The Atlas

Barangays in Dapitan City

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 Dapitan City

Barangays in Dapitan City, at a glance

Barangays: 50^[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: 87,699^[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]; 45 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Banonong^[5]; Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte; 4,148 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: Maria Cristina^[6]; Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte; about 13.54 km²
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: 24 barangays^[7]

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.

50 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Dapitan City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	BanonongDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	4,148	about 2,254	about 1.84 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
2	TaguilonDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,969	about 522	about 7.61 km²	3.90% a year	Urban
3	SulangonDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,777	about 575	about 6.57 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
4	Sicayab-BucanaDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,419	about 1,910	about 1.79 km²	4.94% a year	Rural
5	Matagobtob Pob.Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,365	about 2,588	about 1.30 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
6	PoloDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,345	about 1,593	about 2.10 km²	4.40% a year	Rural
7	IlayaDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,887	about 343	about 8.41 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
8	Cawa-cawaDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,628	about 10,186	about 0.258 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
9	San VicenteDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,626	about 1,103	about 2.38 km²	−0.13% a year	Urban
10	LarayanDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,520	about 951	about 2.65 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
11	DawoDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,499	about 2,293	about 1.09 km²	−0.22% a year	Urban
12	Maria CristinaDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,469	about 182	about 13.54 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
13	BarcelonaDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,427	about 250	about 9.71 km²	2.09% a year	Rural
14	San PedroDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,374	about 1,187	about 2.00 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
15	OwaonDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,270	about 524	about 4.33 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
16	AsenieroDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,142	about 167	about 12.85 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
17	Santo NiñoDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,928	about 302	about 6.38 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
18	KauswaganDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,872	about 443	about 4.23 km²	5.27% a year	Rural
19	SinonocDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,724	about 270	about 6.39 km²	3.08% a year	Rural
20	BaylimangoDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,656	about 308	about 5.38 km²	3.41% a year	Rural
21	AntipoloDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,575	about 266	about 5.91 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
22	PotunganDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,560	about 304	about 5.13 km²	−1.36% a year	Rural
23	LinaboDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,522	about 5,495	about 0.277 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
24	Maria UrayDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,522	about 225	about 6.77 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
25	OpaoDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,522	about 424	about 3.59 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
26	San NicolasDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,490	about 188	about 7.91 km²	−1.11% a year	Rural
27	DampalanDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,442	about 227	about 6.36 km²	−2.70% a year	Rural
28	NapoDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,404	about 486	about 2.89 km²	7.41% a year	Rural
29	Santa CruzDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,399	about 3,292	about 0.425 km²	−1.05% a year	Urban
30	BanbananDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,393	about 310	about 4.50 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
31	BurgosDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,365	about 265	about 5.16 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
32	MasidlakonDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,350	about 136	about 9.92 km²	−1.25% a year	Rural
33	PotolDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,207	about 3,289	about 0.367 km²	−7.20% a year	Rural
34	OroDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,202	about 383	about 3.14 km²	1.73% a year	Rural
35	CanlucaniDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,169	about 1,093	about 1.07 km²	−3.29% a year	Rural
36	LiyangDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,130	about 825	about 1.37 km²	6.27% a year	Rural
37	Diwa-anDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,106	about 105	about 10.55 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
38	TamionDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	918	about 200	about 4.58 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
39	Ba-aoDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	916	about 126	about 7.27 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
40	SigayanDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	903	about 158	about 5.72 km²	−3.20% a year	Rural
41	Tag-uloDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	863	about 403	about 2.14 km²	4.37% a year	Rural
42	OyanDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	856	about 240	about 3.56 km²	1.94% a year	Rural
43	CarangDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	849	about 259	about 3.28 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
44	GuimputlanDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	838	about 409	about 2.05 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
45	BagtingDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	800	about 7,080	about 0.113 km²	−5.64% a year	Urban
46	HilltopDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	758	about 140	about 5.42 km²	−4.14% a year	Rural
47	SelinogDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	690	about 840	about 0.821 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
48	DaroDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	680	about 171	about 3.98 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
49	San FranciscoDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	624	about 106	about 5.88 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
50	AliguayDapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte	601	about 828	about 0.726 km²	−4.24% 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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