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Largest cities and municipalities in Zamboanga del Sur

Zamboanga City (Zamboanga del Sur) is the largest of the 28 cities and municipalities in Zamboanga del Sur, with 1,018,849 people at the 2024 census.[1]

Below are all 28 cities and municipalities, ordered by their people in the 2024 census, 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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Largest cities and municipalities in Zamboanga del Sur, top 28
RankNameProvince or regionPeople, 2024People, 2020Change since 2020
1Zamboanga CityZamboanga del Sur1,018,849977,234+4.3%
2Pagadian CityZamboanga del Sur206,483210,452−1.9%
3AuroraZamboanga del Sur52,74652,995−0.5%
4MolaveZamboanga del Sur52,54053,140−1.1%
5MahayagZamboanga del Sur48,69548,258+0.9%
6DumingagZamboanga del Sur48,49548,881−0.8%
7LabanganZamboanga del Sur45,34344,262+2.4%
8TukuranZamboanga del Sur42,68342,429+0.6%
9TambuligZamboanga del Sur37,40037,480−0.2%
10MargosatubigZamboanga del Sur36,02538,660−6.8%
11MidsalipZamboanga del Sur35,64333,711+5.7%
12DinasZamboanga del Sur35,40936,291−2.4%
13DumalinaoZamboanga del Sur34,18832,928+3.8%
14DimatalingZamboanga del Sur33,15631,340+5.8%
15BayogZamboanga del Sur32,68734,519−5.3%
16KumalarangZamboanga del Sur30,81529,479+4.5%
17LapuyanZamboanga del Sur28,68627,737+3.4%
18Ramon MagsaysayZamboanga del Sur28,41927,280+4.2%
19PitogoZamboanga del Sur28,37527,516+3.1%
20San PabloZamboanga del Sur26,16626,648−1.8%
21TabinaZamboanga del Sur24,59125,734−4.4%
22LakewoodZamboanga del Sur23,59921,559+9.5%
23Vincenzo A. SagunZamboanga del Sur22,61924,852−9.0%
24GuiposZamboanga del Sur22,17321,738+2.0%
25San MiguelZamboanga del Sur20,03719,838+1.0%
26TigbaoZamboanga del Sur19,71621,675−9.0%
27SominotZamboanga del Sur17,24719,061−9.5%
28JosefinaZamboanga del Sur11,19012,205−8.3%

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. 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

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

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