The Atlas

Barangays in 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]

Open Cotabato

Barangays in Cotabato, at a glance

Barangays: 480^[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: 1,286,142^[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: 76 urban^[4]; 404 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Kidapawan City, Cotabato; 28,191 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: Guiling^[6]; Alamada, Cotabato; about 137.86 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: Kalasuyan^{[5, 7]}; Kidapawan City, Cotabato; 4.90% 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: 254 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Tuael, −3.24% 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.

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

Barangays in Cotabato, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
251	New IsraelMakilala, Cotabato	1,962	about 514	about 3.82 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
252	Bual SurMidsayap, Cotabato	1,955	about 773	about 2.53 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
253	TinimbacanBanisilan, Cotabato	1,942	about 76	about 25.59 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
254	TambadCarmen, Cotabato	1,941	about 87	about 22.21 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
255	LuayonMakilala, Cotabato	1,939	about 173	about 11.22 km²	−1.52% a year	Rural
256	Jose RizalMakilala, Cotabato	1,934	about 418	about 4.63 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
257	Upper LabasMidsayap, Cotabato	1,924	about 437	about 4.40 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
258	New PandanMatalam, Cotabato	1,918	about 156	about 12.28 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
259	BangilanKabacan, Cotabato	1,908	about 89	about 21.52 km²	5.82% a year	Rural
260	LuhongAntipas, Cotabato	1,901	about 235	about 8.08 km²	−0.85% a year	Rural
261	New Lawa-anM'Lang, Cotabato	1,895	about 212	about 8.93 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
262	PantarBanisilan, Cotabato	1,893	about 105	about 18.08 km²	6.80% a year	Rural
263	SalvacionMatalam, Cotabato	1,885	about 150	about 12.55 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
264	DemapacoLibungan, Cotabato	1,873	about 180	about 10.42 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
265	KimadzilCarmen, Cotabato	1,871	about 139	about 13.45 km²	−2.76% a year	Rural
266	Lanao KuranArakan, Cotabato	1,870	about 65	about 28.64 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
267	ThailandBanisilan, Cotabato	1,859	about 97	about 19.16 km²	−1.63% a year	Rural
268	ConcepcionMakilala, Cotabato	1,857	about 382	about 4.86 km²	−2.59% a year	Urban
269	BinayMagpet, Cotabato	1,851	about 213	about 8.71 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
270	Luz VillageM'Lang, Cotabato	1,851	about 205	about 9.04 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
271	KapayawiLibungan, Cotabato	1,850	about 305	about 6.06 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
272	SumbaoKidapawan City, Cotabato	1,846	about 245	about 7.55 km²	−0.18% a year	Rural
273	BatiocanLibungan, Cotabato	1,842	about 435	about 4.23 km²	2.56% a year	Rural
274	MaybulaTulunan, Cotabato	1,841	about 115	about 16.04 km²	2.10% a year	Rural
275	KatipunanM'Lang, Cotabato	1,840	about 122	about 15.05 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
276	RaradanganAlamada, Cotabato	1,839	about 398	about 4.62 km²	1.97% a year	Rural
277	BanayalTulunan, Cotabato	1,836	about 198	about 9.27 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
278	BongolanonMagpet, Cotabato	1,833	about 144	about 12.71 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
279	New CulasiTulunan, Cotabato	1,830	about 297	about 6.17 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
280	BalaticanPikit, Cotabato	1,827	about 293	about 6.24 km²	−7.35% a year	Rural
281	JunctionKidapawan City, Cotabato	1,816	about 195	about 9.29 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
282	New PanayTulunan, Cotabato	1,806	about 171	about 10.56 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
283	MeochaoKidapawan City, Cotabato	1,805	about 379	about 4.76 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
284	Santa CruzAleosan, Cotabato	1,803	about 358	about 5.03 km²	4.51% a year	Rural
285	GreenhillPresident Roxas, Cotabato	1,798	about 147	about 12.19 km²	3.29% a year	Rural
286	KatanayananCarmen, Cotabato	1,792	about 139	about 12.88 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
287	San IsidroKidapawan City, Cotabato	1,788	about 382	about 4.68 km²	2.30% a year	Rural
288	SallabMagpet, Cotabato	1,781	about 126	about 14.13 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
289	EstadoMatalam, Cotabato	1,779	about 145	about 12.25 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
290	Santa MariaMatalam, Cotabato	1,772	about 202	about 8.79 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
291	LibertadArakan, Cotabato	1,764	about 85	about 20.86 km²	6.68% a year	Rural
292	MaluaoPigkawayan, Cotabato	1,760	about 198	about 8.87 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
293	Santo NiñoArakan, Cotabato	1,757	about 210	about 8.38 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
294	SarayanPresident Roxas, Cotabato	1,755	about 137	about 12.79 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
295	NatutunganMatalam, Cotabato	1,742	about 225	about 7.73 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
296	SinkatulanMakilala, Cotabato	1,722	about 128	about 13.47 km²	1.42% a year	Rural
297	KatipunanKidapawan City, Cotabato	1,720	about 152	about 11.32 km²	−1.15% a year	Urban
298	SilikPikit, Cotabato	1,720	about 585	about 2.94 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
299	MalireAntipas, Cotabato	1,715	about 133	about 12.88 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
300	GalidanTulunan, Cotabato	1,712	about 189	about 9.04 km²	−0.42% 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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