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Barangays in Taraka

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 Taraka, at a glance

Barangays: 43^[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: 29,558^[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]; 43 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Moriatao Loksa Datu^[5]; Taraka, Lanao del Sur; 2,080 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: Sigayan Proper^[6]; Taraka, Lanao del Sur; about 1.52 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: 1 barangay^[7]

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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.

43 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Taraka, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Moriatao Loksa DatuTaraka, Lanao del Sur	2,080	about 6,710	about 0.31 km²	3.49% a year	Rural
2	Cadayonan BagumbayanTaraka, Lanao del Sur	2,000	about 4,158	about 0.481 km²	3.11% a year	Rural
3	Buadi OngcaloTaraka, Lanao del Sur	1,546	about 5,019	about 0.308 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
4	Samporna SalamatollahTaraka, Lanao del Sur	1,149	about 38,949	about 0.0295 km²	3.61% a year	Rural
5	PagalamatanTaraka, Lanao del Sur	888	about 8,377	about 0.106 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
6	DimayonTaraka, Lanao del Sur	840	about 7,000	about 0.12 km²	2.76% a year	Rural
7	MangayaoTaraka, Lanao del Sur	821	about 1,793	about 0.458 km²	3.61% a year	Rural
8	Carandangan CalopaanTaraka, Lanao del Sur	792	about 3,414	about 0.232 km²	2.73% a year	Rural
9	PitakusTaraka, Lanao del Sur	758	about 3,809	about 0.199 km²	2.75% a year	Rural
10	DilabayanTaraka, Lanao del Sur	720	about 3,789	about 0.19 km²	1.42% a year	Rural
11	SambolawanTaraka, Lanao del Sur	712	about 2,088	about 0.341 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
12	Buadi DayomanggaTaraka, Lanao del Sur	676	about 1,988	about 0.34 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
13	CaramatTaraka, Lanao del Sur	674	about 4,348	about 0.155 km²	6.17% a year	Rural
14	SundingTaraka, Lanao del Sur	674	about 13,138	about 0.0513 km²	2.75% a year	Rural
15	SunggodTaraka, Lanao del Sur	673	about 2,888	about 0.233 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
16	MasolunTaraka, Lanao del Sur	672	about 28,596	about 0.0235 km²	2.76% a year	Rural
17	SupanganTaraka, Lanao del Sur	651	about 2,843	about 0.229 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
18	Buadi DingunTaraka, Lanao del Sur	648	about 2,959	about 0.219 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
19	SaliponganTaraka, Lanao del Sur	645	about 3,707	about 0.174 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
20	MaruhomTaraka, Lanao del Sur	636	about 5,530	about 0.115 km²	1.49% a year	Rural
21	MalungunTaraka, Lanao del Sur	617	about 15,542	about 0.0397 km²	4.00% a year	Rural
22	IlianTaraka, Lanao del Sur	593	about 4,861	about 0.122 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
23	Lumbac PitakusTaraka, Lanao del Sur	580	about 3,258	about 0.178 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
24	Sigayan ProperTaraka, Lanao del Sur	561	about 369	about 1.52 km²	2.75% a year	Rural
25	BucalanTaraka, Lanao del Sur	558	about 1,541	about 0.362 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
26	BorowaTaraka, Lanao del Sur	540	about 4,954	about 0.109 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
27	BorionganTaraka, Lanao del Sur	535	about 5,388	about 0.0993 km²	2.74% a year	Rural
28	PindolonanTaraka, Lanao del Sur	533	about 5,351	about 0.0996 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
29	Lumbac Bubong MaindangTaraka, Lanao del Sur	530	about 3,193	about 0.166 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
30	RirikTaraka, Lanao del Sur	525	about 747	about 0.703 km²	1.97% a year	Rural
31	Buadi AmaoTaraka, Lanao del Sur	487	about 62,677	about 0.00777 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
32	Somiorang BandingunTaraka, Lanao del Sur	486	about 1,112	about 0.437 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
33	Buadi AmunudTaraka, Lanao del Sur	481	about 16,586	about 0.029 km²	1.61% a year	Rural
34	LumasaTaraka, Lanao del Sur	478	about 2,988	about 0.16 km²	1.84% a year	Rural
35	Lumbac BagoaingudTaraka, Lanao del Sur	475	about 3,084	about 0.154 km²	1.25% a year	Rural
36	Gapao BalindongTaraka, Lanao del Sur	465	about 2,236	about 0.208 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
37	Datu Ma-asTaraka, Lanao del Sur	459	about 7,819	about 0.0587 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
38	Bandera BuisanTaraka, Lanao del Sur	451	about 2,158	about 0.209 km²	2.74% a year	Rural
39	Buadi AroraoTaraka, Lanao del Sur	446	about 2,208	about 0.202 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
40	Lumasa ProperTaraka, Lanao del Sur	400	about 3,125	about 0.128 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
41	Tupa-an BuadiatupaTaraka, Lanao del Sur	400	about 3,478	about 0.115 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
42	Buadi AtopaTaraka, Lanao del Sur	373	about 2,503	about 0.149 km²	1.40% a year	Rural
43	Buadi AmuntaTaraka, Lanao del Sur	330	about 11,263	about 0.0293 km²	1.75% 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 : 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.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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