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Barangays in Mati City

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 Mati City, at a glance

Barangays: 26^[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: 148,672^[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: 9 urban^[4]; 17 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Central^[5]; Mati City, Davao Oriental; 31,934 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: Macambol^[6]; Mati City, Davao Oriental; about 177.23 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: Macambol^{[5, 7]}; Mati City, Davao Oriental; 5.90% 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: 2 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Central, −2.14% a year.

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.

26 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Mati City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	CentralMati City, Davao Oriental	31,934	about 3,015	about 10.59 km²	−2.14% a year	Urban
2	DahicanMati City, Davao Oriental	18,756	about 625	about 29.99 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
3	MatiaoMati City, Davao Oriental	16,719	about 1,641	about 10.19 km²	0.71% a year	Urban
4	SainzMati City, Davao Oriental	10,710	about 401	about 26.69 km²	0.76% a year	Urban
5	BadasMati City, Davao Oriental	7,154	about 550	about 13.01 km²	0.38% a year	Urban
6	MacambolMati City, Davao Oriental	6,290	about 35	about 177.23 km²	5.90% a year	Urban
7	BobonMati City, Davao Oriental	5,142	about 208	about 24.78 km²	0.40% a year	Urban
8	Don Martin MarundanMati City, Davao Oriental	5,098	about 215	about 23.69 km²	1.12% a year	Urban
9	Don Salvador Lopez, Sr.Mati City, Davao Oriental	4,832	about 98	about 49.22 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
10	Don Enrique LopezMati City, Davao Oriental	4,303	about 454	about 9.47 km²	0.04% a year	Urban
11	DawanMati City, Davao Oriental	4,052	about 228	about 17.81 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
12	BusoMati City, Davao Oriental	3,970	about 328	about 12.09 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
13	TamisanMati City, Davao Oriental	3,690	about 354	about 10.41 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
14	LawiganMati City, Davao Oriental	3,239	about 170	about 19.07 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
15	MayoMati City, Davao Oriental	3,129	about 235	about 13.30 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
16	LibudonMati City, Davao Oriental	2,513	about 193	about 13.04 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
17	MamaliMati City, Davao Oriental	2,362	about 316	about 7.47 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
18	TaguiboMati City, Davao Oriental	2,338	about 81	about 28.92 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
19	CabuayaMati City, Davao Oriental	2,197	about 27	about 81.40 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
20	CulianMati City, Davao Oriental	1,848	about 76	about 24.38 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
21	TagabakidMati City, Davao Oriental	1,809	about 141	about 12.80 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
22	TagbinongaMati City, Davao Oriental	1,663	about 64	about 25.91 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
23	SanghayMati City, Davao Oriental	1,505	about 64	about 23.36 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
24	LubanMati City, Davao Oriental	1,373	about 56	about 24.31 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
25	LangkaMati City, Davao Oriental	1,271	about 82	about 15.46 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
26	DanaoMati City, Davao Oriental	775	about 100	about 7.77 km²	1.71% 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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