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Barangays in Parang

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 Parang, at a glance

Barangays: 40^[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: 83,092^[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: 1 urban^[4]; 39 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Alu Layag-Layag^[5]; Parang, Sulu; 5,743 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: Buli Bawang^[6]; Parang, Sulu; about 3.61 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: Alu Layag-Layag^{[5, 7]}; Parang, Sulu; 5.54% 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 40^[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.

40 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Parang, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Alu Layag-LayagParang, Sulu	5,743	about 2,044	about 2.81 km²	5.54% a year	Urban
2	KanawayParang, Sulu	4,954	about 4,905	about 1.01 km²	7.69% a year	Rural
3	PoblacionParang, Sulu	4,216	about 2,267	about 1.86 km²	12.32% a year	Rural
4	BawisanParang, Sulu	3,110	about 1,013	about 3.07 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
5	Alu PangkohParang, Sulu	3,002	about 2,806	about 1.07 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
6	Lumbaan MahabaParang, Sulu	2,854	about 1,321	about 2.16 km²	7.12% a year	Rural
7	LipunosParang, Sulu	2,698	about 1,014	about 2.66 km²	2.58% a year	Rural
8	NonokanParang, Sulu	2,575	about 987	about 2.61 km²	3.49% a year	Rural
9	Gimba LagasanParang, Sulu	2,557	about 2,325	about 1.10 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
10	KahaParang, Sulu	2,553	about 1,626	about 1.57 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
11	Lupa AbuParang, Sulu	2,370	about 2,236	about 1.06 km²	3.33% a year	Rural
12	BagsakParang, Sulu	2,274	about 790	about 2.88 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
13	SilangkanParang, Sulu	2,074	about 579	about 3.58 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
14	TumangasParang, Sulu	2,018	about 909	about 2.22 km²	4.76% a year	Rural
15	Laum BuwahanParang, Sulu	2,005	about 1,159	about 1.73 km²	9.39% a year	Rural
16	Lagasan HigadParang, Sulu	1,884	about 1,013	about 1.86 km²	3.72% a year	Rural
17	Laum SuwahParang, Sulu	1,778	about 1,446	about 1.23 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
18	TukayParang, Sulu	1,778	about 999	about 1.78 km²	4.53% a year	Rural
19	Kutah SairapParang, Sulu	1,758	about 2,965	about 0.593 km²	2.18% a year	Rural
20	Kahoy SinahParang, Sulu	1,750	about 1,667	about 1.05 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
21	PayuhanParang, Sulu	1,740	about 2,130	about 0.817 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
22	PiyahanParang, Sulu	1,733	about 2,208	about 0.785 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
23	DanapaParang, Sulu	1,689	about 500	about 3.38 km²	8.50% a year	Rural
24	LiangParang, Sulu	1,667	about 2,409	about 0.692 km²	2.17% a year	Rural
25	Wanni PiyanjihanParang, Sulu	1,585	about 1,569	about 1.01 km²	3.38% a year	Rural
26	Lanao DakulaParang, Sulu	1,561	about 442	about 3.53 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
27	ButonParang, Sulu	1,550	about 1,000	about 1.55 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
28	TaingtingParang, Sulu	1,517	about 2,451	about 0.619 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
29	Lungan GitongParang, Sulu	1,516	about 1,601	about 0.947 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
30	Lower SampunayParang, Sulu	1,452	about 1,543	about 0.941 km²	2.05% a year	Rural
31	TikongParang, Sulu	1,440	about 986	about 1.46 km²	3.37% a year	Rural
32	SaldangParang, Sulu	1,437	about 893	about 1.61 km²	3.66% a year	Rural
33	Buli BawangParang, Sulu	1,422	about 394	about 3.61 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
34	SampunayParang, Sulu	1,399	about 1,599	about 0.875 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
35	Buton MahabloParang, Sulu	1,287	about 663	about 1.94 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
36	Duyan KabaoParang, Sulu	1,268	about 1,415	about 0.896 km²	3.27% a year	Rural
37	BukidParang, Sulu	1,234	about 851	about 1.45 km²	8.15% a year	Rural
38	PauganParang, Sulu	1,219	about 786	about 1.55 km²	10.20% a year	Rural
39	BiidParang, Sulu	1,217	about 974	about 1.25 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
40	LinuhoParang, Sulu	1,208	about 493	about 2.45 km²	2.63% 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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