Highly urbanized city

Iligan City

Iligan City is a highly urbanized city in Lanao del Norte, Northern Mindanao, Philippines. Its population was 368,132 in the 2024 census, and it has 44 barangays.

Population: 2024 Census
Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
Page updated: October 9, 2026

PlacesPeopleDensityGrowth

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
368,132
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 14% from 2010 to 2024
Rank by peopleSources
1st
of the 23 cities and municipalities of Lanao del Norte 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
Inside itSources
44
barangays
LandSources
621.70 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: Iligan City's land would fill a square about 24.9 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: 592 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 6 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
96,329
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
3.8 people in each, on average, in 2024
Town or countrySources
91.4%
About 91 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: 1030900000^[5]Formerly 103504000
ZIP code: 9200^{[22, 23, 24]}

People

Iligan City had 368,132 people in the 2024 census, up 14% from 2010.

People at each census since 1970

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.

Iligan City had the most people of the 23 cities and municipalities of Lanao del Norte in 2024^[1]

1Iligan City368,132
2Lala75,015
3Baloi74,003
4Kapatagan72,762
5Sultan Naga Dimaporo65,656
6Tubod50,395
7Munai36,449

All 23 cities and municipalities of Lanao del Norte

In 2024, the 10 barangays with the most people held about 48 of every 100 of its people^[2]

Tubod31,8139 in 100
Dalipuga21,2006 in 100
Suarez19,1845 in 100
Tambacan17,7965 in 100
Buru-un17,7145 in 100
Hinaplanon16,1554 in 100
Tipanoy15,3884 in 100
Ubaldo Laya15,1244 in 100
Maria Cristina11,4583 in 100
Luinab11,3593 in 100

See all 44 barangays of Iligan City

Corrected by Scene from the PSA's men and women counts. The PSA's age table prints a both-sexes count for 80 - 84 (3,115 printed against 1,891 men and women) and 85 and over (2,676 printed against 1,224 men and women) that is not the sum of its men and women, although its men and women columns add up exactly to the Iligan City totals. Scene shows the sum of the two for these groups and keeps the printed values.^[4]

Age structure · 2024 Census^[4]People living in households, by age and sex

About 27 of every 100 are children under 15 (27.2%)
About 66 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (66.2%)
About 7 of every 100 are 65 or older (6.6%)

MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
Age	People	Men	Women
Under 5	30,531	15,756	14,775
5 - 9	33,927	17,674	16,253
10 - 14	35,694	18,595	17,099
15 - 19	35,759	18,126	17,633
20 - 24	33,881	16,824	17,057
25 - 29	31,316	15,525	15,791
30 - 34	29,222	14,887	14,335
35 - 39	23,786	12,010	11,776
40 - 44	21,996	11,203	10,793
45 - 49	19,332	9,578	9,754
50 - 54	18,055	8,813	9,242
55 - 59	15,524	7,367	8,157
60 - 64	14,400	6,868	7,532
65 - 69	10,592	5,037	5,555
70 - 74	6,881	3,107	3,774
75 - 79	3,545	1,440	2,105
80 - 84	1,891Corrected by Scene · the PSA prints 3,115	711	1,180
85 and over	1,224Corrected by Scene · the PSA prints 2,676	382	842

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: 368,132^{[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: 96,329^{[1, 2]}
People in each household, 2024: 3.8 on average^{[1, 2]}
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: 91.4% (336,454 people)^[6]
Men and women, 2024: 183,903 men, 183,653 women^[4]People living in households

Population at each census, with its source
Census	Population	Growth since the census before	Households	People per household
2024as of July 1, 2024	368,132^{[1, 2]}	0.33% a year	96,329	3.8
2020as of May 1, 2020	363,115^[1]	1.23% a year	—	—
2015as of August 1, 2015	342,618^[1]	1.14% a year	—	—
2010as of May 1, 2010	322,821^[1]	—	—	—
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then	308,046^[44]	1.07% a year	—	—
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders	285,061^{[44, 45]}	0.93% a year	—	—
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then	273,004^[44]	3.55% a year	—	—
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then	226,568^[44]	3.07% a year	—	—
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then	167,358^[44]	7.09% a year	—	—
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then	118,778^[44]	2.60% a year	—	—
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then	104,493^[44]	—	—	—

Barangays

Iligan City is made up of 44 barangays.

