Ranking

Densest cities and municipalities in Cagayan Valley

Tuguegarao City (Cagayan) is the most crowded of the 93 cities and municipalities in Cagayan Valley: 1,468 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2]}

Below are all 93 cities and municipalities, ordered by people for every km² of land, each with its 2020 count and its change since.

People are counted as of July 1, 2024 (the 2024 Census of Population) and May 1, 2020 (the 2020 Census of Population and Housing), both by the Philippine Statistics Authority.

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Densest cities and municipalities in Cagayan Valley, top 93
Rank	Name	Province or region	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Tuguegarao City	Cagayan	167,297	166,334	+0.6%	1,468
2	Santiago City	Isabela	150,313	148,580	+1.2%	907
3	Solano	Nueva Vizcaya	69,296	65,287	+6.1%	684
4	Alicia	Isabela	74,699	73,874	+1.1%	541
5	Aurora	Isabela	37,191	36,621	+1.6%	509
6	Cabatuan	Isabela	40,223	39,990	+0.6%	507
7	Reina Mercedes	Isabela	28,222	27,900	+1.2%	494
8	Roxas	Isabela	66,593	65,839	+1.2%	488
9	Luna	Isabela	21,015	20,697	+1.5%	468
10	Burgos	Isabela	26,729	26,040	+2.7%	463
11	Solana	Cagayan	89,840	88,445	+1.6%	447
12	Bayombong	Nueva Vizcaya	72,890	67,714	+7.6%	446
13	San Isidro	Isabela	27,326	27,044	+1.0%	432
14	Cauayan City	Isabela	143,539	143,403	+0.1%	427
15	Saguday	Quirino	17,863	17,137	+4.2%	346
16	Santo Tomas	Isabela	25,997	24,528	+6.0%	319
17	Ramon	Isabela	57,412	56,523	+1.6%	309
18	Tuao	Cagayan	66,147	63,970	+3.4%	293
19	Gamu	Isabela	30,850	30,655	+0.6%	291
20	Basco	Batanes	9,647	9,517	+1.4%	287
21	Iguig	Cagayan	31,342	30,060	+4.3%	287
22	Ballesteros	Cagayan	34,562	34,488	+0.2%	284
23	Villaverde	Nueva Vizcaya	21,001	20,118	+4.4%	282
24	San Manuel	Isabela	34,740	34,085	+1.9%	279
25	San Mateo	Isabela	67,433	66,663	+1.2%	279
26	Mallig	Isabela	32,509	32,208	+0.9%	273
27	Aparri	Cagayan	68,368	68,839	−0.7%	258
28	Camalaniugan	Cagayan	25,629	25,236	+1.6%	256
29	Alcala	Cagayan	41,468	41,295	+0.4%	245
30	Angadanan	Isabela	45,970	44,977	+2.2%	226
31	Ilagan City	Isabela	164,020	158,218	+3.7%	221
32	Enrile	Cagayan	36,481	36,705	−0.6%	219
33	Abulug	Cagayan	35,347	34,579	+2.2%	217
34	Claveria	Cagayan	32,997	31,900	+3.4%	211
35	Bagabag	Nueva Vizcaya	39,138	37,985	+3.0%	211
36	Santa Maria	Isabela	25,919	25,758	+0.6%	208
37	Naguilian	Isabela	34,520	33,788	+2.2%	203
38	Buguey	Cagayan	32,351	32,148	+0.6%	202
39	Quirino	Isabela	25,205	25,023	+0.7%	200
40	Cordon	Isabela	46,688	46,477	+0.5%	199
41	Amulung	Cagayan	50,903	50,336	+1.1%	192
42	Lasam	Cagayan	42,042	41,225	+2.0%	191
43	Diffun	Quirino	58,254	56,102	+3.8%	180
44	Bambang	Nueva Vizcaya	60,146	55,789	+7.8%	174
45	Tumauini	Isabela	77,153	70,743	+9.1%	164
46	Delfin Albano	Isabela	30,860	29,928	+3.1%	163
47	Benito Soliven	Isabela	30,682	29,752	+3.1%	155
48	Cabarroguis	Quirino	34,720	33,533	+3.5%	145
49	Echague	Isabela	91,320	88,410	+3.3%	141
