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Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula

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 Zamboanga Peninsula, at a glance

Barangays: 2,314^[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: 5,089,934^[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: 229 urban^[4]; 2,085 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: Linay^[6]; Baliguian, Zamboanga del Norte; about 224.48 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: 792 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Estaca, −6.18% 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.

2,314 barangays, 301 to 350 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
301	GoleoSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	3,249	about 1,836	about 1.77 km²	−1.90% a year	Rural
302	BalintawakPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	3,243	about 659	about 4.92 km²	1.84% a year	Urban
303	San JoseImelda, Zamboanga Sibugay	3,229	about 520	about 6.21 km²	3.58% a year	Urban
304	Kaumpurnah Zone IIIIsabela City, Basilan	3,228	about 109,054	about 0.0296 km²	2.98% a year	Rural
305	ObayPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	3,220	about 1,175	about 2.74 km²	−5.12% a year	Rural
306	SumadatDumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur	3,215	about 869	about 3.70 km²	1.42% a year	Rural
307	LiangPatikul, Sulu	3,210	about 503	about 6.38 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
308	KagawasanDimataling, Zamboanga del Sur	3,201	about 339	about 9.43 km²	1.43% a year	Rural
309	TullingSiasi, Sulu	3,200	about 1,060	about 3.02 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
310	KanlagayKalingalan Caluang, Sulu	3,199	about 933	about 3.43 km²	3.02% a year	Rural
311	PoblacionIndanan, Sulu	3,198	about 672	about 4.76 km²	1.51% a year	Rural
312	LianutanLuuk, Sulu	3,191	about 354	about 9.01 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
313	BegangIsabela City, Basilan	3,185	about 845	about 3.77 km²	−1.18% a year	Rural
314	Tubig DakulahIndanan, Sulu	3,183	about 1,641	about 1.94 km²	8.92% a year	Rural
315	PuntaDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,182	about 776	about 4.10 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
316	BalunoIsabela City, Basilan	3,180	about 208	about 15.29 km²	−0.70% a year	Rural
317	Isabela EastsideIsabela City, Basilan	3,176	about 3,486	about 0.911 km²	2.14% a year	Rural
318	PoblacionSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur	3,176	about 696	about 4.56 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
319	Gapas RugasanLugus, Sulu	3,159	about 2,821	about 1.12 km²	3.48% a year	Rural
320	Ali AlsreeRoseller Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay	3,156	about 2,147	about 1.47 km²	1.81% a year	Rural
321	Crossing Sta. ClaraNaga, Zamboanga Sibugay	3,155	about 491	about 6.43 km²	0.59% a year	Urban
322	PoblacionSominot, Zamboanga del Sur	3,148	about 954	about 3.30 km²	−2.18% a year	Rural
323	MalintuboanLabason, Zamboanga del Norte	3,133	about 458	about 6.84 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
324	Upper PangiIpil, Zamboanga Sibugay	3,116	about 334	about 9.33 km²	7.01% a year	Rural
325	LamisahanZamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	3,111	about 225	about 13.82 km²	2.88% a year	Rural
326	BawisanParang, Sulu	3,110	about 1,013	about 3.07 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
327	Landang LaumZamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	3,106	about 192	about 16.15 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
328	TabonJose Dalman, Zamboanga del Norte	3,103	about 418	about 7.42 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
329	Benigno Aquino Jr.Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	3,097	about 105	about 29.56 km²	2.13% a year	Rural
330	PoblacionRamon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur	3,095	about 604	about 5.12 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
331	Huwit-huwitOmar, Sulu	3,091	about 258	about 11.98 km²	1.94% a year	Rural
332	Lizon ValleyPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	3,079	about 96	about 31.99 km²	1.77% a year	Rural
333	San PedroTungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay	3,077	about 261	about 11.81 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
334	Landang GuaZamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	3,075	about 229	about 13.40 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
335	PoblacionSibuco, Zamboanga del Norte	3,071	about 2,309	about 1.33 km²	−6.76% a year	Rural
336	PasilIndanan, Sulu	3,068	about 1,358	about 2.26 km²	3.33% a year	Rural
337	Gil SanchezLabason, Zamboanga del Norte	3,067	about 2,978	about 1.03 km²	1.22% a year	Rural
338	CaracolSalug, Zamboanga del Norte	3,065	about 390	about 7.85 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
339	PanigayanIsabela City, Basilan	3,065	about 3,189	about 0.961 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
340	Tulayan IslandLuuk, Sulu	3,050	about 1,955	about 1.56 km²	7.73% a year	Rural
341	LambagoLuuk, Sulu	3,038	about 628	about 4.84 km²	8.40% a year	Rural
342	Tubig SallangPangutaran, Sulu	3,036	about 474	about 6.41 km²	2.54% a year	Rural
343	Panduma SeniorTukuran, Zamboanga del Sur	3,031	about 2,806	about 1.08 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
344	LumbayaoKabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay	3,029	about 853	about 3.55 km²	1.01% a year	Urban
345	Poblacion NorthPiñan, Zamboanga del Norte	3,028	about 789	about 3.84 km²	−1.15% a year	Urban
346	Dawa-dawaAlicia, Zamboanga Sibugay	3,022	about 427	about 7.08 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
347	KandangMaimbung, Sulu	3,017	about 1,048	about 2.88 km²	31.57% a year	Rural
348	TabayoSiocon, Zamboanga del Norte	3,013	about 53	about 56.61 km²	−2.71% a year	Rural
349	Alu PangkohParang, Sulu	3,002	about 2,806	about 1.07 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
350	BalagonSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,997	about 118	about 25.42 km²	1.66% 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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