Barangays of Iligan City. Each column heading sorts the table.
	^{[2, 3, 6, 7, 8]}	Share (2024)			Urban or rural
Abuno	6,506	1.77%	2.62% a year	about 7.37 km²	Urban
Acmac-Mariano Badelles Sr.	6,986	1.9%	0.45% a year	about 1.05 km²	Urban
Bagong Silang	6,808	1.85%	2.65% a year	about 0.417 km²	Urban
Bonbonon	2,701	0.73%	3.07% a year	about 7.24 km²	Rural
Bunawan	2,093	0.57%	0.80% a year	about 13.24 km²	Rural
Buru-un	17,714	4.81%	1.23% a year	about 6.07 km²	Urban
Dalipuga	21,200	5.76%	−0.30% a year	about 15.94 km²	Urban
Del Carmen	9,631	2.62%	−0.08% a year	about 1.86 km²	Urban
Digkilaan	6,089	1.65%	1.32% a year	about 34.38 km²	Urban
Ditucalan	4,303	1.17%	1.53% a year	about 5.13 km²	Rural
Dulag	1,234	0.34%	0.98% a year	about 14.21 km²	Rural
Hinaplanon	16,155	4.39%	1.12% a year	about 2.92 km²	Urban
Hindang	990	0.27%	0.92% a year	about 10.34 km²	Rural
Kabacsanan	2,267	0.62%	−0.98% a year	about 11.87 km²	Rural
Kalilangan	2,042	0.55%	4.23% a year	about 30.55 km²	Rural
Kiwalan	7,742	2.1%	0.10% a year	about 7.68 km²	Urban
Lanipao	2,924	0.79%	0.27% a year	about 8.26 km²	Rural
Luinab	11,359	3.09%	0.54% a year	about 2.72 km²	Urban
Mahayahay	8,092	2.2%	0.38% a year	about 0.495 km²	Urban
Mainit	2,798	0.76%	0.86% a year	about 24.46 km²	Rural
Mandulog	4,612	1.25%	1.79% a year	about 11.60 km²	Rural
Maria Cristina	11,458	3.11%	−0.73% a year	about 4.96 km²	Urban
Palao	10,832	2.94%	0.12% a year	about 1.94 km²	Urban
Panoroganan	1,822	0.49%	3.38% a year	about 42.90 km²	Rural
Poblacion	3,615	0.98%	0.01% a year	about 0.358 km²	Urban
Puga-an	7,151	1.94%	−1.31% a year	about 26.57 km²	Urban
Rogongon	7,699	2.09%	0.34% a year	about 195.51 km²	Urban
San Miguel	3,722	1.01%	−0.50% a year	about 0.506 km²	Urban
San Roque	5,321	1.45%	0.13% a year	about 1.83 km²	Urban
Santa Elena	11,000	2.99%	0.51% a year	about 3.60 km²	Urban
Santa Filomena	7,016	1.91%	0.04% a year	about 1.97 km²	Urban
Santiago	9,063	2.46%	−0.39% a year	about 0.99 km²	Urban
Santo Rosario	2,029	0.55%	2.39% a year	about 0.314 km²	Urban
Saray	9,347	2.54%	−0.10% a year	about 0.553 km²	Urban
Suarez	19,184	5.21%	0.68% a year	about 5.76 km²	Urban
Tambacan	17,796	4.83%	−1.88% a year	about 0.552 km²	Urban
Tibanga	8,003	2.17%	−0.26% a year	about 0.531 km²	Urban
Tipanoy	15,388	4.18%	0.16% a year	about 11.37 km²	Urban
Tomas L. Cabili	10,225	2.78%	1.33% a year	about 2.21 km²	Urban
Tubod	31,813	8.64%	−1.05% a year	about 3.51 km²	Urban
Ubaldo Laya	15,124	4.11%	2.53% a year	about 3.01 km²	Urban
Upper Hinaplanon	6,627	1.8%	0.28% a year	about 1.50 km²	Urban
Upper Tominobo	3,892	1.06%	1.21% a year	about 7.02 km²	Rural
Villa Verde	5,759	1.56%	1.05% a year	about 0.35 km²	Urban

