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Barangays in Polanco

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 Polanco, 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: 40,485^[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: 4 urban^[4]; 26 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Obay^[5]; Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte; 3,220 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: Linabo^[6]; Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte; about 15.10 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: 16 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 Polanco, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	ObayPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	3,220	about 1,175	about 2.74 km²	−5.12% a year	Rural
2	SilawePolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	2,745	about 484	about 5.67 km²	7.94% a year	Urban
3	GuinlesPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	2,404	about 415	about 5.79 km²	−2.35% a year	Rural
4	LingasadPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	2,362	about 259	about 9.12 km²	−1.97% a year	Urban
5	Poblacion NorthPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	2,240	about 716	about 3.13 km²	6.79% a year	Rural
6	IsisPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	2,193	about 452	about 4.85 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
7	Poblacion SouthPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	2,147	about 1,774	about 1.21 km²	0.24% a year	Urban
8	San AntonioPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	1,995	about 983	about 2.03 km²	7.53% a year	Rural
9	LabradorPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	1,725	about 371	about 4.65 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
10	Santo NiñoPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	1,648	about 246	about 6.69 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
11	BanderaPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	1,493	about 307	about 4.86 km²	−7.70% a year	Rural
12	MagangonPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	1,384	about 309	about 4.48 km²	4.22% a year	Urban
13	VillahermosaPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	1,228	about 196	about 6.28 km²	−3.95% a year	Rural
14	DansullanPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	1,223	about 166	about 7.35 km²	−4.42% a year	Rural
15	SianibPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	1,190	about 166	about 7.19 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
16	San PedroPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	1,149	about 424	about 2.71 km²	−2.74% a year	Rural
17	AnastacioPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	1,144	about 353	about 3.24 km²	−12.47% a year	Rural
18	New SicayabPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	969	about 127	about 7.65 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
19	MiladPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	962	about 105	about 9.20 km²	−3.77% a year	Rural
20	LetapanPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	876	about 221	about 3.96 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
21	San MiguelPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	783	about 105	about 7.45 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
22	PianPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	776	about 312	about 2.49 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
23	De Venta PerlaPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	774	about 216	about 3.58 km²	−7.53% a year	Rural
24	LapayanbajaPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	753	about 151	about 4.99 km²	−2.56% a year	Rural
25	MacleodesPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	708	about 131	about 5.40 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
26	BethlehemPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	703	about 159	about 4.41 km²	−3.02% a year	Rural
27	New LebangonPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	647	about 143	about 4.54 km²	5.48% a year	Rural
28	MaligayaPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	395	about 77	about 5.10 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
29	DangiPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	330	about 54	about 6.08 km²	−11.14% a year	Rural
30	LinaboPolanco, Zamboanga del Norte	319	about 21	about 15.10 km²	−4.82% 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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