50	Piat	Cagayan	25,436	24,805	+2.5%	139
51	Mahatao	Batanes	1,745	1,703	+2.5%	135
52	Quezon	Isabela	28,376	27,037	+5.0%	135
53	Aritao	Nueva Vizcaya	45,000	42,197	+6.6%	135
54	Cabagan	Isabela	55,445	53,897	+2.9%	134
55	Pamplona	Cagayan	25,182	24,781	+1.6%	120
56	Sanchez Mira	Cagayan	26,292	26,164	+0.5%	120
57	Allacapan	Cagayan	35,946	35,234	+2.0%	117
58	Ivana	Batanes	1,368	1,407	−2.8%	116
59	Santa Teresita	Cagayan	19,476	19,573	−0.5%	116
60	Aglipay	Quirino	31,596	30,714	+2.9%	107
61	Ambaguio	Nueva Vizcaya	16,401	15,472	+6.0%	102
62	Quezon	Nueva Vizcaya	25,306	24,055	+5.2%	95
63	Baggao	Cagayan	90,723	87,753	+3.4%	91
64	Uyugan	Batanes	1,466	1,380	+6.2%	90
65	Diadi	Nueva Vizcaya	20,438	19,236	+6.3%	90
66	Dupax del Norte	Nueva Vizcaya	35,509	33,295	+6.7%	88
67	Gattaran	Cagayan	59,704	58,874	+1.4%	84
68	Santa Ana	Cagayan	34,595	35,688	−3.1%	78
69	Gonzaga	Cagayan	41,994	41,680	+0.8%	73
70	San Agustin	Isabela	22,228	22,096	+0.6%	73
71	Santo Niño	Cagayan	29,066	28,537	+1.9%	69
72	Jones	Isabela	46,160	45,628	+1.2%	69
73	Lal-Lo	Cagayan	48,404	48,733	−0.7%	68
74	Kasibu	Nueva Vizcaya	46,845	41,776	+12.1%	65
75	Maddela	Quirino	41,867	40,943	+2.3%	63
76	Rizal	Cagayan	19,577	19,077	+2.6%	59
77	Santa Praxedes	Cagayan	4,643	4,434	+4.7%	51
78	Dupax del Sur	Nueva Vizcaya	22,388	21,224	+5.5%	49
79	San Guillermo	Isabela	21,043	20,915	+0.6%	46
80	Sabtang	Batanes	1,774	1,696	+4.6%	44
81	San Mariano	Isabela	61,876	60,124	+2.9%	42
82	Santa Fe	Nueva Vizcaya	18,950	18,276	+3.7%	42
83	Peñablanca	Cagayan	50,856	50,300	+1.1%	41
84	San Pablo	Isabela	26,462	26,320	+0.5%	41
85	Kayapa	Nueva Vizcaya	27,865	26,469	+5.3%	38
86	Calayan	Cagayan	18,008	17,410	+3.4%	35
87	Itbayat	Batanes	2,937	3,128	−6.1%	32
88	Palanan	Isabela	18,091	17,684	+2.3%	21
89	Nagtipunan	Quirino	26,541	25,399	+4.5%	17
90	Alfonso Castaneda	Nueva Vizcaya	8,933	8,539	+4.6%	11
91	Maconacon	Isabela	4,252	3,977	+6.9%	8
92	Divilacan	Isabela	5,871	5,827	+0.8%	7
93	Dinapigue	Isabela	6,116	5,821	+5.1%	6

Density is a place's 2024 people divided by its land area. Areas are the Land Management Bureau's 2019 masterlist.

Sources

Every count here is the PSA's own, for the place as the PSA names it today. The change and the order are Scene's arithmetic on those counts. How Scene works out the rest.

1.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
2.Philippine Statistics Authority, from the Land Management Bureau (DENR). Population, Land Area, Population Density, and Percent Change in Population Density by Region, Province/Highly Urbanized City, and City/Municipality: 2015, 2020, and 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0221A6DLPD0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source

Scene works out the rest from these sources: growth rates, shares, areas, densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances. How.

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