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Barangays in Tandag City

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 Tandag City, at a glance

Barangays: 21^[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: 63,098^[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: 7 urban^[4]; 14 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Mabua^[5]; Tandag City, Surigao del Sur; 8,271 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: Awasian^[6]; Tandag City, Surigao del Sur; about 32.21 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: Rosario^{[5, 7]}; Tandag City, Surigao del Sur; 4.12% 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: 8 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Agustin Sur, −1.29% 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.

21 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Tandag City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	MabuaTandag City, Surigao del Sur	8,271	about 3,121	about 2.65 km²	−0.58% a year	Urban
2	TelajeTandag City, Surigao del Sur	7,540	about 3,523	about 2.14 km²	−1.06% a year	Urban
3	Bongtod Pob.Tandag City, Surigao del Sur	6,226	about 14,581	about 0.427 km²	0.65% a year	Urban
4	San Agustin SurTandag City, Surigao del Sur	5,608	about 4,124	about 1.36 km²	−1.29% a year	Urban
5	RosarioTandag City, Surigao del Sur	5,190	about 742	about 6.99 km²	4.12% a year	Urban
6	Bagong LungsodTandag City, Surigao del Sur	4,836	about 9,211	about 0.525 km²	−2.69% a year	Urban
7	BuenavistaTandag City, Surigao del Sur	3,251	about 189	about 17.17 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
8	DagocdocTandag City, Surigao del Sur	3,207	about 16,968	about 0.189 km²	−3.71% a year	Urban
9	San Agustin NorteTandag City, Surigao del Sur	2,528	about 1,532	about 1.65 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
10	MaitumTandag City, Surigao del Sur	2,419	about 85	about 28.38 km²	5.82% a year	Rural
11	QuezonTandag City, Surigao del Sur	2,142	about 833	about 2.57 km²	1.84% a year	Rural
12	AwasianTandag City, Surigao del Sur	1,972	about 61	about 32.21 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
13	BiotoTandag City, Surigao del Sur	1,912	about 756	about 2.53 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
14	San IsidroTandag City, Surigao del Sur	1,192	about 191	about 6.23 km²	3.07% a year	Rural
15	PangiTandag City, Surigao del Sur	1,144	about 261	about 4.39 km²	2.60% a year	Rural
16	San AntonioTandag City, Surigao del Sur	1,027	about 86	about 11.88 km²	2.97% a year	Rural
17	San JoseTandag City, Surigao del Sur	1,018	about 187	about 5.45 km²	3.19% a year	Rural
18	PandanonTandag City, Surigao del Sur	947	about 105	about 9.03 km²	−1.99% a year	Rural
19	SalvacionTandag City, Surigao del Sur	918	about 145	about 6.34 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
20	MaticdumTandag City, Surigao del Sur	892	about 77	about 11.64 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
21	MabuhayTandag City, Surigao del Sur	858	about 30	about 28.53 km²	1.30% 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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