²	3.58% a year	Rural
2,233	Bagong BorbonBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	402	about 143	about 2.81 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
2,234	SeasideIsabela City, Basilan	401	about 11,864	about 0.0338 km²	4.94% a year	Rural
2,235	TalaptapPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	400	about 82	about 4.86 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
2,236	MalagaladDumingag, Zamboanga del Sur	398	about 52	about 7.64 km²	−1.28% a year	Rural
2,237	MaligayaPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	395	about 77	about 5.10 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
2,238	San VicenteDumingag, Zamboanga del Sur	394	about 51	about 7.79 km²	−0.18% a year	Rural
2,239	DanluganBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	393	about 102	about 3.87 km²	−1.86% a year	Rural
2,240	New CarcarLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	393	about 99	about 3.95 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
2,241	New TuburanTigbao, Zamboanga del Sur	392	about 39	about 10.16 km²	−6.68% a year	Rural
2,242	San JuanSan Pablo, Zamboanga del Sur	390	about 124	about 3.14 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
2,243	Santo RosarioMolave, Zamboanga del Sur	389	about 103	about 3.77 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
2,244	DagumBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	386	about 70	about 5.52 km²	0.96% a year	Rural
2,245	BakingBayog, Zamboanga del Sur	380	about 238	about 1.60 km²	1.65% a year	Rural
2,246	TugayaLapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur	378	about 88	about 4.32 km²	−1.99% a year	Rural
2,247	BolinganTalusan, Zamboanga Sibugay	373	about 124	about 3.01 km²	−17.64% a year	Rural
2,248	CebonegAurora, Zamboanga del Sur	373	about 136	about 2.75 km²	−1.42% a year	Rural
2,249	La LibertadLiloy, Zamboanga del Norte	372	about 106	about 3.50 km²	−2.59% a year	Rural
2,250	Bagong PitogoAurora, Zamboanga del Sur	371	about 142	about 2.61 km²	−0.76% 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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