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Barangays in Bongao

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 Bongao, at a glance

Barangays: 35^[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: 131,887^[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: 9 urban^[4]; 26 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: Tarawakan^[6]; Bongao, Tawi-Tawi; about 13.34 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: Nalil^{[5, 7]}; Bongao, Tawi-Tawi; 11.81% 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: 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.

35 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Bongao, 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	LamionBongao, Tawi-Tawi	9,343	about 50,777	about 0.184 km²	2.89% a year	Urban
4	Tubig-BohBongao, Tawi-Tawi	8,815	about 11,722	about 0.752 km²	0.42% a year	Urban
5	NalilBongao, Tawi-Tawi	8,740	about 4,142	about 2.11 km²	11.81% a year	Urban
6	Pag-asaBongao, Tawi-Tawi	8,336	about 23,817	about 0.35 km²	1.32% a year	Urban
7	Tubig-MampallamBongao, Tawi-Tawi	7,260	about 33,456	about 0.217 km²	3.81% a year	Urban
8	Tubig TanahBongao, Tawi-Tawi	7,167	about 43,701	about 0.164 km²	3.97% a year	Urban
9	Sanga-sangaBongao, Tawi-Tawi	5,151	about 4,683	about 1.10 km²	3.03% a year	Urban
10	PasiaganBongao, Tawi-Tawi	4,425	about 1,317	about 3.36 km²	3.81% a year	Rural
11	Luuk PandanBongao, Tawi-Tawi	3,046	about 631	about 4.83 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
12	TarawakanBongao, Tawi-Tawi	2,975	about 223	about 13.34 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
13	Lapid LapidBongao, Tawi-Tawi	2,566	about 757	about 3.39 km²	4.54% a year	Rural
14	KarungdongBongao, Tawi-Tawi	2,512	about 955	about 2.63 km²	3.04% a year	Rural
15	PahutBongao, Tawi-Tawi	2,266	about 906	about 2.50 km²	4.66% a year	Rural
16	PababagBongao, Tawi-Tawi	2,206	about 2,411	about 0.915 km²	3.83% a year	Rural
17	MandulanBongao, Tawi-Tawi	2,128	about 165	about 12.91 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
18	Tubig BasagBongao, Tawi-Tawi	2,059	about 1,045	about 1.97 km²	3.81% a year	Rural
19	SilubogBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,972	about 381	about 5.17 km²	3.81% a year	Rural
20	IpilBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,792	about 308	about 5.82 km²	3.33% a year	Rural
21	PakiasBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,789	about 2,110	about 0.848 km²	3.82% a year	Rural
22	Montay MontayBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,701	about 266	about 6.39 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
23	Lakit LakitBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,661	about 322	about 5.16 km²	3.81% a year	Rural
24	KamagongBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,605	about 175	about 9.18 km²	4.78% a year	Rural
25	MalassaBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,566	about 403	about 3.89 km²	4.78% a year	Rural
26	SumangatBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,466	about 317	about 4.62 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
27	TongsinahBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,407	about 1,701	about 0.827 km²	3.81% a year	Rural
28	Ungus-ungusBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,310	about 263	about 4.98 km²	1.98% a year	Rural
29	PanionganBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,290	about 832	about 1.55 km²	3.80% a year	Rural
30	Luuk TulayBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,206	about 223	about 5.42 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
31	Lato LatoBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,203	about 425	about 2.83 km²	4.94% a year	Rural
32	MasantongBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,202	about 153	about 7.86 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
33	LagasanBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,121	about 1,933	about 0.58 km²	−8.88% a year	Rural
34	PagatpatBongao, Tawi-Tawi	1,058	about 194	about 5.44 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
35	PagasinanBongao, Tawi-Tawi	944	about 1,829	about 0.516 km²	−15.69% 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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