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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, 101 to 150 shown, most people first.

Municipalities in Luzon, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Land area	Growth, 2020–2024
101	HermosaBataan	80,557	566	142.28 km²	0.95% a year
102	Santa RosaNueva Ecija	80,258	511	157.20 km²	1.43% a year
103	BalagtasBulacan	80,221	3,807	21.07 km²	0.98% a year
104	MangataremPangasinan	79,648	257	310.34 km²	0.10% a year
105	UminganPangasinan	78,940	296	266.78 km²	0.58% a year
106	BuhiCamarines Sur	78,104	311	251.16 km²	−0.96% a year
107	InfantaQuezon	77,676	410	189.34 km²	0.47% a year
108	BauangLa Union	77,670	1,078	72.08 km²	−0.24% a year
109	BongabongOriental Mindoro	77,540	191	406.38 km²	0.18% a year
110	TumauiniIsabela	77,153	164	471.68 km²	2.10% a year
111	PilarSorsogon	76,908	373	206.16 km²	0.35% a year
112	Brooke's PointPalawan	76,715	66	1,157.47 km²	0.87% a year
113	ManaoagPangasinan	76,606	1,379	55.55 km²	0.18% a year
114	CatanauanQuezon	76,250	306	249.17 km²	1.13% a year
115	BugallonPangasinan	76,027	420	181.00 km²	0.34% a year
116	BulaCamarines Sur	75,943	451	168.46 km²	0.90% a year
117	PozorrubioPangasinan	75,143	1,069	70.32 km²	0.13% a year
118	ViracCatanduanes	75,135	425	176.80 km²	−0.44% a year
119	AliciaIsabela	74,699	541	138.16 km²	0.27% a year
120	MalvarBatangas	74,565	3,035	24.57 km²	3.59% a year
121	CamaligAlbay	73,087	541	135.10 km²	0.35% a year
122	OraniBataan	72,941	1,140	63.98 km²	0.87% a year
123	BayombongNueva Vizcaya	72,890	446	163.36 km²	1.78% a year
124	PilillaRizal	72,503	1,020	71.09 km²	0.32% a year
125	GumacaQuezon	72,454	364	199.03 km²	0.17% a year
126	BacacayAlbay	72,298	583	124.10 km²	−0.06% a year
127	MorongRizal	72,262	2,011	35.93 km²	0.37% a year
128	LibonAlbay	72,135	299	241.06 km²	−0.95% a year
129	AliagaNueva Ecija	72,134	802	89.98 km²	0.60% a year
130	La PazTarlac	71,978	606	118.71 km²	1.04% a year
131	RizalNueva Ecija	71,749	584	122.77 km²	0.53% a year
132	GoaCamarines Sur	71,651	355	201.78 km²	0.09% a year
133	VictoriaTarlac	71,495	628	113.90 km²	0.73% a year
134	CuyapoNueva Ecija	70,919	388	182.91 km²	0.99% a year
135	BotolanZambales	70,340	89	794.75 km²	1.27% a year
136	MaubanQuezon	70,135	142	494.21 km²	−0.32% a year
137	CastillejosZambales	70,105	751	93.30 km²	0.77% a year
138	IndangCavite	70,092	800	87.60 km²	0.48% a year
139	TinambacCamarines Sur	69,860	173	403.29 km²	−0.11% a year
140	BayLaguna	69,802	1,868	37.36 km²	0.92% a year
141	RoxasPalawan	69,729	61	1,150.29 km²	0.04% a year
142	CoronPalawan	69,439	116	599.96 km²	1.28% a year
143	San PascualBatangas	69,419	1,876	37.01 km²	0.14% a year
144	BongabonNueva Ecija	69,376	272	255.25 km²	0.90% a year
145	SolanoNueva Vizcaya	69,296	684	101.35 km²	1.44% a year
146	San LeonardoNueva Ecija	69,180	1,296	53.36 km²	0.22% a year
147	CalauagQuezon	68,999	167	411.99 km²	−0.95% a year
148	QuezonPalawan	68,532	73	937.60 km²	1.17% a year
149	CawayanMasbate	68,510	267	256.29 km²	−0.26% a year
150	AparriCagayan	68,368	258	264.60 km²	−0.16% 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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