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Malita

Malita is a municipality in Davao Occidental, Davao Region, Philippines. Its population was 118,438 in the 2024 census, and it has 30 barangays.

  • Population: 2024 Census
  • Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
  • Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
  • Page updated: October 9, 2026
Colour byColours the map of Malita by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
AlabelDon MarcelinoMalapatanMalungonSanta MariaBito: 1,639 people, 91 per km², −3.31% a yearBolila: 1,923 people, 144 per km², −0.58% a yearBuhangin: 4,035 people, 231 per km², −3.28% a yearCulaman: 2,114 people, 190 per km², 1.56% a yearDatu Danwata: 5,582 people, 263 per km², −1.69% a yearDemoloc: 6,053 people, 149 per km², −0.40% a yearFelis: 3,425 people, 763 per km², 4.17% a yearFishing Village: 3,325 people, 827 per km², −1.96% a yearKibalatong: 1,316 people, 164 per km², 0.80% a yearKidalapong: 2,629 people, 338 per km², 1.10% a yearKilalag: 3,072 people, 179 per km², −1.68% a yearKinangan: 3,237 people, 111 per km², 2.70% a yearLacaron: 4,419 people, 423 per km², 1.35% a yearLagumit: 5,259 people, 184 per km², −1.14% a yearLais: 1,810 people, 144 per km², −2.13% a yearLittle Baguio: 12,848 people, 102 per km², 1.25% a yearMacol: 1,243 people, 100 per km², −2.49% a yearMana: 4,142 people, 685 per km², −0.45% a yearManuel Peralta: 2,590 people, 62 per km², −0.51% a yearNew Argao: 1,602 people, 1,710 per km², −0.83% a yearPangian: 3,543 people, 126 per km², −0.71% a yearPinalpalan: 4,148 people, 121 per km², −0.79% a yearPoblacion: 20,289 people, 5,353 per km², 1.49% a yearSangay: 3,207 people, 143 per km², −0.93% a yearTalogoy: 2,322 people, 107 per km², −1.11% a yearTical: 1,065 people, 105 per km², −0.47% a yearTiculon: 2,563 people, 127 per km², −0.32% a yearTingolo: 2,193 people, 216 per km², 0.77% a yearTubalan: 4,588 people, 631 per km², 0.67% a yearPangaleon: 2,257 people, 108 per km², −0.02% a year

People · 2024 Census

  • Under 690
  • 690 to 1,100
  • 1,100 to 1,800
  • 1,800 to 3,100
  • 3,100 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Density · people per km², 2024

  • Under 160
  • 160 to 340
  • 340 to 700
  • 700 to 2,600
  • 2,600 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Growth a year · 2020–2024

  • Fell by more than 1% a year
  • Fell, by up to 1% a year
  • Grew, by under 1% a year
  • Grew by 1 to 2% a year
  • Grew by 2% a year or more

Each place's yearly change between the 2020 and 2024 censuses, on the same steps as every map in the Atlas.

Borders from UN OCHA (PSA and NAMRIA), a guide and not the legal boundary[3]Open in OpenStreetMap

  • PeopleSources

    118,438

    people counted in the 2024 censusCensusA 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

    Up 8.1% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    1st

    of the 5 cities and municipalities of Davao Occidental by population, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary

    About 37 of every 100 people in Davao Occidental lived in Malita in 2024 (37.29%)

  • Inside itSources

    30

    barangays

  • LandSources

    628.26 km²

    of land, 2019 masterlistLand 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.Explained by Scene: Malita's land would fill a square about 25.1 km on each side. That is only a way to picture its size: its real shape is on the map.More in the glossary

    Average density, 2024: 189 people per km²Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.Explained by Scene: About 2 people per hectare if everyone were spread evenly across the land. In fact people live closer together in towns and farther apart in the countryside.More in the glossary

  • HomesSources

    33,564

    households in 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary

    3.5 people in each, on average, in 2024

  • Town or countrySources

    47.8%

    About 48 of every 100 people lived in urban barangays in 2024Urban 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

PSGC codePSGC codeThe code the Philippine Statistics Authority gives every place, so each one is known exactly, even when two share a name.More in the glossary
1108603000[4]Formerly 118603000
ZIP code
8012[15, 16, 17]

People

Malita had 118,438 people in the 2024 census, up 8.1% from 2010.
People at each census since 1960

Counts from 2000 on are on today’s borders; earlier counts are as the place was then, so the line may step where a border moved.

