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Barangays in Upi

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 Upi, 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: 65,363^[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: 3 urban^[4]; 20 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Nuro Poblacion^[5]; Upi, Maguindanao del Norte; 8,998 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: Rifao^[6]; Upi, Maguindanao del Norte; about 84.47 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: Blensong^{[5, 7]}; Upi, Maguindanao del Norte; 3.74% 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: 1 barangay^[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.

23 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Upi, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Nuro PoblacionUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	8,998	about 1,782	about 5.05 km²	1.69% a year	Urban
2	BlensongUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	5,291	about 150	about 35.16 km²	3.74% a year	Urban
3	RempesUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	5,057	about 86	about 58.77 km²	0.13% a year	Urban
4	BorongotanUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	4,096	about 479	about 8.55 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
5	NangiUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	3,989	about 193	about 20.66 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
6	DarugaoUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	3,802	about 148	about 25.68 km²	3.67% a year	Rural
7	BungcogUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	3,195	about 144	about 22.20 km²	6.83% a year	Rural
8	KiblegUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	2,935	about 121	about 24.22 km²	4.39% a year	Rural
9	TinungkaanUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	2,772	about 114	about 24.36 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
10	MirabUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	2,623	about 214	about 12.25 km²	3.03% a year	Rural
11	BugabunganUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	2,362	about 147	about 16.10 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
12	KabakabaUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	2,306	about 245	about 9.43 km²	2.11% a year	Rural
13	KibucayUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	1,943	about 105	about 18.49 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
14	BantekUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	1,876	about 55	about 34.33 km²	5.90% a year	Rural
15	SefegefenUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	1,766	about 470	about 3.76 km²	3.27% a year	Rural
16	KigaUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	1,679	about 216	about 7.77 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
17	KinitanUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	1,661	about 249	about 6.68 km²	4.60% a year	Rural
18	RentiUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	1,630	about 38	about 43.28 km²	6.25% a year	Rural
19	BayabasUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	1,609	about 40	about 40.32 km²	3.36% a year	Rural
20	RifaoUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	1,523	about 18	about 84.47 km²	5.71% a year	Rural
21	Ranao PilayanUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	1,480	about 92	about 16.06 km²	7.66% a year	Rural
22	GanasiUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	1,426	about 146	about 9.77 km²	−2.43% a year	Rural
23	RenedeUpi, Maguindanao del Norte	1,344	about 208	about 6.46 km²	2.11% 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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