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Barangays in Lake Sebu

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 Lake Sebu, at a glance

Barangays: 19^[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: 84,252^[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: 4 urban^[4]; 15 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Ned^[5]; Lake Sebu, South Cotabato; 18,718 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: Ned^{[5, 7]}; Lake Sebu, South Cotabato; 0.30% 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: 5 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.

19 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Lake Sebu, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	NedLake Sebu, South Cotabato	18,718	about 38	about 493.50 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
2	PoblacionLake Sebu, South Cotabato	8,767	about 841	about 10.43 km²	−0.31% a year	Urban
3	LamfugonLake Sebu, South Cotabato	6,047	about 205	about 29.49 km²	−2.93% a year	Urban
4	LamdalagLake Sebu, South Cotabato	5,049	about 389	about 12.97 km²	−0.33% a year	Urban
5	LamlahakLake Sebu, South Cotabato	4,742	about 157	about 30.29 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
6	KlubiLake Sebu, South Cotabato	4,694	about 176	about 26.70 km²	2.58% a year	Rural
7	SilutonLake Sebu, South Cotabato	3,773	about 548	about 6.89 km²	5.58% a year	Rural
8	TasimanLake Sebu, South Cotabato	3,582	about 51	about 70.67 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
9	Upper MaculanLake Sebu, South Cotabato	3,205	about 225	about 14.25 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
10	TalisayLake Sebu, South Cotabato	3,082	about 331	about 9.32 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
11	LamcadeLake Sebu, South Cotabato	3,073	about 236	about 13.00 km²	2.69% a year	Rural
12	TakunelLake Sebu, South Cotabato	3,050	about 49	about 62.63 km²	−3.11% a year	Rural
13	LuhibLake Sebu, South Cotabato	3,023	about 261	about 11.60 km²	9.98% a year	Rural
14	DenlagLake Sebu, South Cotabato	2,962	about 174	about 17.07 km²	2.31% a year	Rural
15	Lake LahitLake Sebu, South Cotabato	2,903	about 386	about 7.52 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
16	HalilanLake Sebu, South Cotabato	2,501	about 167	about 15.02 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
17	BacdulongLake Sebu, South Cotabato	2,259	about 527	about 4.29 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
18	Lower MaculanLake Sebu, South Cotabato	1,512	about 158	about 9.56 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
19	HanoonLake Sebu, South Cotabato	1,310	about 122	about 10.74 km²	2.75% 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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