Malita had the most people of the 5 cities and municipalities of Davao Occidental in 2024[1]
  1. 1Malita118,438
  2. 2Jose Abad Santos72,552
  3. 3Santa Maria58,886
  4. 4Don Marcelino45,681
  5. 5Sarangani22,041
All 5 cities and municipalities of Davao Occidental
In 2024, the 10 barangays with the most people held about 60 of every 100 of its people[2]
  1. Poblacion20,28917 in 100
  2. Little Baguio12,84811 in 100
  3. Demoloc6,0535 in 100
  4. Datu Danwata5,5825 in 100
  5. Lagumit5,2594 in 100
  6. Tubalan4,5884 in 100
  7. Lacaron4,4194 in 100
  8. Pinalpalan4,1484 in 100
  9. Mana4,1423 in 100
  10. Buhangin4,0353 in 100
See all 30 barangays of Malita
Age structure · 2020 Census[37]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 37 of every 100 are children under 15 (36.5%)
  • About 59 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (59.3%)
  • About 4 of every 100 are 65 or older (4.2%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
0 - 414,4597,4457,014
5 - 914,6937,3697,324
10 - 1413,9727,0806,892
15 - 1911,6675,8675,800
20 - 249,8764,9914,885
25 - 298,9624,6184,344
30 - 348,2024,3653,837
35 - 396,9223,7753,147
40 - 446,3683,3063,062
45 - 495,8023,0242,778
50 - 544,9502,5702,380
55 - 594,0462,1611,885
60 - 643,1841,5991,585
65 - 692,2301,1051,125
70 - 741,224550674
75 - 79636281355
80 years and over808324484

Every figure, census by census

People, 2024 CensusCensusA 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
118,438[1, 2]
Households, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary
33,564[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
3.5 on average[1, 2]
Share of Davao Occidental, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary
37.29%[1]
In urban barangays, 2024Urban 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
47.8% (56,564 people)[5]
Men and women, 2020
60,430 men, 57,571 women[37]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 2024118,438[1, 2]0.05% a year33,5643.5
2020as of May 1, 2020118,197[1]0.08% a year——
2015as of August 1, 2015117,746[1]1.38% a year——
2010as of May 1, 2010109,568[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then106,135[34]0.82% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders100,000[34, 35]3.95% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then83,457[34]0.15% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then82,786[34]3.16% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then60,638[34]−1.35% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then64,898[34]7.11% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then46,060[34]4.90% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then28,228[34]———

