Balabagan
Balabagan is a municipality of Lanao del Sur, in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. It is divided into 27 barangays, and had 31,227 residents at the 2024 census.
- Province
- Lanao del Sur
- Classification
- Municipality
- Barangays
- 27
- PSGC code
- 153602000
31,227
Population (2024)
230 km²
Land area
136
People per km²
+4.6%
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 It repealed the ARMM code it replaced.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.
Balabagan's share of Lanao del Sur
2.3%
The rest of Lanao del Sur
The record
- Population, 2024 census
- 31,227
- Population, 2020 census
- 29,863
- Change, 2020 to 2024
- +4.6% (1,364 people)
- Land area
- 230 km²
- Population density
- 136 per km²
- Barangays
- 27
- Average barangay population
- 1,157
- Share of Lanao del Sur
- 2.3%
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
27
01BagoaingudOGKA, DISOMANGCOP DIMASAR10
Punong Barangay
OGKA, DISOMANGCOP DIMASAR
SK Chairperson
MACAPODI, AL-SEDDIQ OGKA
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- LAO, ALI DITINDEGUN
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1OGKA, SAMSIA MAMANGCAO
- 2AZIS, NADER MAONGA
- 3MAMANGCAO, BASARI SULAIMAN
- 4ATANDOR, MAONA MULANG
- 5GAUGAY, AMINODEN MASDAR
- 6LAO, SARAMINA MACAPANTON
- 7DIMASAR, JUNARY MAMAROBA
02Banagono roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Banago. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
03Baroraono roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Barorao. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
04BatuanDOMATO, ABBAS DEMAO10
Punong Barangay
DOMATO, ABBAS DEMAO
SK Chairperson
DOMATO, MOHAMMAD BENITO
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- DOMATO, JANISAH DOMATO
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1DOMATO, JAMIL BENITO
- 2DOMATO, SAIDAMEN SALIC
- 3BADIO, SALIM BABATON
- 4CARAL, DIMA PAGRANGAN
- 5CAOTIR, TOKS CAMID
- 6ANGCOLO, JAMIL MACALANGGAN
- 7SOLAIMAN, NORHANIFAH MANGANDOG
05BudasGUIDAY, MACAANGCOS PAGRANGAN9
Punong Barangay
GUIDAY, MACAANGCOS PAGRANGAN
SK Chairperson
GUIDAY, ARAFAT PAGRANGAN
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- GUIDAY, ASNA AMBOL
Sangguniang Barangay · 6
- 1GUIDAY, BOLKIA SAMPIANO
- 2GUIDAY0, SITTIE HAWAH SAMPIANO
- 3TIBORON, JALIL GUIDAY
- 4INOG, MISUARI SAMPIANO
- 5AMBANG, SUHAYLA DARANGINA
- 6MALINTAO, TREX TAMPOGAO
06Buenavistano roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Buenavista. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
07Buisanno roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Buisan. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
08Calilanganno roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Calilangan. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
09Igabayno roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Igabay. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
10IlianDAING, ABOTOD BLI10
Punong Barangay
DAING, ABOTOD BLI
SK Chairperson
ASIMPEN, RAHIMA CASAN
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- DAING, ASLEA CALIM
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1DAING, HARON CALIM
- 2DAING, CAMARODEN AYOON
- 3DAING, MOJIB AMEROL
- 4SARIP, SAIDAMEN DAING
- 5MACATANONG, ZAINODEN LUCMAN
- 6AGCO, CAIRODIN PABLO
- 7CANAPIA, BASHIR DIWAN
11Lalabuanno roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Lalabuan. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
12Lorenzono roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Lorenzo. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
13Lower Itilno roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Lower Itil. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
14Lumbacno roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Lumbac. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
15MacaoABI, ARAB MUSOR10
Punong Barangay
ABI, ARAB MUSOR
SK Chairperson
MOTE, NORHALAYZA ABI
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- TAWAKAL, AMER LINDO
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1BANGKI, MACOD MALACO
- 2ABI, ALLANDONIE BLAH
- 3TIBORON, SAIDA ABI
- 4ABE, ODTOG KAWASA
- 5PERIL, LAINA BIDO
- 6AMIGOS, SAMBITORY DIDATO
- 7HASSAN, SITTIE ABI
16Magulalung OccidentalDISALONGAN, HADJI ACMAD ABAS10
Punong Barangay
DISALONGAN, HADJI ACMAD ABAS
SK Chairperson
ARIMAO, FAIRONA OGKA
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- ABUBACAR, SAHARA DISALONGAN
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1ABUBACAR, TOKS DATU DACULA
- 2ABAS, JIHAD MANGIGIN
- 3DIAGONE, ALIL NASSER
- 4DISALONGAN, AMEN CASAN
- 5SARIP, NORSALEM BACAL
- 6CASAN, RAMPA MAYANDOG
- 7NASSER, ESMAIL ABEDIN
17Magulalung Orientalno roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Magulalung Oriental. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
18MatampayACMAD, FAISAL MANGIGIN10
Punong Barangay
ACMAD, FAISAL MANGIGIN
SK Chairperson
MANGIGIN, ALMEN PALAWAN II
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- MANGIGIN, LOLY MACATANONG
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1ACMAD, FAHAD MANGIGIN
- 2DISALONGAN, AMANODEN INOG
- 3PANONTUNGAN, JAMAIL UMPA
- 4DISALONGAN, ALINOR ISMAIL
- 5MANGIGIN, AKRAMAN RACMAN
- 6NASSER, ALIKTISAD SOGALAO
- 7MANGIGIN, FAIZ ARON
19Matanogno roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Matanog. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
20Molimocno roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Molimoc. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
21NarraAMIGOS, HASSAN MANALONDONG SR.10
Punong Barangay
AMIGOS, HASSAN MANALONDONG SR.
