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Municipalities in MIMAROPA

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 MIMAROPA, at a glance

Municipalities: 71^[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: 2,780,504^[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: 26,837.14 km²^[5]; Each municipality's official area, added up.
Most people: San Jose^[4]; Occidental Mindoro; 143,495 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: Cuyo^[5]; Palawan; 900 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: Lubang^[4]; Occidental Mindoro; 1.77% 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: 27 municipalities^[4]; Of those with 10,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Abra De Ilog, −2.31% a year.

Island group: Luzon

Region: MIMAROPA

Province: All

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71 municipalities, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Municipalities in MIMAROPA, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Land area	Growth, 2020–2024
1	San JoseOccidental Mindoro	143,495	237	606.61 km²	−1.57% a year
2	NaujanOriental Mindoro	109,122	216	505.70 km²	−0.10% a year
3	SablayanOccidental Mindoro	91,406	35	2,640.39 km²	−0.31% a year
4	PinamalayanOriental Mindoro	90,420	354	255.75 km²	0.01% a year
5	BatarazaPalawan	87,384	97	905.16 km²	0.54% a year
6	TaytayPalawan	85,258	57	1,497.79 km²	0.54% a year
7	NarraPalawan	80,572	96	839.49 km²	0.80% a year
8	BongabongOriental Mindoro	77,540	191	406.38 km²	0.18% a year
9	Brooke's PointPalawan	76,715	66	1,157.47 km²	0.87% a year
10	RoxasPalawan	69,729	61	1,150.29 km²	0.04% a year
11	CoronPalawan	69,439	116	599.96 km²	1.28% a year
12	QuezonPalawan	68,532	73	937.60 km²	1.17% a year
13	MansalayOriental Mindoro	60,597	109	556.54 km²	0.60% a year
14	Dr. Jose P. RizalPalawan	59,040	36	1,655.86 km²	1.21% a year
15	RoxasOriental Mindoro	58,428	811	72.08 km²	−0.17% a year
16	BoacMarinduque	54,365	252	215.78 km²	−1.25% a year
17	GloriaOriental Mindoro	52,296	202	258.55 km²	0.84% a year
18	VictoriaOriental Mindoro	52,215	205	254.94 km²	0.02% a year
19	Santa CruzMarinduque	51,594	236	218.24 km²	−1.39% a year
20	El NidoPalawan	51,367	87	591.14 km²	0.41% a year
21	OdionganRomblon	48,133	335	143.64 km²	−0.57% a year
22	BulalacaoOriental Mindoro	46,439	129	359.26 km²	1.10% a year
23	MamburaoOccidental Mindoro	44,554	178	249.91 km²	−1.63% a year
24	BansudOriental Mindoro	44,396	134	331.78 km²	0.95% a year
25	BalabacPalawan	42,662	76	558.45 km²	0.08% a year
26	Puerto GaleraOriental Mindoro	42,301	174	242.61 km²	0.19% a year
27	SocorroOriental Mindoro	41,612	209	198.63 km²	0.02% a year
28	MagsaysayOccidental Mindoro	40,987	148	276.54 km²	0.73% a year
29	RizalOccidental Mindoro	40,319	147	274.95 km²	−0.07% a year
30	BacoOriental Mindoro	40,159	128	313.10 km²	0.21% a year
31	Santa CruzOccidental Mindoro	40,010	57	704.50 km²	−1.39% a year
32	AborlanPalawan	39,972	62	642.85 km²	0.76% a year
33	Sofronio EspañolaPalawan	39,371	77	514.50 km²	1.23% a year
34	RomblonRomblon	39,004	423	92.10 km²	−0.93% a year
35	PolaOriental Mindoro	35,771	216	165.93 km²	0.21% a year
36	GasanMarinduque	35,315	346	102.03 km²	−0.59% a year
37	San VicentePalawan	33,768	53	634.13 km²	0.19% a year
38	MogpogMarinduque	32,577	330	98.63 km²	−1.38% a year
39	Abra De IlogOccidental Mindoro	31,910	46	700.90 km²	−2.31% a year
40	CalintaanOccidental Mindoro	31,088	52	594.94 km²	0.71% a year
41	TorrijosMarinduque	28,535	213	133.92 km²	−1.57% a year
42	BusuangaPalawan	26,974	73	367.96 km²	1.25% a year
43	CuyoPalawan	24,702	900	27.46 km²	1.21% a year
44	BuenavistaMarinduque	24,136	293	82.41 km²	−1.81% a year
45	CulionPalawan	23,985	54	445.87 km²	0.79% a year
46	DumaranPalawan	23,795	44	534.97 km²	0.27% a year
47	San AgustinRomblon	23,698	237	100.15 km²	−0.42% a year
48	San FernandoRomblon	23,660	120	197.02 km²	−0.51% a year
49	CajidiocanRomblon	23,488	155	151.83 km²	0.24% a year
50	LoocRomblon	21,964	192	114.58 km²	0.18% 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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