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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, 251 to 300 shown, most people first.

Municipalities in Luzon, most people
RankNamePeople, 2024People per km²Land areaGrowth, 2020–2024
251TuyBatangas47,19952390.23 km²0.35% a year
252LupaoNueva Ecija47,175391120.78 km²0.65% a year
253PilarBataan47,1071,04245.21 km²0.45% a year
254KasibuNueva Vizcaya46,84565722.52 km²2.78% a year
255CordonIsabela46,688199234.71 km²0.11% a year
256TalisayBatangas46,47793549.73 km²0.12% a year
257BulalacaoOriental Mindoro46,439129359.26 km²1.10% a year
258NarvacanIlocos Sur46,265373123.97 km²0.02% a year
259NoveletaCavite46,1727,9885.78 km²−1.63% a year
260JonesIsabela46,16069670.14 km²0.28% a year
261Maria AuroraAurora45,972112409.73 km²0.54% a year
262AngadananIsabela45,970226203.63 km²0.53% a year
263BuguiasBenguet45,703255179.56 km²0.44% a year
264PagsanjanLaguna45,6021,66427.40 km²0.68% a year
265TayugPangasinan45,47697646.61 km²0.12% a year
266GuinayanganQuezon45,375212214.12 km²0.72% a year
267AguilarPangasinan45,363233194.74 km²0.14% a year
268VictoriaLaguna45,2301,96123.06 km²0.99% a year
269BacnotanLa Union45,20361573.53 km²0.44% a year
270VinzonsCamarines Norte45,173428105.57 km²−1.95% a year
271AritaoNueva Vizcaya45,000135333.35 km²1.55% a year
272AbucayBataan44,84654182.86 km²1.02% a year
273LaurelBatangas44,79161572.84 km²0.87% a year
274San JacintoPangasinan44,7131,29234.61 km²0.20% a year
275San JoseCamarines Sur44,68894347.39 km²0.39% a year
276BalerAurora44,684423105.61 km²0.49% a year
277San PascualMasbate44,641180247.54 km²0.10% a year
278LlaneraNueva Ecija44,620386115.49 km²1.30% a year
279MamburaoOccidental Mindoro44,554178249.91 km²−1.63% a year
280BansudOriental Mindoro44,396134331.78 km²0.95% a year
281Sto. TomasPampanga44,3762,99814.80 km²0.84% a year
282AmadeoCavite44,1901,26035.07 km²1.28% a year
283MandaonMasbate44,177131336.75 km²0.03% a year
284General Mamerto NatividadNueva Ecija43,77944099.48 km²−0.29% a year
285CarranglanNueva Ecija43,69449787.86 km²0.71% a year
286BasudCamarines Norte43,388165262.81 km²−0.94% a year
287PalauigZambales43,250181239.42 km²2.02% a year
288San JoseTarlac43,18565666.23 km²1.15% a year
289Santa RitaPampanga42,9151,92122.34 km²−2.75% a year
290Santo TomasLa Union42,7771,07139.94 km²1.11% a year
291AndaPangasinan42,68856775.32 km²0.65% a year
292BalabacPalawan42,66276558.45 km²0.08% a year
293QuezonNueva Ecija42,62161669.22 km²0.44% a year
294Santa ElenaCamarines Norte42,585190224.72 km²−0.55% a year
295SiniloanLaguna42,53391546.50 km²1.81% a year
296MatnogSorsogon42,444317133.72 km²0.26% a year
297Puerto GaleraOriental Mindoro42,301174242.61 km²0.19% a year
298LasamCagayan42,042191219.77 km²0.47% a year
299GonzagaCagayan41,99473571.84 km²0.18% a year
300MaragondonCavite41,977291144.04 km²0.75% 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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