SK Chairperson
AMIGOS, HASSAN MAMA JR
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- ABUBACAR, JONAINA ANSAO
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1AMIGOS, SANDORA MAMA
- 2AMIGOS, ERZAD LOY MAMA
- 3ABDULDIPATUAN, SALO MANUPUD
- 4AMIGOS, FAHAD MASANANG
- 5CASIM, JAMEL AGAY
- 6CARIM, ANIFA MANGADANG
- 7ABUBACAR, ANSARI BAGI
22Pindolonanno roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Pindolonan. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
23Plasanno roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Plasan. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
24PoblacionOGCA, BILLY JACK TAROROC10
Punong Barangay
OGCA, BILLY JACK TAROROC
SK Chairperson
BENITO, JOMER SAMPIANO
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- LAGROSAS, ADELMA ENERO
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1OGCA, NILDA TAROROC
- 2OGCA, RACHEL GORRERO
- 3INOG, KATIGIA GUIDAY
- 4ANTOLAN, DANIEL BAROY JR
- 5ENERO, ESPERANZA ENERO
- 6IMAM, TUGO LAMIN
- 7OGKA, JOHARA AZIS
25Purakanno roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Purakan. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
26Tatayano roster
DILG’s directory has no roster on file for Tataya. That is a gap in the directory, not a barangay without officials — ask DILG or the municipal hall.
27Upper ItilTOCAO, OSMUNDO BUAGAS II8
Punong Barangay
TOCAO, OSMUNDO BUAGAS II
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1REQUINA, JUNREL CANDAROMA
- 2INTO, FREDERICK DINELA
- 3RIVERA, JOSE BERINGUEL
- 4ENERO, ALEXANDER VILLAFUERTE
- 5ARUMPAC, ADILON PACUT
- 6NADELA, JONALEE HUGO
- 7TOCAO, JAY ANTHONY GARCIANO
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; 10 of these 27 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- 2025–2028BENITO, JOVERheldLAKAS
- 2022–2025BENITO, JOVERheldLAKAS
- 2019–2022BENITO, EDNAheldLAKAS
- 2016–2019BENITO, EDNALP
- 2013–2016SAMPIANO, AMERheldLP
- 2010–2013SAMPIANO, AMER RAGODOTANheldIND
- 2007–2010SAMPIANO, AMER RAGODOTANKAMPI
- 2004–2007not in the record
- 2001–2004BENITO, EDNA VILLAFUERTEPMP
“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
BENITO, JOVER
LAKAS17,718 votes99.83%
1 other candidate
- 02BENITO, KIMUBJP300.17%
Vice-Mayor
BENITO, EDNA
UBJP17,731 votes99.94%
1 other candidate
- 02MACARAMBON, JOHARALAKAS110.06%
Sangguniang Bayan
8 elected of 13 candidates
- 01BENITO, SHAHIRLAKAS17,46920.98%
- 02OGCA-ABDULLAH, JEANLAKAS12,01614.43%
- 03ABI, ROMAIZANLAKAS11,98314.39%
- 04MAMENTING, MERVINLAKAS8,89010.68%
- 05SAMPIANO, ESMAELLAKAS8,1989.84%
- 06MAUTE, SINODINUBJP7,9409.53%
- 07SAMPIANO, ACMADUBJP7,8419.42%
- 08INOG, SAGAUBJP7,7519.31%
5 not elected
- 09SAMPIANO, MADIDUBJP3740.45%
- 10INOG, ABDULAZISUBJP3650.44%
- 11AMBOL, BANGCAUBJP2210.27%
- 12CAMID, AMINODENUBJP1300.16%
- 13SARIP, MADRIGALUBJP950.11%
And for Lanao del Sur as a whole
Provincial Governor
ADIONG, MAMINTAL JR.
LAKAS382,050 votes70.68%
1 other candidate
- 02MACARAMBON, FIATUBJP158,48329.32%
Provincial Vice-Governor
ADIONG, MUJAM
LAKAS363,949 votes68.83%
2 other candidates
- 02MACASALONG, MARJANIEUBJP156,53429.6%
- 03MIMBALAWAG, KNA-MDMRP8,2661.56%
What a municipality is responsible for.
These services are devolved to this level by the Bangsamoro Local Governance Code, so they describe what Balabaganis 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. Balabagan 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.