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Barangays in Pualas

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 Pualas, at a glance

Barangays
23[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
18,020[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
0 urban[4]
23 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people
Dapao[5]
Pualas, Lanao del Sur
1,316 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
Dapao[6]
Pualas, Lanao del Sur
about 19.53 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
None of the 23[7]
Every one had more people in 2024 than in 2020.
Region: Bangsamoro (BARMM)
Province: Lanao del Sur
Town: Pualas
Sort: Most people

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.

23 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Pualas, most people
RankNamePeople, 2024People per km²AreaGrowth, 2020–2024Urban or rural
1DapaoPualas, Lanao del Sur1,316about 67about 19.53 km²3.59% a yearRural
2MaligoPualas, Lanao del Sur1,109about 2,282about 0.486 km²19.64% a yearRural
3GadonganPualas, Lanao del Sur1,071about 1,417about 0.756 km²11.55% a yearRural
4IngudPualas, Lanao del Sur1,019about 607about 1.68 km²0.07% a yearRural
5TamboPualas, Lanao del Sur1,000about 870about 1.15 km²1.31% a yearRural
6YaranPualas, Lanao del Sur956about 216about 4.42 km²2.74% a yearRural
7DanuganPualas, Lanao del Sur952about 1,162about 0.819 km²1.09% a yearRural
8BantayanPualas, Lanao del Sur864about 1,158about 0.746 km²5.95% a yearRural
9PorugPualas, Lanao del Sur758about 192about 3.94 km²5.39% a yearRural
10LinukPualas, Lanao del Sur752about 411about 1.83 km²3.75% a yearRural
11BasagadPualas, Lanao del Sur750about 1,218about 0.616 km²8.44% a yearRural
12BolinsongPualas, Lanao del Sur722about 374about 1.93 km²1.99% a yearRural
13BoringPualas, Lanao del Sur720about 550about 1.31 km²9.03% a yearRural
14DiamlaPualas, Lanao del Sur700about 853about 0.821 km²2.79% a yearRural
15TukaPualas, Lanao del Sur693about 379about 1.83 km²4.89% a yearRural
16RomagondongPualas, Lanao del Sur673about 2,901about 0.232 km²10.25% a yearRural
17MasaoPualas, Lanao del Sur611about 1,294about 0.472 km²9.78% a yearRural
18NotongPualas, Lanao del Sur600about 178about 3.37 km²0.65% a yearRural
19LumbacPualas, Lanao del Sur583about 917about 0.636 km²5.09% a yearRural
20TomarompongPualas, Lanao del Sur572about 469about 1.22 km²7.57% a yearRural
21TamlangPualas, Lanao del Sur550about 514about 1.07 km²3.84% a yearRural
22BualanPualas, Lanao del Sur548about 394about 1.39 km²3.59% a yearRural
23BadakPualas, Lanao del Sur501about 71about 7.01 km²9.21% a yearRural

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.

  1. Island groups3Luzon, the Visayas, Mindanao: a grouping, not a government
  2. Regions18Big areas that group provinces
  3. Provinces82Each led by a governor
  4. Cities and municipalities1,642Each led by a mayor
  5. Barangays42,010The smallest unit, led by a punong barangay (kapitan)

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 5.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024 : Bangsamoro Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) (OpenSTAT table 0141A6DTHP3). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  6. 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. 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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