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Municipality

Bongao

Bongao is a municipality in Tawi-Tawi, Bangsamoro (BARMM), Philippines. Its population was 131,887 in the 2024 census, and it has 35 barangays.

  • Population: 2024 Census
  • Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
  • Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
  • Page updated: October 9, 2026
Colour byColours the map of Bongao by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
LanguyanPanglima SugalaIpil: 1,792 people, 308 per km², 3.33% a yearKamagong: 1,605 people, 175 per km², 4.78% a yearKarungdong: 2,512 people, 955 per km², 3.04% a yearLakit Lakit: 1,661 people, 322 per km², 3.81% a yearLamion: 9,343 people, 50,777 per km², 2.89% a yearLapid Lapid: 2,566 people, 757 per km², 4.54% a yearLato Lato: 1,203 people, 425 per km², 4.94% a yearLuuk Pandan: 3,046 people, 631 per km², 1.79% a yearLuuk Tulay: 1,206 people, 223 per km², 0.38% a yearMalassa: 1,566 people, 403 per km², 4.78% a yearMandulan: 2,128 people, 165 per km², 0.99% a yearMasantong: 1,202 people, 153 per km², 0.94% a yearMontay Montay: 1,701 people, 266 per km², 0.69% a yearPababag: 2,206 people, 2,411 per km², 3.83% a yearPagasinan: 944 people, 1,829 per km², −15.69% a yearPahut: 2,266 people, 906 per km², 4.66% a yearPakias: 1,789 people, 2,110 per km², 3.82% a yearPaniongan: 1,290 people, 832 per km², 3.80% a yearPasiagan: 4,425 people, 1,317 per km², 3.81% a yearBongao Poblacion: 18,571 people, 47,987 per km², 4.49% a yearSanga-sanga: 5,151 people, 4,683 per km², 3.03% a yearSilubog: 1,972 people, 381 per km², 3.81% a yearSimandagit: 10,028 people, 13,928 per km², 3.35% a yearSumangat: 1,466 people, 317 per km², 1.89% a yearTarawakan: 2,975 people, 223 per km², 0.17% a yearTongsinah: 1,407 people, 1,701 per km², 3.81% a yearTubig Basag: 2,059 people, 1,045 per km², 3.81% a yearUngus-ungus: 1,310 people, 263 per km², 1.98% a yearLagasan: 1,121 people, 1,933 per km², −8.88% a yearNalil: 8,740 people, 4,142 per km², 11.81% a yearPagatpat: 1,058 people, 194 per km², 1.19% a yearPag-asa: 8,336 people, 23,817 per km², 1.32% a yearTubig Tanah: 7,167 people, 43,701 per km², 3.97% a yearTubig-Boh: 8,815 people, 11,722 per km², 0.42% a yearTubig-Mampallam: 7,260 people, 33,456 per km², 3.81% 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

    131,887

    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 66.2% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    1st

    of the 11 cities and municipalities of Tawi-Tawi 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 27 of every 100 people in Tawi-Tawi lived in Bongao in 2024 (27.33%)

  • Inside itSources

    35

    barangays

  • LandSources

    132.08 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: Bongao's land would fill a square about 11.5 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: 999 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 10 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

    22,543

    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

    5.7 people in each, on average, in 2024

  • Town or countrySources

    63.2%

    About 63 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
1907002000[4]Formerly 157002000
ZIP code
7500[16]

People

Bongao had 131,887 people in the 2024 census, up 66.2% 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.

Bongao had the most people of the 11 cities and municipalities of Tawi-Tawi in 2024[1]
  1. 1Bongao131,887
  2. 2Panglima Sugala52,657
  3. 3Sitangkai42,172
  4. 4Languyan41,587
  5. 5Sibutu38,070
  6. 6Sapa-Sapa37,129
  7. 7Simunul35,616
All 11 cities and municipalities of Tawi-Tawi
In 2024, the 10 barangays with the most people held about 67 of every 100 of its people[2]
  1. Bongao Poblacion18,57114 in 100
  2. Simandagit10,0288 in 100
  3. Lamion9,3437 in 100
  4. Tubig-Boh8,8157 in 100
  5. Nalil8,7407 in 100
  6. Pag-asa8,3366 in 100
  7. Tubig-Mampallam7,2606 in 100
  8. Tubig Tanah7,1675 in 100
  9. Sanga-sanga5,1514 in 100
  10. Pasiagan4,4253 in 100
See all 35 barangays of Bongao
Age structure · 2020 Census[35]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 41 of every 100 are children under 15 (40.8%)
  • About 57 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (57.2%)
  • About 2 of every 100 are 65 or older (2%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
0 - 417,5969,0978,499
5 - 915,6497,9507,699
10 - 1413,8586,9716,887
15 - 1912,5966,3146,282
20 - 2410,8905,2605,630
25 - 299,7304,5815,149
30 - 347,8093,8553,954
35 - 396,9823,3763,606
40 - 445,6902,8032,887
45 - 495,1082,6072,501
50 - 543,4811,8551,626
55 - 592,2631,1751,088
60 - 641,587843744
65 - 691,196620576
70 - 74605293312
75 - 79295141154
80 years and over19873125

