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Municipality

General Luna

General Luna is a municipality in Surigao del Norte, Caraga, Philippines. Its population was 25,208 in the 2024 census, and it has 19 barangays.

  • Population: 2024 Census
  • Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
  • Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
  • Page updated: October 9, 2026
Colour byColours the map of General Luna by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
DapaPilarAnajawan: 513 people, 634 per km², 1.76% a yearCabitoonan: 548 people, 347 per km², 2.72% a yearCatangnan: 2,328 people, 927 per km², 5.61% a yearConsuelo: 2,411 people, 373 per km², 3.53% a yearCorazon: 575 people, 111 per km², 4.79% a yearDaku: 604 people, 400 per km², 4.29% a yearPoblacion I: 2,557 people, 21,669 per km², 0.82% a yearPoblacion II: 1,223 people, 28,310 per km², 10.95% a yearPoblacion III: 1,090 people, 6,264 per km², 0.07% a yearPoblacion IV: 547 people, 16,280 per km², −8.44% a yearPoblacion V: 4,135 people, 3,181 per km², 1.87% a yearLa Januza: 321 people, 359 per km², −3.41% a yearLibertad: 1,298 people, 941 per km², 2.44% a yearMagsaysay: 773 people, 310 per km², 1.15% a yearMalinao: 1,988 people, 219 per km², 5.25% a yearSanta Cruz: 960 people, 176 per km², 3.20% a yearSanta Fe: 1,613 people, 1,746 per km², 1.56% a yearSuyangan: 783 people, 664 per km², −3.87% a yearTawin-tawin: 941 people, 153 per km², 2.97% a year

People · 2024 Census

  • Under 690
  • 690 to 1,100
  • 1,100 to 1,800
  • 1,800 to 3,100
  • 3,100 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Density · people per km², 2024

  • Under 160
  • 160 to 340
  • 340 to 700
  • 700 to 2,600
  • 2,600 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Growth a year · 2020–2024

  • Fell by more than 1% a year
  • Fell, by up to 1% a year
  • Grew, by under 1% a year
  • Grew by 1 to 2% a year
  • Grew by 2% a year or more

Each place's yearly change between the 2020 and 2024 censuses, on the same steps as every map in the Atlas.

Borders from UN OCHA (PSA and NAMRIA), a guide and not the legal boundary[3]Open in OpenStreetMap

  • PeopleSources

    25,208

    people counted in the 2024 censusCensusA 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

    Up 67.9% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    7th

    of the 21 cities and municipalities of Surigao del Norte by population, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary

    About 4 of every 100 people in Surigao del Norte lived in General Luna in 2024 (4.46%)

  • Inside itSources

    19

    barangays

  • LandSources

    52.21 km²

    of land, 2019 masterlistLand 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.Explained by Scene: General Luna's land would fill a square about 7.2 km on each side. That is only a way to picture its size: its real shape is on the map.More in the glossary

    Average density, 2024: 483 people per km²Population 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.Explained by Scene: About 5 people per hectare if everyone were spread evenly across the land. In fact people live closer together in towns and farther apart in the countryside.More in the glossary

  • HomesSources

    6,582

    households in 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary

    3.8 people in each, on average, in 2024

  • Town or countrySources

    48%

    About 48 of every 100 people lived in urban barangays in 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary

PSGC codePSGC codeThe code the Philippine Statistics Authority gives every place, so each one is known exactly, even when two share a name.More in the glossary
1606710000[4]Formerly 166710000
ZIP code
8419[15, 16, 17]

People

General Luna had 25,208 people in the 2024 census, up 67.9% from 2010.
People at each census since 1960

Counts from 2000 on are on today’s borders; earlier counts are as the place was then, so the line may step where a border moved.

