Al-Barka
Al-Barka is a municipality of Basilan, in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. It is divided into 16 barangays, and had 30,318 residents at the 2024 census.
- Province
- Basilan
- Classification
- Municipality
- Barangays
- 16
- PSGC code
- 150709000
30,318
Population (2024)
72.58 km²
Land area
418
People per km²
+27.7%
Change since 2020
Governed under
- Bangsamoro Autonomy Act 49 — Bangsamoro Local Governance Code of 2023Enacted September 28, 2023. The governing code inside BARMM: it creates the offices described here, fixes their terms and pay, and devolves the services. It repealed the ARMM code it replaced.
- Implementing Rules and Regulations of the BLGCPromulgated September 30, 2025. 696 articles setting out how the Code is carried out — the procedures, deadlines and rate ceilings quoted on this page.
- Republic Act 7160 — Local Government Code of 1991The national code. Inside BARMM it applies only where the Bangsamoro one is silent.
Al-Barka's share of Basilan
5.6%
The rest of Basilan
The record
- Population, 2024 census
- 30,318
- Population, 2020 census
- 23,736
- Change, 2020 to 2024
- +27.7% (6,582 people)
- Land area
- 72.58 km²
- Population density
- 418 per km²
- Barangays
- 16
- Average barangay population
- 1,895
- Share of Basilan
- 5.6%
Reading it
Population is the count as of July 1, 2024, the reference date of the 2024 Census of Population. The 2020 figure is from the census before it, so the change covers 4 years rather than a single year.
Density is the census population over the land area on record. It is a flat average: a coastal town whose people all live along one road will read the same as one spread evenly across its hills.
Average barangay population divides the total across every barangay equally, which no municipality actually does — it is useful for comparing units, not for describing one.
All barangays
16
01Apil-apilHASSAN, ALBIN SALI9
Punong Barangay
HASSAN, ALBIN SALI
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- ABBAS, HAMSA HUSIN
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1HASAN, ALMUS-AB SALIH
- 2ABBAS, NHOR-EMMA K.
- 3halun, tabilun puyuh
- 4ABUBAKAR, AHMAD JUMLATAL
- 5MUDDASIL, BASARUN DAMAIN
- 6ASNAWIE, WAHID GENDANG
- 7MUHAMMARUL, DURRIYA ABDULLA
02Bato-batoKABUKISAN, HUSIN TAWASIL6
Punong Barangay
KABUKISAN, HUSIN TAWASIL
Sangguniang Barangay · 5
- 1KABUKISAN, ARMUBAR BAHARIN
- 2KABUKISAN, TASLIM TURJAUN
- 3SALA, SAMANTA HAMMATUL
- 4ALBABON, NURSIMA BAHARIN
- 5BIRUNG, NURSIBA DINDANG
03Bohe-PiangJAMJIRAN, ATTUK ASMALAN10
Punong Barangay
JAMJIRAN, ATTUK ASMALAN
SK Chairperson
INDAL, RAWNALAINE LALLIYO
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- ASDANAL, SAJIR JANNATA
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1AKLAMON, ABDURAJAK HAJAN
- 2AJUD, RASHID JANNATA
- 3LARIMAN, SUKRAN AMANSA
- 4KABAK, JANDING ASKALAN
- 5ACINTO, JAAFAR PATANUL
- 6DAUS, MARGANI CADLOS
- 7JANNATUL, IBNU KAPPALAHU
04Bucalao4
SK Chairperson
MURINU, BASRI ADIL
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- MURINU, ARSIMA ADIL
Sangguniang Barangay · 2
- 1jimmy, suampil hajain
- 2HAMJA, OMAR BIBON
05CambugASNAWI, RUSMIN MAALUP9
Punong Barangay
ASNAWI, RUSMIN MAALUP
SK Chairperson
ALIMAN, ARSAD ANNANG
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1ABDURAUF, THAMIE PULALUN
- 2HARON, IMA AWALAL
- 3JAMAL, TAHAM ASNAWIE
- 4ASNAWIE, PHIRGAW AHALUDDIN
- 5AMIL, RAJIM MAJID
- 6AWALAL, ABA SAHIRUL
- 7AHLIL, ALIH DUWALLAY
06DanapahMAHAWAN, MARIS TUUN8
Punong Barangay
