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Barangays in Banga

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 Banga, 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: 91,536^[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: 11 urban^[4]; 11 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Lamba^[5]; Banga, South Cotabato; 7,946 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: Malaya^[6]; Banga, South Cotabato; about 24.55 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: Rang-ay^{[5, 7]}; Banga, South Cotabato; 1.50% 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]

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 Banga, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	LambaBanga, South Cotabato	7,946	about 397	about 20.00 km²	0.82% a year	Urban
2	CincoBanga, South Cotabato	7,940	about 752	about 10.56 km²	1.19% a year	Urban
3	San VicenteBanga, South Cotabato	7,188	about 425	about 16.92 km²	1.31% a year	Urban
4	LiwanayBanga, South Cotabato	6,589	about 1,246	about 5.29 km²	0.52% a year	Urban
5	Rang-ayBanga, South Cotabato	5,574	about 801	about 6.96 km²	1.50% a year	Urban
6	RizalBanga, South Cotabato	5,077	about 385	about 13.20 km²	0.77% a year	Urban
7	KusanBanga, South Cotabato	4,889	about 379	about 12.90 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
8	Rizal PoblacionBanga, South Cotabato	4,881	about 961	about 5.08 km²	0.17% a year	Urban
9	San JoseBanga, South Cotabato	4,573	about 438	about 10.43 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
10	ReyesBanga, South Cotabato	4,486	about 878	about 5.11 km²	−2.01% a year	Urban
11	MalayaBanga, South Cotabato	4,337	about 177	about 24.55 km²	−0.48% a year	Urban
12	Punong GrandeBanga, South Cotabato	4,043	about 439	about 9.21 km²	2.24% a year	Rural
13	El NonokBanga, South Cotabato	4,019	about 179	about 22.40 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
14	LambingiBanga, South Cotabato	3,583	about 432	about 8.29 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
15	BenitezBanga, South Cotabato	3,363	about 1,390	about 2.42 km²	1.16% a year	Urban
16	CabulingBanga, South Cotabato	3,239	about 522	about 6.21 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
17	LampariBanga, South Cotabato	2,502	about 212	about 11.80 km²	−1.58% a year	Rural
18	DerilonBanga, South Cotabato	1,800	about 468	about 3.85 km²	5.57% a year	Rural
19	CabudianBanga, South Cotabato	1,493	about 314	about 4.76 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
20	Yangco PoblacionBanga, South Cotabato	1,489	about 5,909	about 0.252 km²	−0.59% a year	Urban
21	Improgo VillageBanga, South Cotabato	1,339	about 7,608	about 0.176 km²	−0.62% a year	Rural
22	Lam-AposBanga, South Cotabato	1,186	about 285	about 4.16 km²	3.58% 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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