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Barangays in Magsaysay

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 Magsaysay, 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: 57,936^[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: 2 urban^[4]; 20 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Magsaysay, Davao del Sur; 7,966 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: Malawanit^[6]; Magsaysay, Davao del Sur; about 34.84 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]}; Magsaysay, Davao del Sur; 0.72% 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: 7 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 Magsaysay, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	7,966	about 689	about 11.56 km²	0.72% a year	Urban
2	BarayongMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	6,080	about 722	about 8.42 km²	0.50% a year	Urban
3	San IsidroMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	4,316	about 308	about 14.01 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
4	TaculMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	3,965	about 328	about 12.10 km²	4.07% a year	Rural
5	Lower BalaMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	3,755	about 290	about 12.93 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
6	DalawinonMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	3,299	about 466	about 7.08 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
7	Upper BalaMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	3,251	about 265	about 12.29 km²	2.73% a year	Rural
8	BacunganMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	2,808	about 103	about 27.32 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
9	San MiguelMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	2,449	about 291	about 8.43 km²	8.63% a year	Rural
10	BalnateMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	2,439	about 369	about 6.61 km²	14.03% a year	Rural
11	KasugaMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	2,086	about 480	about 4.35 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
12	KanapuloMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	2,009	about 208	about 9.65 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
13	BloconMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	1,938	about 306	about 6.34 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
14	MabiniMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	1,936	about 256	about 7.57 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
15	MalawanitMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	1,932	about 55	about 34.84 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
16	MaiboMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	1,713	about 119	about 14.44 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
17	New OponMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	1,567	about 419	about 3.74 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
18	GlamangMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	1,464	about 168	about 8.72 km²	−2.14% a year	Rural
19	New IlocosMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	1,200	about 264	about 4.54 km²	−3.73% a year	Rural
20	DalumayMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	1,067	about 227	about 4.70 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
21	MalongonMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	679	about 157	about 4.33 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
22	TagaytayMagsaysay, Davao del Sur	17	about 1	about 12.25 km²	−66.50% 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 : Region XI (Davao Region) (OpenSTAT table 0111A6DTHP0). Published August 3, 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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