Barangays

Malita is made up of 30 barangays.
Barangays of Malita. Each column heading sorts the table.
[2, 3, 5, 6, 7]Share (2024)Urban or rural
Bito1,6391.38%−3.31% a yearabout 18.03 km²Rural
Bolila1,9231.62%−0.58% a yearabout 13.33 km²Rural
Buhangin4,0353.41%−3.28% a yearabout 17.49 km²Rural
Culaman2,1141.78%1.56% a yearabout 11.10 km²Urban
Datu Danwata5,5824.71%−1.69% a yearabout 21.22 km²Urban
Demoloc6,0535.11%−0.40% a yearabout 40.67 km²Urban
Felis3,4252.89%4.17% a yearabout 4.49 km²Rural
Fishing Village3,3252.81%−1.96% a yearabout 4.02 km²Rural
Kibalatong1,3161.11%0.80% a yearabout 8.04 km²Rural
Kidalapong2,6292.22%1.10% a yearabout 7.77 km²Rural
Kilalag3,0722.59%−1.68% a yearabout 17.14 km²Rural
Kinangan3,2372.73%2.70% a yearabout 29.04 km²Rural
Lacaron4,4193.73%1.35% a yearabout 10.44 km²Urban
Lagumit5,2594.44%−1.14% a yearabout 28.61 km²Urban
Lais1,8101.53%−2.13% a yearabout 12.58 km²Rural
Little Baguio12,84810.85%1.25% a yearabout 126.27 km²Urban
Macol1,2431.05%−2.49% a yearabout 12.47 km²Rural
Mana4,1423.5%−0.45% a yearabout 6.05 km²Rural
Manuel Peralta2,5902.19%−0.51% a yearabout 41.73 km²Rural
New Argao1,6021.35%−0.83% a yearabout 0.937 km²Rural
Pangaleon2,2571.91%−0.02% a yearabout 20.84 km²Rural
Pangian3,5432.99%−0.71% a yearabout 28.23 km²Rural
Pinalpalan4,1483.5%−0.79% a yearabout 34.26 km²Rural
Poblacion20,28917.13%1.49% a yearabout 3.79 km²Urban
Sangay3,2072.71%−0.93% a yearabout 22.35 km²Rural
Talogoy2,3221.96%−1.11% a yearabout 21.68 km²Rural
Tical1,0650.9%−0.47% a yearabout 10.14 km²Rural
Ticulon2,5632.16%−0.32% a yearabout 20.20 km²Rural
Tingolo2,1931.85%0.77% a yearabout 10.16 km²Rural
Tubalan4,5883.87%0.67% a yearabout 7.27 km²Rural

Areas are approximate: each is measured inside the barangay's border on UN OCHA's map, which is a guide, not the legal boundary.

Land & Environment

Malita covers 628.26 km² of land, 189 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 1,614 m above the sea and it has 33.2 km of coast.
Land areaLand 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
628.26 km²[6]As listed in the 2019 Masterlist of Land Areas (LMB, DENR)
Average density, 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary
189 people per km²[6]
Coordinates
6.35542° N, 125.53797° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[30]
Lowest
0 m
Average
523 m
Highest
1,614 m

Heights from the Copernicus DEM, a 30 m model of the surface: it reads the tops of trees and roofs, not the bare ground, over the land inside the border, the sea left out. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Water, coast and peaks

33.2 km of coastline[31]

Rivers[31]

  1. Malita River29.4 km
  2. Lais River20.9 of 21.0 km
  3. Domolok River18.2 of 75.9 km
  4. Lun Padidu River15.0 of 58.2 km
  5. Pangian River12.3 km
  6. Maribulan River5.7 of 60.1 km
  7. Kinangan River5.2 km

Peaks[31]

  1. Mount Latian1,600 m
  2. Mount Tabacanon652 m
  3. Mount Taginusa610 m
  4. Mount Tala540 m
  5. Mount Silangan520 m
  6. Mount Tungco508 m

The highest: 14 in all.

Named rivers, lakes and peaks as OpenStreetMap mapped them on 30 September 2026, and the coast within 150 m of the border. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Climate

Climate typeClimate typePAGASA sorts the country's climate into four types by when the rain falls. Type I has a dry season from November to April and a wet one for the rest of the year; Type II has no dry season, with the most rain from December to February; Type III has a short dry season; Type IV has rain spread through the year.More in the glossary

Type IV[32]

Rain spread fairly evenly through the year, with no dry season.

