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Municipalities in Northern Mindanao

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 Northern Mindanao

Municipalities in Northern Mindanao, at a glance

Municipalities: 84^[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: 3,165,478^[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: 14,208.54 km²^[5]; Each municipality's official area, added up.
Most people: Manolo Fortich^[4]; Bukidnon; 118,075 people
Fewest people: Concepcion^[4]; Misamis Occidental; 6,608 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: Talakag^[5]; Bukidnon; 799.45 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: Kapatagan^[4]; Lanao del Norte; 3.68% 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: 2 municipalities^[4]; Of those with 10,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Damulog, −0.47% a year.

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

Municipalities in Northern Mindanao, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Land area	Growth, 2020–2024
1	Manolo FortichBukidnon	118,075	256	460.82 km²	1.02% a year
2	QuezonBukidnon	114,521	189	607.02 km²	1.05% a year
3	MaramagBukidnon	109,864	233	471.66 km²	0.35% a year
4	TalakagBukidnon	81,932	102	799.45 km²	1.49% a year
5	TagoloanMisamis Oriental	80,424	952	84.51 km²	0.03% a year
6	BalingasagMisamis Oriental	76,877	503	152.81 km²	0.79% a year
7	LalaLanao del Norte	75,015	555	135.11 km²	0.52% a year
8	BaloiLanao del Norte	74,003	698	106.03 km²	1.88% a year
9	Don CarlosBukidnon	73,592	336	219.22 km²	1.46% a year
10	KapataganLanao del Norte	72,762	290	250.67 km²	3.68% a year
11	LantapanBukidnon	68,777	209	328.37 km²	1.00% a year
12	OpolMisamis Oriental	66,836	291	230.02 km²	0.18% a year
13	Sultan Naga DimaporoLanao del Norte	65,656	284	230.99 km²	1.82% a year
14	San FernandoBukidnon	65,494	86	763.55 km²	0.92% a year
15	PangantucanBukidnon	60,162	134	449.74 km²	1.48% a year
16	JasaanMisamis Oriental	58,098	755	76.93 km²	0.44% a year
17	KitaotaoBukidnon	57,364	203	282.23 km²	1.55% a year
18	Impasug-ongBukidnon	55,901	79	708.47 km²	0.89% a year
19	ClaveriaMisamis Oriental	52,718	80	662.66 km²	0.11% a year
20	LibonaBukidnon	51,555	135	380.63 km²	1.24% a year
21	TubodLanao del Norte	50,395	286	175.97 km²	0.15% a year
22	KalilanganBukidnon	44,108	196	225.42 km²	0.22% a year
23	KibaweBukidnon	43,491	190	228.85 km²	0.90% a year
24	VillanuevaMisamis Oriental	42,456	821	51.69 km²	1.19% a year
25	MambajaoCamiguin	41,782	678	61.67 km²	0.40% a year
26	PlaridelMisamis Occidental	40,321	511	78.96 km²	0.29% a year
27	ClarinMisamis Occidental	39,867	472	84.50 km²	0.31% a year
28	BaungonBukidnon	39,151	197	198.81 km²	1.29% a year
29	DamulogBukidnon	38,564	248	155.28 km²	−0.47% a year
30	CabanglasanBukidnon	38,365	158	243.30 km²	1.35% a year
31	MagsaysayMisamis Oriental	37,084	255	145.27 km²	0.18% a year
32	MedinaMisamis Oriental	36,692	290	126.52 km²	0.72% a year
33	MunaiLanao del Norte	36,449	205	177.62 km²	0.96% a year
34	KadingilanBukidnon	35,432	198	178.57 km²	1.18% a year
35	AlubijidMisamis Oriental	35,411	329	107.59 km²	2.33% a year
36	BonifacioMisamis Occidental	34,942	225	155.02 km²	0.27% a year
37	InitaoMisamis Oriental	34,445	340	101.33 km²	0.38% a year
38	SalvadorLanao del Norte	34,053	344	98.99 km²	1.42% a year
39	Pantao RagatLanao del Norte	32,557	599	54.35 km²	1.78% a year
40	SalayMisamis Oriental	31,128	429	72.55 km²	0.89% a year
41	SumilaoBukidnon	31,094	158	196.95 km²	1.24% a year
42	ManticaoMisamis Oriental	30,968	269	115.05 km²	1.20% a year
43	Poona PiagapoLanao del Norte	30,666	367	83.50 km²	1.20% a year
44	JimenezMisamis Occidental	29,265	360	81.32 km²	0.29% a year
45	TudelaMisamis Occidental	29,082	333	87.34 km²	0.40% a year
46	MalitbogBukidnon	28,666	107	267.36 km²	1.68% a year
47	KolambuganLanao del Norte	28,545	394	72.36 km²	0.24% a year
48	AloranMisamis Occidental	28,095	202	139.34 km²	0.14% a year
49	LaguindinganMisamis Oriental	27,688	699	39.62 km²	1.18% a year
50	PantarLanao del Norte	27,300	423	64.59 km²	0.63% 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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