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Barangays in Malita

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 Malita, at a glance

Barangays: 30^[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: 118,438^[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: 7 urban^[4]; 23 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Malita, Davao Occidental; 20,289 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: Little Baguio^[6]; Malita, Davao Occidental; about 126.27 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]}; Malita, Davao Occidental; 1.49% 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: 20 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Datu Danwata, −1.69% 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.

30 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Malita, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionMalita, Davao Occidental	20,289	about 5,353	about 3.79 km²	1.49% a year	Urban
2	Little BaguioMalita, Davao Occidental	12,848	about 102	about 126.27 km²	1.25% a year	Urban
3	DemolocMalita, Davao Occidental	6,053	about 149	about 40.67 km²	−0.40% a year	Urban
4	Datu DanwataMalita, Davao Occidental	5,582	about 263	about 21.22 km²	−1.69% a year	Urban
5	LagumitMalita, Davao Occidental	5,259	about 184	about 28.61 km²	−1.14% a year	Urban
6	TubalanMalita, Davao Occidental	4,588	about 631	about 7.27 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
7	LacaronMalita, Davao Occidental	4,419	about 423	about 10.44 km²	1.35% a year	Urban
8	PinalpalanMalita, Davao Occidental	4,148	about 121	about 34.26 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
9	ManaMalita, Davao Occidental	4,142	about 685	about 6.05 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
10	BuhanginMalita, Davao Occidental	4,035	about 231	about 17.49 km²	−3.28% a year	Rural
11	PangianMalita, Davao Occidental	3,543	about 126	about 28.23 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
12	FelisMalita, Davao Occidental	3,425	about 763	about 4.49 km²	4.17% a year	Rural
13	Fishing VillageMalita, Davao Occidental	3,325	about 827	about 4.02 km²	−1.96% a year	Rural
14	KinanganMalita, Davao Occidental	3,237	about 111	about 29.04 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
15	SangayMalita, Davao Occidental	3,207	about 143	about 22.35 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
16	KilalagMalita, Davao Occidental	3,072	about 179	about 17.14 km²	−1.68% a year	Rural
17	KidalapongMalita, Davao Occidental	2,629	about 338	about 7.77 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
18	Manuel PeraltaMalita, Davao Occidental	2,590	about 62	about 41.73 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
19	TiculonMalita, Davao Occidental	2,563	about 127	about 20.20 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
20	TalogoyMalita, Davao Occidental	2,322	about 107	about 21.68 km²	−1.11% a year	Rural
21	PangaleonMalita, Davao Occidental	2,257	about 108	about 20.84 km²	−0.02% a year	Rural
22	TingoloMalita, Davao Occidental	2,193	about 216	about 10.16 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
23	CulamanMalita, Davao Occidental	2,114	about 190	about 11.10 km²	1.56% a year	Urban
24	BolilaMalita, Davao Occidental	1,923	about 144	about 13.33 km²	−0.58% a year	Rural
25	LaisMalita, Davao Occidental	1,810	about 144	about 12.58 km²	−2.13% a year	Rural
26	BitoMalita, Davao Occidental	1,639	about 91	about 18.03 km²	−3.31% a year	Rural
27	New ArgaoMalita, Davao Occidental	1,602	about 1,710	about 0.937 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
28	KibalatongMalita, Davao Occidental	1,316	about 164	about 8.04 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
29	MacolMalita, Davao Occidental	1,243	about 100	about 12.47 km²	−2.49% a year	Rural
30	TicalMalita, Davao Occidental	1,065	about 105	about 10.14 km²	−0.47% 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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