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Densest barangays in Surigao del Sur

Dagocdoc (Tandag City, Surigao del Sur) is the most crowded of the 309 barangays in Surigao del Sur: about 16,968 people for every km² in 2024.[1, 2, 3, 4]

Below are the first 100 of 309 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 Surigao del Sur, top 100
RankNameCity or municipalityPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020People per km²
1DagocdocTandag City, Surigao del Sur3,2073,754−14.6%about 16,968
2Bongtod Pob.Tandag City, Surigao del Sur6,2266,059+2.8%about 14,581
3MangagoyBislig City, Surigao del Sur29,32430,541−4.0%about 9,646
4Bagong LungsodTandag City, Surigao del Sur4,8365,419−10.8%about 9,211
5Lininti-anCantilan, Surigao del Sur3,8773,986−2.7%about 6,273
6PoblacionSan Agustin, Surigao del Sur805962−16.3%about 5,963
7La CasaHinatuan, Surigao del Sur5,3995,646−4.4%about 4,736
8San Agustin SurTandag City, Surigao del Sur5,6085,921−5.3%about 4,124
9TelajeTandag City, Surigao del Sur7,5407,881−4.3%about 3,523
10Tag-AnonganCortes, Surigao del Sur850907−6.3%about 3,373
11MabuaTandag City, Surigao del Sur8,2718,475−2.4%about 3,121
12Benigno AquinoHinatuan, Surigao del Sur1,6501,764−6.5%about 3,061
13Zone IILanuza, Surigao del Sur630351+79.5%about 2,972
14Zone III MaharlikaHinatuan, Surigao del Sur1,8921,943−2.6%about 2,911
15Zone IVLanuza, Surigao del Sur535528+1.3%about 2,908
16PoblacionBarobo, Surigao del Sur14,624no 2020 countnot comparedabout 2,683
17PurisimaTago, Surigao del Sur7,1317,286−2.1%about 2,631
18BaybayCarrascal, Surigao del Sur1,6251,644−1.2%about 2,286
19QuirinoMadrid, Surigao del Sur2,4712,845−13.2%about 2,226
20Aras-AsanCagwait, Surigao del Sur4,6934,659+0.7%about 1,980
21HornasanSan Agustin, Surigao del Sur3,0043,169−5.2%about 1,976
22San Agustin NorteTandag City, Surigao del Sur2,5282,404+5.2%about 1,532
23Zone IIHinatuan, Surigao del Sur3,3933,249+4.4%about 1,522
24Pag-AntayanCantilan, Surigao del Sur2,7072,597+4.2%about 1,521
25PoblacionMarihatag, Surigao del Sur4,2074,180+0.7%about 1,519
26Santo NiñoSan Agustin, Surigao del Sur1,8022,052−12.2%about 1,502
27LinibonanMadrid, Surigao del Sur1,7021,741−2.2%about 1,493
28Zone ILanuza, Surigao del Sur356416−14.4%about 1,328
29PoblacionLianga, Surigao del Sur4,9964,842+3.2%about 1,315
30TabonBislig City, Surigao del Sur13,66113,560+0.7%about 1,254
31PoblacionBislig City, Surigao del Sur11,95910,844+10.3%about 1,222
32UnidadCagwait, Surigao del Sur4,1404,242−2.4%about 1,166
33DoyosCarrascal, Surigao del Sur1,9591,887+3.8%about 1,139
34VictoriaTago, Surigao del Sur3,2593,020+7.9%about 1,038
35Bitaugan EastCagwait, Surigao del Sur1,274905+40.8%about 923
36ComawasBislig City, Surigao del Sur3,7653,560+5.8%about 907
37DapdapBarobo, Surigao del Sur1,842no 2020 countnot comparedabout 899
38San PedroCantilan, Surigao del Sur3,6093,345+7.9%about 898
39EmbarcaderoCarrascal, Surigao del Sur715705+1.4%about 850
40WakatBarobo, Surigao del Sur2,737no 2020 countnot comparedabout 847
41QuezonTandag City, Surigao del Sur2,1421,985+7.9%about 833
42MagosilomCantilan, Surigao del Sur5,0215,068−0.9%about 822
43BiotoTandag City, Surigao del Sur1,9121,706+12.1%about 756
44SacaCarrascal, Surigao del Sur1,0511,108−5.1%about 751
45RosarioTandag City, Surigao del Sur5,1904,385+18.4%about 742
46Ban-asLianga, Surigao del Sur1,8441,804+2.2%about 712
47AntaoCarmen, Surigao del Sur1,0791,145−5.8%about 687
48Santa CruzCarmen, Surigao del Sur1,1681,097+6.5%about 671
