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Barangays in Cotabato 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 Cotabato City, at a glance

Barangays: 37^[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: 383,383^[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: 33 urban^[4]; 4 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Cotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte; 25,293 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: Kalanganan II^[6]; Cotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte; about 19.64 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: Tamontaka I^{[5, 7]}; Cotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte; 12.91% 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: 3 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Bagua III, −0.82% 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.

37 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Cotabato City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionCotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	25,293	about 72,473	about 0.349 km²	3.88% a year	Urban
2	BaguaCotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	23,439	about 101,030	about 0.232 km²	3.89% a year	Urban
3	Bagua IICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	22,966	about 12,688	about 1.81 km²	3.37% a year	Urban
4	TamontakaCotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	19,025	about 11,965	about 1.59 km²	7.45% a year	Urban
5	KalangananCotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	18,960	about 1,192	about 15.91 km²	3.59% a year	Urban
6	Rosary Heights XCotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	18,807	about 15,167	about 1.24 km²	3.04% a year	Urban
7	Poblacion VIICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	16,773	about 55,540	about 0.302 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
8	Rosary HeightsCotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	16,769	about 24,697	about 0.679 km²	2.53% a year	Urban
9	Bagua ICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	15,582	about 8,955	about 1.74 km²	11.09% a year	Urban
10	Rosary Heights IIICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	13,411	about 27,369	about 0.49 km²	2.44% a year	Urban
11	Rosary Heights VIICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	11,742	about 17,899	about 0.656 km²	3.57% a year	Urban
12	Rosary Heights VICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	10,765	about 20,311	about 0.53 km²	8.92% a year	Urban
13	Poblacion VIIICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	10,703	about 3,084	about 3.47 km²	4.03% a year	Urban
14	Rosary Heights XICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	10,454	about 14,621	about 0.715 km²	4.76% a year	Urban
15	Rosary Heights VIIICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	9,830	about 16,549	about 0.594 km²	−0.28% a year	Urban
16	Rosary Heights IXCotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	9,477	about 10,794	about 0.878 km²	2.75% a year	Urban
17	Poblacion IXCotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	8,432	about 3,055	about 2.76 km²	4.34% a year	Urban
18	Poblacion IICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	8,126	about 39,447	about 0.206 km²	4.41% a year	Urban
19	Tamontaka ICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	8,043	about 3,408	about 2.36 km²	12.91% a year	Urban
20	Kalanganan IICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	7,930	about 404	about 19.64 km²	4.58% a year	Urban
21	Kalanganan ICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	7,616	about 741	about 10.28 km²	3.70% a year	Urban
22	Tamontaka IICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	7,482	about 1,871	about 4.00 km²	5.52% a year	Urban
23	Poblacion IVCotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	7,052	about 47,329	about 0.149 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
24	Rosary Heights XIIICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	6,898	about 20,348	about 0.339 km²	5.06% a year	Urban
25	Rosary Heights ICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	6,832	about 25,493	about 0.268 km²	11.42% a year	Urban
26	Bagua IIICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	6,770	about 62,110	about 0.109 km²	−0.82% a year	Urban
27	Poblacion ICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	6,666	about 13,386	about 0.498 km²	2.26% a year	Urban
28	Rosary Heights XIICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	6,420	about 39,387	about 0.163 km²	5.72% a year	Urban
29	Rosary Heights VCotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	6,383	about 10,279	about 0.621 km²	1.20% a year	Urban
30	Poblacion VICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	5,806	about 24,602	about 0.236 km²	2.27% a year	Urban
31	Rosary Heights IVCotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	5,428	about 16,300	about 0.333 km²	3.90% a year	Urban
32	Rosary Heights IICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	5,321	about 22,079	about 0.241 km²	4.66% a year	Urban
33	Tamontaka IVCotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	4,847	about 685	about 7.08 km²	3.44% a year	Rural
34	Tamontaka IIICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	4,442	about 1,466	about 3.03 km²	8.26% a year	Rural
35	Poblacion IIICotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	3,877	about 36,924	about 0.105 km²	2.87% a year	Rural
36	Poblacion VCotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	3,235	about 12,442	about 0.26 km²	−1.01% a year	Urban
37	Tamontaka VCotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte	1,781	about 636	about 2.80 km²	2.68% 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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