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Municipalities in Misamis Oriental

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 Misamis Oriental, at a glance

Municipalities: 23^[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: 787,044^[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: 2,408.87 km²^[5]; Each municipality's official area, added up.
Most people: Tagoloan^[4]; Misamis Oriental; 80,424 people
Fewest people: Binuangan^[4]; Misamis Oriental; 8,293 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: Claveria^[5]; Misamis Oriental; 662.66 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: Tagoloan^[5]; Misamis Oriental; 952 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: Sugbongcogon^[4]; Misamis Oriental; 3.25% 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: None of the 23^[4]; Every one had more people in 2024 than in 2020.

Island group: All

Region: Northern Mindanao

Province: Misamis Oriental

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23 municipalities, most people first.

Municipalities in Misamis Oriental, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Land area	Growth, 2020–2024
1	TagoloanMisamis Oriental	80,424	952	84.51 km²	0.03% a year
2	BalingasagMisamis Oriental	76,877	503	152.81 km²	0.79% a year
3	OpolMisamis Oriental	66,836	291	230.02 km²	0.18% a year
4	JasaanMisamis Oriental	58,098	755	76.93 km²	0.44% a year
5	ClaveriaMisamis Oriental	52,718	80	662.66 km²	0.11% a year
6	VillanuevaMisamis Oriental	42,456	821	51.69 km²	1.19% a year
7	MagsaysayMisamis Oriental	37,084	255	145.27 km²	0.18% a year
8	MedinaMisamis Oriental	36,692	290	126.52 km²	0.72% a year
9	AlubijidMisamis Oriental	35,411	329	107.59 km²	2.33% a year
10	InitaoMisamis Oriental	34,445	340	101.33 km²	0.38% a year
11	SalayMisamis Oriental	31,128	429	72.55 km²	0.89% a year
12	ManticaoMisamis Oriental	30,968	269	115.05 km²	1.20% a year
13	LaguindinganMisamis Oriental	27,688	699	39.62 km²	1.18% a year
14	TalisayanMisamis Oriental	26,801	267	100.37 km²	0.95% a year
15	LagonglongMisamis Oriental	25,072	412	60.83 km²	0.86% a year
16	NaawanMisamis Oriental	23,562	659	35.76 km²	1.17% a year
17	LugaitMisamis Oriental	20,946	681	30.76 km²	0.45% a year
18	GitagumMisamis Oriental	19,269	490	39.33 km²	1.76% a year
19	KinoguitanMisamis Oriental	15,763	374	42.20 km²	2.73% a year
20	LibertadMisamis Oriental	13,461	451	29.88 km²	0.94% a year
21	BalingoanMisamis Oriental	11,896	189	62.94 km²	1.85% a year
22	SugbongcogonMisamis Oriental	11,156	421	26.51 km²	3.25% a year
23	BinuanganMisamis Oriental	8,293	604	13.74 km²	2.63% 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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