MAHAWAN, MARIS TUUN
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1hassan, salma asalun
- 2AMILIN, RASHID ABUBAKAR
- 3ASKALIN, PINGLACZON JAMIL
- 4AMBILOH, HUSIN ASALUN
- 5ALAMIN, ERWIN IKLARO
- 6AWALUL, NEDIE IKLARO
- 7NASARIN, ASMARIN PIKIT
07GuinantaAMIL, TAIB JAANUL8
Punong Barangay
AMIL, TAIB JAANUL
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1HATAMAN, JIHADA TAHADDAMUN
- 2BAYUNG, JAYSAMIR HASSAN
- 3JANNATIN, NUHMAN JAANUL
- 4PURIS, ANWAR ASAKIL
- 5ANARI, MUIN HUDJATUN
- 6PANAWALUN, SAMIYAN SULAIMAN
- 7NAKIBTAO, HUSNI MISA
08KailihAWAL, EDRIS MUSTAHAM9
Punong Barangay
AWAL, EDRIS MUSTAHAM
SK Chairperson
ALIH, JOMAR SAWALIN
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1AWAL, AZIZ TALIB
- 2ATAIE, SHARIF JAANAL
- 3ALIH, LUKMAN SABDALUN
- 4SADIKIN, ABBAS MUSTAHAM
- 5ALIH, ALDAM SIDDIK
- 6HANAPI, HABU HARON
- 7HARON, HUZAIFA SADDAIN
09Kinukutan6
SK Chairperson
ATOK, JIYA IBNU
Sangguniang Barangay · 5
- 1JALALI, IBIN MAPASI
- 2ISMAEL, RAKIB BAIRULLA
- 3JALALI, BAKAR MAPASI
- 4AJAD, MAHADAWIE TURANIE
- 5ARASID, BASIR HASAN
10KuhonGAPPAL, ABUKAIR M.9
Punong Barangay
GAPPAL, ABUKAIR M.
SK Chairperson
abdulsarip, ranida arilun
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1IDRIS, NURSIMA SAPPALUDDIN
- 2SAHID, SANDRA ANSALUN
- 3SAPI-E, AJAN JAMLI
- 4TALIB, AIYUB AMAN
- 5ANJABIN, AHMAD ALADJIM
- 6MUALLAMIN, ALGANDI NADJALIN
- 7HADJIRIN, ALIPIN AHILIN
11Kuhon LennuhJAKILAN, MUJIB HASSAN9
Punong Barangay
JAKILAN, MUJIB HASSAN
SK Chairperson
JAKILAN, HAMUDI MALLATIN
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1ANDIS, TARIS KANGAL
- 2MALLATIN, JUNAIDI JANNARI
- 3IBRAHIM, MARWAN SAHARIN
- 4JALAL, ABDULSATTAR SAHARIN
- 5AJILIN, HIDZMA JANALA
- 6IBRAHIM, JORDAN ABDURAHMAN
- 7KASARAN, SAHAM TUTUH
12LinuanHATAIN, ABDULHALIM MARANIE5
Punong Barangay
HATAIN, ABDULHALIM MARANIE
Sangguniang Barangay · 4
- 1MAJID, NAJIR YAHCUB
- 2tAMMA, SAMIR MARANIE
- 3MARANIE, SHAFIEYA TAHADDAMUN
- 4SALIH, SAJID AKSAMUN
13LookbisayaKANDUM, NURHAMBRI SANAANI1972-07-6
Punong Barangay
KANDUM, NURHAMBRI SANAANI1972-07-
Sangguniang Barangay · 5
- 1KANDUM, RHIDZMAR DANDA
- 2KANDUM, KUWAIP MALALI
- 3BALLAHO, ALKIB SAMPANG
- 4BALLAHO, HUSSIN NANUH
- 5MALALI, POH KUNSANI
14MacalangNISAL, EDRIS ARAMIL9
Punong Barangay
NISAL, EDRIS ARAMIL
SK Chairperson
AGAIN, SALAMA JAHPAR
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1NISAL, SARID ARAMIL
- 2NISAL, MOHAMMAD ALCHER LABASTILLA
- 3NISAL, IBNIE ARAMIL
- 4OMAR, USMAN AKLAMIL
- 5SIDDICK, AUNAL SALAJIM
- 6SAHAK, KUSAY JAWALLUN
- 7AGAIN, MUHTAMAD ADDAN
15MagcawaTOKONG, VILMA PATEH10
Punong Barangay
TOKONG, VILMA PATEH
SK Chairperson
MURABBA, AL-KHALID ABDUL
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- DAUD, SITTI NOR-ALYZA ABDASAL
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1RASAD, HASSAN ATAKAL
- 2SABBUHUN, ADZMAN AJANTIE
- 3CAMMARING, NUR-AINA WAKIL
- 4MAULANA, AJID ASCALUL
- 5TOKONG, SUUD SABTAL
- 6ABUBAKAR, NURULLAJI MUHADJALI
- 7ISHAK, NURAIDA JAMIRY
16SangkahanABDULLA, IDRIS JAMA9
Punong Barangay
ABDULLA, IDRIS JAMA
SK Chairperson
ANGGOK, LIYA USMAN
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1ISMAIL, HASIYA ANTA
- 2USMAN, MAYSARA ADDIN
- 3USMAN, HARIJA LANGKANG
- 4SULAIMAN, RIDZMA SARAIL
- 5ISMAIL, PURAIDA EMPOH
- 6USMAN, MARHANA ABDULLA
- 7MUSTAHAM, SHERWINA MAULI
Each barangay is its own local government unit with an elected punong barangay and council. The code beside a name is its PSGC identifier — the number every national record uses for that barangay.
