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Barangays in La Libertad

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 La Libertad, at a glance

Barangays: 13^[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: 7,874^[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: 0 urban^[4]; 13 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; La Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte; 1,595 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: Mercedes^[6]; La Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte; about 6.91 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: 8 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.

13 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in La Libertad, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	1,595	about 472	about 3.38 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
2	MauswagonLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	1,146	about 199	about 5.75 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
3	El ParaisoLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	779	about 121	about 6.45 km²	−1.74% a year	Rural
4	La UnionLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	682	about 119	about 5.71 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
5	SingaranLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	644	about 163	about 3.96 km²	−6.07% a year	Rural
6	MercedesLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	522	about 76	about 6.91 km²	−2.25% a year	Rural
7	Santa CruzLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	457	about 149	about 3.06 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
8	La VictoriaLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	411	about 95	about 4.31 km²	2.09% a year	Rural
9	New CarcarLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	393	about 99	about 3.95 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
10	Santa CatalinaLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	330	about 134	about 2.46 km²	4.74% a year	Rural
11	San JoseLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	312	about 83	about 3.75 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
12	New ArgaoLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	310	about 145	about 2.14 km²	−1.49% a year	Rural
13	New BataanLa Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte	293	about 87	about 3.38 km²	2.62% 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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