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Barangays in Payao

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 Payao, at a glance

Barangays: 28^[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: 33,156^[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]; 27 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Payao, Zamboanga Sibugay; 5,984 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]; Payao, Zamboanga Sibugay; about 14.85 km²
Fastest growing, 5,000 people or moreGrowth 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: Poblacion^{[5, 7]}; Payao, Zamboanga Sibugay; 0.76% a year, 2020 to 2024
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: 18 barangays^[7]

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28 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Payao, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	5,984	about 1,562	about 3.83 km²	0.76% a year	Urban
2	BulawanPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	3,635	about 245	about 14.85 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
3	BalungisanPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,041	about 313	about 6.53 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
4	GuiwanPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	2,005	about 175	about 11.45 km²	−0.67% a year	Rural
5	KatipunanPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,722	about 161	about 10.70 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
6	LabatanPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,549	about 169	about 9.16 km²	−1.37% a year	Rural
7	BalianPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,348	about 108	about 12.52 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
8	KimaPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,195	about 299	about 3.99 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
9	BulacanPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,184	about 126	about 9.42 km²	5.13% a year	Rural
10	KulasianPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	1,148	about 101	about 11.42 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
11	SilalPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	913	about 133	about 6.87 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
12	KulisapPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	907	about 181	about 5.02 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
13	NananPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	898	about 148	about 6.05 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
14	MinundasPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	742	about 164	about 4.52 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
15	BinangonanPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	719	about 162	about 4.44 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
16	La FortunaPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	715	about 178	about 4.01 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
17	CalapePayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	711	about 132	about 5.37 km²	−2.82% a year	Rural
18	San IsidroPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	687	about 152	about 4.51 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
19	San VicentePayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	632	about 118	about 5.34 km²	−2.55% a year	Rural
20	BalogoPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	625	about 128	about 4.88 km²	1.77% a year	Rural
21	Upper SumilongPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	598	about 138	about 4.34 km²	−2.44% a year	Rural
22	DalamaPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	563	about 112	about 5.03 km²	−1.55% a year	Rural
23	FatimaPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	555	about 90	about 6.15 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
24	Mountain ViewPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	511	about 83	about 6.12 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
25	San RoquePayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	471	about 64	about 7.31 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
26	SumilongPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	455	about 149	about 3.05 km²	−3.42% a year	Rural
27	TalaptapPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	400	about 82	about 4.86 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
28	MayaboPayao, Zamboanga Sibugay	243	about 62	about 3.92 km²	−6.53% 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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