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Barangays in Sulu

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 Sulu, at a glance

Barangays: 410^[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: 1,146,097^[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: 36 urban^[4]; 374 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: Suang Bunah^[6]; Pangutaran, Sulu; about 53.81 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: 2 barangays^[7]

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.

410 barangays, 251 to 300 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Sulu, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
251	Kungtad WestSiasi, Sulu	1,629	about 1,006	about 1.62 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
252	Panglima MisuariIndanan, Sulu	1,625	about 991	about 1.64 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
253	TangkapaanTapul, Sulu	1,625	about 300	about 5.41 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
254	TubodTalipao, Sulu	1,622	about 487	about 3.33 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
255	East SisangatSiasi, Sulu	1,607	about 2,296	about 0.70 km²	5.10% a year	Rural
256	South SilumpakSiasi, Sulu	1,606	about 12,167	about 0.132 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
257	Lower BinuangTalipao, Sulu	1,602	about 605	about 2.65 km²	2.03% a year	Rural
258	KatianIndanan, Sulu	1,593	about 1,844	about 0.864 km²	2.11% a year	Rural
259	Niog-SangahanTalipao, Sulu	1,593	about 335	about 4.75 km²	4.01% a year	Rural
260	Wanni PiyanjihanParang, Sulu	1,585	about 1,569	about 1.01 km²	3.38% a year	Rural
261	AndalanOmar, Sulu	1,583	about 385	about 4.11 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
262	Kabbon MaasIndanan, Sulu	1,576	about 1,608	about 0.98 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
263	Lanao DakulaParang, Sulu	1,561	about 442	about 3.53 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
264	East KungtadSiasi, Sulu	1,560	about 975	about 1.60 km²	4.90% a year	Rural
265	MalantaPandami, Sulu	1,557	about 148	about 10.50 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
266	ButonParang, Sulu	1,550	about 1,000	about 1.55 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
267	Tabu ManukOld Panamao, Sulu	1,550	about 3,523	about 0.44 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
268	IgasanPatikul, Sulu	1,538	about 1,211	about 1.27 km²	1.01% a year	Rural
269	LahiPandami, Sulu	1,538	about 1,361	about 1.13 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
270	LahaLugus, Sulu	1,536	about 406	about 3.78 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
271	Lagasan AsibihMaimbung, Sulu	1,534	about 1,334	about 1.15 km²	8.35% a year	Rural
272	ManilopIndanan, Sulu	1,524	about 699	about 2.18 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
273	TaingtingParang, Sulu	1,517	about 2,451	about 0.619 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
274	Lungan GitongParang, Sulu	1,516	about 1,601	about 0.947 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
275	KulambohTalipao, Sulu	1,515	about 439	about 3.45 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
276	PansulPatikul, Sulu	1,514	about 176	about 8.59 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
277	Niog-niogPata, Sulu	1,510	about 526	about 2.87 km²	3.13% a year	Rural
278	KamaligOld Panamao, Sulu	1,506	about 3,400	about 0.443 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
279	LantongMaimbung, Sulu	1,498	about 323	about 4.64 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
280	LambayongIndanan, Sulu	1,495	about 1,359	about 1.10 km²	1.73% a year	Rural
281	Kan-DayokOld Panamao, Sulu	1,492	about 295	about 5.06 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
282	TimpokPatikul, Sulu	1,487	about 83	about 17.95 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
283	Lower LausTalipao, Sulu	1,473	about 416	about 3.54 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
284	Lower SampunayParang, Sulu	1,452	about 1,543	about 0.941 km²	2.05% a year	Rural
285	PangdanonPatikul, Sulu	1,450	about 1,229	about 1.18 km²	9.72% a year	Rural
286	TikongParang, Sulu	1,440	about 986	about 1.46 km²	3.37% a year	Rural
287	SaldangParang, Sulu	1,437	about 893	about 1.61 km²	3.66% a year	Rural
288	Upper KamuntayanTalipao, Sulu	1,434	about 1,032	about 1.39 km²	4.05% a year	Rural
289	TumantangisIndanan, Sulu	1,430	about 110	about 12.99 km²	1.94% a year	Rural
290	BonbonPatikul, Sulu	1,422	about 1,038	about 1.37 km²	−4.16% a year	Rural
291	Buli BawangParang, Sulu	1,422	about 394	about 3.61 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
292	TonggasangPangutaran, Sulu	1,409	about 503	about 2.80 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
293	TaungPatikul, Sulu	1,405	about 906	about 1.55 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
294	SiowingSiasi, Sulu	1,403	about 1,483	about 0.946 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
295	SampunayParang, Sulu	1,399	about 1,599	about 0.875 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
296	HawanTapul, Sulu	1,394	about 1,171	about 1.19 km²	2.83% a year	Rural
297	MantaSiasi, Sulu	1,390	about 428	about 3.25 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
298	SibulLugus, Sulu	1,388	about 1,119	about 1.24 km²	1.40% a year	Rural
299	SarukotSiasi, Sulu	1,382	about 468	about 2.95 km²	4.48% a year	Rural
300	Tubig-SaminMaimbung, Sulu	1,372	about 1,732	about 0.792 km²	6.05% 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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