General Luna had the 7th most people of the 21 cities and municipalities of Surigao del Norte in 2024[1]
  1. 4Placer30,442
  2. 5Mainit29,205
  3. 6Socorro28,436
  4. 7General Luna25,208
  5. 8Gigaquit22,949
  6. 9Del Carmen20,786
  7. 10Malimono19,442
All 21 cities and municipalities of Surigao del Norte
In 2024, the 10 barangays with the most people held about 78 of every 100 of its people[2]
  1. Poblacion V4,13516 in 100
  2. Poblacion I2,55710 in 100
  3. Consuelo2,41110 in 100
  4. Catangnan2,3289 in 100
  5. Malinao1,9888 in 100
  6. Santa Fe1,6136 in 100
  7. Libertad1,2985 in 100
  8. Poblacion II1,2235 in 100
  9. Poblacion III1,0904 in 100
  10. Santa Cruz9604 in 100
See all 19 barangays of General Luna
Age structure · 2020 Census[36]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 31 of every 100 are children under 15 (31.1%)
  • About 63 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (63.4%)
  • About 5 of every 100 are 65 or older (5.4%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
0 - 42,3221,2101,112
5 - 92,3471,1781,169
10 - 142,3171,1681,149
15 - 192,4051,2261,179
20 - 242,1191,1141,005
25 - 291,816905911
30 - 341,614855759
35 - 391,385711674
40 - 441,267690577
45 - 491,164609555
50 - 541,031517514
55 - 59785399386
60 - 64636328308
65 - 69483205278
70 - 74330141189
75 - 7921274138
80 years and over19758139

Every figure, census by census

People, 2024 CensusCensusA 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
25,208[1, 2]
Households, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary
6,582[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
3.8 on average[1, 2]
Share of Surigao del Norte, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary
4.46%[1]
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary
48% (12,098 people)[5]
Men and women, 2020
11,388 men, 11,042 women[36]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 202425,208[1, 2]2.38% a year6,5823.8
2020as of May 1, 202022,853[1]6.73% a year——
2015as of August 1, 201516,771[1]2.13% a year——
2010as of May 1, 201015,014[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then13,385[34]1.12% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders12,347[34, 35]−0.36% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then12,554[34]1.60% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then11,535[34]−0.46% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then12,075[34]4.33% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then9,768[34]2.88% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then8,476[34]−0.16% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then8,614[34]———

Barangays

General Luna is made up of 19 barangays.
Barangays of General Luna. Each column heading sorts the table.
[2, 3, 5, 6, 7]Share (2024)Urban or rural
Anajawan5132.04%1.76% a yearabout 0.809 km²Rural
Cabitoonan5482.17%2.72% a yearabout 1.58 km²Rural
Catangnan2,3289.24%5.61% a yearabout 2.51 km²Urban
Consuelo2,4119.56%3.53% a yearabout 6.46 km²Rural
Corazon5752.28%4.79% a yearabout 5.18 km²Rural
Daku6042.4%4.29% a yearabout 1.51 km²Rural
La Januza3211.27%−3.41% a yearabout 0.893 km²Rural
Libertad1,2985.15%2.44% a yearabout 1.38 km²Rural
Magsaysay7733.07%1.15% a yearabout 2.49 km²Rural
Malinao1,9887.89%5.25% a yearabout 9.08 km²Urban
Poblacion I2,55710.14%0.82% a yearabout 0.118 km²Urban
Poblacion II1,2234.85%10.95% a yearabout 0.0432 km²Rural
Poblacion III1,0904.32%0.07% a yearabout 0.174 km²Urban
Poblacion IV5472.17%−8.44% a yearabout 0.0336 km²Rural
Poblacion V4,13516.4%1.87% a yearabout 1.30 km²Urban
Santa Cruz9603.81%3.20% a yearabout 5.45 km²Rural
Santa Fe1,6136.4%1.56% a yearabout 0.924 km²Rural
Suyangan7833.11%−3.87% a yearabout 1.18 km²Rural
Tawin-tawin9413.73%2.97% a yearabout 6.16 km²Rural

Areas are approximate: each is measured inside the barangay's border on UN OCHA's map, which is a guide, not the legal boundary.

