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Barangays in Zamboanga del Norte

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 Zamboanga del Norte

Barangays in Zamboanga del Norte, at a glance

Barangays: 691^[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: 1,067,067^[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: 42 urban^[4]; 649 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Galas^[5]; Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte; 19,582 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: Guban^{[5, 7]}; Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte; 5.26% 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: 307 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.

691 barangays, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Zamboanga del Norte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	GalasDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	19,582	about 2,976	about 6.58 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
2	OlinganDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	16,042	about 2,308	about 6.95 km²	1.21% a year	Urban
3	TurnoDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	11,223	about 3,656	about 3.07 km²	0.49% a year	Urban
4	GubanSirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	10,976	about 122	about 89.70 km²	5.26% a year	Urban
5	DicayasDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	10,297	about 1,171	about 8.79 km²	0.77% a year	Urban
6	MinaogDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	9,797	about 3,299	about 2.97 km²	0.99% a year	Urban
7	Santa FilomenaDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	8,904	about 3,438	about 2.59 km²	1.19% a year	Urban
8	SicayabDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	8,394	about 1,805	about 4.65 km²	−1.47% a year	Urban
9	Santa IsabelDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	7,877	about 7,033	about 1.12 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
10	GulayonDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	7,833	about 1,183	about 6.62 km²	−0.19% a year	Urban
11	EstacaDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	5,982	about 7,506	about 0.797 km²	−6.18% a year	Urban
12	MiputakDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	5,902	about 5,730	about 1.03 km²	−6.08% a year	Urban
13	PoblacionSiocon, Zamboanga del Norte	5,580	about 6,863	about 0.813 km²	−0.52% a year	Urban
14	BaybayLiloy, Zamboanga del Norte	5,497	about 1,942	about 2.83 km²	1.18% a year	Urban
15	LintanganSibuco, Zamboanga del Norte	5,125	about 107	about 47.78 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
16	OsukanLabason, Zamboanga del Norte	5,082	about 1,061	about 4.79 km²	3.46% a year	Urban
17	BacunganLeon T. Postigo, Zamboanga del Norte	4,946	about 906	about 5.46 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
18	KalawitKalawit, Zamboanga del Norte	4,929	about 182	about 27.09 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
19	PoblacionTampilisan, Zamboanga del Norte	4,855	about 458	about 10.60 km²	0.10% a year	Urban
20	LangatianPres. Manuel A. Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte	4,656	about 1,080	about 4.31 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
21	PoblacionJose Dalman, Zamboanga del Norte	4,565	about 699	about 6.53 km²	−2.37% a year	Rural
22	GuiboSiayan, Zamboanga del Norte	4,416	about 28	about 158.68 km²	4.74% a year	Rural
23	DisudSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	4,263	about 985	about 4.33 km²	2.70% a year	Urban
24	SiareSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	4,163	about 624	about 6.67 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
25	BanonongDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	4,148	about 2,254	about 1.84 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
26	BucanaSiocon, Zamboanga del Norte	4,101	about 1,944	about 2.11 km²	4.31% a year	Rural
27	MandihSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	4,061	about 160	about 25.44 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
28	Siayan ProperSiayan, Zamboanga del Norte	4,007	about 233	about 17.17 km²	1.62% a year	Urban
29	TaguilonDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,969	about 522	about 7.61 km²	3.90% a year	Urban
30	MangilaySiayan, Zamboanga del Norte	3,958	about 180	about 22.01 km²	14.70% a year	Rural
31	DiwanDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,925	about 128	about 30.64 km²	2.44% a year	Rural
32	SulangonDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,777	about 575	about 6.57 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
33	MalayalSibuco, Zamboanga del Norte	3,722	about 128	about 29.18 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
34	BarraDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,622	about 19,266	about 0.188 km²	2.03% a year	Urban
35	Santa MariaSiocon, Zamboanga del Norte	3,618	about 767	about 4.72 km²	1.17% a year	Urban
36	AntoninoLabason, Zamboanga del Norte	3,581	about 8,997	about 0.398 km²	−4.04% a year	Urban
37	Don Jose AguirreManukan, Zamboanga del Norte	3,562	about 723	about 4.93 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
38	East PoblacionManukan, Zamboanga del Norte	3,547	about 657	about 5.40 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
39	PoblacionManukan, Zamboanga del Norte	3,507	about 980	about 3.58 km²	−3.99% a year	Urban
40	CandizSiocon, Zamboanga del Norte	3,497	about 18	about 199.40 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
41	Poblacion EastSalug, Zamboanga del Norte	3,491	about 1,897	about 1.84 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
42	KipitLabason, Zamboanga del Norte	3,441	about 289	about 11.89 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
43	Sicayab-BucanaDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,419	about 1,910	about 1.79 km²	4.94% a year	Rural
44	PoblacionSibutad, Zamboanga del Norte	3,408	about 458	about 7.44 km²	5.62% a year	Rural
45	Matagobtob Pob.Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,365	about 2,588	about 1.30 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
46	PoloDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,345	about 1,593	about 2.10 km²	4.40% a year	Rural
47	IrasanPres. Manuel A. Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte	3,272	about 689	about 4.75 km²	0.66% a year	Urban
48	GoleoSindangan, Zamboanga del Norte	3,249	about 1,836	about 1.77 km²	−1.90% a year	Rural
49	ObayPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	3,220	about 1,175	about 2.74 km²	−5.12% a year	Rural
50	PuntaDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,182	about 776	about 4.10 km²	0.37% 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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