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

Iligan City covers 621.70 km² of land, 592 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 1,157 m above the sea and it has 30.1 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: 621.70 km²^[7]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: 592 people per km²^[7]
Coordinates: 8.23257° N, 124.42391° E^[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.

Height above the sea^[40]

Lowest: Sea level
Average: 346 m
Highest: 1,157 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

30.1 km of coastline^[41]

Rivers^[41]

Bayug River41.0 of 77.0 km
Iponan River22.3 of 85.0 km
Mandulog River16.7 of 20.1 km
Iligan River14.3 of 21.5 km
Puga-an River13.4 of 19.3 km
Dodiongan River11.9 km
Mandulog River11.7 km
Kapai River6.0 of 38.7 km

The longest inside it: 13 in all.

Peaks^[41]

Mount Navitas600 m
Mount Agad-Agad480 m
Mount Sagada330 m
Mount Alihodheight not mapped

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 III^[42]

No clear rainiest time of year, and a short dry season of one to three months, in December to February or in March to May.

Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

At Lumbia Airport, the nearest PAGASA station, 29 km away^[43]Averages for 1991 to SEPTEMBER 2013: 1,773 mm of rain on 136 days a year; 27.0 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Lumbia Airport, 1991 to SEPTEMBER 2013, by month
Month	Rain	Rainy days	Average	High	Low
January	98 mm	10	25.8 °C	29.8 °C	21.7 °C
February	85 mm	8	26.0 °C	30.3 °C	21.6 °C
March	58 mm	6	26.7 °C	31.4 °C	21.9 °C
April	62 mm	6	27.6 °C	32.6 °C	22.7 °C
May	129 mm	11	28.1 °C	33.0 °C	23.3 °C
June	220 mm	16	27.5 °C	32.1 °C	22.9 °C
July	247 mm	17	27.2 °C	31.7 °C	22.6 °C
August	197 mm	14	27.4 °C	32.2 °C	22.6 °C
September	221 mm	15	27.3 °C	32.1 °C	22.5 °C
October	192 mm	14	27.0 °C	31.5 °C	22.4 °C
November	127 mm	10	26.7 °C	31.1 °C	22.2 °C
December	138 mm	9	26.3 °C	30.4 °C	22.1 °C
The year	1,773 mm	136	27.0 °C	31.5 °C	22.4 °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 182 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

Iligan City's economy made ₱111.2 billion of goods and services in 2025, ₱298,586 for each person. About 16 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2023.

Economy, 2025Gross domestic productThe value of all the goods and services made in a place in a year: the size of its economy. The PSA measures it for every region, province and highly urbanized city. Counted at 2018 prices, it leaves out the rise in prices, so one year can be set beside another.More in the glossary: ₱111.2 billion^[27]Its gross domestic product at current prices; ₱92.9 billion at 2018 prices.
Growth, 2024–2025: 4.7%^[28]How much more it made than the year before, at 2018 prices.
For each person, 2025: ₱298,586^[29]Its economy divided by its projected population, at current prices, as the PSA works it out.
Poverty, 2023Poverty 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: 15.9% of people^[30]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's survey.
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^[5]

About 16 of every 100 people in Iligan City lived below the poverty line in 2023 (15.9%)^[30]

The PSA's survey puts it between 12.8% and 19.0%, with 95% confidence. The poverty line was ₱33,819 a person for the year.

