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Densest barangays in Special Geographic Area

Fort Pikit (Malidegao, Special Geographic Area) is the most crowded of the 63 barangays in Special Geographic Area: about 3,926 people for every km² in 2024.^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Below are all 63 barangays, ordered by people for every km² of land, each with its 2020 count and its change since.

People are counted as of July 1, 2024 (the 2024 Census of Population) and May 1, 2020 (the 2020 Census of Population and Housing), both by the Philippine Statistics Authority.

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Densest barangays in Special Geographic Area, top 63
Rank	Name	City or municipality	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020	People per km²
1	Fort Pikit	Malidegao, Special Geographic Area	7,578	7,476	+1.4%	about 3,926
2	Datu Mantil	Pahamuddin, Special Geographic Area	1,125	1,220	−7.8%	about 1,772
3	Batulawan	Malidegao, Special Geographic Area	6,646	6,306	+5.4%	about 1,254
4	Malingao	Kadayangan, Special Geographic Area	5,124	4,456	+15.0%	about 1,141
5	Kapinpilan	Kadayangan, Special Geographic Area	4,870	4,593	+6.0%	about 1,054
6	Nabundas	Malidegao, Special Geographic Area	5,591	4,996	+11.9%	about 1,030
7	Manaulanan	Tugunan, Special Geographic Area	7,790	7,632	+2.1%	about 997
8	Bagoaingud	Ligawasan, Special Geographic Area	2,823	3,080	−8.3%	about 994
9	Libungan Torreta	Pahamuddin, Special Geographic Area	2,122	2,290	−7.3%	about 892
10	Pamalian	Tugunan, Special Geographic Area	2,981	3,256	−8.5%	about 885
11	Tugal	Kadayangan, Special Geographic Area	4,369	4,665	−6.4%	about 881
12	Rajah Muda	Ligawasan, Special Geographic Area	3,618	2,116	+71.0%	about 866
13	Lagunde	Tugunan, Special Geographic Area	5,462	5,332	+2.4%	about 844
14	Lower Baguer	Pahamuddin, Special Geographic Area	1,172	1,208	−3.0%	about 728
15	Kadigasan	Nabalawag, Special Geographic Area	5,235	5,441	−3.8%	about 664
16	Buliok	Ligawasan, Special Geographic Area	4,937	4,624	+6.8%	about 642
17	Balungis	Malidegao, Special Geographic Area	3,891	4,463	−12.8%	about 635
18	Manarapan	Kapalawan, Special Geographic Area	4,078	4,355	−6.4%	about 633
19	Kib-Ayao	Kapalawan, Special Geographic Area	7,049	7,146	−1.4%	about 532
20	Macabual	Tugunan, Special Geographic Area	4,311	4,557	−5.4%	about 523
21	Sambulawan	Kadayangan, Special Geographic Area	3,801	3,599	+5.6%	about 516
22	Kadingilan	Pahamuddin, Special Geographic Area	1,695	1,683	+0.7%	about 514
23	Damatulan	Nabalawag, Special Geographic Area	4,510	4,570	−1.3%	about 508
24	Gligli	Ligawasan, Special Geographic Area	3,357	3,861	−13.1%	about 507
25	Simsiman	Pahamuddin, Special Geographic Area	2,445	2,506	−2.4%	about 505
26	Matilac	Pahamuddin, Special Geographic Area	1,752	1,817	−3.6%	about 474
27	Barungis	Ligawasan, Special Geographic Area	2,487	3,367	−26.1%	about 461
28	Balacayon	Pahamuddin, Special Geographic Area	1,523	1,306	+16.6%	about 459
29	Upper Pangangkalan	Pahamuddin, Special Geographic Area	871	905	−3.8%	about 458
30	Datu Binasing	Pahamuddin, Special Geographic Area	1,699	1,650	+3.0%	about 438
31	Tumbras	Kadayangan, Special Geographic Area	3,330	3,432	−3.0%	about 434
32	Bualan	Tugunan, Special Geographic Area	2,246	2,177	+3.2%	about 434
33	Olandang	Nabalawag, Special Geographic Area	3,582	3,702	−3.2%	about 430
34	Panicupan	Tugunan, Special Geographic Area	2,173	2,357	−7.8%	about 420
35	Kudarangan	Nabalawag, Special Geographic Area	3,412	3,218	+6.0%	about 418
