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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]

Metro ManilaCordillera Administrative RegionIlocos RegionCagayan ValleyCentral LuzonCALABARZONMIMAROPABicol RegionWestern VisayasNegros Island RegionCentral VisayasEastern VisayasZamboanga PeninsulaNorthern MindanaoDavao RegionSOCCSKSARGENCaragaBangsamoro (BARMM)
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
Sort: Most people

Each row is a municipality, with its 2024 census figures. Choose a column heading or a sort button to order the list, and choose it again to turn the order round. Narrow it with the menus.

694 municipalities, 201 to 250 shown, most people first.

Municipalities in Luzon, most people
RankNamePeople, 2024People per km²Land areaGrowth, 2020–2024
201MilagrosMasbate57,362112513.83 km²−0.07% a year
202MasantolPampanga57,2071,47138.88 km²−0.33% a year
203LagonoyCamarines Sur57,044157362.71 km²0.14% a year
204San ManuelPangasinan56,876443128.35 km²1.13% a year
205TiwiAlbay56,871552103.07 km²0.18% a year
206LianBatangas56,78870580.51 km²0.22% a year
207PlacerMasbate56,658298190.14 km²0.14% a year
208MasinlocZambales56,579110514.01 km²0.89% a year
209BinalonanPangasinan56,56097757.90 km²0.08% a year
210UsonMasbate56,410201280.05 km²−0.32% a year
211UrbiztondoPangasinan56,3491,32042.70 km²0.34% a year
212ZaragozaNueva Ecija55,65774275.02 km²1.14% a year
213CabaganIsabela55,445134414.79 km²0.68% a year
214San IsidroNueva Ecija55,10889161.84 km²0.32% a year
215TagkawayanQuezon54,709103529.69 km²0.31% a year
216BoacMarinduque54,365252215.78 km²−1.25% a year
217LucbanQuezon54,134423127.94 km²0.47% a year
218MulanayQuezon53,976198272.93 km²−0.70% a year
219MercedesCamarines Norte53,702438122.70 km²−0.72% a year
220Santa IgnaciaTarlac53,620388138.28 km²0.91% a year
221AlaminosLaguna53,5891,04451.35 km²0.90% a year
222Padre GarciaBatangas53,5261,13247.27 km²0.76% a year
223NaguilianLa Union53,443517103.35 km²0.57% a year
224San NarcisoQuezon53,375212252.29 km²1.07% a year
225BaniPangasinan52,715262200.84 km²0.05% a year
226GloriaOriental Mindoro52,296202258.55 km²0.84% a year
227VictoriaOriental Mindoro52,215205254.94 km²0.02% a year
228BatoCamarines Sur52,021480108.35 km²−0.06% a year
229MinalabacCamarines Sur51,841394131.56 km²−0.97% a year
230DonsolSorsogon51,781345149.99 km²0.71% a year
231Santa CruzMarinduque51,594236218.24 km²−1.39% a year
232CardonaRizal51,4932,64319.48 km²0.64% a year
233SisonPangasinan51,4391,14345.02 km²−0.41% a year
234El NidoPalawan51,36787591.14 km²0.41% a year
235CatainganMasbate51,165263194.45 km²0.26% a year
236AmulungCagayan50,903192264.51 km²0.27% a year
237PeñablancaCagayan50,856411,246.23 km²0.26% a year
238AringayLa Union50,78655990.82 km²0.19% a year
239PasacaoCamarines Sur50,708339149.73 km²−1.26% a year
240CaramoanCamarines Sur50,433175287.89 km²−0.61% a year
241MinalinPampanga50,1261,01649.35 km²0.85% a year
242MabiniBatangas49,8761,23740.31 km²−0.47% a year
243MalinaoAlbay49,570422117.40 km²1.08% a year
244OcampoCamarines Sur49,535451109.81 km²−0.73% a year
245AlcalaPangasinan49,47989155.56 km²0.28% a year
246TubaBenguet49,268110449.26 km²0.47% a year
247Pio DuranAlbay48,713341142.91 km²−0.17% a year
248Lal-LoCagayan48,40468715.80 km²−0.16% a year
249BanguedAbra48,331354136.40 km²−0.99% a year
250OdionganRomblon48,133335143.64 km²−0.57% 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.

  1. Island groups3Luzon, the Visayas, Mindanao: a grouping, not a government
  2. Regions18Big areas that group provinces
  3. Provinces82Each led by a governor
  4. Cities and municipalities1,642Each led by a mayor
  5. Barangays42,010The smallest unit, led by a punong barangay (kapitan)

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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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