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Barangays in Rizal

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 Rizal

Barangays in Rizal, at a glance

Barangays: 22^[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: 15,347^[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]; 22 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: South Mapang^[5]; Rizal, Zamboanga del Norte; 1,171 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: Sipaon^[6]; Rizal, Zamboanga del Norte; about 6.25 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: 10 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.

22 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Rizal, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	South MapangRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	1,171	about 423	about 2.77 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
2	New DapitanRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	1,162	about 259	about 4.48 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
3	North MapangRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	922	about 1,447	about 0.637 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
4	NasipangRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	865	about 140	about 6.17 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
5	TolonRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	854	about 637	about 1.34 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
6	DamasingRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	843	about 171	about 4.93 km²	4.92% a year	Rural
7	NangcaRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	834	about 765	about 1.09 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
8	SebacaRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	731	about 205	about 3.56 km²	−1.72% a year	Rural
9	NangcaanRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	722	about 131	about 5.50 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
10	West PoblacionRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	717	about 1,481	about 0.484 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
11	La EsperanzaRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	712	about 251	about 2.84 km²	2.63% a year	Rural
12	NapilanRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	657	about 411	about 1.60 km²	3.82% a year	Rural
13	East PoblacionRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	651	about 1,271	about 0.512 km²	−3.61% a year	Rural
14	SipaonRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	613	about 98	about 6.25 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
15	MabuhayRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	607	about 133	about 4.58 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
16	BalubohanRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	550	about 166	about 3.32 km²	3.32% a year	Rural
17	RizalinaRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	518	about 106	about 4.87 km²	−1.89% a year	Rural
18	San RoqueRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	503	about 167	about 3.02 km²	−1.90% a year	Rural
19	MitimosRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	491	about 153	about 3.21 km²	−1.95% a year	Rural
20	MabunaoRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	466	about 305	about 1.53 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
21	NilaboRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	435	about 173	about 2.51 km²	3.04% a year	Rural
22	BirayanRizal, Zamboanga del Norte	323	about 144	about 2.25 km²	2.20% 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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