Ranking

Largest barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula

Bus-bus (Jolo, Sulu) is the largest of the 2,314 barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula, with 39,070 people at the 2024 census.^{[1, 2]}

Below are the first 100 of 2,314 barangays, 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 barangays in Zamboanga Peninsula, top 100
Rank	Name	City or municipality	People, 2024	People, 2020	Change since 2020
1	Bus-bus	Jolo, Sulu	39,070	38,650	+1.1%
2	Talon-talon	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	38,108	37,350	+2.0%
3	Calarian	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	37,263	33,563	+11.0%
4	Tumaga	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	33,320	33,399	−0.2%
5	Mampang	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	31,302	31,975	−2.1%
6	Pasonanca	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	30,369	27,215	+11.6%
7	Tetuan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	29,831	29,621	+0.7%
8	Kasanyangan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	29,697	28,819	+3.1%
9	San Roque	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	29,190	28,829	+1.3%
10	Anuling	Patikul, Sulu	29,005	24,874	+16.6%
11	Sangali	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	28,440	26,758	+6.3%
12	San Raymundo	Jolo, Sulu	28,035	17,051	+64.4%
13	Tugbungan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	27,301	26,538	+2.9%
14	Ayala	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	27,119	26,658	+1.7%
15	Asturias	Jolo, Sulu	27,000	26,997	+0.0%
16	Poblacion	Maimbung, Sulu	25,120	18,213	+37.9%
17	Santa Maria	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	25,041	24,133	+3.8%
18	Mercedes	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	24,302	22,321	+8.9%
19	Recodo	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	23,812	23,254	+2.4%
20	Sinunoc	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	23,568	22,918	+2.8%
21	Kajatian	Indanan, Sulu	22,578	18,437	+22.5%
22	Putik	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	22,296	22,271	+0.1%
23	Baliwasan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	19,806	17,932	+10.5%
24	Galas	Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	19,582	19,508	+0.4%
25	Cabatangan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	18,402	17,812	+3.3%
26	San Jose Gusu	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	16,379	16,260	+0.7%
27	Santa Catalina	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	16,156	16,644	−2.9%
28	Olingan	Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	16,042	15,258	+5.1%
29	Labuan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	15,683	16,095	−2.6%
30	Poblacion	Margosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur	15,598	15,860	−1.7%
31	Talisayan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	15,463	11,428	+35.3%
32	Tulay	Jolo, Sulu	15,259	14,891	+2.5%
33	Lunzuran	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	15,251	13,232	+15.3%
34	Balangasan	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	13,875	15,006	−7.5%
35	Arena Blanco	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	13,848	13,671	+1.3%
36	Su-uh	Old Panamao, Sulu	13,750	13,732	+0.1%
37	Guiwan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	13,579	13,231	+2.6%
38	Walled City	Jolo, Sulu	13,554	12,468	+8.7%
39	Tubig-Puti	Luuk, Sulu	13,540	11,996	+12.9%
40	Divisoria	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	13,375	13,172	+1.5%
41	Tulungatung	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	13,321	11,741	+13.5%
42	Zambowood	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	13,035	12,870	+1.3%
43	Manicahan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	12,647	11,999	+5.4%
44	Tiguma	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	12,126	12,604	−3.8%
45	Curuan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	12,017	11,954	+0.5%
46	Latih	Patikul, Sulu	12,001	7,913	+51.7%
47	Alat	Jolo, Sulu	11,916	11,368	+4.8%
48	Campo Islam	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	11,906	11,730	+1.5%
49	Patalon	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	11,899	11,127	+6.9%
50	Laum Maimbung	Maimbung, Sulu	11,880	9,784	+21.4%
51	Boalan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	11,849	11,541	+2.7%
52	Sumagdang	Isabela City, Basilan	11,574	10,100	+14.6%
53	Punay	Panglima Estino, Sulu	11,449	9,377	+22.1%
54	Culianan	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	11,339	10,851	+4.5%
55	Turno	Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	11,223	10,995	+2.1%
56	Maasin	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	11,221	9,267	+21.1%
57	Vitali	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	11,118	10,716	+3.8%
58	Guban	Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte	10,976	8,863	+23.8%
59	Buenavista	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	10,810	9,217	+17.3%
60	Sanito	Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay	10,570	9,739	+8.5%
61	Napolan	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	10,497	9,031	+16.2%
62	Canelar	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	10,467	10,512	−0.4%
63	Veteran's Village	Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay	10,459	9,502	+10.1%
64	Cawit	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	10,355	10,244	+1.1%
65	Dicayas	Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	10,297	9,974	+3.2%
66	Pitogo	Kalingalan Caluang, Sulu	10,152	8,354	+21.5%
67	San Rafael	Isabela City, Basilan	9,994	7,917	+26.2%
68	Tabuk	Isabela City, Basilan	9,948	7,008	+42.0%
69	Parian Kayawan	Lugus, Sulu	9,935	5,182	+91.7%
70	Minaog	Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	9,797	9,402	+4.2%
71	Taluksangay	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	9,455	9,437	+0.2%
72	Tuburan	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	9,123	9,535	−4.3%
73	Poblacion	Titay, Zamboanga Sibugay	9,052	8,799	+2.9%
74	Poblacion	Siasi, Sulu	8,997	5,922	+51.9%
75	Poblacion	Pitogo, Zamboanga del Sur	8,906	8,368	+6.4%
76	Santa Filomena	Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	8,904	8,475	+5.1%
77	Rio Hondo	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	8,892	8,827	+0.7%
78	Cabaluay	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	8,868	8,849	+0.2%
79	Solar	Olutanga, Zamboanga Sibugay	8,849	9,263	−4.5%
80	Chinese Pier	Jolo, Sulu	8,733	7,718	+13.2%
81	Kawit	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	8,638	9,510	−9.2%
82	Banale	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	8,586	8,724	−1.6%
83	Bunguiao	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	8,585	7,952	+8.0%
84	Buenavista	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	8,508	8,154	+4.3%
85	Takut-takut	Jolo, Sulu	8,500	8,123	+4.6%
86	Sicayab	Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	8,394	8,927	−6.0%
87	Malagutay	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	8,341	8,265	+0.9%
88	Bolong	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	8,041	8,068	−0.3%
89	Santo Niño	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	8,027	8,611	−6.8%
90	Poblacion	Buug, Zamboanga Sibugay	8,026	7,870	+2.0%
91	Poblacion	Malangas, Zamboanga Sibugay	7,940	7,327	+8.4%
92	San Pedro	Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur	7,936	8,110	−2.2%
93	Santa Isabel	Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	7,877	7,777	+1.3%
94	La Paz	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	7,864	8,724	−9.9%
95	Capual Island	Omar, Sulu	7,839	7,297	+7.4%
96	Santo Niño	Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur	7,838	7,731	+1.4%
97	Gulayon	Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte	7,833	7,896	−0.8%
98	Limpapa	Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur	7,753	6,060	+27.9%
99	Culo	Molave, Zamboanga del Sur	7,726	7,651	+1.0%
100	Poblacion	Mahayag, Zamboanga del Sur	7,707	7,839	−1.7%

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: Zamboanga Peninsula (OpenSTAT table 0091A6DTPH8). Published August 5, 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

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

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