Land & Environment

General Luna covers 52.21 km² of land, 483 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 138 m above the sea and it has 78.4 km of coast.
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
52.21 km²[6]As listed in the 2019 Masterlist of Land Areas (LMB, DENR)
Average density, 2024Population 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
483 people per km²[6]
Coordinates
9.79554° N, 126.12597° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[31]
Lowest
Sea level
Average
20 m
Highest
138 m

Heights from the Copernicus DEM, a 30 m model of the surface: it reads the tops of trees and roofs, not the bare ground, over the land inside the border, the sea left out. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Water, coast and peaks

78.4 km of coastline[32]

Named rivers, lakes and peaks as OpenStreetMap mapped them on 30 September 2026, and the coast within 150 m of the border. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Climate

Climate typeClimate typePAGASA sorts the country's climate into four types by when the rain falls. Type I has a dry season from November to April and a wet one for the rest of the year; Type II has no dry season, with the most rain from December to February; Type III has a short dry season; Type IV has rain spread through the year.More in the glossary

Type II[33]

No dry season. The rain is heaviest from December to February, and no month is truly dry.

Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

Life & Economy

About 28 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2021.
Poverty, 2021Poverty incidenceHow many of every 100 people live in families whose income is below the poverty line: what a person needs in a year for food and other basic needs, as the PSA sets it for each province. It is an estimate, from a survey or, for a town, a statistical model, so the PSA gives a range it is likely to fall in.More in the glossary
27.7% of people[21]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's estimate for every town.
Income classIncome classThe Department of Finance sorts provinces, cities and municipalities into classes by their average yearly income over recent years: 1st class has the most. It measures the local government's income, not how well off its people are.More in the glossary
3rd class[4]
About 28 of every 100 people in General Luna lived below the poverty line in 2021 (27.7%)[21]

The PSA's model for every town puts it between 22.5% and 32.9%, with 90% confidence.

The PSA rates this estimate's reliability as acceptable rather than high: read it as a guide.

Public places

  • 7government offices
  • 3hospitals and health centres
  • 23schools
  • 2places of worship
  • 6stations and terminals
  • 2beaches

Counted from OpenStreetMap[3, 8]. Schools, places of worship, barangay halls and places known only by a common name, such as a chapel, are listed on each barangay's page.

As OpenStreetMap maps them on September 30, 2026. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads General Luna. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Bayan (the municipal council), led by the vice mayor. The mayor, the vice mayor and the council's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.[13, 14]

Legislative districtLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary
1st district of Surigao del Norte[18, 19, 20]

Leaders

The mayor and vice mayor elected at each election since 2001, as COMELEC's lists of the elected name them, and those in office now, as the DILG's directory lists them.

  1. 2025–2028In office as of February 2026

    Mayor
    Johnson Yu Sajulga[22]
    Vice mayor
    Romina Rusillon Sajulga[22]

  2. 2022–2025

    Mayor
    Sol Forcadilla Matugas[23]
    Vice mayor
    Romina Rusillon Sajulga[23]

  3. 2019–2022

    Mayor
    Cecilia Luperte Rusillon[24]
    Vice mayor
    Veronico Galela Solloso[24]

  4. 2016–2019

    Mayor
    Jaime Plaza Rusillon[25]
    Vice mayor
    Veronico Galela Solloso[25]

  5. 2013–2016

    Mayor
    Jaime Plaza Rusillon[26]
    Vice mayor
    Veronico Galela Solloso[26]

  6. 2010–2013

    Mayor
    Jaime Plaza Rusillon[27]
    Vice mayor
    Pastor Migullas Bioy[27]

  7. 2007–2010

    Mayor
    Felipe Escosura Espejon[28]
    Vice mayor
    Pastor Migullas Bioy[28]

  8. 2004–2007

    Mayor
    Cecilia Rusillon[29]
    Vice mayor
    Pastor Bioy[29]

