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Densest barangays in Dinagat Islands

Aurelio (San Jose, Dinagat Islands) is the most crowded of the 100 barangays in Dinagat Islands: about 16,476 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Below are all 100 barangays, 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 barangays in Dinagat Islands, top 100
Rank	Name	City or municipality	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Aurelio	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	3,460	3,523	−1.8%	about 16,476
2	San Jose	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	3,373	4,226	−20.2%	about 12,539
3	Mauswagon	Dinagat, Dinagat Islands	402	396	+1.5%	about 12,523
4	Mahayahay	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	2,413	2,343	+3.0%	about 12,126
5	Jacquez	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	969	1,244	−22.1%	about 10,309
6	Escolta	Dinagat, Dinagat Islands	932	876	+6.4%	about 8,396
7	San Juan	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	2,017	2,104	−4.1%	about 6,075
8	Justiniana Edera	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	1,279	1,229	+4.1%	about 3,644
9	Cab-ilan	Dinagat, Dinagat Islands	1,145	1,221	−6.2%	about 3,253
10	Santa Cruz	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	3,138	2,832	+10.8%	about 2,510
11	Don Ruben Ecleo	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	2,794	2,599	+7.5%	about 1,768
12	White Beach	Dinagat, Dinagat Islands	1,019	971	+4.9%	about 1,760
13	Luna	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	2,077	1,829	+13.6%	about 1,623
14	Doña Helene	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,957	2,466	−20.6%	about 1,216
15	R. Ecleo, Sr.	Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands	1,976	1,771	+11.6%	about 1,162
16	Ferdinand	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,574	1,952	−19.4%	about 1,086
17	Santa Monica	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	527	695	−24.2%	about 1,082
18	Roxas	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	594	1,300	−54.3%	about 1,024
19	Matingbe	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	1,192	1,087	+9.7%	about 839
20	San Vicente	Tubajon, Dinagat Islands	1,021	899	+13.6%	about 798
21	New Mabuhay	Dinagat, Dinagat Islands	1,577	1,566	+0.7%	about 777
22	Sering	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	2,247	3,184	−29.4%	about 747
23	Cortes	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,141	1,465	−22.1%	about 746
24	Catadman	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	705	934	−24.5%	about 743
25	Carmen	Loreto, Dinagat Islands	1,315	1,203	+9.3%	about 692
26	Kanihaan	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	220	180	+22.2%	about 655
27	Magsaysay	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	591	559	+5.7%	about 645
28	Sombrado	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	591	732	−19.3%	about 585
29	San Roque	Tubajon, Dinagat Islands	550	486	+13.2%	about 585
30	Villa Pantinople	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	521	665	−21.7%	about 562
31	Ma-atas	Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands	952	943	+1.0%	about 550
32	Santa Cruz	Loreto, Dinagat Islands	759	798	−4.9%	about 542
33	Imee	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	421	495	−15.0%	about 526
34	Tag-abaca	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	2,687	3,324	−19.2%	about 487
35	Laguna	Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands	777	754	+3.1%	about 480
36	Wilson	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	1,788	1,560	+14.6%	about 453
37	Diegas	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,141	1,252	−8.9%	about 444
38	Poblacion	Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands	3,743	3,537	+5.8%	about 427
39	Albor	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	1,598	1,661	−3.8%	about 424
40	Plaridel	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	1,562	1,573	−0.7%	about 417
41	New Nazareth	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	940	1,200	−21.7%	about 416
42	San Juan	Loreto, Dinagat Islands	1,602	1,580	+1.4%	about 398
43	Santo Niño	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,280	1,542	−17.0%	about 395
44	Edera	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	876	1,129	−22.4%	about 378
45	Poblacion	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	354	514	−31.1%	about 375
46	Bagumbayan	Dinagat, Dinagat Islands	1,052	1,041	+1.1%	about 360
47	Santa Rita	Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands	533	530	+0.6%	about 298
48	Justiniana Edera	Dinagat, Dinagat Islands	688	680	+1.2%	about 264
49	Osmeña	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	393	389	+1.0%	about 259
50	Cabayawan	Dinagat, Dinagat Islands	553	589	−6.1%	about 238