Covers about 93 of every 100 parts of its land. Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

At General Santos, the nearest PAGASA station, 58 km away[33]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 958 mm of rain on 106 days a year; 27.9 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at General Santos, 1991 to 2020, by month
MonthRainRainy daysAverageHighLow
January97 mm927.5 °C32.3 °C22.6 °C
February53 mm727.9 °C32.9 °C22.8 °C
March55 mm628.5 °C34.0 °C23.0 °C
April54 mm628.9 °C34.3 °C23.5 °C
May72 mm828.5 °C33.5 °C23.6 °C
June102 mm1227.7 °C32.2 °C23.1 °C
July98 mm1127.2 °C31.7 °C22.8 °C
August91 mm1127.3 °C31.7 °C22.8 °C
September83 mm1027.5 °C32.2 °C22.8 °C
October100 mm1027.7 °C32.6 °C22.8 °C
November78 mm827.9 °C32.8 °C23.0 °C
December75 mm827.8 °C32.6 °C23.0 °C
The year958 mm10627.9 °C32.7 °C23.0 °C

A station's figures describe the place around it only roughly: inland and in the hills it may be cooler and wetter. The station stands 132 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

About 36 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2021.
Poverty, 2021Poverty incidenceHow many of every 100 people live in families whose income is below the poverty line: what a person needs in a year for food and other basic needs, as the PSA sets it for each province. It is an estimate, from a survey or, for a town, a statistical model, so the PSA gives a range it is likely to fall in.More in the glossary
35.7% of people[20]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's estimate for every town.
Income classIncome classThe Department of Finance sorts provinces, cities and municipalities into classes by their average yearly income over recent years: 1st class has the most. It measures the local government's income, not how well off its people are.More in the glossary
1st class[4]
About 36 of every 100 people in Malita lived below the poverty line in 2021 (35.7%)[20]

The PSA's model for every town puts it between 33.4% and 37.9%, with 90% confidence.

Public places

  • 15government offices
  • 4hospitals and health centres
  • 62schools
  • 11places of worship
  • 1market
  • 2stations and terminals
  • 1park

Counted from OpenStreetMap[3, 8]. Schools, places of worship, barangay halls and places known only by a common name, such as a chapel, are listed on each barangay's page.

Where a kind has more than 8, this page shows 6: first those with “Malita” in their name, then one in each of its most populous barangays.

Government offices12

6 more government offices are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See the 30 barangays of Malita

Hospitals and health centres4

Markets1

Stations and terminals2

Parks1

As OpenStreetMap maps them on September 30, 2026. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads Malita. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Bayan (the municipal council), led by the vice mayor. The mayor, the vice mayor and the council's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.[13, 14]

Capital of
Davao Occidental[4]
Legislative districtLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary
Lone district of Davao Occidental[18, 19]

Leaders

The mayor and vice mayor elected at each election since 2001, as COMELEC's lists of the elected name them, and those in office now, as the DILG's directory lists them.

  1. 2025–2028In office as of February 2026

    Mayor
    Benjamin Peralta Bautista Jr.[21]
    Vice mayor
    Bradly Llido Bautista[21]

  2. 2022–2025

    Mayor
    Bradly Llido Bautista[22]
    Vice mayor
    Estefanie Bautista Dumama[22]

  3. 2019–2022

    Mayor
    Bradly Llido Bautista[23]
    Vice mayor
    Estefanie Bautista Dumama[23]

  4. 2016–2019

    Mayor
    Bradly Llido Bautista[24]
    Vice mayor
    Benjamin Peralta Bautista Jr.[24]

  5. 2013–2016

    Mayor
    Benjamin Peralta Bautista Jr.[25]
    Vice mayor
    Bradly Llido Bautista[25]

  6. 2010–2013

    Mayor
    Benjamin Peralta Bautista[26]
    Vice mayor
    Bradly Llido Bautista[26]

  7. 2007–2010

    Mayor
    Benjamin Peralta Bautista Jr.[27]
    Vice mayor
    Allan Guzman Colina[27]

  8. 2004–2007

    Mayor
    Franklin Bautista[28]
    Vice mayor
    Allan Colina[28]