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
131,887[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
22,543[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
5.7 on average[1, 2]
Share of Tawi-Tawi, 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
27.33%[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
63.2% (83,411 people)[5]
Men and women, 2020
57,814 men, 57,719 women[35]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 2024131,887[1, 2]3.10% a year22,5435.7
2020as of May 1, 2020116,118[1]3.08% a year——
2015as of August 1, 2015100,527[1]4.60% a year——
2010as of May 1, 201079,362[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then95,055[33]7.00% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders58,174[33, 34]4.83% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then46,672[33]3.96% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then37,932[33]3.12% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then27,884[33]6.28% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then20,560[33]−0.41% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then20,983[33]6.69% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then10,822[33]———

Barangays

Bongao is made up of 35 barangays.
Barangays of Bongao. Each column heading sorts the table.
[2, 3, 5, 6, 7]Share (2024)Urban or rural
Bongao Poblacion18,57114.08%4.49% a yearabout 0.387 km²Urban
Ipil1,7921.36%3.33% a yearabout 5.82 km²Rural
Kamagong1,6051.22%4.78% a yearabout 9.18 km²Rural
Karungdong2,5121.9%3.04% a yearabout 2.63 km²Rural
Lagasan1,1210.85%−8.88% a yearabout 0.58 km²Rural
Lakit Lakit1,6611.26%3.81% a yearabout 5.16 km²Rural
Lamion9,3437.08%2.89% a yearabout 0.184 km²Urban
Lapid Lapid2,5661.95%4.54% a yearabout 3.39 km²Rural
Lato Lato1,2030.91%4.94% a yearabout 2.83 km²Rural
Luuk Pandan3,0462.31%1.79% a yearabout 4.83 km²Rural
Luuk Tulay1,2060.91%0.38% a yearabout 5.42 km²Rural
Malassa1,5661.19%4.78% a yearabout 3.89 km²Rural
Mandulan2,1281.61%0.99% a yearabout 12.91 km²Rural
Masantong1,2020.91%0.94% a yearabout 7.86 km²Rural
Montay Montay1,7011.29%0.69% a yearabout 6.39 km²Rural
Nalil8,7406.63%11.81% a yearabout 2.11 km²Urban
Pababag2,2061.67%3.83% a yearabout 0.915 km²Rural
Pag-asa8,3366.32%1.32% a yearabout 0.35 km²Urban
Pagasinan9440.72%−15.69% a yearabout 0.516 km²Rural
Pagatpat1,0580.8%1.19% a yearabout 5.44 km²Rural
Pahut2,2661.72%4.66% a yearabout 2.50 km²Rural
Pakias1,7891.36%3.82% a yearabout 0.848 km²Rural
Paniongan1,2900.98%3.80% a yearabout 1.55 km²Rural
Pasiagan4,4253.36%3.81% a yearabout 3.36 km²Rural
Sanga-sanga5,1513.91%3.03% a yearabout 1.10 km²Urban
Silubog1,9721.5%3.81% a yearabout 5.17 km²Rural
Simandagit10,0287.6%3.35% a yearabout 0.72 km²Urban
Sumangat1,4661.11%1.89% a yearabout 4.62 km²Rural
Tarawakan2,9752.26%0.17% a yearabout 13.34 km²Rural
Tongsinah1,4071.07%3.81% a yearabout 0.827 km²Rural
Tubig Basag2,0591.56%3.81% a yearabout 1.97 km²Rural
Tubig Tanah7,1675.43%3.97% a yearabout 0.164 km²Urban
Tubig-Boh8,8156.68%0.42% a yearabout 0.752 km²Urban
Tubig-Mampallam7,2605.5%3.81% a yearabout 0.217 km²Urban
Ungus-ungus1,3100.99%1.98% a yearabout 4.98 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

Bongao covers 132.08 km² of land, 999 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 338 m above the sea and it has 153.4 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
132.08 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
999 people per km²[6]
Coordinates
5.13836° N, 119.88482° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[30]
Lowest
Sea level
Average
24 m
Highest
338 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

153.4 km of coastline[31]

Rivers[31]

  1. Malum River4.6 of 16.0 km

Peaks[31]

  1. Sibutu Peak342 m
  2. Simunul Peak328 m
  3. Tambisan Peak317 m
  4. Tinondakan Peak309 m
  5. Mount Kabugan190 m

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 IV[32]

Rain spread fairly evenly through the year, with no dry season.

Covers about 63 of every 100 parts of its land. Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

Life & Economy

About 22 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
22.1% of people[19]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
1st class[4]
About 22 of every 100 people in Bongao lived below the poverty line in 2021 (22.1%)[19]

The PSA's model for every town puts it between 19.3% and 24.8%, with 90% confidence.

Public places

  • 16government offices
  • 2hospitals and health centres
  • 61schools
  • 11places of worship
  • 2markets
  • 3stations and terminals
  • 1park

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.

Where a kind has more than 8, this page shows 6: first those with “Bongao” in their name, then one in each of its most populous barangays.

