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Barangays in Dapa

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 Dapa, at a glance

Barangays: 29^[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: 31,392^[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]; 26 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Barangay 1^[5]; Dapa, Surigao del Norte; 4,112 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: Osmeña^[6]; Dapa, Surigao del Norte; about 19.84 km²
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: 2 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.

29 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Dapa, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Barangay 1Dapa, Surigao del Norte	4,112	about 8,290	about 0.496 km²	3.23% a year	Rural
2	Barangay 12Dapa, Surigao del Norte	3,676	about 1,097	about 3.35 km²	1.88% a year	Urban
3	UnionDapa, Surigao del Norte	3,523	about 417	about 8.45 km²	4.36% a year	Rural
4	OsmeñaDapa, Surigao del Norte	2,712	about 137	about 19.84 km²	1.86% a year	Urban
5	Barangay 13Dapa, Surigao del Norte	2,019	about 27,695	about 0.0729 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
6	ConsolacionDapa, Surigao del Norte	1,903	about 552	about 3.45 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
7	Santa FeDapa, Surigao del Norte	1,097	about 208	about 5.27 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
8	Barangay 2Dapa, Surigao del Norte	1,072	about 6,872	about 0.156 km²	15.07% a year	Rural
9	San MiguelDapa, Surigao del Norte	1,053	about 263	about 4.01 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
10	Don PaulinoDapa, Surigao del Norte	989	about 121	about 8.16 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
11	Cambas-acDapa, Surigao del Norte	786	about 354	about 2.22 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
12	JubangDapa, Surigao del Norte	754	about 186	about 4.06 km²	1.49% a year	Rural
13	CorregidorDapa, Surigao del Norte	652	about 669	about 0.974 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
14	Barangay 3Dapa, Surigao del Norte	628	about 6,947	about 0.0904 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
15	MontserratDapa, Surigao del Norte	554	about 248	about 2.23 km²	2.05% a year	Rural
16	BagakayDapa, Surigao del Norte	550	about 259	about 2.12 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
17	Barangay 4Dapa, Surigao del Norte	549	about 12,708	about 0.0432 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
18	Barangay 6Dapa, Surigao del Norte	542	about 6,491	about 0.0835 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
19	CabawaDapa, Surigao del Norte	522	about 193	about 2.71 km²	−4.37% a year	Rural
20	San CarlosDapa, Surigao del Norte	505	about 50	about 10.12 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
21	Barangay 10Dapa, Surigao del Norte	480	about 3,404	about 0.141 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
22	BuenavistaDapa, Surigao del Norte	477	about 168	about 2.84 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
23	Barangay 11Dapa, Surigao del Norte	411	about 15,393	about 0.0267 km²	−0.74% a year	Rural
24	DagohoyDapa, Surigao del Norte	408	about 210	about 1.94 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
25	Barangay 9Dapa, Surigao del Norte	395	about 9,925	about 0.0398 km²	0.74% a year	Urban
26	Santa FelominaDapa, Surigao del Norte	374	about 248	about 1.51 km²	2.31% a year	Rural
27	Barangay 5Dapa, Surigao del Norte	302	about 5,501	about 0.0549 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
28	Barangay 8Dapa, Surigao del Norte	222	about 2,424	about 0.0916 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
29	Barangay 7Dapa, Surigao del Norte	125	about 13,631	about 0.00917 km²	1.19% 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 XIII (Caraga) (OpenSTAT table 0131A6DTHP2). 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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