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Barangays in Tawi-Tawi

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 Tawi-Tawi, at a glance

Barangays: 203^[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: 482,645^[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: 17 urban^[4]; 186 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Bongao Poblacion^[5]; Bongao, Tawi-Tawi; 18,571 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: Baliungan^[6]; Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi; about 135.20 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: Karaha^{[5, 7]}; Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi; 31.95% 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: 21 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.

203 barangays, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Tawi-Tawi, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Bongao PoblacionBongao, Tawi-Tawi	18,571	about 47,987	about 0.387 km²	4.49% a year	Urban
2	SimandagitBongao, Tawi-Tawi	10,028	about 13,928	about 0.72 km²	3.35% a year	Urban
3	Panglima AlariSitangkai, Tawi-Tawi	9,470	about 9,284	about 1.02 km²	2.87% a year	Urban
4	LamionBongao, Tawi-Tawi	9,343	about 50,777	about 0.184 km²	2.89% a year	Urban
5	Tubig-BohBongao, Tawi-Tawi	8,815	about 11,722	about 0.752 km²	0.42% a year	Urban
6	NalilBongao, Tawi-Tawi	8,740	about 4,142	about 2.11 km²	11.81% a year	Urban
7	Pag-asaBongao, Tawi-Tawi	8,336	about 23,817	about 0.35 km²	1.32% a year	Urban
8	SipangkotSitangkai, Tawi-Tawi	7,761	about 1,443	about 5.38 km²	2.87% a year	Urban
9	Tubig-MampallamBongao, Tawi-Tawi	7,260	about 33,456	about 0.217 km²	3.81% a year	Urban
10	Tubig TanahBongao, Tawi-Tawi	7,167	about 43,701	about 0.164 km²	3.97% a year	Urban
11	Tonggusong BanaranSapa-Sapa, Tawi-Tawi	6,461	about 1,718	about 3.76 km²	1.69% a year	Urban
12	Taganak PoblacionTurtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi	6,177	about 2,404	about 2.57 km²	9.65% a year	Urban
13	Balimbing ProperPanglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi	5,565	about 370	about 15.04 km²	1.51% a year	Urban
14	Imam SapieSitangkai, Tawi-Tawi	5,153	about 8,503	about 0.606 km²	2.87% a year	Urban
15	Sanga-sangaBongao, Tawi-Tawi	5,151	about 4,683	about 1.10 km²	3.03% a year	Urban
16	KarahaPanglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi	5,034	about 211	about 23.90 km²	31.95% a year	Urban
17	DarussalamLanguyan, Tawi-Tawi	5,028	about 205	about 24.55 km²	1.98% a year	Urban
18	Languyan ProperLanguyan, Tawi-Tawi	4,868	about 2,968	about 1.64 km²	4.74% a year	Rural
19	TimundonSimunul, Tawi-Tawi	4,476	about 685	about 6.53 km²	−1.67% a year	Rural
20	PasiaganBongao, Tawi-Tawi	4,425	about 1,317	about 3.36 km²	3.81% a year	Rural
21	BuanPanglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi	4,347	about 93	about 46.95 km²	1.97% a year	Rural
22	Sitangkai PoblacionSitangkai, Tawi-Tawi	4,229	about 2,249	about 1.88 km²	3.03% a year	Rural
23	Tubig IndanganSimunul, Tawi-Tawi	4,099	about 636	about 6.44 km²	1.98% a year	Rural
24	SilantupTandubas, Tawi-Tawi	3,952	about 2,906	about 1.36 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
25	Batu-batuPanglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi	3,936	about 481	about 8.19 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
26	LiyubudMapun, Tawi-Tawi	3,770	about 2,027	about 1.86 km²	2.78% a year	Rural
27	TaungohSibutu, Tawi-Tawi	3,752	about 452	about 8.30 km²	2.87% a year	Rural
28	TongusongSitangkai, Tawi-Tawi	3,711	about 767	about 4.84 km²	2.87% a year	Rural
29	TungbangkawPanglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi	3,688	about 5,683	about 0.649 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
30	Datu Baguinda PutihSitangkai, Tawi-Tawi	3,643	about 2,478	about 1.47 km²	3.91% a year	Rural
31	Belatan HaluPanglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi	3,455	about 511	about 6.76 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
32	MagsaggawPanglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi	3,441	about 149	about 23.08 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
33	Sheik MakdumSibutu, Tawi-Tawi	3,435	about 990	about 3.47 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
34	MalaccaPanglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi	3,363	about 692	about 4.86 km²	1.67% a year	Rural
35	North LarapSitangkai, Tawi-Tawi	3,260	about 756	about 4.31 km²	2.87% a year	Rural
36	BakongSimunul, Tawi-Tawi	3,252	about 1,848	about 1.76 km²	1.49% a year	Rural
37	Tandu BanakSibutu, Tawi-Tawi	3,084	about 754	about 4.09 km²	2.89% a year	Rural
38	TundonPanglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi	3,055	about 7,309	about 0.418 km²	2.39% a year	Rural
39	Luuk PandanBongao, Tawi-Tawi	3,046	about 631	about 4.83 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
40	Bauno GaringPanglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi	3,006	about 1,405	about 2.14 km²	2.67% a year	Rural
41	TarawakanBongao, Tawi-Tawi	2,975	about 223	about 13.34 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
42	Manuk MangkawSimunul, Tawi-Tawi	2,912	about 804	about 3.62 km²	−6.20% a year	Rural
43	ParanganPanglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi	2,901	about 266	about 10.91 km²	3.69% a year	Rural
44	KulapePanglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi	2,862	about 202	about 14.16 km²	3.89% a year	Rural
45	TampakanSimunul, Tawi-Tawi	2,859	about 687	about 4.16 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
46	LigayanSibutu, Tawi-Tawi	2,834	about 1,396	about 2.03 km²	2.89% a year	Rural
47	MahaloMapun, Tawi-Tawi	2,747	about 525	about 5.23 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
48	NunukanSibutu, Tawi-Tawi	2,738	about 104	about 26.30 km²	2.89% a year	Rural
49	TongmagengSitangkai, Tawi-Tawi	2,710	about 577	about 4.70 km²	2.88% a year	Rural
50	Ungus-ungusSibutu, Tawi-Tawi	2,661	about 1,255	about 2.12 km²	2.60% 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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