Officials are from DILG’s Barangay Officials Directory as it stood on 2026-09-26; 16 of these 16 barangays have an entry in it. DILG publishes no term alongside the names and updates the directory as barangays report, so a name here is the last one filed rather than a guarantee of who holds the office today. DILG’s directory also carries contact details, which are not repeated here.
The office since 2001
2 surnames- 2025–2028LAJID, JAYDEEFARheldPFP
- 2022–2025LAJID, JAYDEEFARheldUBJP
- 2019–2022LAJID, DARUSSALAMheldPDPLBN
- 2016–2019LAJID, DARUSheldLP
- 2013–2016LAJID, DARUSSALAM SAGUINDILANPMP
- 2010–2013not in the record
- 2007–2010JAKILAN, KARAM SALAMLP
- 2004–2007not in the record
- 2001–2004not in the record
“Held” marks a term whose office-holder shares a surname with the term before it. Surnames, not people — a seat passing between relatives reads the same here as one person re-elected, and in most of these towns it is the more common of the two.
2025 National and Local Elections · elected May 12, 2025 · in office June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2028
COMELEC — 2025 election results, Certificates of Canvass↗Mayor
LAJID, JAYDEEFAR
PFP3,713 votes37.84%
3 other candidates
- 02JAKILAN, MUJIBUNA2,91029.66%
- 03PACIO, SADDAMAKSYON2,52325.71%
- 04HASSAN, LUQMANIND6666.79%
Vice-Mayor
TOKONG, MAR
UNA5,675 votes59.63%
1 other candidate
- 02LAJID, MIDZFARPFP3,84240.37%
Sangguniang Bayan
8 elected of 32 candidates
- 01ABDURAUF, THAMIEIND4,6516.8%
- 02ATAIE, ADZMANPFP3,5955.26%
- 03ANJALIN, HALIDAKSYON3,4074.98%
- 04JAIRATUL, KHALIDBUP3,1274.57%
- 05JAKILAN, MUADZUNA3,0864.51%
- 06LAJID, YUNUSIND3,0444.45%
- 07PISING, JERHAMPFP2,9314.29%
- 08HOTONG, SULAIMANIND2,8544.17%
24 not elected
- 09ISHAK, ABDULSAIDPFP2,8374.15%
- 10ASNAWI, MAHRUFPFP2,7994.09%
- 11AWAL, MUS-ABPFP2,6703.91%
- 12INDAL, OMARR ANWARIND2,5643.75%
- 13ABDASAL, ALIMRANPFP2,4713.61%
- 14KASARAN, JEMARUNA2,3083.38%
- 15GUMUNTUL, JAMIHUNA2,2723.32%
- 16INDAL, ADZNANPFP2,1273.11%
- 17HAMJA, HAIRUDDININD2,0172.95%
- 18MASUHUL, MADZBUP1,9482.85%
- 19MUJAJILUN-ASALUL, MARHANAPFP1,9382.83%
- 20AHLAM, INDAMAIND1,8792.75%
- 21ABBAS, FAREEDBUP1,8162.66%
- 22SALAPUDDIN, SATTARUNA1,6622.43%
- 23SUCOR, MUHAMMADIND1,6552.42%
- 24JALALI, MARMAUNA1,5992.34%
- 25SALAPUDDIN, MUHADIRIND1,4732.15%
- 26YUSOPH, BHENZARUBJP1,4372.1%
- 27BARAHIM, OMARIND1,0601.55%
- 28ABDIL, DELMAIND9181.34%
- 29KANDUM, KHYNAIND7431.09%
- 30NUSAL, OMARUNA6680.98%
- 31ALMINDANAWI, HABIBUSSALAMIND6200.91%
- 32JAKILAN, AMMADAKSYON1880.27%
And for Basilan as a whole
Provincial Governor
HATAMAN, MUJIV
BUP121,829 votes50.5%
2 other candidates
- 02SALLIMAN, JAY HATAMANPFP118,55449.14%
- 03MUTAMAD, OSAMAPDR8560.35%
Provincial Vice-Governor
HATAMAN SALLIMAN, JIM
PFP151,236 votes66.26%
1 other candidate
- 02SATTAR, ALZADBUP76,99833.74%
What a municipality is responsible for.
