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Municipalities in Luzon

A municipality is a local government made up of barangays, led by a mayor, a vice mayor and the Sangguniang Bayan, the municipal council.^[1] Only Congress can create one, by law, approved in a plebiscite. The law asks for an income of ₱2.5 million a year, 25,000 people and 50 km² of land.^[1]

A municipality that grows can become a component city by law, once it earns ₱100 million a year and has 100 km² of land or 150,000 people.^{[1, 2]}

LuzonVisayasMindanao

Municipalities in Luzon, at a glance

Municipalities: 694^[3]
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: 34,369,218^[4]
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: 139,474.02 km²^[5]; Each municipality's official area, added up.
Most people: Rodriguez^[4]; Rizal; 451,383 people
Fewest people: Kalayaan^[4]; Palawan; 406 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: Sablayan^[5]; Occidental Mindoro; 2,640.39 km²
Most crowdedPopulation 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: Pateros^[5]; Metro Manila; 26,400 people per km²
Fastest growing, 10,000 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: Naic^[4]; Cavite; 9.72% 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: 161 municipalities^[4]; Of those with 10,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Tingloy, −4.49% a year.

Island group: Luzon

Region: All

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694 municipalities, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Municipalities in Luzon, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Land area	Growth, 2020–2024
1	RodriguezRizal	451,383	3,314	136.20 km²	0.40% a year
2	TaytayRizal	397,111	15,980	24.85 km²	0.65% a year
3	CaintaRizal	386,321	21,285	18.15 km²	0.59% a year
4	TanzaCavite	339,308	4,332	78.32 km²	2.02% a year
5	Santa MariaBulacan	322,525	3,984	80.95 km²	2.60% a year
6	BinangonanRizal	321,281	5,877	54.67 km²	0.58% a year
7	SilangCavite	313,145	1,992	157.20 km²	1.39% a year
8	San MateoRizal	276,449	5,588	49.47 km²	0.27% a year
9	MarilaoBulacan	263,507	9,178	28.71 km²	0.84% a year
10	NaicCavite	236,978	3,126	75.81 km²	9.72% a year
11	LubaoPampanga	190,355	1,235	154.13 km²	2.25% a year
12	MexicoPampanga	187,597	1,564	119.95 km²	1.90% a year
13	San MiguelBulacan	179,792	749	239.95 km²	1.06% a year
14	ConcepcionTarlac	178,549	769	232.04 km²	1.19% a year
15	Gen. Mariano AlvarezCavite	176,927	18,165	9.74 km²	0.62% a year
16	SariayaQuezon	172,018	887	194.04 km²	1.47% a year
17	PandiBulacan	162,725	2,837	57.35 km²	1.16% a year
18	CapasTarlac	162,724	363	448.04 km²	1.01% a year
19	MarivelesBataan	156,200	885	176.58 km²	1.00% a year
20	ArayatPampanga	150,949	850	177.53 km²	0.99% a year
21	BocaueBulacan	147,755	5,509	26.82 km²	1.06% a year
22	PoracPampanga	147,551	433	340.81 km²	1.14% a year
23	FloridablancaPampanga	146,095	639	228.74 km²	1.81% a year
24	TanayRizal	145,597	483	301.70 km²	1.05% a year
25	MalasiquiPangasinan	144,344	1,124	128.38 km²	0.21% a year
26	San JoseOccidental Mindoro	143,495	237	606.61 km²	−1.57% a year
27	La TrinidadBenguet	142,925	1,884	75.88 km²	0.95% a year
28	NasugbuBatangas	141,063	511	275.80 km²	0.79% a year
29	NorzagarayBulacan	140,697	409	343.62 km²	0.81% a year
30	DaragaAlbay	138,000	1,161	118.82 km²	0.73% a year
31	GuaguaPampanga	137,948	2,752	50.12 km²	1.64% a year
32	CandelariaQuezon	137,933	970	142.20 km²	0.01% a year
33	TalaveraNueva Ecija	137,444	940	146.24 km²	0.91% a year
34	HagonoyBulacan	136,673	1,175	116.28 km²	0.57% a year
35	AngonoRizal	134,975	10,133	13.32 km²	0.81% a year
36	MagalangPampanga	133,883	1,347	99.37 km²	1.82% a year
37	GuimbaNueva Ecija	131,468	596	220.44 km²	0.71% a year
38	RosarioBatangas	131,365	586	224.03 km²	0.56% a year
39	BayambangPangasinan	129,506	904	143.18 km²	0.09% a year
40	Santa CruzLaguna	126,844	3,119	40.67 km²	0.63% a year
41	DinalupihanBataan	124,188	1,309	94.85 km²	1.19% a year
42	CandabaPampanga	124,019	602	205.98 km²	0.89% a year
43	KawitCavite	123,631	6,647	18.60 km²	3.40% a year
44	San IldefonsoBulacan	123,140	718	171.54 km²	1.50% a year
45	CalumpitBulacan	122,187	2,563	47.67 km²	0.74% a year
46	ApalitPampanga	121,057	1,887	64.17 km²	0.79% a year
47	PlaridelBulacan	120,939	3,311	36.53 km²	1.34% a year
48	GuiguintoBulacan	118,173	5,350	22.09 km²	0.99% a year
49	Los BañosLaguna	117,030	2,542	46.03 km²	0.35% a year
50	SubicZambales	116,788	453	258.00 km²	1.03% a year

How it fits

Cities and municipalities are the local governments of the towns, each led by a mayor, a vice mayor and a council, and each made up of barangays. A municipality becomes a city by a law of Congress, once it earns enough and has enough people or land.

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. 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.Congress of the Philippines. Republic Act No. 9009: amending Section 450 of the Local Government Code, raising the income a municipality needs to become a component city. Published February 24, 2001. Read by Scene October 3, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
3.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
4.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
5.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 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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