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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, 251 to 300 shown, most people first.

Barangays in SOCCSKSARGEN, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
251	BentanganCarmen, Cotabato	4,479	about 79	about 56.62 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
252	PamantinganEsperanza, Sultan Kudarat	4,479	about 446	about 10.05 km²	−2.14% a year	Urban
253	Barangay Poblacion 2Midsayap, Cotabato	4,475	about 6,122	about 0.731 km²	−1.66% a year	Urban
254	DumadaligTantangan, South Cotabato	4,471	about 255	about 17.53 km²	−0.88% a year	Urban
255	MabayMaitum, Sarangani	4,469	about 603	about 7.41 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
256	SagasaEsperanza, Sultan Kudarat	4,467	about 624	about 7.16 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
257	KudenSen. Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat	4,465	about 189	about 23.61 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
258	La EsperanzaTulunan, Cotabato	4,440	about 443	about 10.03 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
259	BalabakPikit, Cotabato	4,426	about 1,044	about 4.24 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
260	IlomavisKidapawan City, Cotabato	4,396	about 428	about 10.26 km²	−0.49% a year	Urban
261	PigcawaranAlamada, Cotabato	4,388	about 277	about 15.84 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
262	SibsibTulunan, Cotabato	4,388	about 758	about 5.79 km²	0.06% a year	Urban
263	E. AlegadoGlan, Sarangani	4,370	about 40	about 110.61 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
264	TaguranaoMatalam, Cotabato	4,345	about 99	about 43.95 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
265	SampaoLutayan, Sultan Kudarat	4,344	about 179	about 24.31 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
266	KilagasanKabacan, Cotabato	4,340	about 599	about 7.25 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
267	MalayaBanga, South Cotabato	4,337	about 177	about 24.55 km²	−0.48% a year	Urban
268	Klinan 6Polomolok, South Cotabato	4,318	about 493	about 8.75 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
269	AntongLutayan, Sultan Kudarat	4,283	about 878	about 4.88 km²	2.54% a year	Rural
270	SolamaBanisilan, Cotabato	4,279	about 183	about 23.43 km²	−2.69% a year	Rural
271	SalamanLebak, Sultan Kudarat	4,278	about 310	about 13.79 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
272	LambulingT'Boli, South Cotabato	4,273	about 219	about 19.51 km²	−1.64% a year	Rural
273	MagatosKabacan, Cotabato	4,258	about 405	about 10.51 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
274	Daan SuyanMalapatan, Sarangani	4,255	about 122	about 34.90 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
275	InasM'Lang, Cotabato	4,254	about 562	about 7.57 km²	−0.07% a year	Urban
276	OsiasKabacan, Cotabato	4,239	about 1,404	about 3.02 km²	−0.35% a year	Urban
277	BalwanPalimbang, Sultan Kudarat	4,229	about 17	about 251.83 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
278	Upper MainitMalungon, Sarangani	4,193	about 167	about 25.06 km²	2.28% a year	Urban
279	BialongM'Lang, Cotabato	4,169	about 507	about 8.23 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
280	LumakilPolomolok, South Cotabato	4,165	about 605	about 6.88 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
281	AringayKabacan, Cotabato	4,164	about 621	about 6.70 km²	−1.17% a year	Rural
282	PaitanEsperanza, Sultan Kudarat	4,150	about 296	about 14.02 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
283	KibiaMatalam, Cotabato	4,148	about 215	about 19.25 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
284	MabiniKoronadal City, South Cotabato	4,147	about 361	about 11.50 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
285	Koronadal ProperPolomolok, South Cotabato	4,138	about 645	about 6.42 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
286	LemsnolonT'Boli, South Cotabato	4,110	about 309	about 13.30 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
287	CarmenTacurong City, Sultan Kudarat	4,109	about 1,494	about 2.75 km²	0.10% a year	Urban
288	KihanMalapatan, Sarangani	4,085	about 108	about 37.95 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
289	New LagaoTacurong City, Sultan Kudarat	4,055	about 569	about 7.13 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
290	ManiliLutayan, Sultan Kudarat	4,052	about 784	about 5.17 km²	2.69% a year	Rural
291	RubberPolomolok, South Cotabato	4,047	about 597	about 6.78 km²	2.52% a year	Rural
292	MaltanaTampakan, South Cotabato	4,044	about 484	about 8.35 km²	−1.90% a year	Rural
293	Punong GrandeBanga, South Cotabato	4,043	about 439	about 9.21 km²	2.24% a year	Rural
294	KibugtonganCarmen, Cotabato	4,036	about 279	about 14.49 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
295	Zone IKoronadal City, South Cotabato	4,025	about 6,952	about 0.579 km²	−0.59% a year	Urban
296	Aurelio F. FreiresLebak, Sultan Kudarat	4,020	about 5,006	about 0.803 km²	1.55% a year	Urban
297	El NonokBanga, South Cotabato	4,019	about 179	about 22.40 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
298	Upper SepakaSurallah, South Cotabato	4,007	about 77	about 52.20 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
299	SigayanLambayong, Sultan Kudarat	4,001	about 805	about 4.97 km²	5.38% a year	Rural
300	DorolumanArakan, Cotabato	3,996	about 313	about 12.77 km²	−0.48% 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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