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Municipalities in Batangas

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]}

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Municipalities in Batangas, at a glance

Municipalities: 29^[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: 1,720,386^[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: 2,105.16 km²^[5]; Each municipality's official area, added up.
Most people: Nasugbu^[4]; Batangas; 141,063 people
Fewest people: Tingloy^[4]; Batangas; 15,866 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: Nasugbu^[5]; Batangas; 275.80 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: Calatagan^[5]; Batangas; 5,754 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: Malvar^[4]; Batangas; 3.59% 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: 2 municipalities^[4]; Of those with 10,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Tingloy, −4.49% a year.

Island group: Luzon

Region: CALABARZON

Province: Batangas

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29 municipalities, most people first.

Municipalities in Batangas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Land area	Growth, 2020–2024
1	NasugbuBatangas	141,063	511	275.80 km²	0.79% a year
2	RosarioBatangas	131,365	586	224.03 km²	0.56% a year
3	San JuanBatangas	115,118	421	273.40 km²	0.22% a year
4	BalayanBatangas	96,939	931	104.17 km²	0.26% a year
5	LemeryBatangas	94,736	1,397	67.80 km²	0.40% a year
6	BauanBatangas	94,016	1,826	51.49 km²	0.83% a year
7	San JoseBatangas	81,170	1,399	58.04 km²	0.39% a year
8	MalvarBatangas	74,565	3,035	24.57 km²	3.59% a year
9	San PascualBatangas	69,419	1,876	37.01 km²	0.14% a year
10	TaalBatangas	61,559	2,496	24.66 km²	0.04% a year
11	CalataganBatangas	60,420	5,754	10.50 km²	0.69% a year
12	IbaanBatangas	58,673	900	65.17 km²	0.07% a year
13	LianBatangas	56,788	705	80.51 km²	0.22% a year
14	Padre GarciaBatangas	53,526	1,132	47.27 km²	0.76% a year
15	MabiniBatangas	49,876	1,237	40.31 km²	−0.47% a year
16	TuyBatangas	47,199	523	90.23 km²	0.35% a year
17	TalisayBatangas	46,477	935	49.73 km²	0.12% a year
18	LaurelBatangas	44,791	615	72.84 km²	0.87% a year
19	TaysanBatangas	41,332	444	93.10 km²	0.70% a year
20	LoboBatangas	41,251	246	167.53 km²	0.30% a year
21	AgoncilloBatangas	40,662	819	49.67 km²	0.94% a year
22	San LuisBatangas	36,841	1,077	34.21 km²	0.44% a year
23	CuencaBatangas	36,453	1,205	30.24 km²	0.14% a year
24	MataasnakahoyBatangas	31,912	1,556	20.51 km²	1.00% a year
25	AlitagtagBatangas	28,033	1,158	24.21 km²	1.07% a year
26	San NicolasBatangas	24,392	1,060	23.02 km²	0.48% a year
27	BaleteBatangas	24,202	1,374	17.61 km²	0.15% a year
28	Santa TeresitaBatangas	21,742	1,449	15.00 km²	0.20% a year
29	TingloyBatangas	15,866	488	32.53 km²	−4.49% 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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