The PSA notes: Those with CVs higher than 10% in 2023 poverty incidence among population should be used with caution.

Public places

89government offices
22hospitals and health centres
148schools
119places of worship
5markets
3stations and terminals
11parks
2monuments and memorials

Counted from OpenStreetMap^{[3, 9]}. 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 “Iligan” in their name, then one in each of its most populous barangays.

Government offices52

46 more government offices are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See the 44 barangays of Iligan City

Hospitals and health centres20

14 more hospitals and health centres are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See the 44 barangays of Iligan City

Markets4

Stations and terminals3

Parks11

5 more parks are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See the 44 barangays of Iligan City

Monuments and memorials2

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

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads Iligan City. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (the city 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.^{[20, 21]}

City classCity classA highly urbanized city or an independent component city governs itself apart from the province around it: its voters do not elect the governor. A component city is part of its province.More in the glossary: Highly urbanized city: it governs itself apart from the province of Lanao del Norte^[5]
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 Iligan City^{[25, 26]}

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.

2025–2028In office as of February 2026
Mayor
Frederick Wee Siao^[31]
Vice mayor
Ernest Chua Uy^[31]
2022–2025
Mayor
Frederick Wee Siao^[32]
Vice mayor
Marianito Dumadag Alemania^[32]
2019–2022
Mayor
Celso Gomera Regencia^[33]
Vice mayor
Jemar Lucero Vera Cruz^[33]
2016–2019
Mayor
Celso Gomera Regencia^[34]
Vice mayor
Jemar Lucero Vera Cruz^[34]
2013–2016
Mayor
Celso Gomera Regencia^[35]
Vice mayor
Ruderic Caet Marzo^[35]
2010–2013
Mayor
Lawrence Lluch Cruz^[36]
Vice mayor
Henry Co Dy^[36]
2007–2010
Mayor
Lawrence Lluch Cruz^[37]
Vice mayor
Henry Co Dy^[37]
2004–2007
Mayor
Lawrence Cruz^[38]
Vice mayor
Henry Dy^[38]
2001–2004
Mayor
Franklin M. Quijano^[39]
Vice mayor
Lawrence L. Cruz^[39]

Mayors and vice mayors of Iligan City, by term
Term	Mayor	Vice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026	Frederick Wee Siao^[31]	Ernest Chua Uy^[31]
2022–2025	Frederick Wee Siao^[32]	Marianito Dumadag Alemania^[32]
2019–2022	Celso Gomera Regencia^[33]	Jemar Lucero Vera Cruz^[33]
2016–2019	Celso Gomera Regencia^[34]	Jemar Lucero Vera Cruz^[34]
2013–2016	Celso Gomera Regencia^[35]	Ruderic Caet Marzo^[35]
2010–2013	Lawrence Lluch Cruz^[36]	Henry Co Dy^[36]
2007–2010	Lawrence Lluch Cruz^[37]	Henry Co Dy^[37]
2004–2007	Lawrence Cruz^[38]	Henry Dy^[38]
2001–2004	Franklin M. Quijano^[39]	Lawrence L. Cruz^[39]

History & Identity

Stories from Northern Mindanao

Iligan City has no Story of its own yet. This one is about Northern Mindanao, which Iligan City is part of.

Film, 0:59
Northern Mindanao
Northern Mindanao: the river that got its gold
Cagayan has long meant river. In 1950 the city charter added de Oro, which the city says honours gold mined in its hinterland. Since 1975 it has led Region X, Northern Mindanao.
Why It's Called That

All Stories

Old photographs of Iligan City

Each with the archive that holds it, its date and its rights, on its own page.

