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Municipalities in Surigao del Norte

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 Surigao del Norte, at a glance

Municipalities: 20^[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: 388,311^[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: 1,782.38 km²^[5]; Each municipality's official area, added up.
Most people: Claver^[4]; Surigao del Norte; 39,882 people
Fewest people: Burgos^[4]; Surigao del Norte; 4,399 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: Claver^[5]; Surigao del Norte; 307.90 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: Placer^[5]; Surigao del Norte; 504 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: Bacuag^[4]; Surigao del Norte; 3.35% 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 20^[4]; Every one had more people in 2024 than in 2020.

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Municipalities in Surigao del Norte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Land area	Growth, 2020–2024
1	ClaverSurigao del Norte	39,882	130	307.90 km²	2.46% a year
2	DapaSurigao del Norte	31,392	361	86.86 km²	1.91% a year
3	PlacerSurigao del Norte	30,442	504	60.41 km²	0.66% a year
4	MainitSurigao del Norte	29,205	253	115.23 km²	1.00% a year
5	SocorroSurigao del Norte	28,436	225	126.30 km²	2.23% a year
6	General LunaSurigao del Norte	25,208	483	52.21 km²	2.38% a year
7	GigaquitSurigao del Norte	22,949	125	183.44 km²	1.18% a year
8	Del CarmenSurigao del Norte	20,786	139	149.53 km²	0.78% a year
9	MalimonoSurigao del Norte	19,442	240	80.88 km²	0.74% a year
10	Tagana-AnSurigao del Norte	18,158	249	72.95 km²	1.14% a year
11	AlegriaSurigao del Norte	17,846	273	65.28 km²	2.37% a year
12	BacuagSurigao del Norte	17,076	214	79.62 km²	3.35% a year
13	TubodSurigao del Norte	16,675	353	47.24 km²	2.50% a year
14	San FranciscoSurigao del Norte	16,004	275	58.17 km²	1.01% a year
15	SisonSurigao del Norte	14,826	186	79.75 km²	0.89% a year
16	PilarSurigao del Norte	11,135	197	56.40 km²	1.71% a year
17	Santa MonicaSurigao del Norte	9,757	270	36.15 km²	0.84% a year
18	San IsidroSurigao del Norte	8,813	173	51.07 km²	0.82% a year
19	San BenitoSurigao del Norte	5,880	109	53.70 km²	0.91% a year
20	BurgosSurigao del Norte	4,399	228	19.29 km²	1.20% 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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