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Barangays in Dipolog 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]

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Barangays in Dipolog City, at a glance

Barangays: 21^[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: 136,528^[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: 14 urban^[4]; 7 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: Diwan^[6]; Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte; about 30.64 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: Olingan^{[5, 7]}; Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte; 1.21% 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: 8 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.

21 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Dipolog City, 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	DicayasDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	10,297	about 1,171	about 8.79 km²	0.77% a year	Urban
5	MinaogDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	9,797	about 3,299	about 2.97 km²	0.99% a year	Urban
6	Santa FilomenaDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	8,904	about 3,438	about 2.59 km²	1.19% a year	Urban
7	SicayabDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	8,394	about 1,805	about 4.65 km²	−1.47% a year	Urban
8	Santa IsabelDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	7,877	about 7,033	about 1.12 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
9	GulayonDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	7,833	about 1,183	about 6.62 km²	−0.19% a year	Urban
10	EstacaDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	5,982	about 7,506	about 0.797 km²	−6.18% a year	Urban
11	MiputakDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	5,902	about 5,730	about 1.03 km²	−6.08% a year	Urban
12	DiwanDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,925	about 128	about 30.64 km²	2.44% a year	Rural
13	BarraDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,622	about 19,266	about 0.188 km²	2.03% a year	Urban
14	PuntaDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	3,182	about 776	about 4.10 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
15	LugdunganDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,705	about 248	about 10.91 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
16	SinamanDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,457	about 596	about 4.12 km²	5.29% a year	Rural
17	BiasongDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,397	about 7,491	about 0.32 km²	−6.18% a year	Urban
18	CogonDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,319	about 233	about 9.96 km²	3.84% a year	Rural
19	SangkolDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	2,065	about 290	about 7.11 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
20	CentralDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	1,080	about 3,495	about 0.309 km²	−10.75% a year	Urban
21	San JoseDipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	943	about 145	about 6.50 km²	−1.61% 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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