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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, 601 to 650 shown, most people first.

Municipalities in Luzon, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Land area	Growth, 2020–2024
601	SampalocQuezon	13,331	166	80.54 km²	−0.53% a year
602	AgdanganQuezon	13,316	390	34.14 km²	1.02% a year
603	TinglayanKalinga	13,311	61	217.83 km²	0.30% a year
604	Nueva EraIlocos Norte	13,305	26	512.22 km²	2.57% a year
605	MagsaysayPalawan	13,273	272	48.85 km²	1.25% a year
606	San VicenteIlocos Sur	13,074	987	13.25 km²	−0.08% a year
607	PerezQuezon	13,052	211	61.79 km²	0.53% a year
608	BurgosIlocos Sur	13,026	265	49.11 km²	0.43% a year
609	BarasCatanduanes	12,992	149	87.20 km²	−0.89% a year
610	AnaoTarlac	12,865	527	24.41 km²	1.27% a year
611	DinalunganAurora	12,552	26	476.12 km²	0.08% a year
612	SablanBenguet	12,436	112	111.38 km²	1.71% a year
613	CurrimaoIlocos Norte	12,256	11,672	1.05 km²	0.08% a year
614	CalanasanApayao	12,176	8	1,607.14 km²	−0.72% a year
615	PidiganAbra	12,058	245	49.15 km²	−0.81% a year
616	DoloresAbra	11,967	252	47.45 km²	0.93% a year
617	San VicenteCamarines Norte	11,774	205	57.43 km²	−1.57% a year
618	GainzaCamarines Sur	11,652	784	14.86 km²	0.14% a year
619	San JoseRomblon	11,626	409	28.40 km²	−0.27% a year
620	CalatravaRomblon	11,254	249	45.28 km²	−0.19% a year
621	SalcedoIlocos Sur	11,196	110	101.55 km²	0.19% a year
622	TanudanKalinga	11,103	36	307.55 km²	5.89% a year
623	ManaboAbra	11,087	137	81.08 km²	−1.10% a year
624	SuyoIlocos Sur	11,051	79	139.14 km²	0.63% a year
625	BurgosIlocos Norte	10,962	85	129.07 km²	0.45% a year
626	PlaridelQuezon	10,866	597	18.19 km²	1.70% a year
627	San JuanAbra	10,777	165	65.26 km²	0.20% a year
628	SagadaMountain Province	10,702	98	109.71 km²	−1.73% a year
629	PasilKalinga	10,690	38	283.72 km²	0.26% a year
630	PilarAbra	10,498	140	75.00 km²	0.82% a year
631	BagamanocCatanduanes	10,403	111	93.58 km²	−1.51% a year
632	GalimuyodIlocos Sur	10,263	335	30.66 km²	0.04% a year
633	HingyonIfugao	9,966	157	63.63 km²	0.09% a year
634	BascoBatanes	9,647	287	33.67 km²	0.33% a year
635	QuirinoIlocos Sur	9,460	35	266.70 km²	0.39% a year
636	LoocOccidental Mindoro	9,426	74	127.76 km²	4.64% a year
637	BurgosLa Union	9,121	312	29.24 km²	0.30% a year
638	CorcueraRomblon	9,021	432	20.87 km²	−2.70% a year
639	HungduanIfugao	8,970	36	251.64 km²	0.28% a year
640	PanganibanCatanduanes	8,947	108	82.81 km²	−1.95% a year
641	Alfonso CastanedaNueva Vizcaya	8,933	11	849.83 km²	1.09% a year
642	NatoninMountain Province	8,906	35	254.71 km²	−3.51% a year
643	LubuaganKalinga	8,660	51	170.86 km²	−1.75% a year
644	San EstebanIlocos Sur	8,621	433	19.92 km²	0.68% a year
645	SabanganMountain Province	8,556	78	109.01 km²	−2.77% a year
646	Santa MariaRomblon	8,360	215	38.94 km²	−1.72% a year
647	GigmotoCatanduanes	8,348	70	118.80 km²	−1.02% a year
648	San IldefonsoIlocos Sur	8,213	778	10.56 km²	0.07% a year
649	BanayoyoIlocos Sur	7,953	332	23.98 km²	0.07% a year
650	JomaligQuezon	7,884	146	53.93 km²	0.67% 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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