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Municipalities in Quezon

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]}

Open Quezon

Municipalities in Quezon, at a glance

Municipalities: 39^[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: 1,865,020^[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: 8,475.90 km²^[5]; Each municipality's official area, added up.
Most people: Sariaya^[4]; Quezon; 172,018 people
Fewest people: Jomalig^[4]; Quezon; 7,884 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: General Nakar^[5]; Quezon; 1,626.13 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: Candelaria^[5]; Quezon; 970 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: Plaridel^[4]; Quezon; 1.70% 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: 12 municipalities^[4]; Of those with 10,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Burdeos, −1.91% a year.

Island group: All

Region: CALABARZON

Province: Quezon

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39 municipalities, most people first.

Municipalities in Quezon, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Land area	Growth, 2020–2024
1	SariayaQuezon	172,018	887	194.04 km²	1.47% a year
2	CandelariaQuezon	137,933	970	142.20 km²	0.01% a year
3	TiaongQuezon	107,666	941	114.39 km²	0.31% a year
4	LopezQuezon	96,006	274	350.05 km²	0.34% a year
5	PagbilaoQuezon	82,132	476	172.57 km²	1.03% a year
6	InfantaQuezon	77,676	410	189.34 km²	0.47% a year
7	CatanauanQuezon	76,250	306	249.17 km²	1.13% a year
8	GumacaQuezon	72,454	364	199.03 km²	0.17% a year
9	MaubanQuezon	70,135	142	494.21 km²	−0.32% a year
10	CalauagQuezon	68,999	167	411.99 km²	−0.95% a year
11	AtimonanQuezon	65,552	251	260.89 km²	0.48% a year
12	San FranciscoQuezon	63,789	232	274.99 km²	0.65% a year
13	TagkawayanQuezon	54,709	103	529.69 km²	0.31% a year
14	LucbanQuezon	54,134	423	127.94 km²	0.47% a year
15	MulanayQuezon	53,976	198	272.93 km²	−0.70% a year
16	San NarcisoQuezon	53,375	212	252.29 km²	1.07% a year
17	GuinayanganQuezon	45,375	212	214.12 km²	0.72% a year
18	RealQuezon	39,969	118	337.92 km²	0.79% a year
19	San AndresQuezon	38,407	186	206.49 km²	0.60% a year
20	San AntonioQuezon	36,451	640	56.99 km²	0.37% a year
21	General NakarQuezon	34,982	22	1,626.13 km²	0.53% a year
22	DoloresQuezon	32,645	464	70.43 km²	0.10% a year
23	PolilloQuezon	31,737	132	240.52 km²	−0.13% a year
24	BuenavistaQuezon	31,550	185	170.33 km²	0.30% a year
25	UnisanQuezon	25,357	209	121.14 km²	−0.09% a year
26	MacalelonQuezon	25,266	264	95.54 km²	−1.85% a year
27	General LunaQuezon	25,110	249	100.91 km²	0.29% a year
28	Padre BurgosQuezon	23,392	314	74.42 km²	−0.10% a year
29	BurdeosQuezon	22,742	119	190.35 km²	−1.91% a year
30	PitogoQuezon	22,499	282	79.88 km²	−0.32% a year
31	PanukulanQuezon	17,118	80	212.90 km²	1.07% a year
32	QuezonQuezon	15,869	294	54.00 km²	−0.03% a year
33	AlabatQuezon	15,744	273	57.60 km²	−0.29% a year
34	PatnanunganQuezon	15,554	190	81.92 km²	0.79% a year
35	SampalocQuezon	13,331	166	80.54 km²	−0.53% a year
36	AgdanganQuezon	13,316	390	34.14 km²	1.02% a year
37	PerezQuezon	13,052	211	61.79 km²	0.53% a year
38	PlaridelQuezon	10,866	597	18.19 km²	1.70% a year
39	JomaligQuezon	7,884	146	53.93 km²	0.67% 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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