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Barangays in San Miguel

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 San Miguel, at a glance

Barangays
18[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
20,037[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]
18 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people
Poblacion[5]
San Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur
3,176 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
Ocapan[6]
San Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur
about 13.37 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
6 barangays[7]
Region: Zamboanga Peninsula
Province: Zamboanga del Sur
Town: San Miguel
Sort: Most people

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.

18 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in San Miguel, most people
RankNamePeople, 2024People per km²AreaGrowth, 2020–2024Urban or rural
1PoblacionSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur3,176about 696about 4.56 km²1.62% a yearRural
2LimonanSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur2,055about 504about 4.08 km²0.16% a yearRural
3MatiSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur1,893about 503about 3.76 km²2.54% a yearRural
4Dao-anSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur1,607about 287about 5.60 km²−0.40% a yearRural
5BetinanSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur1,560about 834about 1.87 km²−2.50% a yearRural
6SayogSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur1,106about 135about 8.17 km²0.09% a yearRural
7BulawanSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur1,012about 292about 3.47 km²0.14% a yearRural
8LangilanSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur878about 164about 5.37 km²−1.14% a yearRural
9LantawanSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur872about 194about 4.49 km²−0.57% a yearRural
10FatimaSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur803about 231about 3.47 km²0.92% a yearRural
11CalubeSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur777about 206about 3.77 km²1.81% a yearRural
12DumalianSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur731about 68about 10.82 km²0.77% a yearRural
13OcapanSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur731about 55about 13.37 km²−1.02% a yearRural
14San IsidroSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur704about 138about 5.12 km²0.55% a yearRural
15ConcepcionSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur600about 153about 3.91 km²1.37% a yearRural
16LaperianSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur566about 158about 3.58 km²2.39% a yearRural
17LibugananSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur512about 196about 2.61 km²−5.63% a yearRural
18TapianSan Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur454about 89about 5.08 km²0.37% a yearRural

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.

  1. Island groups3Luzon, the Visayas, Mindanao: a grouping, not a government
  2. Regions18Big areas that group provinces
  3. Provinces82Each led by a governor
  4. Cities and municipalities1,642Each led by a mayor
  5. Barangays42,010The smallest unit, led by a punong barangay (kapitan)

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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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