In the Archive

Iligan City's fiesta and days

Diyandi FestivalFestival · St. Michael the Archangel · Every 27 September · next Monday, 27 September 2027
Iligan City Charter DayLocal special day · Every 11 August · next Wednesday, 11 August 2027

Everything listed for Iligan City in Now

Official name: City of Iligan^[5]
Created: Iligan became a chartered city by Republic Act No. 525, signed on 16 June 1950. The law made the city out of the town of Iligan, then in Lanao province, and it took effect as soon as it was approved.^[10]

How it got its name

Early Spanish writers called the place Iligan, Yligan or Elegin. The name belonged to a settlement near the mouth of a river that carried the same name.^[11]

Iligan Bay was named after the settlement that later grew into the industrial city, according to the city's own history page.^[12]

Its story

Augustinian Recollect friars brought Christianity to Bayug, an island settlement near today's city, in 1626, and Jesuits took over the mission at Iligan in 1639.^[11]

For over two centuries Iligan was in practice a garrison town, and both Spanish and American forces used it as a launch point for campaigns around Lake Lanao.^[11]

American troops under Captain John Smith reached Iligan Bay in April 1900 and were welcomed ashore by the town's captain-mayor, Hilarion Ramiro.^[13]

In 1903 the legislative council of the Moro Province stretched the municipality of Iligan to take in the Moro Province land north of the 8th parallel and east of the Mipangi River.^[14]

The bill for the city charter said Iligan stood to gain from the coming industrialization of Mindanao, and that a city's wider taxing power would pay for roads, bridges and public buildings.^[12]

The mayor of the old municipality, Benito S. Ong, was named the city's first chief executive by the President, and the first elections for city officials were held in 1955.^[12]

Timeline

1626
Augustinian Recollects introduce Christianity at Bayug, an island settlement near today's city.^[11]
1639
The Jesuits set up their mission at Iligan, replacing the Recollects.^[11]
April 1900
American troops under Captain John Smith arrive at Iligan Bay.^[13]
2 October 1901
The Philippine Commission bans the sale of liquor in the municipality of Iligan, which was then part of Misamis province.^[15]
23 November 1903
Act No. 21 of the Moro Province legislative council enlarges the municipality of Iligan; the Philippine Commission approves it on 23 November.^[14]
29 March 1948
Executive Order No. 126 organizes a part of the municipality of Iligan, then in Lanao province, into the new municipality of Kauswagan.^[16]
7 June 1955
Republic Act No. 1236 makes the offices of mayor, vice-mayor and councilor of the City of Iligan elective, ending presidential appointment of the mayor.^[17]
22 June 1963
Republic Act No. 3615 makes Iligan City a port of entry and funds a customs service there.^[18]
5 March 1982
Batas Pambansa Blg. 181 moves the capital of Lanao del Norte province from Iligan City to Tubod.^[19]

Nearby

Iligan City shares a border with 10 places.

How it compares

Iligan City beside Lanao del Norte, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of Lanao del Norte.

Iligan City beside Lanao del Norte
Figure	Iligan City	Lanao del Norte	Rank among the cities and municipalities of Lanao del Norte
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	368,132^{[1, 2]}	761,725	1st of 23
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 glossary	0.33% a year^{[1, 2]}slower	1.26% a year	16th of 23
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 glossary	592^[7]more crowded	306	4th of 23
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	621.70 km²^[7]	2,492.03 km²	1st of 23
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 glossary	3.8^{[1, 2]}lower	4.2	not 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 glossary	91.4%^[6]higher	19.8%	not ranked

Shares a border with^[3]

How far, in a straight line^[3]

Tubod, the capital of Lanao del Norte: 64.4 km southwest
Manila: 800.5 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]

TagoloanLanao del Norte13.6 km southwest
ManticaoMisamis Oriental14.3 km north
Cagayan De Oro CityMisamis Oriental15.0 km northeast
Tagoloan IILanao del Sur17.1 km south
LugaitMisamis Oriental17.6 km northwest
KapaiLanao del Sur20.0 km south

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