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Barangays in South Cotabato

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]

Open South Cotabato

Barangays in South Cotabato, at a glance

Barangays: 226^[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: 1,732,068^[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: 94 urban^[4]; 132 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Calumpang^[5]; General Santos City, South Cotabato; 90,480 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: Ned^[6]; Lake Sebu, South Cotabato; about 493.50 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: New Dumangas^{[5, 7]}; T'Boli, South Cotabato; 8.62% 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: 42 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Lamfugon, −2.93% 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.

226 barangays, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in South Cotabato, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	CalumpangGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	90,480	about 10,132	about 8.93 km²	0.75% a year	Urban
2	LabangalGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	81,223	about 8,496	about 9.56 km²	1.27% a year	Urban
3	FatimaGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	78,478	about 3,441	about 22.81 km²	1.88% a year	Urban
4	San IsidroGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	66,971	about 4,480	about 14.95 km²	0.73% a year	Urban
5	LagaoGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	56,403	about 4,689	about 12.03 km²	1.18% a year	Urban
6	ApopongGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	54,096	about 2,620	about 20.65 km²	−1.78% a year	Urban
7	PoblacionPolomolok, South Cotabato	51,082	about 4,170	about 12.25 km²	−0.19% a year	Urban
8	MabuhayGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	38,750	about 881	about 43.97 km²	0.71% a year	Urban
9	TamblerGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	33,678	about 754	about 44.66 km²	1.59% a year	Urban
10	BulaGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	31,356	about 10,417	about 3.01 km²	0.39% a year	Urban
11	City HeightsGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	24,539	about 5,060	about 4.85 km²	0.19% a year	Urban
12	Cannery SitePolomolok, South Cotabato	23,658	about 1,771	about 13.36 km²	−0.88% a year	Urban
13	General Paulino SantosKoronadal City, South Cotabato	22,025	about 3,695	about 5.96 km²	−1.28% a year	Urban
14	Santa CruzKoronadal City, South Cotabato	20,544	about 4,101	about 5.01 km²	2.25% a year	Urban
15	SinawalGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	19,223	about 237	about 81.18 km²	0.97% a year	Urban
16	NedLake Sebu, South Cotabato	18,718	about 38	about 493.50 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
17	KatangawanGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	18,047	about 913	about 19.77 km²	0.94% a year	Urban
18	ConelGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	17,555	about 335	about 52.33 km²	2.36% a year	Urban
19	Santo NiñoKoronadal City, South Cotabato	17,064	about 2,963	about 5.76 km²	1.46% a year	Urban
20	PoblacionTupi, South Cotabato	16,065	about 1,673	about 9.60 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
21	SiguelGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	15,985	about 431	about 37.11 km²	0.45% a year	Urban
22	LibertadSurallah, South Cotabato	14,986	about 2,899	about 5.17 km²	−0.60% a year	Urban
23	MagsaysayPolomolok, South Cotabato	14,223	about 1,616	about 8.80 km²	0.46% a year	Urban
24	BaluanGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	14,079	about 1,170	about 12.03 km²	4.20% a year	Urban
25	San JoseGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	13,767	about 225	about 61.30 km²	0.46% a year	Urban
26	Silway 8Polomolok, South Cotabato	13,569	about 849	about 15.99 km²	1.38% a year	Urban
27	PoblacionNorala, South Cotabato	13,495	about 689	about 19.58 km²	0.46% a year	Urban
28	Dadiangas WestGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	13,009	about 15,395	about 0.845 km²	−0.15% a year	Urban
29	Zone IIIKoronadal City, South Cotabato	12,614	about 3,811	about 3.31 km²	−0.74% a year	Urban
30	CentralaSurallah, South Cotabato	12,195	about 552	about 22.10 km²	1.52% a year	Urban
31	BuayanGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	11,748	about 2,442	about 4.81 km²	0.54% a year	Urban
32	DajaySurallah, South Cotabato	11,459	about 519	about 22.09 km²	0.76% a year	Urban
33	PoblacionT'Boli, South Cotabato	10,860	about 1,336	about 8.13 km²	2.08% a year	Urban
34	PoblacionSanto Niño, South Cotabato	10,855	about 1,865	about 5.82 km²	0.37% a year	Urban
35	ZuluetaKoronadal City, South Cotabato	10,441	about 577	about 18.11 km²	1.50% a year	Urban
36	LacononT'Boli, South Cotabato	10,322	about 76	about 135.93 km²	−1.16% a year	Urban
37	GlamangPolomolok, South Cotabato	10,174	about 615	about 16.55 km²	4.69% a year	Urban
38	SarabiaKoronadal City, South Cotabato	9,722	about 164	about 59.28 km²	0.76% a year	Urban
39	MoralesKoronadal City, South Cotabato	9,539	about 2,484	about 3.84 km²	1.05% a year	Urban
40	San JoseKoronadal City, South Cotabato	9,302	about 394	about 23.63 km²	1.48% a year	Urban
41	PoblacionTantangan, South Cotabato	9,097	about 384	about 23.70 km²	2.05% a year	Urban
42	San IsidroKoronadal City, South Cotabato	9,088	about 1,418	about 6.41 km²	1.84% a year	Urban
43	KematuT'Boli, South Cotabato	8,826	about 257	about 34.31 km²	1.96% a year	Urban
44	PoblacionLake Sebu, South Cotabato	8,767	about 841	about 10.43 km²	−0.31% a year	Urban
45	TinagacanGeneral Santos City, South Cotabato	8,465	about 346	about 24.46 km²	0.35% a year	Urban
46	Carpenter HillKoronadal City, South Cotabato	7,962	about 798	about 9.98 km²	0.96% a year	Urban
47	LambaBanga, South Cotabato	7,946	about 397	about 20.00 km²	0.82% a year	Urban
48	CincoBanga, South Cotabato	7,940	about 752	about 10.56 km²	1.19% a year	Urban
49	PolonulingTupi, South Cotabato	7,847	about 262	about 29.97 km²	no 2020 count	Urban
50	BasagT'Boli, South Cotabato	7,818	about 100	about 77.82 km²	−0.82% a year	Urban

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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