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Barangays in Northern Mindanao

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]

Open Northern Mindanao

Barangays in Northern Mindanao, at a glance

Barangays: 2,022^[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: 5,178,326^[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: 362 urban^[4]; 1,660 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Carmen^[5]; Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental; 78,612 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: Minalwang^[6]; Claveria, Misamis Oriental; about 228.18 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: Nazareth^{[5, 7]}; Cagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental; 15.37% 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: 494 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: San Martin, −5.88% 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.

2,022 barangays, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Northern Mindanao, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	CarmenCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	78,612	about 9,913	about 7.93 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
2	BalulangCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	42,712	about 5,908	about 7.23 km²	0.29% a year	Urban
3	KauswaganCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	41,356	about 8,338	about 4.96 km²	0.66% a year	Urban
4	LapasanCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	40,498	about 18,577	about 2.18 km²	0.76% a year	Urban
5	PoblacionValencia City, Bukidnon	39,389	about 3,393	about 11.61 km²	−0.58% a year	Urban
6	Camaman-anCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	37,775	about 11,695	about 3.23 km²	1.68% a year	Urban
7	BuluaCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	36,293	about 5,474	about 6.63 km²	0.60% a year	Urban
8	LumbiaCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	36,113	about 932	about 38.76 km²	3.33% a year	Urban
9	Canito-anCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	34,803	about 3,679	about 9.46 km²	0.38% a year	Urban
10	TubodIligan City, Lanao del Norte	31,813	about 9,064	about 3.51 km²	−1.05% a year	Urban
11	BugoCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	30,615	about 2,707	about 11.31 km²	−0.48% a year	Urban
12	CasisangMalaybalay City, Bukidnon	29,492	about 782	about 37.70 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
13	GusaCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	29,303	about 6,384	about 4.59 km²	0.27% a year	Urban
14	IponanCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	28,601	about 6,085	about 4.70 km²	0.93% a year	Urban
15	TablonCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	24,696	about 1,111	about 22.22 km²	0.11% a year	Urban
16	CugmanCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	24,075	about 1,495	about 16.10 km²	0.61% a year	Urban
17	MacasandigCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	23,114	about 3,698	about 6.25 km²	−0.13% a year	Urban
18	DalipugaIligan City, Lanao del Norte	21,200	about 1,330	about 15.94 km²	−0.30% a year	Urban
19	LumboValencia City, Bukidnon	19,865	about 1,362	about 14.59 km²	2.08% a year	Urban
20	IndahagCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	19,323	about 1,019	about 18.97 km²	1.95% a year	Urban
21	AgusanCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	19,246	about 3,045	about 6.32 km²	0.26% a year	Urban
22	SuarezIligan City, Lanao del Norte	19,184	about 3,331	about 5.76 km²	0.68% a year	Urban
23	MacabalanCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	18,848	about 46,310	about 0.407 km²	−0.89% a year	Urban
24	TambacanIligan City, Lanao del Norte	17,796	about 32,239	about 0.552 km²	−1.88% a year	Urban
25	Buru-unIligan City, Lanao del Norte	17,714	about 2,918	about 6.07 km²	1.23% a year	Urban
26	PoblacionQuezon, Bukidnon	17,430	about 1,211	about 14.39 km²	0.49% a year	Urban
27	DamilagManolo Fortich, Bukidnon	16,675	about 1,009	about 16.52 km²	0.54% a year	Urban
28	PatagCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	16,349	about 5,561	about 2.94 km²	−2.20% a year	Urban
29	HinaplanonIligan City, Lanao del Norte	16,155	about 5,533	about 2.92 km²	1.12% a year	Urban
30	TipanoyIligan City, Lanao del Norte	15,388	about 1,353	about 11.37 km²	0.16% a year	Urban
31	Ubaldo LayaIligan City, Lanao del Norte	15,124	about 5,025	about 3.01 km²	2.53% a year	Urban
32	BarraOpol, Misamis Oriental	14,963	about 5,344	about 2.80 km²	0.23% a year	Urban
33	Santa CruzTagoloan, Misamis Oriental	14,909	about 2,158	about 6.91 km²	−1.71% a year	Urban
34	PuntodCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	14,738	about 10,452	about 1.41 km²	−5.64% a year	Urban
35	BatanganValencia City, Bukidnon	14,645	about 915	about 16.01 km²	0.61% a year	Urban
36	ButongQuezon, Bukidnon	14,630	about 269	about 54.48 km²	0.80% a year	Urban
37	DologonMaramag, Bukidnon	14,058	about 420	about 33.49 km²	0.40% a year	Urban
38	PagatpatCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	13,869	about 1,637	about 8.47 km²	1.55% a year	Urban
39	PoblacionImpasug-ong, Bukidnon	13,623	about 504	about 27.02 km²	1.71% a year	Urban
40	PuertoCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	13,553	about 1,476	about 9.18 km²	0.68% a year	Urban
41	South PoblacionMaramag, Bukidnon	13,429	about 1,346	about 9.98 km²	0.43% a year	Urban
42	PoblacionPangantucan, Bukidnon	13,334	about 1,748	about 7.63 km²	1.13% a year	Urban
43	BagontaasValencia City, Bukidnon	13,238	about 1,494	about 8.86 km²	0.86% a year	Urban
44	MoluganEl Salvador City, Misamis Oriental	13,081	about 3,129	about 4.18 km²	0.44% a year	Urban
45	North PoblacionMaramag, Bukidnon	12,839	about 1,536	about 8.36 km²	−2.64% a year	Urban
46	BayabasCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	12,836	about 6,386	about 2.01 km²	−2.05% a year	Urban
47	NazarethCagayan De Oro City, Misamis Oriental	12,654	about 18,051	about 0.701 km²	15.37% a year	Urban
48	KisolonSumilao, Bukidnon	12,420	about 600	about 20.70 km²	0.22% a year	Urban
49	AlaeManolo Fortich, Bukidnon	12,279	about 726	about 16.91 km²	0.73% a year	Urban
50	PoblacionKapatagan, Lanao del Norte	12,057	about 3,756	about 3.21 km²	1.00% a year	Urban

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 : Region X (Northern Mindanao) (OpenSTAT table 0101A6DTPH9). Published August 5, 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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