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Barangays in Zamboanga Sibugay

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 Sibugay, at a glance

Barangays: 389^[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: 661,498^[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: 33 urban^[4]; 356 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Sanito^[5]; Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay; 10,570 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: Shiolan^[6]; Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay; about 49.01 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: Tiayon^{[5, 7]}; Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay; 3.02% 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: 153 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Poblacion, −5.22% a year.

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389 barangays, 351 to 389 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Zamboanga Sibugay, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
351	FatimaPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	555	about 90	about 6.15 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
352	San VicenteMalangas, Zamboanga Sibugay	552	about 82	about 6.70 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
353	BalungisanImelda, Zamboanga Sibugay	549	about 70	about 7.83 km²	−1.14% a year	Rural
354	Little BaguioKabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay	533	about 59	about 9.10 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
355	Tugop MuslimTitay, Zamboanga Sibugay	526	about 37	about 14.08 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
356	Bagong BuhayAlicia, Zamboanga Sibugay	517	about 82	about 6.29 km²	−3.93% a year	Rural
357	Mountain ViewPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	511	about 83	about 6.12 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
358	GolingDiplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay	504	about 190	about 2.65 km²	−4.36% a year	Rural
359	ShiolanKabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay	500	about 10	about 49.01 km²	−1.25% a year	Rural
360	Sampoli ADiplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay	497	about 190	about 2.62 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
361	BulaanBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	496	about 87	about 5.72 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
362	MulomMalangas, Zamboanga Sibugay	489	about 77	about 6.34 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
363	Tandu-ComotMabuhay, Zamboanga Sibugay	481	about 103	about 4.69 km²	−22.94% a year	Rural
364	SamonteTalusan, Zamboanga Sibugay	477	about 179	about 2.67 km²	−11.74% a year	Rural
365	LobingDiplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay	475	about 104	about 4.55 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
366	SayaoKabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay	473	about 70	about 6.80 km²	1.26% a year	Rural
367	Little MargosTungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay	471	about 112	about 4.20 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
368	San RoquePayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	471	about 64	about 7.31 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
369	SumilongPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	455	about 149	about 3.05 km²	−3.42% a year	Rural
370	BualanTalusan, Zamboanga Sibugay	447	about 150	about 2.98 km²	−18.01% a year	Rural
371	VillagraciaSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	439	about 79	about 5.55 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
372	LantawanBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	425	about 163	about 2.60 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
373	AuroraTalusan, Zamboanga Sibugay	412	about 235	about 1.75 km²	−8.98% a year	Rural
374	PalalianMalangas, Zamboanga Sibugay	411	about 93	about 4.40 km²	−1.68% a year	Rural
375	TaminKabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay	405	about 70	about 5.77 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
376	MagsaysaySiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	403	about 29	about 13.68 km²	3.58% a year	Rural
377	Bagong BorbonBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	402	about 143	about 2.81 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
378	TalaptapPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	400	about 82	about 4.86 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
379	DanluganBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	393	about 102	about 3.87 km²	−1.86% a year	Rural
380	BolinganTalusan, Zamboanga Sibugay	373	about 124	about 3.01 km²	−17.64% a year	Rural
381	TunoDiplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay	367	about 298	about 1.23 km²	−1.02% a year	Rural
382	CabongNaga, Zamboanga Sibugay	351	about 101	about 3.49 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
383	GuintuloanBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	345	about 175	about 1.97 km²	−1.15% a year	Rural
384	Mali Little BaguioImelda, Zamboanga Sibugay	329	about 110	about 2.99 km²	−5.25% a year	Rural
385	GuitomBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	300	about 88	about 3.39 km²	−4.47% a year	Rural
386	AgutayanBuug, Zamboanga Sibugay	289	about 16	about 17.67 km²	−3.20% a year	Rural
387	Princesa SumamaSiay, Zamboanga Sibugay	288	about 28	about 10.40 km²	−1.83% a year	Rural
388	BontongMalangas, Zamboanga Sibugay	251	about 42	about 5.99 km²	−8.83% a year	Rural
389	MayaboPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	243	about 62	about 3.92 km²	−6.53% 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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