49MagobawokBayabas, Surigao del Sur1,0821,123−3.7%about 668
50PongtodSan Agustin, Surigao del Sur1,7891,557+14.9%about 665
51PayasanLianga, Surigao del Sur2,6132,504+4.4%about 644
52San FernandoBislig City, Surigao del Sur3,0802,920+5.5%about 626
53KauswaganSan Agustin, Surigao del Sur1,9581,968−0.5%about 620
54CarmenCarmen, Surigao del Sur3,2293,314−2.6%about 617
55BanahaoLianga, Surigao del Sur2,5632,514+2.0%about 616
56Patong PatongMadrid, Surigao del Sur2,1651,617+33.9%about 610
57KinayanBarobo, Surigao del Sur1,368no 2020 countnot comparedabout 563
58San RoqueLingig, Surigao del Sur1,3961,456−4.1%about 558
59San VicenteCarmen, Surigao del Sur833801+4.0%about 552
60LiatimcoLianga, Surigao del Sur2,1942,170+1.1%about 549
61AmagaBarobo, Surigao del Sur2,997no 2020 countnot comparedabout 511
62SalvacionSan Agustin, Surigao del Sur2,6082,476+5.3%about 508
63OteizaSan Agustin, Surigao del Sur1,8691,794+4.2%about 502
64ParangCantilan, Surigao del Sur3,9933,777+5.7%about 493
65AlegriaMarihatag, Surigao del Sur920958−4.0%about 492
66MagsaysayMadrid, Surigao del Sur1,2691,372−7.5%about 483
67HabagLanuza, Surigao del Sur980956+2.5%about 480
68PoblacionCagwait, Surigao del Sur1,8101,790+1.1%about 469
69BadongTago, Surigao del Sur1,4251,467−2.9%about 464
70BugsukanCantilan, Surigao del Sur654673−2.8%about 454
71PoblacionSan Miguel, Surigao del Sur3,1863,238−1.6%about 447
72GamutTago, Surigao del Sur2,6572,598+2.3%about 436
73TawaganCagwait, Surigao del Sur582562+3.6%about 428
74Saint ChristineLianga, Surigao del Sur3,0792,918+5.5%about 420
75Dayo-anTago, Surigao del Sur1,7751,445+22.8%about 416
76UbaCortes, Surigao del Sur866933−7.2%about 408
77GamutonCarrascal, Surigao del Sur2,8932,869+0.8%about 400
78CapandanCortes, Surigao del Sur429427+0.5%about 383
79PoblacionCortes, Surigao del Sur3,0273,001+0.9%about 376
80MangaMadrid, Surigao del Sur902858+5.1%about 374
81GataSan Agustin, Surigao del Sur3,3752,606+29.5%about 374
82Pagtila-anLingig, Surigao del Sur2,1562,281−5.5%about 373
83PanayogonMadrid, Surigao del Sur9771,045−6.5%about 366
84QuezonTagbina, Surigao del Sur2,2142,274−2.6%about 354
85ValenciaLingig, Surigao del Sur1,2731,371−7.2%about 350
86CalagdaanCantilan, Surigao del Sur2,2032,250−2.1%about 344
87San VicenteMadrid, Surigao del Sur796758+5.0%about 342
88CampaHinatuan, Surigao del Sur575566+1.6%about 340
89CayaleTago, Surigao del Sur1,9361,913+1.2%about 330
90AlbaTago, Surigao del Sur1,8711,830+2.2%about 327
91ConsueloCantilan, Surigao del Sur1,5411,529+0.8%about 324
92Tag-AnitoCarrascal, Surigao del Sur639518+23.4%about 324
93RizalBarobo, Surigao del Sur1,854no 2020 countnot comparedabout 316
94MagasangCantilan, Surigao del Sur1,5251,423+7.2%about 313
95PoblacionLingig, Surigao del Sur7,8047,705+1.3%about 312
96AgsamLanuza, Surigao del Sur2,5442,454+3.7%about 311
97PoblacionTagbina, Surigao del Sur7,2987,123+2.5%about 307
98AntipoloMarihatag, Surigao del Sur1,7271,715+0.7%about 306
99Sumo-sumoTago, Surigao del Sur2,4402,475−1.4%about 295
100San JuanMadrid, Surigao del Sur1,5921,504+5.9%about 291

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. 1.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024 : Region XIII (Caraga) (OpenSTAT table 0131A6DTHP2). Published August 3, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
  2. 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. 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. 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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