The Atlas

Barangays in Matalam

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 Matalam, at a glance

Barangays: 34^[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: 81,610^[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]; 31 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Matalam, Cotabato; 6,721 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: Taguranao^[6]; Matalam, Cotabato; about 43.95 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: Kilada^{[5, 7]}; Matalam, Cotabato; 1.33% 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: 24 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Poblacion, −0.35% 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.

34 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Matalam, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionMatalam, Cotabato	6,721	about 1,552	about 4.33 km²	−0.35% a year	Urban
2	KiladaMatalam, Cotabato	5,363	about 720	about 7.45 km²	1.33% a year	Urban
3	LinaoMatalam, Cotabato	4,487	about 314	about 14.30 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
4	TaguranaoMatalam, Cotabato	4,345	about 99	about 43.95 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
5	KibiaMatalam, Cotabato	4,148	about 215	about 19.25 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
6	MarbelMatalam, Cotabato	3,569	about 232	about 15.36 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
7	DalapitanMatalam, Cotabato	3,407	about 409	about 8.34 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
8	Central MalamoteMatalam, Cotabato	3,371	about 582	about 5.79 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
9	LampayanMatalam, Cotabato	3,266	about 174	about 18.75 km²	−0.18% a year	Rural
10	ManubuanMatalam, Cotabato	3,209	about 360	about 8.91 km²	3.58% a year	Urban
11	SarayanMatalam, Cotabato	3,032	about 93	about 32.61 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
12	KidamaMatalam, Cotabato	2,342	about 431	about 5.44 km²	2.76% a year	Rural
13	New AlimodianMatalam, Cotabato	2,217	about 126	about 17.54 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
14	KabulacanMatalam, Cotabato	2,204	about 132	about 16.65 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
15	New BugasongMatalam, Cotabato	2,128	about 216	about 9.85 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
16	TampedMatalam, Cotabato	2,124	about 91	about 23.39 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
17	MinamaingMatalam, Cotabato	2,065	about 188	about 11.00 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
18	LataganMatalam, Cotabato	2,035	about 127	about 15.99 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
19	New PandanMatalam, Cotabato	1,918	about 156	about 12.28 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
20	SalvacionMatalam, Cotabato	1,885	about 150	about 12.55 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
21	EstadoMatalam, Cotabato	1,779	about 145	about 12.25 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
22	Santa MariaMatalam, Cotabato	1,772	about 202	about 8.79 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
23	NatutunganMatalam, Cotabato	1,742	about 225	about 7.73 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
24	ArakanMatalam, Cotabato	1,649	about 126	about 13.06 km²	8.12% a year	Rural
25	KibudocMatalam, Cotabato	1,337	about 194	about 6.88 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
26	Lower MalamoteMatalam, Cotabato	1,213	about 461	about 2.63 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
27	Patadon WestMatalam, Cotabato	1,209	about 240	about 5.04 km²	4.23% a year	Rural
28	New AbraMatalam, Cotabato	1,157	about 143	about 8.08 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
29	BangbangMatalam, Cotabato	1,101	about 91	about 12.05 km²	−3.16% a year	Rural
30	PinamatonMatalam, Cotabato	1,078	about 88	about 12.29 km²	−0.72% a year	Rural
31	TaculenMatalam, Cotabato	1,025	about 256	about 4.00 km²	−0.73% a year	Rural
32	ManupalMatalam, Cotabato	993	about 299	about 3.32 km²	−1.24% a year	Rural
33	IlianMatalam, Cotabato	962	about 171	about 5.61 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
34	BatoMatalam, Cotabato	757	about 45	about 16.69 km²	−5.11% 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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