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Barangays in Maco

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 Maco, at a glance

Barangays: 37^[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: 87,680^[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: 6 urban^[4]; 31 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Maco, Davao de Oro; 8,784 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: Panangan^[6]; Maco, Davao de Oro; about 29.38 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: Elizalde^{[5, 7]}; Maco, Davao de Oro; 3.70% 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: 5 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.

37 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Maco, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionMaco, Davao de Oro	8,784	about 5,704	about 1.54 km²	0.73% a year	Urban
2	BinuanganMaco, Davao de Oro	6,972	about 2,535	about 2.75 km²	0.73% a year	Urban
3	ElizaldeMaco, Davao de Oro	6,055	about 483	about 12.53 km²	3.70% a year	Urban
4	PanibasanMaco, Davao de Oro	4,507	about 390	about 11.57 km²	4.73% a year	Rural
5	HijoMaco, Davao de Oro	4,368	about 747	about 5.85 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
6	PangiMaco, Davao de Oro	4,187	about 601	about 6.97 km²	2.22% a year	Urban
7	DumlanMaco, Davao de Oro	3,619	about 930	about 3.89 km²	0.72% a year	Urban
8	LanggamMaco, Davao de Oro	3,477	about 1,136	about 3.06 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
9	ConcepcionMaco, Davao de Oro	3,322	about 602	about 5.52 km²	2.20% a year	Rural
10	Libay-libayMaco, Davao de Oro	3,292	about 157	about 21.03 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
11	AnibonganMaco, Davao de Oro	3,236	about 379	about 8.54 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
12	New LeyteMaco, Davao de Oro	2,997	about 185	about 16.24 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
13	AnislaganMaco, Davao de Oro	2,911	about 2,623	about 1.11 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
14	KinubanMaco, Davao de Oro	2,792	about 488	about 5.72 km²	3.16% a year	Rural
15	MalamodaoMaco, Davao de Oro	2,769	about 181	about 15.29 km²	1.09% a year	Rural
16	TeresaMaco, Davao de Oro	2,175	about 158	about 13.79 km²	1.42% a year	Rural
17	TagbarosMaco, Davao de Oro	1,959	about 209	about 9.37 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
18	PanoraonMaco, Davao de Oro	1,877	about 134	about 14.04 km²	3.24% a year	Rural
19	San RoqueMaco, Davao de Oro	1,714	about 4,658	about 0.368 km²	5.24% a year	Rural
20	LumatabMaco, Davao de Oro	1,639	about 710	about 2.31 km²	4.76% a year	Rural
21	San JuanMaco, Davao de Oro	1,551	about 7,995	about 0.194 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
22	LimboMaco, Davao de Oro	1,394	about 160	about 8.69 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
23	Lapu-lapuMaco, Davao de Oro	1,243	about 210	about 5.92 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
24	BucanaMaco, Davao de Oro	1,235	about 1,029	about 1.20 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
25	GubatanMaco, Davao de Oro	983	about 58	about 16.82 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
26	New AsturiasMaco, Davao de Oro	980	about 207	about 4.73 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
27	New VisayasMaco, Davao de Oro	914	about 90	about 10.12 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
28	TaglawigMaco, Davao de Oro	860	about 192	about 4.48 km²	5.91% a year	Rural
29	MagangitMaco, Davao de Oro	846	about 215	about 3.94 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
30	MapaangMaco, Davao de Oro	792	about 88	about 8.95 km²	5.24% a year	Rural
31	PananganMaco, Davao de Oro	723	about 25	about 29.38 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
32	CalabcabMaco, Davao de Oro	708	about 254	about 2.79 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
33	New BariliMaco, Davao de Oro	682	about 50	about 13.71 km²	4.40% a year	Rural
34	SangabMaco, Davao de Oro	623	about 26	about 24.32 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
35	ManipongolMaco, Davao de Oro	557	about 33	about 16.79 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
36	MasaraMaco, Davao de Oro	477	about 314	about 1.52 km²	−18.60% a year	Urban
37	MainitMaco, Davao de Oro	460	about 106	about 4.32 km²	−15.75% 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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