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Barangays in Jose Abad Santos

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 Jose Abad Santos, 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: 72,552^[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]; 25 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Caburan Small^[5]; Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental; 7,168 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: Culaman^[6]; Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental; about 84.09 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: Caburan Small^{[5, 7]}; Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental; 0.51% 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: 15 barangays^[7]

Region: Davao Region

Province: Davao Occidental

Town: Jose Abad Santos

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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 Jose Abad Santos, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Caburan SmallJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	7,168	about 121	about 59.03 km²	0.51% a year	Urban
2	MarabutuanJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	4,844	about 114	about 42.62 km²	2.94% a year	Rural
3	Caburan BigJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	4,432	about 123	about 36.12 km²	−2.03% a year	Rural
4	CulamanJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	4,023	about 48	about 84.09 km²	5.13% a year	Rural
5	KalbayJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	3,636	about 150	about 24.23 km²	−3.95% a year	Rural
6	TabayonJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	3,509	about 93	about 37.92 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
7	MangileJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	3,178	about 54	about 58.72 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
8	BalangonanJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	3,094	about 179	about 17.31 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
9	SugalJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,926	about 168	about 17.37 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
10	BukidJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,841	about 158	about 17.98 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
11	MagulibasJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,784	about 62	about 45.21 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
12	NuingJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,740	about 158	about 17.37 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
13	ButulanJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,670	about 159	about 16.83 km²	−1.89% a year	Rural
14	MeybioJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,534	about 68	about 37.25 km²	2.52% a year	Rural
15	CarahayanJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,466	about 91	about 27.15 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
16	ButuanJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,257	about 220	about 10.28 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
17	MolmolJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,231	about 369	about 6.04 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
18	MalalanJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,194	about 118	about 18.57 km²	−1.87% a year	Rural
19	San IsidroJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,155	about 172	about 12.50 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
20	TanumanJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	2,113	about 144	about 14.64 km²	−1.44% a year	Rural
21	CayapongaJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	1,760	about 71	about 24.89 km²	−1.59% a year	Rural
22	QuiapoJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	1,708	about 237	about 7.21 km²	−2.35% a year	Rural
23	CamalianJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	1,595	about 99	about 16.16 km²	−2.45% a year	Rural
24	PatulangJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	1,553	about 79	about 19.61 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
25	BuguisJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	1,305	about 80	about 16.25 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
26	KitayoJose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental	836	about 118	about 7.06 km²	−6.81% 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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