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, 351 to 400 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cotabato, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
351	MirasolAlamada, Cotabato	1,411	about 1,712	about 0.824 km²	−2.18% a year	Rural
352	MabuhayPresident Roxas, Cotabato	1,405	about 202	about 6.97 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
353	GarsikaMakilala, Cotabato	1,403	about 167	about 8.41 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
354	Buena VidaMakilala, Cotabato	1,401	about 200	about 7.02 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
355	CawilihanAleosan, Cotabato	1,390	about 238	about 5.84 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
356	MalapangAleosan, Cotabato	1,382	about 89	about 15.59 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
357	Santo NiñoMakilala, Cotabato	1,380	about 111	about 12.44 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
358	Datu LadayonArakan, Cotabato	1,369	about 124	about 11.07 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
359	KatalicananAleosan, Cotabato	1,367	about 247	about 5.54 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
360	KisandalMagpet, Cotabato	1,365	about 337	about 4.05 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
361	SagcunganPresident Roxas, Cotabato	1,353	about 252	about 5.36 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
362	RoderoMakilala, Cotabato	1,339	about 121	about 11.03 km²	−0.58% a year	Rural
363	AnickPigkawayan, Cotabato	1,338	about 98	about 13.69 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
364	KibudocMatalam, Cotabato	1,337	about 194	about 6.88 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
365	LampagangTulunan, Cotabato	1,335	about 71	about 18.73 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
366	CapayanganBanisilan, Cotabato	1,332	about 119	about 11.16 km²	−1.75% a year	Rural
367	Pulang-lupaM'Lang, Cotabato	1,332	about 168	about 7.92 km²	−0.67% a year	Rural
368	BinoonganArakan, Cotabato	1,325	about 82	about 16.16 km²	3.33% a year	Rural
369	AmazionKidapawan City, Cotabato	1,319	about 224	about 5.89 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
370	NajeArakan, Cotabato	1,314	about 448	about 2.93 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
371	Bato-batoPresident Roxas, Cotabato	1,306	about 66	about 19.66 km²	4.34% a year	Rural
372	ImamalingMagpet, Cotabato	1,301	about 55	about 23.72 km²	1.32% a year	Rural
373	New BaguioMakilala, Cotabato	1,298	about 179	about 7.25 km²	1.18% a year	Rural
374	BuluanPigkawayan, Cotabato	1,296	about 356	about 3.64 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
375	IndanganKidapawan City, Cotabato	1,293	about 200	about 6.45 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
376	PalongoguenMidsayap, Cotabato	1,284	about 285	about 4.51 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
377	InacMagpet, Cotabato	1,282	about 175	about 7.33 km²	3.38% a year	Rural
378	Payong-payongPigkawayan, Cotabato	1,276	about 139	about 9.21 km²	−1.57% a year	Rural
379	KamadaMagpet, Cotabato	1,273	about 206	about 6.17 km²	2.51% a year	Rural
380	Santa CruzMidsayap, Cotabato	1,268	about 293	about 4.33 km²	8.45% a year	Rural
381	MagallonM'Lang, Cotabato	1,267	about 245	about 5.18 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
382	BantacMagpet, Cotabato	1,257	about 181	about 6.95 km²	2.31% a year	Rural
383	NapalicoArakan, Cotabato	1,250	about 88	about 14.15 km²	−0.92% a year	Rural
384	Barangay Poblacion 4Midsayap, Cotabato	1,245	about 7,455	about 0.167 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
385	New PanayPigkawayan, Cotabato	1,236	about 168	about 7.34 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
386	New EsperanzaM'Lang, Cotabato	1,221	about 177	about 6.90 km²	2.74% a year	Rural
387	Lower MalamoteMatalam, Cotabato	1,213	about 461	about 2.63 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
388	CabilaoMakilala, Cotabato	1,211	about 150	about 8.08 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
389	Patadon WestMatalam, Cotabato	1,209	about 240	about 5.04 km²	4.23% a year	Rural
390	TambacTulunan, Cotabato	1,194	about 144	about 8.31 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
391	PresbiteroPigkawayan, Cotabato	1,191	about 2,101	about 0.567 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
392	Miguel MacasarteBanisilan, Cotabato	1,177	about 200	about 5.88 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
393	Luna SurMakilala, Cotabato	1,174	about 276	about 4.26 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
394	KinarumMagpet, Cotabato	1,170	about 117	about 9.97 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
395	New AbraMatalam, Cotabato	1,157	about 143	about 8.08 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
396	KiloyaoLibungan, Cotabato	1,156	about 217	about 5.32 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
397	KinawayanArakan, Cotabato	1,154	about 72	about 16.09 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
398	La FortunaM'Lang, Cotabato	1,143	about 189	about 6.06 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
399	CalawagPikit, Cotabato	1,142	about 333	about 3.43 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
400	Datu SandonganPresident Roxas, Cotabato	1,136	about 77	about 14.74 km²	1.06% 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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