36	Balong	Tugunan, Special Geographic Area	4,516	3,573	+26.4%	about 409
37	Nunguan	Malidegao, Special Geographic Area	5,681	5,380	+5.6%	about 408
38	Dunguan	Nabalawag, Special Geographic Area	3,010	3,285	−8.4%	about 396
39	Tapodoc	Tugunan, Special Geographic Area	1,797	1,767	+1.7%	about 363
40	Central Labas	Kadayangan, Special Geographic Area	1,825	1,997	−8.6%	about 352
41	Buricain	Pahamuddin, Special Geographic Area	1,569	1,626	−3.5%	about 350
42	Nalapaan	Malidegao, Special Geographic Area	2,374	2,323	+2.2%	about 344
43	Nabalawag	Nabalawag, Special Geographic Area	3,475	3,093	+12.4%	about 344
44	Lower Pangangkalan	Pahamuddin, Special Geographic Area	1,088	1,129	−3.6%	about 341
45	Pedtad	Old Kaabakan, Special Geographic Area	4,801	4,593	+4.5%	about 319
46	Gokoton	Malidegao, Special Geographic Area	4,666	5,494	−15.1%	about 312
47	Kadingilan	Nabalawag, Special Geographic Area	2,276	2,414	−5.7%	about 309
48	Kitulaan	Kapalawan, Special Geographic Area	5,638	6,079	−7.3%	about 302
49	Bulol	Ligawasan, Special Geographic Area	4,729	5,145	−8.1%	about 302
50	Nasapian	Kapalawan, Special Geographic Area	4,755	4,423	+7.5%	about 268
51	Nanga-an	Old Kaabakan, Special Geographic Area	3,491	3,715	−6.0%	about 245
52	Pebpoloan	Kapalawan, Special Geographic Area	1,302	1,038	+25.4%	about 232
53	Mudseng	Kadayangan, Special Geographic Area	2,780	2,831	−1.8%	about 226
54	Langogan	Kapalawan, Special Geographic Area	2,416	2,082	+16.0%	about 220
55	Macasendeg	Tugunan, Special Geographic Area	2,445	2,516	−2.8%	about 213
56	Kabasalan	Ligawasan, Special Geographic Area	6,371	7,591	−16.1%	about 206
57	Sanggadong	Old Kaabakan, Special Geographic Area	808	869	−7.0%	about 194
58	Tupig	Kapalawan, Special Geographic Area	3,953	3,340	+18.4%	about 179
59	Tamped	Old Kaabakan, Special Geographic Area	1,563	1,540	+1.5%	about 173
60	Patot	Pahamuddin, Special Geographic Area	2,201	2,287	−3.8%	about 141
61	Buluan	Old Kaabakan, Special Geographic Area	1,390	1,418	−2.0%	about 92
62	Simone	Old Kaabakan, Special Geographic Area	2,347	2,652	−11.5%	about 87
63	Simbuhay	Old Kaabakan, Special Geographic Area	1,781	1,871	−4.8%	about 82

Density is a place's 2024 people divided by its land area. A barangay has no official area: Scene measures the area inside its border on UN OCHA's map, so its density is approximate. A barangay with no mapped border is not ranked.

Sources

Every count here is the PSA's own, for the place as the PSA names it today. The change and the order are Scene's arithmetic on those counts. How Scene works out the rest.

1.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024 : Bangsamoro Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) (OpenSTAT table 0141A6DTHP3). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 4th Quarter 2022: Publication Datafile, with the 2015 and 2020 census counts (the PSA's file, as the Internet Archive keeps it). Published December 31, 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
3.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
4.UN OCHA, from the PSA and NAMRIA. Philippines: Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB), barangay layer. Published February 13, 2025. Read by Scene September 25, 2026. CC BY-IGO 3.0. Open the source

Scene works out the rest from these sources: growth rates, shares, areas, densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances. How.

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