  9. 2001–2004

    Mayor
    Franklin P. Bautista[29]
    Vice mayor
    Allan G. Colina[29]
Mayors and vice mayors of Malita, by term
TermMayorVice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Benjamin Peralta Bautista Jr.[21]Bradly Llido Bautista[21]
2022–2025Bradly Llido Bautista[22]Estefanie Bautista Dumama[22]
2019–2022Bradly Llido Bautista[23]Estefanie Bautista Dumama[23]
2016–2019Bradly Llido Bautista[24]Benjamin Peralta Bautista Jr.[24]
2013–2016Benjamin Peralta Bautista Jr.[25]Bradly Llido Bautista[25]
2010–2013Benjamin Peralta Bautista[26]Bradly Llido Bautista[26]
2007–2010Benjamin Peralta Bautista Jr.[27]Allan Guzman Colina[27]
2004–2007Franklin Bautista[28]Allan Colina[28]
2001–2004Franklin P. Bautista[29]Allan G. Colina[29]

History & Identity

How it got its name

Local traditionThe town's own history says the name comes from the Spanish word maleta, a suitcase, shouted by a settler named Don Mariano Peralta when the river current swept his suitcase away; natives took the cry to be the name of the land.[10]

Its story

The town says Malita existed as a barrio long before it was made a municipality, and Act No. 164 of the Moro Province, dated December 10, 1904, mentions it.[10]

In 1909 a U.S. Marine officer and his troops set up the first recorded government settlement on the south bank of the river in present Poblacion.[10]

Mariano Peralta arrived in 1912, followed by immigrants from the Visayas, mostly Cebu, and from Luzon.[10]

From 1906 to 1937 the local chief executive was called president and was appointed; from 1937 the title became mayor.[10]

Republic Act No. 10360 of 2013 made Malita the capital of the new province of Davao Occidental.[11]

Timeline

  1. December 10, 1904

    Act No. 164 of the Moro Province mentions Malita.[10]

  2. 1909

    First recorded settlement of government on the river bank.[10]

  3. November 13, 1936

    Executive Order No. 64 signed organizing Malita into a municipality.[12]

  4. November 17, 1936

    Sources differThe town's own history page gives November 17, 1936 as its formal creation as a municipality, while the executive order is dated November 13, 1936.[10]

  5. January 14, 2013

    Republic Act No. 10360 approved, creating Davao Occidental with Malita as capital.[11]

Changes since 1977

As the Philippine Statistics Authority recorded them in its list of places.

  1. July to September 2013

    Moved from Davao del Sur, by RA 10360.[36]

Nearby

Malita shares a border with 5 places.

How it compares

Malita beside Davao Occidental, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of Davao Occidental.

Malita beside Davao Occidental
FigureMalitaDavao OccidentalRank among the cities and municipalities of Davao Occidental
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 glossary118,438[1, 2]317,5981st of 5
Growth a year, 2020–2024Growth 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 glossary0.05% a year[1, 2]faster0.03% a year3rd of 5
People per km², 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary189[6]more crowded1553rd of 5
Land areaLand 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 glossary628.26 km²[6]2,051.08 km²2nd of 5
People in each household, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary3.5[1, 2]lower3.6not ranked
In urban barangays, 2024Urban 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 glossary47.8%[5]higher32.9%not ranked

How far, in a straight line[3]

Manila
1,042.8 km northwest

In a straight line between the points inside each place farthest from its edges, not by road.

The nearest towns and cities[3]

  1. Santa MariaDavao Occidental15.6 km northwest
  2. MalungonSarangani23.3 km west
  3. Don MarcelinoDavao Occidental24.9 km southeast
  4. MalalagDavao del Sur27.9 km northwest
  5. AlabelSarangani29.9 km southwest
  6. PadadaDavao del Sur37.0 km northwest

Sources

Page updated October 9, 2026. Sources checked by Scene October 8, 2026.
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  25. 25.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 13, 2013 National and Local Elections. Published January 12, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
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Scene.ph. “Malita, Davao Occidental.” Scene Atlas. Updated October 9, 2026. https://scene.ph/atlas/davao-occidental/malita