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Barangays in Maimbung

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 Maimbung, at a glance

Barangays: 27^[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: 85,681^[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: 5 urban^[4]; 22 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Maimbung, Sulu; 25,120 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: Lantong^[6]; Maimbung, Sulu; about 4.64 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: None of the 27^[7]; Every one had more people in 2024 than in 2020.

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.

27 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Maimbung, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionMaimbung, Sulu	25,120	about 29,588	about 0.849 km²	8.02% a year	Urban
2	Laum MaimbungMaimbung, Sulu	11,880	about 7,379	about 1.61 km²	4.77% a year	Urban
3	MatatalMaimbung, Sulu	5,218	about 1,391	about 3.75 km²	19.54% a year	Urban
4	Laud KulasiMaimbung, Sulu	5,130	about 8,622	about 0.595 km²	10.43% a year	Urban
5	KulasiMaimbung, Sulu	5,020	about 5,871	about 0.855 km²	0.06% a year	Urban
6	Bualo LipidMaimbung, Sulu	4,912	about 2,775	about 1.77 km²	19.76% a year	Rural
7	KandangMaimbung, Sulu	3,017	about 1,048	about 2.88 km²	31.57% a year	Rural
8	PataoMaimbung, Sulu	2,551	about 831	about 3.07 km²	12.36% a year	Rural
9	Tandu PatongMaimbung, Sulu	2,202	about 3,904	about 0.564 km²	9.73% a year	Rural
10	Bato UgisMaimbung, Sulu	1,983	about 2,964	about 0.669 km²	11.70% a year	Rural
11	IpilMaimbung, Sulu	1,881	about 667	about 2.82 km²	21.16% a year	Rural
12	Lagasan AsibihMaimbung, Sulu	1,534	about 1,334	about 1.15 km²	8.35% a year	Rural
13	LantongMaimbung, Sulu	1,498	about 323	about 4.64 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
14	Tubig-SaminMaimbung, Sulu	1,372	about 1,732	about 0.792 km²	6.05% a year	Rural
15	Kapok-PunggolMaimbung, Sulu	1,278	about 480	about 2.66 km²	6.19% a year	Rural
16	Ratag LimbonMaimbung, Sulu	1,266	about 656	about 1.93 km²	7.29% a year	Rural
17	GulanganMaimbung, Sulu	1,171	about 445	about 2.63 km²	8.17% a year	Rural
18	BulabogMaimbung, Sulu	1,039	about 1,526	about 0.681 km²	9.93% a year	Rural
19	Anak JatiMaimbung, Sulu	1,028	about 1,807	about 0.569 km²	13.42% a year	Rural
20	Bualo LahiMaimbung, Sulu	987	about 522	about 1.89 km²	12.10% a year	Rural
21	Duhol KabbonMaimbung, Sulu	915	about 412	about 2.22 km²	14.83% a year	Rural
22	LapaMaimbung, Sulu	915	about 2,179	about 0.42 km²	8.51% a year	Rural
23	Lower TambakingMaimbung, Sulu	884	about 1,094	about 0.808 km²	14.37% a year	Rural
24	LabahMaimbung, Sulu	780	about 582	about 1.34 km²	5.74% a year	Rural
25	Tabu-BatoMaimbung, Sulu	740	about 988	about 0.749 km²	5.24% a year	Rural
26	Upper TambakingMaimbung, Sulu	700	about 972	about 0.72 km²	7.34% a year	Rural
27	LunggangMaimbung, Sulu	660	about 245	about 2.69 km²	0.29% 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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