These services are devolved to this level by the Bangsamoro Local Governance Code, so they describe what Al-Barkais mandated to provide — not an inventory of what its offices currently run. For opening hours and requirements, the unit’s own hall is the source.
Health
01- Rural health units, health centers and barangay health stations
- Primary health care, maternal and child care, communicable disease control
- Purchase of medicines and medical supplies
Social services
02- Day care centers and child and family welfare
- Programs for women, the elderly and persons with disabilities
- Nutrition, family planning and community-based rehabilitation
Infrastructure and public works
03- Municipal or city roads, bridges, drainage and flood control
- School buildings, health centers, public markets and slaughterhouses
- Water supply systems and communal irrigation
- Sites for the police and fire stations and the municipal jail
Permits, records and regulation
04- Business permits and licensing
- Building permits and zoning enforcement
- Civil registry — birth, marriage and death certificates
- Real property assessment and tax collection
- Reclassifying farmland — capped at 15% of the town’s agricultural land, 10% or 5% in smaller classes
Agriculture, environment and safety
05- Agricultural extension, seed farms and fisheries
- Solid waste collection and disposal
- Community-based forestry projects
- Fire and police coordination, and disaster risk reduction
And at the barangay
Frontline services
- Barangay clearance and certificates of residency and indigency
- Barangay health station and day care center
- Katarungang Pambarangay — a lupon of 10 to 20 members mediates disputes before they reach court
Community
- Barangay tanod and peace and order at street level — one tanod per 200 residents, 30 at most
- Maintenance of barangay roads, footpaths and water supply
- Solid waste segregation at source
- Agricultural support — planting materials and farm produce collection and buying stations
Money it handles
- A tax of up to 1% on stores with gross sales under ₱50,000 in a city or ₱30,000 in a municipality
- Its share of the real property tax — 25% of what the province collects on property in it
- 10% of its general fund set aside for the Sangguniang Kabataan
- Its own annual budget, reviewed by the city or municipal council within 90 days
And what you pay it.
These are the ceilings the Bangsamoro Local Governance Code and its implementing rules set on what a municipality and its barangays may charge, with the deadlines that go with them. Al-Barka sets its own rates by ordinance and may charge less, so treat these as the most it can be rather than the bill — the hall has the ordinance.
Community tax certificate — the cedula
IRR arts. 452, 454
₱20, plus ₱1 for every ₱1,000 of income, up to ₱5,000 in all
Accrues 1 January, due by the last day of February. 24% a year on what is late.
Real property tax — the amilyar
IRR arts. 530, 531, 540, 541
Up to 1% of assessed value in a province, up to 2% in a city, plus 1% for the Special Education Fund
In full by 31 March, or in four instalments due 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December. Up to 20% off for paying early.
Business tax
IRR arts. 439, 444
Graduated by gross sales — a retailer pays 2% on the first ₱400,000 and 1% above it
Within the first 20 days of January, or of each quarter.
Professional tax
IRR art. 447
Up to ₱1,300 a year, and it covers practice anywhere in the country
By 31 January, or before you begin to practice.
Transfer of land
IRR art. 437
Up to 0.5% of the price or the fair market value, whichever is higher
Within 60 days of the deed, or of the death of the owner.
Barangay clearance
IRR art. 457
A reasonable fee the barangay council sets by ordinance
On application. The barangay also collects a store tax of up to 1% from the smallest shops.
Filing a complaint at the barangay
IRR arts. 64, 65, 78
Free — the katarungang pambarangay charges no filing fee
Mediation runs 15 days, then 15 more before the pangkat.
Paying any local tax late
IRR art. 459
A surcharge of up to 25%, plus up to 2% a month, capped at 36 months
Runs from the day the tax fell due.
About these figures
Structure from the Philippine Standard Geographic Code; population and land area from Wikidata, which carries PSA’s census figures with their census dates. Population is the 2024 Census of Population. Elected officials are the winners in COMELEC’s 2025 Certificates of Canvass, holding office to June 30, 2028.
Sulu is excluded: the Supreme Court removed it from BARMM. PSA census totals that still count Sulu will therefore be larger than the totals here. Cotabato City is listed as an area of its own, though PSA files it inside Maguindanao del Norte — the provincial figure here has the city taken out of it so the two are not counted twice. Province land area is the province’s own published figure, never a sum of its municipalities: Philippine municipal areas are self-reported and overlap, so they do not add up to the province they sit in. A blank is a fact about the record, not a zero.
A dash means the record has no figure — not a zero. Boundaries and office-holders change; where this differs from an official page, the official page is right.