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, 301 to 350 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cotabato, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
301	MalanduagueKabacan, Cotabato	1,711	about 352	about 4.86 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
302	BaleteMagpet, Cotabato	1,710	about 92	about 18.68 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
303	Central PanatanPigkawayan, Cotabato	1,709	about 215	about 7.96 km²	9.22% a year	Rural
304	GrebonaLibungan, Cotabato	1,698	about 302	about 5.63 km²	3.62% a year	Rural
305	KanibongTulunan, Cotabato	1,689	about 137	about 12.37 km²	−0.85% a year	Rural
306	Bual NorteMidsayap, Cotabato	1,679	about 400	about 4.20 km²	1.01% a year	Urban
307	PopoyonTulunan, Cotabato	1,666	about 132	about 12.62 km²	5.88% a year	Rural
308	SalasangArakan, Cotabato	1,659	about 69	about 24.01 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
309	MakalangotArakan, Cotabato	1,651	about 240	about 6.89 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
310	ArakanMatalam, Cotabato	1,649	about 126	about 13.06 km²	8.12% a year	Rural
311	CabpangiPigkawayan, Cotabato	1,639	about 394	about 4.16 km²	6.51% a year	Rural
312	LibooM'Lang, Cotabato	1,616	about 388	about 4.17 km²	2.11% a year	Rural
313	SibawanKidapawan City, Cotabato	1,615	about 220	about 7.34 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
314	MalabuanMakilala, Cotabato	1,610	about 125	about 12.88 km²	1.65% a year	Rural
315	CalunasanM'Lang, Cotabato	1,604	about 176	about 9.11 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
316	DallagArakan, Cotabato	1,594	about 130	about 12.25 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
317	GayolaKidapawan City, Cotabato	1,587	about 327	about 4.86 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
318	Lower MingadingAleosan, Cotabato	1,583	about 225	about 7.05 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
319	LuananAleosan, Cotabato	1,582	about 268	about 5.91 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
320	IdaomanPresident Roxas, Cotabato	1,577	about 277	about 5.70 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
321	Luna NorteMakilala, Cotabato	1,574	about 240	about 6.56 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
322	TumandingArakan, Cotabato	1,573	about 143	about 10.99 km²	1.49% a year	Rural
323	DaigTulunan, Cotabato	1,572	about 168	about 9.38 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
324	F. CajeloTulunan, Cotabato	1,569	about 418	about 3.75 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
325	LagumbinganMidsayap, Cotabato	1,568	about 368	about 4.26 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
326	Midpapan IIPigkawayan, Cotabato	1,567	about 430	about 3.64 km²	3.26% a year	Rural
327	MagsaysayAntipas, Cotabato	1,563	about 241	about 6.49 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
328	LamalamaPresident Roxas, Cotabato	1,558	about 139	about 11.21 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
329	Santo NiñoKidapawan City, Cotabato	1,543	about 339	about 4.55 km²	3.50% a year	Rural
330	BatoMakilala, Cotabato	1,535	about 151	about 10.14 km²	4.39% a year	Rural
331	Puting-batoBanisilan, Cotabato	1,530	about 123	about 12.43 km²	5.35% a year	Rural
332	New BarbazaM'Lang, Cotabato	1,529	about 310	about 4.94 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
333	TigbawanPigkawayan, Cotabato	1,520	about 322	about 4.72 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
334	BanucagonPigkawayan, Cotabato	1,518	about 367	about 4.14 km²	−2.35% a year	Rural
335	OnicaKidapawan City, Cotabato	1,514	about 95	about 15.88 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
336	MarbelKidapawan City, Cotabato	1,506	about 261	about 5.78 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
337	LibertadMakilala, Cotabato	1,496	about 301	about 4.97 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
338	SikitanKidapawan City, Cotabato	1,496	about 511	about 2.93 km²	−2.62% a year	Rural
339	New CebuMakilala, Cotabato	1,495	about 392	about 3.81 km²	3.22% a year	Rural
340	New PontevedraAntipas, Cotabato	1,489	about 167	about 8.91 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
341	AmabelMagpet, Cotabato	1,479	about 92	about 16.03 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
342	DolesMagpet, Cotabato	1,468	about 166	about 8.86 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
343	IlustrePresident Roxas, Cotabato	1,464	about 118	about 12.42 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
344	TemporanMagpet, Cotabato	1,461	about 155	about 9.41 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
345	LuviminKidapawan City, Cotabato	1,459	about 353	about 4.13 km²	3.50% a year	Urban
346	BagumbaMidsayap, Cotabato	1,458	about 501	about 2.91 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
347	BianganMakilala, Cotabato	1,458	about 363	about 4.02 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
348	AlegriaPresident Roxas, Cotabato	1,454	about 294	about 4.95 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
349	KamarahanPresident Roxas, Cotabato	1,437	about 280	about 5.13 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
350	BagolibasAleosan, Cotabato	1,421	about 198	about 7.19 km²	0.32% 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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