  9. 2001–2004

    Mayor
    Cecilia L. Rusillon[30]
    Vice mayor
    Nemia T. Magaluna[30]
Mayors and vice mayors of General Luna, by term
TermMayorVice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Johnson Yu Sajulga[22]Romina Rusillon Sajulga[22]
2022–2025Sol Forcadilla Matugas[23]Romina Rusillon Sajulga[23]
2019–2022Cecilia Luperte Rusillon[24]Veronico Galela Solloso[24]
2016–2019Jaime Plaza Rusillon[25]Veronico Galela Solloso[25]
2013–2016Jaime Plaza Rusillon[26]Veronico Galela Solloso[26]
2010–2013Jaime Plaza Rusillon[27]Pastor Migullas Bioy[27]
2007–2010Felipe Escosura Espejon[28]Pastor Migullas Bioy[28]
2004–2007Cecilia Rusillon[29]Pastor Bioy[29]
2001–2004Cecilia L. Rusillon[30]Nemia T. Magaluna[30]

History & Identity

How it got its name

Local traditionA local legend says the town was called Cabuntog because villagers, fearing that the far-carrying sound of a church bell drew Muslim raiders, dumped the bell in the Campujong River. Buntog means dumping in the local speech.[9]

On 25 November 1929 an Act changed the name of the municipality of Cabuntog, Surigao, to General Luna.[10]

Its story

The town's own site says its original people were the Caragans, from the Caraga region, who lived by fishing and farming.[9]

It says people from the mainland rose up in 1631 and razed Cabuntog.[9]

The site says Muslim raiders destroyed the parish church more than once, including in 1756 and 1856.[9]

Under American rule the pueblo was reduced to a barangay of Dapa. Act No. 1241 of 1904 joined Cabuntog to Dapa.[9, 11]

The town site gives 1 August 1929 as the day it formally became an organized unit of government.[9]

Timeline

  1. 1631

    People from the mainland attacked and razed Cabuntog, says the town's site.[9]

  2. 1756 and 1856

    Muslim raiders destroyed the parish church of Cabuntog again, according to the town's site.[9]

  3. 22 October 1903

    Act No. 953 cut Surigao's thirty-four municipalities to twenty-nine. The municipality of Cabuntog kept its boundaries.[12]

  4. 5 October 1904

    Act No. 1241 cut Surigao to twelve municipalities and joined Cabuntog to the municipality of Dapa.[9, 11]

  5. 1 August 1929

    The town site marks this day as its formal entry as an organized unit of government.[9]

  6. 25 November 1929

    Act No. 3557 renamed the municipality of Cabuntog as General Luna.[10]

Nearby

General Luna shares a border with Dapa and Pilar.

How it compares

General Luna beside Surigao del Norte, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of Surigao del Norte.

General Luna beside Surigao del Norte
FigureGeneral LunaSurigao del NorteRank among the cities and municipalities of Surigao del Norte
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 glossary25,208[1, 2]565,6447th of 21
Growth a year, 2020–2024Growth 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 glossary2.38% a year[1, 2]faster1.36% a year4th of 21
People per km², 2024Population 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 glossary483[6]more crowded2753rd of 21
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 glossary52.21 km²[6]2,053.75 km²17th of 21
People in each household, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary3.8[1, 2]lower4.1not ranked
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary48%[5]higher35.3%not ranked

How far, in a straight line[3]

Surigao City, the capital of Surigao del Norte
70.7 km west
Manila
772.3 km northwest

In a straight line between the points inside each place farthest from its edges, not by road.

The nearest towns and cities[3]

  1. DapaSurigao del Norte6.0 km west
  2. PilarSurigao del Norte6.2 km northwest
  3. Del CarmenSurigao del Norte13.5 km west
  4. San IsidroSurigao del Norte16.7 km north
  5. San BenitoSurigao del Norte20.0 km northwest
  6. BurgosSurigao del Norte22.6 km north

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