Government offices16

10 more government offices are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See the 35 barangays of Bongao

Hospitals and health centres2

Markets2

Stations and terminals3

Parks1

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

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads Bongao. 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.[14, 15]

Capital of
Tawi-Tawi[4]
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
Lone district of Tawi-Tawi[17, 18]

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
    Jasper Shia Que[20]
    Vice mayor
    Jimuel Shia Que[20]

  2. 2022–2025

    Mayor
    Jimuel Shia Que[21]
    Vice mayor
    Jasper Shia Que[21]

  3. 2019–2022

    Mayor
    Jimuel Shia Que[22]
    Vice mayor
    Julbert Shia Que[22]

  4. 2016–2019

    Mayor
    Jimuel Shia Que[23]
    Vice mayor
    Abdulsaid Bahari Jumdail[23]

  5. 2013–2016

    Mayor
    Jasper Shia Que[24]
    Vice mayor
    Abdulsaid Bahari Jumdail[24]

  6. 2010–2013

    Mayor
    Jasper Shia Que[25]
    Vice mayor
    Leila Muharani Jumdail[25]

  7. 2007–2010

    Mayor
    Albert Tan Que[26]
    Vice mayor
    Liela M. Jumdail[26]

  8. 2004–2007

    Mayor
    Albert Que[27]
    Vice mayor
    Leila Jumdail[27]

  9. 2001–2004

    Mayor
    Albert T. Que[28]
    Vice mayor
    Said B. Jumdail[28]
Mayors and vice mayors of Bongao, by term
TermMayorVice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Jasper Shia Que[20]Jimuel Shia Que[20]
2022–2025Jimuel Shia Que[21]Jasper Shia Que[21]
2019–2022Jimuel Shia Que[22]Julbert Shia Que[22]
2016–2019Jimuel Shia Que[23]Abdulsaid Bahari Jumdail[23]
2013–2016Jasper Shia Que[24]Abdulsaid Bahari Jumdail[24]
2010–2013Jasper Shia Que[25]Leila Muharani Jumdail[25]
2007–2010Albert Tan Que[26]Liela M. Jumdail[26]
2004–2007Albert Que[27]Leila Jumdail[27]
2001–2004Albert T. Que[28]Said B. Jumdail[28]

Before 2001

The heads of Bongao before COMELEC's lists begin, newest first, as the local government's own page lists them, with the office as that page writes it ("Not given" where it names no single office). "From" a year: the page gives only when the term began.

Heads of Bongao before 2001, newest first
YearsNameOffice
from 1959Binging Ho[29]Not given

History & Identity

Created
Executive Order No. 355, approved on 26 August 1959, converted the municipal district of Bongao, then in the Province of Sulu, into a municipality. The order says the conversion takes effect as of 1 July 1958.[9]

How it got its name

Local traditionThe provincial government of Tawi-Tawi records a legend that the name Bongao comes from a Sinama and Tausug word for a heron-like bird that was once plentiful in the mountains around the island.[10]

Its story

Under the Sultanate of Sulu, Bongao was listed as one of seven principalities of Tawi-Tawi.[11]

Executive Order No. 355 of 1959 converted the municipal district of Bongao into a municipality.[9]

The province of Tawi-Tawi was created in 1973 with Bato-Bato as capital, and a law of 1979 made Bongao the provincial capital.[12, 13]

Timeline

  1. 26 August 1959 (effective 1 July 1958)

    Executive Order No. 355 converted the municipal district of Bongao into a municipality.[9]

  2. 27 September 1973

    Presidential Decree No. 302, dated 27 September 1973, removed a group of Sulu municipalities that included Bongao (spelled Bungao in the decree) from Sulu and made them the new Province of Tawi-Tawi.[12]

  3. 4 April 1979

    Batas Pambansa Blg. 24 made Bongao the provincial capital of Tawi-Tawi, replacing Bato-Bato.[13]

Nearby

Bongao shares a border with Languyan and Panglima Sugala.

How it compares

Bongao beside Tawi-Tawi, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of Tawi-Tawi.

Bongao beside Tawi-Tawi
FigureBongaoTawi-TawiRank among the cities and municipalities of Tawi-Tawi
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 glossary131,887[1, 2]482,6451st of 11
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 glossary3.10% a year[1, 2]faster2.23% a year2nd of 11
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 glossary999[6]more crowded3613rd of 11
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 glossary132.08 km²[6]1,335.72 km²4th of 11
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 glossary5.7[1, 2]lower5.8not 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 glossary63.2%[5]higher27.8%not ranked

How far, in a straight line[3]

Manila
1,059.3 km north

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

The nearest towns and cities[3]

  1. Panglima SugalaTawi-Tawi7.2 km east
  2. LanguyanTawi-Tawi14.0 km northeast
  3. SimunulTawi-Tawi29.7 km south
  4. Sapa-SapaTawi-Tawi34.7 km east
  5. TandubasTawi-Tawi37.8 km east
  6. SibutuTawi-Tawi59.6 km southwest

Sources

Page updated October 9, 2026. Sources checked by Scene October 8, 2026.
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