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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, 151 to 200 shown, most people first.

Municipalities in Luzon, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Land area	Growth, 2020–2024
151	AngatBulacan	67,862	1,017	66.72 km²	0.81% a year
152	RosalesPangasinan	67,510	978	69.01 km²	0.29% a year
153	TeresaRizal	67,454	3,546	19.02 km²	1.24% a year
154	San MateoIsabela	67,433	279	242.10 km²	0.28% a year
155	PaterosMetro Manila	67,319	26,400	2.55 km²	0.76% a year
156	MoncadaTarlac	66,925	770	86.91 km²	1.53% a year
157	Santa CruzZambales	66,647	131	510.21 km²	1.04% a year
158	RoxasIsabela	66,593	488	136.53 km²	0.27% a year
159	NagcarlanLaguna	66,351	886	74.89 km²	0.54% a year
160	TuaoCagayan	66,147	293	225.82 km²	0.81% a year
161	San SimonPampanga	65,760	1,101	59.71 km²	2.56% a year
162	AtimonanQuezon	65,552	251	260.89 km²	0.48% a year
163	SipocotCamarines Sur	65,286	251	260.11 km²	−1.03% a year
164	AgooLa Union	65,256	1,237	52.75 km²	−0.28% a year
165	VillasisPangasinan	65,086	796	81.74 km²	0.01% a year
166	OasAlbay	64,890	243	266.70 km²	−0.44% a year
167	San LuisPampanga	64,674	1,124	57.55 km²	2.41% a year
168	San FranciscoQuezon	63,789	232	274.99 km²	0.65% a year
169	Santo DomingoNueva Ecija	63,750	847	75.25 km²	1.03% a year
170	Santa AnaPampanga	63,431	1,588	39.95 km²	0.73% a year
171	OrionBataan	63,044	1,037	60.81 km²	0.88% a year
172	San MarianoIsabela	61,876	42	1,460.96 km²	0.69% a year
173	TigaonCamarines Sur	61,790	754	81.98 km²	0.50% a year
174	TaalBatangas	61,559	2,496	24.66 km²	0.04% a year
175	BaaoCamarines Sur	61,357	546	112.36 km²	−0.05% a year
176	CastillaSorsogon	61,308	324	189.07 km²	0.27% a year
177	GubatSorsogon	61,095	530	115.18 km²	0.32% a year
178	ObandoBulacan	61,073	3,961	15.42 km²	0.43% a year
179	Jose PanganibanCamarines Norte	60,626	328	184.99 km²	−1.16% a year
180	MansalayOriental Mindoro	60,597	109	556.54 km²	0.60% a year
181	AlfonsoCavite	60,583	913	66.39 km²	0.51% a year
182	CalataganBatangas	60,420	5,754	10.50 km²	0.69% a year
183	BambangNueva Vizcaya	60,146	174	345.00 km²	1.82% a year
184	ItogonBenguet	59,736	133	448.08 km²	−0.69% a year
185	GattaranCagayan	59,704	84	707.50 km²	0.34% a year
186	IbaZambales	59,580	274	217.07 km²	1.68% a year
187	IrosinSorsogon	59,540	393	151.68 km²	0.11% a year
188	BacolorPampanga	59,361	800	74.21 km²	5.19% a year
189	Dr. Jose P. RizalPalawan	59,040	36	1,655.86 km²	1.21% a year
190	RagayCamarines Sur	58,843	137	429.66 km²	−0.37% a year
191	RosarioLa Union	58,797	779	75.48 km²	−0.59% a year
192	IbaanBatangas	58,673	900	65.17 km²	0.07% a year
193	PaombongBulacan	58,453	1,248	46.82 km²	1.17% a year
194	RoxasOriental Mindoro	58,428	811	72.08 km²	−0.17% a year
195	ParacaleCamarines Norte	58,391	357	163.69 km²	−0.73% a year
196	AsinganPangasinan	58,349	823	70.91 km²	0.22% a year
197	DiffunQuirino	58,254	180	323.28 km²	0.91% a year
198	General TinioNueva Ecija	58,093	109	534.74 km²	0.92% a year
199	PilaLaguna	57,776	2,287	25.26 km²	1.36% a year
200	RamonIsabela	57,412	309	185.63 km²	0.37% 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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