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Municipalities in Negros Island Region

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 Negros Island Region, at a glance

Municipalities: 44^[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: 2,125,857^[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: 7,595.82 km²^[5]; Each municipality's official area, added up.
Most people: Cauayan^[4]; Negros Occidental; 110,899 people
Fewest people: Enrique Villanueva^[4]; Siquijor; 6,965 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: Cauayan^[5]; Negros Occidental; 490.22 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: Pulupandan^[5]; Negros Occidental; 1,728 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: Ayungon^[4]; Negros Oriental; 1.78% 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: 1 municipality^[4]; Candoni, −1.73% a year.

Island group: Visayas

Region: Negros Island Region

Province: All

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44 municipalities, most people first.

Municipalities in Negros Island Region, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Land area	Growth, 2020–2024
1	CauayanNegros Occidental	110,899	226	490.22 km²	0.53% a year
2	HinigaranNegros Occidental	90,403	585	154.62 km²	0.40% a year
3	MurciaNegros Occidental	90,123	276	326.77 km²	0.34% a year
4	MabinayNegros Oriental	85,770	211	406.59 km²	0.80% a year
5	SiatonNegros Oriental	84,169	206	409.45 km²	0.31% a year
6	CalatravaNegros Occidental	83,813	260	321.97 km²	0.37% a year
7	La CastellanaNegros Occidental	82,500	392	210.37 km²	0.89% a year
8	Santa CatalinaNegros Oriental	80,382	190	423.93 km²	0.88% a year
9	BinalbaganNegros Occidental	72,594	350	207.51 km²	0.40% a year
10	SibulanNegros Oriental	69,092	457	151.32 km²	1.72% a year
11	Enrique B. MagalonaNegros Occidental	65,730	448	146.62 km²	0.53% a year
12	IsabelaNegros Occidental	65,399	343	190.49 km²	0.33% a year
13	Hinoba-anNegros Occidental	64,364	159	404.21 km²	1.35% a year
14	IlogNegros Occidental	63,444	197	322.28 km²	1.41% a year
15	ManaplaNegros Occidental	55,882	576	97.05 km²	0.35% a year
16	PontevedraNegros Occidental	54,941	495	110.94 km²	0.19% a year
17	AyungonNegros Oriental	50,688	195	259.61 km²	1.78% a year
18	ManjuyodNegros Oriental	46,461	356	130.57 km²	0.88% a year
19	TobosoNegros Occidental	44,973	371	121.34 km²	0.83% a year
20	Moises PadillaNegros Occidental	44,864	321	139.73 km²	0.76% a year
21	BacongNegros Oriental	43,889	1,093	40.17 km²	1.52% a year
22	La LibertadNegros Oriental	42,721	245	174.64 km²	0.94% a year
23	VallehermosoNegros Oriental	42,421	394	107.61 km²	0.95% a year
24	BindoyNegros Oriental	41,543	246	169.09 km²	0.73% a year
25	PamplonaNegros Oriental	41,209	198	208.03 km²	0.83% a year
26	ValladolidNegros Occidental	40,487	1,012	40.02 km²	0.29% a year
27	ValenciaNegros Oriental	39,986	202	197.52 km²	0.77% a year
28	TayasanNegros Oriental	39,005	216	180.84 km²	0.53% a year
29	JimalaludNegros Oriental	32,996	229	144.04 km²	0.55% a year
30	PulupandanNegros Occidental	31,942	1,728	18.49 km²	1.42% a year
31	DauinNegros Oriental	30,921	273	113.10 km²	0.71% a year
32	ZamboanguitaNegros Oriental	30,412	229	132.90 km²	0.68% a year
33	SiquijorSiquijor	30,215	346	87.43 km²	1.06% a year
34	BasayNegros Oriental	30,018	160	187.38 km²	1.23% a year
35	Salvador BenedictoNegros Occidental	28,231	166	170.56 km²	1.15% a year
36	AmlanNegros Oriental	26,566	407	65.26 km²	0.97% a year
37	San EnriqueNegros Occidental	24,424	873	27.97 km²	0.24% a year
38	LaziSiquijor	23,092	340	67.83 km²	0.64% a year
39	San JoseNegros Oriental	22,870	451	50.66 km²	0.98% a year
40	CandoniNegros Occidental	22,083	100	220.95 km²	−1.73% a year
41	San JuanSiquijor	17,291	404	42.82 km²	1.33% a year
42	MariaSiquijor	15,146	269	56.30 km²	1.24% a year
43	LarenaSiquijor	14,933	362	41.23 km²	0.78% a year
44	Enrique VillanuevaSiquijor	6,965	274	25.39 km²	0.61% 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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