Also known as: Lalawigan ng Sarangani
Sarangani is a province in Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN). Population 581K (PSA 2024 census), 0 cities + 7 municipalities, 141 barangays total, land area 3,642.16 km². Provincial capital: Alabel.
Sarangani is a province in Region XII (SOCCSKSARGEN). Its capital is Alabel.
Sarangani had 580,915 residents in the 2024 census (PSA 2024 Census of Population (POPCEN 2024), reference date July 1, 2024). That is the most recent official count. There is no 2026 census result, so any 2026 population figure is an estimate.
Sarangani covers 3,642.16 km², per the PSA Philippine Statistical Yearbook figure used on this page.
Sarangani has 0 component cities and 7 municipalities (7 LGUs under the province), per PSA's Philippine Standard Geographic Code (2Q 2026), and 141 barangays.
Sarangani has no component cities. Its 7 municipalities are Alabel, Glan, Kiamba, Maasim, Maitum, Malapatan and Malungon.
Sarangani was created on March 16, 1992 by Republic Act No. 7228, segregating seven municipalities from South Cotabato, ratified by plebiscite two months later. It should not be confused with the separately-chartered Highly Urbanized City of General Santos, which sits between Sarangani and South Cotabato but is administratively independent of both — nor with the unrelated Municipality of Sarangani in Davao Occidental, home to the actual Sarangani Islands.
Key industries: Fishing and aquaculture (Sarangani Bay), Banana (the province's PSA-named 'banner commodity'), Tourism (Gumasa Beach, Glan), Agriculture (mango, coconut, corn, rice)
The province's coastal municipalities share the Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape, a roughly 211,000-hectare marine protected area declared in 1996. The B'laan people are the province's largest Indigenous community, alongside the Tagakaulo. On June 8, 2026, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck offshore near Maasim, Sarangani — the province recorded 47 deaths, the highest provincial toll of the disaster. As of September 2026, recovery continues under a formal Recovery and Rehabilitation Framework Plan, with residents still displaced months after the quake.
Key industries: Fishing and aquaculture (Sarangani Bay), Banana (the province's PSA-named 'banner commodity'), Tourism (Gumasa Beach, Glan), Agriculture (mango, coconut, corn, rice)
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