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Barangays in SOCCSKSARGEN

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 SOCCSKSARGEN, at a glance

Barangays: 1,097^[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: 4,462,776^[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: 268 urban^[4]; 829 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: 431 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Poblacion, −4.68% 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.

1,097 barangays, 201 to 250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in SOCCSKSARGEN, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
201	LamdalagLake Sebu, South Cotabato	5,049	about 389	about 12.97 km²	−0.33% a year	Urban
202	KayupoKiamba, Sarangani	5,042	about 490	about 10.30 km²	1.30% a year	Urban
203	San RoqueMalungon, Sarangani	5,035	about 230	about 21.85 km²	2.62% a year	Urban
204	KatidtuanKabacan, Cotabato	5,023	about 561	about 8.95 km²	0.82% a year	Urban
205	AmsipitMaasim, Sarangani	5,005	about 43	about 116.27 km²	−0.62% a year	Urban
206	LumasalMaasim, Sarangani	4,980	about 101	about 49.39 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
207	BagacayAlabel, Sarangani	4,977	about 264	about 18.86 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
208	LambontongSurallah, South Cotabato	4,974	about 388	about 12.82 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
209	PimbalayanLambayong, Sultan Kudarat	4,971	about 850	about 5.85 km²	2.69% a year	Rural
210	D'LotillaIsulan, Sultan Kudarat	4,943	about 647	about 7.64 km²	1.49% a year	Rural
211	BuayanM'Lang, Cotabato	4,919	about 431	about 11.41 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
212	Upper KatungalTacurong City, Sultan Kudarat	4,916	about 643	about 7.64 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
213	PacoKidapawan City, Cotabato	4,901	about 489	about 10.02 km²	−0.13% a year	Urban
214	New IloiloTantangan, South Cotabato	4,897	about 565	about 8.67 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
215	KusanBanga, South Cotabato	4,889	about 379	about 12.90 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
216	VillaricaMidsayap, Cotabato	4,883	about 1,480	about 3.30 km²	0.57% a year	Urban
217	Rizal PoblacionBanga, South Cotabato	4,881	about 961	about 5.08 km²	0.17% a year	Urban
218	Glan PadiduGlan, Sarangani	4,872	about 682	about 7.14 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
219	RotondaKoronadal City, South Cotabato	4,841	about 796	about 6.08 km²	2.49% a year	Rural
220	Paatan LowerKabacan, Cotabato	4,834	about 728	about 6.64 km²	3.76% a year	Rural
221	PoblacionM'Lang, Cotabato	4,823	about 5,499	about 0.877 km²	−0.44% a year	Urban
222	SisimanLutayan, Sultan Kudarat	4,805	about 142	about 33.82 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
223	Big MargusGlan, Sarangani	4,804	about 252	about 19.09 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
224	BarangiranAlamada, Cotabato	4,801	about 386	about 12.45 km²	−2.26% a year	Rural
225	BaluntayAlabel, Sarangani	4,788	about 414	about 11.56 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
226	Datal AnggasAlabel, Sarangani	4,787	about 50	about 95.55 km²	−5.58% a year	Rural
227	AvanceñaKoronadal City, South Cotabato	4,781	about 632	about 7.56 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
228	Old PoblacionMaitum, Sarangani	4,768	about 1,275	about 3.74 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
229	Manuel RoxasSanto Niño, South Cotabato	4,766	about 341	about 13.97 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
230	SalacafeT'Boli, South Cotabato	4,764	about 102	about 46.86 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
231	Dadiangas SouthGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	4,755	about 7,548	about 0.63 km²	−0.30% a year	Urban
232	TukaBagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat	4,751	about 341	about 13.92 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
233	LamlahakLake Sebu, South Cotabato	4,742	about 157	about 30.29 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
234	LikaM'Lang, Cotabato	4,716	about 581	about 8.12 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
235	NamnamaKoronadal City, South Cotabato	4,705	about 763	about 6.17 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
236	KlubiLake Sebu, South Cotabato	4,694	about 176	about 26.70 km²	2.58% a year	Rural
237	AcmonanTupi, South Cotabato	4,692	about 153	about 30.60 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
238	Bukay PaitTantangan, South Cotabato	4,669	about 296	about 15.75 km²	2.65% a year	Rural
239	RangayenAlamada, Cotabato	4,621	about 68	about 68.01 km²	3.71% a year	Rural
240	KamangaMaasim, Sarangani	4,598	about 98	about 46.99 km²	2.06% a year	Urban
241	San JoseBanga, South Cotabato	4,573	about 438	about 10.43 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
242	Poloy-poloyLebak, Sultan Kudarat	4,568	about 120	about 37.93 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
243	Crossing RubberTupi, South Cotabato	4,561	about 535	about 8.53 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
244	EdwardsT'Boli, South Cotabato	4,545	about 405	about 11.22 km²	1.18% a year	Rural
245	San RoqueKoronadal City, South Cotabato	4,537	about 478	about 9.50 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
246	OlympogGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	4,534	about 325	about 13.93 km²	0.42% a year	Urban
247	SinolonT'Boli, South Cotabato	4,525	about 312	about 14.49 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
248	LinaoMatalam, Cotabato	4,487	about 314	about 14.30 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
249	ReyesBanga, South Cotabato	4,486	about 878	about 5.11 km²	−2.01% a year	Urban
250	MalinaoBanisilan, Cotabato	4,483	about 362	about 12.37 km²	−0.87% 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 : 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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