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Barangays in Katipunan

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 Katipunan, at a glance

Barangays: 30^[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: 43,427^[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]; 29 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Sitog^[5]; Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte; 2,917 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: Bulawan^[6]; Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte; about 26.25 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: 20 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.

30 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Katipunan, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	SitogKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,917	about 131	about 22.28 km²	−2.10% a year	Rural
2	San AntonioKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,823	about 1,613	about 1.75 km²	2.65% a year	Rural
3	Barangay UnoKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,744	about 2,095	about 1.31 km²	−0.59% a year	Urban
4	Barangay DosKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,569	about 3,179	about 0.808 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
5	SeresKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,095	about 142	about 14.80 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
6	New TamboKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,082	about 1,073	about 1.94 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
7	TuburanKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	2,010	about 698	about 2.88 km²	−1.73% a year	Rural
8	DaanglungsodKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,996	about 1,636	about 1.22 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
9	San VicenteKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,571	about 873	about 1.80 km²	5.65% a year	Rural
10	Dr. Jose RizalKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,522	about 662	about 2.30 km²	1.87% a year	Rural
11	MiasKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,487	about 264	about 5.63 km²	−4.10% a year	Rural
12	SinuyakKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,435	about 430	about 3.34 km²	4.05% a year	Rural
13	DabiakKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,421	about 119	about 11.93 km²	−1.16% a year	Rural
14	NanginanKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,372	about 131	about 10.49 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
15	BulawanKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,334	about 51	about 26.25 km²	−4.28% a year	Rural
16	CarupayKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,305	about 161	about 8.11 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
17	SingatongKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,222	about 187	about 6.53 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
18	BalokKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,213	about 78	about 15.59 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
19	MalugasKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,212	about 328	about 3.70 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
20	MatamKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,045	about 94	about 11.17 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
21	MalasayKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	1,037	about 74	about 13.97 km²	−5.07% a year	Rural
22	FimagasKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	919	about 44	about 20.87 km²	−3.67% a year	Rural
23	SanaoKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	891	about 140	about 6.37 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
24	SeroanKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	890	about 72	about 12.28 km²	−2.02% a year	Rural
25	BasaganKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	873	about 165	about 5.28 km²	−2.78% a year	Rural
26	BinirayKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	797	about 200	about 3.98 km²	11.04% a year	Rural
27	PatikKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	791	about 174	about 4.54 km²	−1.43% a year	Rural
28	LoyuranKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	690	about 228	about 3.02 km²	−4.99% a year	Rural
29	MiatanKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	636	about 81	about 7.82 km²	−7.19% a year	Rural
30	Santo NiñoKatipunan, Zamboanga del Norte	528	about 222	about 2.38 km²	−1.86% 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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