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Barangays in Santa Maria

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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MalalagMalitaMalungonBasiawanBucaCadaatanKidadanKisuladMalalag TubigMamacaoOgpaoPoblacionPongpongSan AgustinSan AntonioSan IsidroSan JuanSan PedroSan RoqueTangladSanto NiñoSanto RosarioDatu DaligasaoDatu IntanKinilidan

Barangays in Santa Maria, 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
58,886[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
3 urban[4]
19 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people
Poblacion[5]
Santa Maria, Davao Occidental
10,422 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
Basiawan[6]
Santa Maria, Davao Occidental
about 20.72 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]
Santa Maria, Davao Occidental
0.71% 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
6 barangays[7]
Region: Davao Region
Province: Davao Occidental
Town: Santa Maria
Sort: Most people

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 Santa Maria, most people
RankNamePeople, 2024People per km²AreaGrowth, 2020–2024Urban or rural
1PoblacionSanta Maria, Davao Occidental10,422about 723about 14.41 km²0.71% a yearUrban
2BasiawanSanta Maria, Davao Occidental7,650about 369about 20.72 km²0.14% a yearUrban
3San AgustinSanta Maria, Davao Occidental5,286about 1,224about 4.32 km²0.29% a yearUrban
4BucaSanta Maria, Davao Occidental3,171about 200about 15.84 km²6.68% a yearRural
5TangladSanta Maria, Davao Occidental3,091about 653about 4.73 km²−0.13% a yearRural
6MamacaoSanta Maria, Davao Occidental3,080about 475about 6.49 km²0.54% a yearRural
7San IsidroSanta Maria, Davao Occidental3,026about 285about 10.63 km²0.57% a yearRural
8San AntonioSanta Maria, Davao Occidental2,515about 136about 18.51 km²0.36% a yearRural
9PongpongSanta Maria, Davao Occidental2,152about 112about 19.17 km²−0.18% a yearRural
10CadaatanSanta Maria, Davao Occidental1,774about 268about 6.61 km²−2.21% a yearRural
11San RoqueSanta Maria, Davao Occidental1,715about 295about 5.81 km²0.81% a yearRural
12San PedroSanta Maria, Davao Occidental1,707about 125about 13.71 km²−4.39% a yearRural
13Santo RosarioSanta Maria, Davao Occidental1,631about 295about 5.53 km²2.59% a yearRural
14Datu IntanSanta Maria, Davao Occidental1,620about 222about 7.29 km²1.24% a yearRural
15Santo NiñoSanta Maria, Davao Occidental1,509about 1,118about 1.35 km²−1.44% a yearRural
16KisuladSanta Maria, Davao Occidental1,337about 251about 5.32 km²0.36% a yearRural
17OgpaoSanta Maria, Davao Occidental1,336about 437about 3.06 km²2.81% a yearRural
18KinilidanSanta Maria, Davao Occidental1,335about 152about 8.77 km²1.92% a yearRural
19KidadanSanta Maria, Davao Occidental1,257about 126about 10.01 km²3.61% a yearRural
20San JuanSanta Maria, Davao Occidental1,224about 109about 11.24 km²−5.09% a yearRural
21Malalag TubigSanta Maria, Davao Occidental1,049about 163about 6.45 km²1.65% a yearRural
22Datu DaligasaoSanta Maria, Davao Occidental999about 72about 13.80 km²4.22% a yearRural

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.

  1. Island groups3Luzon, the Visayas, Mindanao: a grouping, not a government
  2. Regions18Big areas that group provinces
  3. Provinces82Each led by a governor
  4. Cities and municipalities1,642Each led by a mayor
  5. Barangays42,010The smallest unit, led by a punong barangay (kapitan)

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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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