The Atlas

Barangays in Northern Mindanao

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 Northern Mindanao

Barangays in Northern Mindanao, at a glance

Barangays: 2,022^[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: 5,178,326^[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: 362 urban^[4]; 1,660 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Carmen^[5]; Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental; 78,612 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: Minalwang^[6]; Claveria, Misamis Oriental; about 228.18 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: Nazareth^{[5, 7]}; Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental; 15.37% 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: 494 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Martin, −5.88% 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.

2,022 barangays, 251 to 300 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Northern Mindanao, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
251	LapasanClarin, Misamis Occidental	4,411	about 2,657	about 1.66 km²	−2.07% a year	Urban
252	BauyanSultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte	4,405	about 1,323	about 3.33 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
253	MerangeranQuezon, Bukidnon	4,397	about 251	about 17.54 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
254	San AntonioOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental	4,392	about 10,214	about 0.43 km²	1.97% a year	Rural
255	BaroboValencia City, Bukidnon	4,390	about 155	about 28.38 km²	1.55% a year	Urban
256	Doña ConsueloOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental	4,371	about 5,540	about 0.789 km²	−2.71% a year	Rural
257	Barangay 24-AGingoog City, Misamis Oriental	4,359	about 6,585	about 0.662 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
258	West PoblacionKalilangan, Bukidnon	4,359	about 717	about 6.08 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
259	Sto. NiñoManolo Fortich, Bukidnon	4,352	about 290	about 15.01 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
260	BalilaLantapan, Bukidnon	4,317	about 667	about 6.47 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
261	MatangadGitagum, Misamis Oriental	4,316	about 1,139	about 3.79 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
262	Old PoblacionMunai, Lanao del Norte	4,310	about 557	about 7.74 km²	2.21% a year	Rural
263	ConsueloMagsaysay, Misamis Oriental	4,304	about 1,643	about 2.62 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
264	DitucalanIligan City, Lanao del Norte	4,303	about 839	about 5.13 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
265	Lala ProperLala, Lanao del Norte	4,291	about 1,475	about 2.91 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
266	CogonEl Salvador City, Misamis Oriental	4,289	about 1,150	about 3.73 km²	4.30% a year	Urban
267	San JoseLibona, Bukidnon	4,263	about 449	about 9.49 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
268	Punta SilumManticao, Misamis Oriental	4,248	about 1,362	about 3.12 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
269	Upper JasaanJasaan, Misamis Oriental	4,237	about 1,780	about 2.38 km²	−0.51% a year	Urban
270	PaitanQuezon, Bukidnon	4,230	about 262	about 16.12 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
271	TabidOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental	4,208	about 627	about 6.71 km²	1.77% a year	Rural
272	PinatilanValencia City, Bukidnon	4,195	about 363	about 11.57 km²	3.45% a year	Rural
273	PongolLibona, Bukidnon	4,195	about 197	about 21.25 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
274	Capitan BayongImpasug-ong, Bukidnon	4,178	about 204	about 20.48 km²	2.62% a year	Urban
275	Poblacion 3Villanueva, Misamis Oriental	4,178	about 25,018	about 0.167 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
276	LinggangaoBalingasag, Misamis Oriental	4,152	about 1,335	about 3.11 km²	1.19% a year	Urban
277	LaguitasMalaybalay City, Bukidnon	4,151	about 267	about 15.53 km²	1.51% a year	Rural
278	MolicayOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental	4,149	about 1,714	about 2.42 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
279	PoblacionLagonglong, Misamis Oriental	4,147	about 5,841	about 0.71 km²	0.25% a year	Urban
280	MargosKapatagan, Lanao del Norte	4,137	about 388	about 10.66 km²	9.75% a year	Rural
281	LibertadKauswagan, Lanao del Norte	4,118	about 529	about 7.79 km²	3.06% a year	Urban
282	Don Bernardo Nery Pob.Calamba, Misamis Occidental	4,117	about 1,970	about 2.09 km²	−0.36% a year	Urban
283	PulotOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental	4,116	about 1,039	about 3.96 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
284	South PoblacionMedina, Misamis Oriental	4,112	about 4,625	about 0.889 km²	1.50% a year	Urban
285	MalinaoGingoog City, Misamis Oriental	4,104	about 181	about 22.69 km²	−1.52% a year	Rural
286	TikalaanTalakag, Bukidnon	4,102	about 36	about 113.41 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
287	AbagaBaloi, Lanao del Norte	4,081	about 872	about 4.68 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
288	MalingaoTubod, Lanao del Norte	4,067	about 865	about 4.70 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
289	Darumawang IlayaLala, Lanao del Norte	4,059	about 470	about 8.64 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
290	MaquilaoTangub City, Misamis Occidental	4,058	about 4,308	about 0.942 km²	1.01% a year	Rural
291	PinoyakLala, Lanao del Norte	4,050	about 602	about 6.73 km²	5.12% a year	Rural
292	CalabayanOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental	4,029	about 1,203	about 3.35 km²	−1.41% a year	Rural
293	KimanaitPangantucan, Bukidnon	4,024	about 240	about 16.80 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
294	LaboOzamiz City, Misamis Occidental	4,023	about 1,458	about 2.76 km²	2.80% a year	Rural
295	LibertadQuezon, Bukidnon	4,023	about 689	about 5.84 km²	1.65% a year	Urban
296	MabuhayValencia City, Bukidnon	4,019	about 297	about 13.53 km²	0.13% a year	Urban
297	MiarayDangcagan, Bukidnon	4,018	about 344	about 11.67 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
298	BinitinanBalingasag, Misamis Oriental	3,989	about 1,855	about 2.15 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
299	Ninoy AquinoKalilangan, Bukidnon	3,970	about 208	about 19.09 km²	−2.82% a year	Rural
300	San VicenteSumilao, Bukidnon	3,968	about 444	about 8.94 km²	4.51% 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 X (Northern Mindanao) (OpenSTAT table 0101A6DTPH9). 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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