51	Quezon	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	582	540	+7.8%	about 233
52	Garcia	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	1,590	1,656	−4.0%	about 231
53	Roxas	Tubajon, Dinagat Islands	483	425	+13.7%	about 228
54	Santo Niño	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	911	907	+0.4%	about 225
55	Wadas	Dinagat, Dinagat Islands	1,098	1,083	+1.4%	about 220
56	Gomez	Dinagat, Dinagat Islands	776	743	+4.4%	about 207
57	Columbus	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	344	434	−20.7%	about 200
58	Geotina	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	894	1,308	−31.7%	about 199
59	Cabunga-an	Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands	1,329	1,260	+5.5%	about 194
60	Magsaysay	Dinagat, Dinagat Islands	899	789	+13.9%	about 192
61	Coring	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	384	488	−21.3%	about 191
62	Rita Glenda	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,294	2,071	−37.5%	about 191
63	Valencia	Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands	2,382	2,253	+5.7%	about 186
64	Liberty	Loreto, Dinagat Islands	694	730	−4.9%	about 186
65	Navarro	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,302	1,737	−25.0%	about 184
66	Cayetano	Dinagat, Dinagat Islands	679	666	+2.0%	about 180
67	Mabini	Tubajon, Dinagat Islands	1,336	1,174	+13.8%	about 172
68	San Jose	Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands	384	402	−4.5%	about 170
69	San Jose	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	1,690	1,736	−2.7%	about 170
70	Helene	Loreto, Dinagat Islands	359	295	+21.7%	about 145
71	Melgar	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,081	1,470	−26.5%	about 135
72	Puerto Princesa	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	1,793	2,120	−15.4%	about 125
73	Benglen	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	513	780	−34.2%	about 122
74	Villa Ecleo	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	955	1,121	−14.8%	about 113
75	Santa Cruz	Tubajon, Dinagat Islands	1,644	1,569	+4.8%	about 112
76	Rosita	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	967	966	+0.1%	about 111
77	Cuarinta	San Jose, Dinagat Islands	2,235	1,799	+24.2%	about 104
78	San Antonio	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	2,807	2,789	+0.7%	about 96
79	Legaspi	Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands	1,065	1,029	+3.5%	about 92
80	Malinao	Tubajon, Dinagat Islands	1,780	1,707	+4.3%	about 87
81	Mabini	Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands	956	1,016	−5.9%	about 85
82	Roma	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	473	1,184	−60.1%	about 82
83	Montag	Basilisa, Dinagat Islands	649	1,349	−51.9%	about 81
84	Magsaysay	Loreto, Dinagat Islands	363	324	+12.0%	about 78
85	Diaz	Tubajon, Dinagat Islands	809	736	+9.9%	about 78
86	Tigbao	Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands	1,192	1,254	−4.9%	about 69
87	Nueva Estrella	Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands	796	844	−5.7%	about 65
88	Llamera	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	1,045	1,060	−1.4%	about 58
89	Imelda	Tubajon, Dinagat Islands	791	660	+19.9%	about 57
90	General Aguinaldo	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	2,193	2,128	+3.1%	about 49
91	Doña Helen	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	371	361	+2.8%	about 46
92	Ferdinand	Loreto, Dinagat Islands	278	242	+14.9%	about 46
93	Panamaon	Loreto, Dinagat Islands	1,432	1,423	+0.6%	about 45
94	Bayanihan	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	1,034	911	+13.5%	about 37
95	Arellano	Libjo, Dinagat Islands	603	635	−5.0%	about 35
96	Navarro	Tubajon, Dinagat Islands	550	463	+18.8%	about 31
97	Esperanza	Loreto, Dinagat Islands	1,377	1,388	−0.8%	about 30
98	Boa	Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands	1,085	1,040	+4.3%	about 25
99	Santiago	Loreto, Dinagat Islands	1,761	1,707	+3.2%	about 25
100	Del Pilar	Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands	1,509	1,717	−12.1%	about 23

Density is a place's 2024 people divided by its land area. A barangay has no official area: Scene measures the area inside its border on UN OCHA's map, so its density is approximate. A barangay with no mapped border is not ranked.

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. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024 : Region XIII (Caraga) (OpenSTAT table 0131A6DTHP2). Published August 3, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
2.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
3.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
4.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

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

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