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Barangays in South Cotabato

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 South Cotabato, at a glance

Barangays: 226^[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: 1,732,068^[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: 94 urban^[4]; 132 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Calumpang^[5]; General Santos City, South Cotabato; 90,480 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: Ned^[6]; Lake Sebu, South Cotabato; about 493.50 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: New Dumangas^{[5, 7]}; T'Boli, South Cotabato; 8.62% 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: 42 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Lamfugon, −2.93% 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.

226 barangays, 201 to 226 shown, most people first.

Barangays in South Cotabato, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
201	Pula-batoTampakan, South Cotabato	2,012	about 129	about 15.62 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
202	KibidNorala, South Cotabato	1,914	about 381	about 5.02 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
203	VeteransSurallah, South Cotabato	1,874	about 405	about 4.63 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
204	SajanebaSanto Niño, South Cotabato	1,826	about 516	about 3.54 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
205	DerilonBanga, South Cotabato	1,800	about 468	about 3.85 km²	5.57% a year	Rural
206	San IsidroTampakan, South Cotabato	1,792	about 535	about 3.35 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
207	Lam-CaliafPolomolok, South Cotabato	1,779	about 142	about 12.52 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
208	Benigno Aquino, Jr.Norala, South Cotabato	1,699	about 430	about 3.95 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
209	TalconT'Boli, South Cotabato	1,640	about 157	about 10.45 km²	3.03% a year	Rural
210	BentungPolomolok, South Cotabato	1,579	about 280	about 5.63 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
211	Datal BobT'Boli, South Cotabato	1,557	about 94	about 16.56 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
212	Lower MaculanLake Sebu, South Cotabato	1,512	about 158	about 9.56 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
213	CabudianBanga, South Cotabato	1,493	about 314	about 4.76 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
214	Yangco PoblacionBanga, South Cotabato	1,489	about 5,909	about 0.252 km²	−0.59% a year	Urban
215	SumbakilPolomolok, South Cotabato	1,446	about 504	about 2.87 km²	−4.12% a year	Rural
216	MambucalKoronadal City, South Cotabato	1,434	about 210	about 6.83 km²	2.97% a year	Rural
217	MangilalaTantangan, South Cotabato	1,387	about 219	about 6.34 km²	2.41% a year	Rural
218	DuengasSurallah, South Cotabato	1,363	about 361	about 3.78 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
219	Improgo VillageBanga, South Cotabato	1,339	about 7,608	about 0.176 km²	−0.62% a year	Rural
220	HanoonLake Sebu, South Cotabato	1,310	about 122	about 10.74 km²	2.75% a year	Rural
221	T'bolokT'Boli, South Cotabato	1,217	about 26	about 45.96 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
222	Lam-AposBanga, South Cotabato	1,186	about 285	about 4.16 km²	3.58% a year	Rural
223	New CuyapoTantangan, South Cotabato	1,135	about 174	about 6.54 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
224	PaloTampakan, South Cotabato	947	about 60	about 15.67 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
225	AlbaganTampakan, South Cotabato	760	about 68	about 11.10 km²	3.74% a year	Rural
226	Juan-Loreto TamayoTupi, South Cotabato	645	no border mapped	no border mapped	no 2020 count	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 : Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) (OpenSTAT table 0121A6DTHP1). Published August 3, 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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