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Barangays in Makilala

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 Makilala, at a glance

Barangays: 38^[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: 88,522^[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: 8 urban^[4]; 30 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Makilala, Cotabato; 10,841 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: Batasan^[6]; Makilala, Cotabato; about 55.16 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: Saguing^{[5, 7]}; Makilala, Cotabato; 0.29% 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: 19 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Malasila, −0.70% 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.

38 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Makilala, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionMakilala, Cotabato	10,841	about 1,281	about 8.46 km²	−0.50% a year	Urban
2	SaguingMakilala, Cotabato	7,921	about 533	about 14.87 km²	0.29% a year	Urban
3	MalasilaMakilala, Cotabato	6,648	about 306	about 21.75 km²	−0.70% a year	Urban
4	San VicenteMakilala, Cotabato	6,057	about 711	about 8.52 km²	−0.29% a year	Urban
5	KisanteMakilala, Cotabato	5,162	about 397	about 12.99 km²	−0.10% a year	Urban
6	BatasanMakilala, Cotabato	3,084	about 56	about 55.16 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
7	Old BulatukanMakilala, Cotabato	2,850	about 297	about 9.58 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
8	Santa FelominaMakilala, Cotabato	2,357	about 339	about 6.95 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
9	TaluntalunanMakilala, Cotabato	2,274	about 475	about 4.79 km²	2.86% a year	Urban
10	IndanganMakilala, Cotabato	2,248	about 201	about 11.16 km²	−2.70% a year	Rural
11	New BulatukanMakilala, Cotabato	2,215	about 471	about 4.70 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
12	BulakanonMakilala, Cotabato	2,121	about 405	about 5.24 km²	−0.99% a year	Urban
13	BuhayMakilala, Cotabato	2,002	about 346	about 5.79 km²	3.85% a year	Rural
14	New IsraelMakilala, Cotabato	1,962	about 514	about 3.82 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
15	LuayonMakilala, Cotabato	1,939	about 173	about 11.22 km²	−1.52% a year	Rural
16	Jose RizalMakilala, Cotabato	1,934	about 418	about 4.63 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
17	ConcepcionMakilala, Cotabato	1,857	about 382	about 4.86 km²	−2.59% a year	Urban
18	SinkatulanMakilala, Cotabato	1,722	about 128	about 13.47 km²	1.42% a year	Rural
19	MalabuanMakilala, Cotabato	1,610	about 125	about 12.88 km²	1.65% a year	Rural
20	Luna NorteMakilala, Cotabato	1,574	about 240	about 6.56 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
21	BatoMakilala, Cotabato	1,535	about 151	about 10.14 km²	4.39% a year	Rural
22	LibertadMakilala, Cotabato	1,496	about 301	about 4.97 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
23	New CebuMakilala, Cotabato	1,495	about 392	about 3.81 km²	3.22% a year	Rural
24	BianganMakilala, Cotabato	1,458	about 363	about 4.02 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
25	GarsikaMakilala, Cotabato	1,403	about 167	about 8.41 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
26	Buena VidaMakilala, Cotabato	1,401	about 200	about 7.02 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
27	Santo NiñoMakilala, Cotabato	1,380	about 111	about 12.44 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
28	RoderoMakilala, Cotabato	1,339	about 121	about 11.03 km²	−0.58% a year	Rural
29	New BaguioMakilala, Cotabato	1,298	about 179	about 7.25 km²	1.18% a year	Rural
30	CabilaoMakilala, Cotabato	1,211	about 150	about 8.08 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
31	Luna SurMakilala, Cotabato	1,174	about 276	about 4.26 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
32	KawayanonMakilala, Cotabato	983	about 125	about 7.84 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
33	GuanganMakilala, Cotabato	764	about 531	about 1.44 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
34	MalungonMakilala, Cotabato	764	about 89	about 8.58 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
35	Katipunan IIMakilala, Cotabato	762	about 237	about 3.22 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
36	DagupanMakilala, Cotabato	719	about 178	about 4.05 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
37	VillafloresMakilala, Cotabato	581	about 78	about 7.41 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
38	LeboceMakilala, Cotabato	381	about 80	about 4.74 km²	−0.44% 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 XII (SOCCSKSARGEN) (OpenSTAT table 0121A6DTHP1). 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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