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Barangays in Central Visayas

The barangay is the smallest local government: where the government's plans and services reach the community, and where neighbours settle disputes.^[1] A punong barangay, often called the kapitan, leads it with seven elected kagawad and the chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan.^[1]

A barangay is created by law or by an ordinance of its province or city, and only when its voters approve it in a plebiscite. It needs at least 2,000 people, or 5,000 in Metro Manila and the highly urbanized cities.^[1]

Open Central Visayas

Barangays in Central Visayas, at a glance

Barangays: 2,312^[2]
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 6,640,875^[3]
Urban or ruralUrban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 423 urban^[4]; 1,889 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Guadalupe^[5]; Cebu City, Cebu; 70,076 people
Largest by landLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: San Vicente^[6]; Ubay, Bohol; about 41.82 km²
Fastest growing, 5,000 people or moreGrowth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: Cogon Ramos^{[5, 7]}; Cebu City, Cebu; 36.65% a year, 2020 to 2024
Fewer people than in 2020Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary: 953 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Poog, −6.71% a year.

Each row is a barangay, with its 2024 census figures. Choose a column heading or a sort button to order the list, and choose it again to turn the order round. Narrow it with the menus.

2,312 barangays, 551 to 600 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
551	BagacaySibonga, Cebu	2,939	about 1,171	about 2.51 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
552	PiliMadridejos, Cebu	2,933	about 865	about 3.39 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
553	BagalngaCompostela, Cebu	2,929	about 1,057	about 2.77 km²	−1.56% a year	Rural
554	TarongMadridejos, Cebu	2,928	about 1,645	about 1.78 km²	−1.36% a year	Rural
555	SibagoPinamungajan, Cebu	2,925	about 480	about 6.10 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
556	PoblacionDagohoy, Bohol	2,923	about 623	about 4.69 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
557	CabulihanTubigon, Bohol	2,916	about 1,543	about 1.89 km²	2.26% a year	Urban
558	MacaasTubigon, Bohol	2,916	about 572	about 5.10 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
559	LomangogUbay, Bohol	2,902	about 351	about 8.27 km²	0.53% a year	Urban
560	Upper Natimao-anCarmen, Cebu	2,895	about 389	about 7.45 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
561	Poblacion OrientalConsolacion, Cebu	2,891	about 9,734	about 0.297 km²	−2.01% a year	Urban
562	CabangahanConsolacion, Cebu	2,889	about 1,840	about 1.57 km²	−1.32% a year	Rural
563	CaduawanTabogon, Cebu	2,889	about 542	about 5.33 km²	−1.03% a year	Rural
564	ManduangMinglanilla, Cebu	2,880	about 430	about 6.69 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
565	Pung-ol-SibugayCebu City, Cebu	2,876	about 196	about 14.71 km²	5.15% a year	Rural
566	OdlotBogo City, Cebu	2,874	about 479	about 6.00 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
567	AliwanayBalamban, Cebu	2,870	about 8,671	about 0.331 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
568	CansujeArgao, Cebu	2,854	about 268	about 10.63 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
569	SinsinCebu City, Cebu	2,854	about 349	about 8.17 km²	2.47% a year	Rural
570	PoblacionSantander, Cebu	2,852	about 1,517	about 1.88 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
571	TalisaySanta Fe, Cebu	2,852	about 3,375	about 0.845 km²	−2.44% a year	Urban
572	Poblacion SurCarmen, Bohol	2,848	about 562	about 5.07 km²	−3.07% a year	Urban
573	Santo NiñoMalabuyoc, Cebu	2,846	about 1,684	about 1.69 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
574	TaytayBadian, Cebu	2,840	about 913	about 3.11 km²	2.67% a year	Rural
575	BuenavistaCarmen, Bohol	2,829	about 252	about 11.24 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
576	CanjulaoJagna, Bohol	2,828	about 2,548	about 1.11 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
577	IpilCarmen, Cebu	2,817	about 685	about 4.11 km²	2.66% a year	Rural
578	CamambuganUbay, Bohol	2,811	about 318	about 8.85 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
579	LibaongPanglao, Bohol	2,808	about 493	about 5.69 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
580	CawayanDalaguete, Cebu	2,790	about 1,094	about 2.55 km²	−1.38% a year	Rural
581	DoongBantayan, Cebu	2,790	about 1,026	about 2.72 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
582	North PoblacionNaga City, Cebu	2,787	about 17,752	about 0.157 km²	−2.38% a year	Urban
583	GuimbawianPinamungajan, Cebu	2,782	about 644	about 4.32 km²	7.15% a year	Rural
584	Tubod-BitoonDumanjug, Cebu	2,781	about 915	about 3.04 km²	3.12% a year	Rural
585	Nueva EsperanzaBien Unido, Bohol	2,780	about 348	about 7.98 km²	0.96% a year	Rural
586	TonggoSan Fernando, Cebu	2,780	about 678	about 4.10 km²	2.79% a year	Rural
587	TutayPinamungajan, Cebu	2,764	about 1,274	about 2.17 km²	−0.28% a year	Urban
588	GuadalupeAlegria, Cebu	2,763	about 111	about 24.92 km²	−1.31% a year	Rural
589	TungaMoalboal, Cebu	2,763	about 861	about 3.21 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
590	Cogon WestCarmen, Cebu	2,759	about 11,841	about 0.233 km²	0.57% a year	Urban
591	BiasongBalamban, Cebu	2,756	about 308	about 8.95 km²	5.47% a year	Rural
592	SubaSamboan, Cebu	2,754	about 1,384	about 1.99 km²	8.89% a year	Rural
593	SinandiganUbay, Bohol	2,751	about 299	about 9.19 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
594	BugsocSierra Bullones, Bohol	2,742	about 335	about 8.18 km²	−0.86% a year	Rural
595	MantayupanBarili, Cebu	2,740	about 438	about 6.26 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
596	San IsidroPilar, Bohol	2,731	about 262	about 10.43 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
597	KatipunanAlicia, Bohol	2,724	about 303	about 8.98 km²	−0.01% a year	Rural
598	ManipisTalisay City, Cebu	2,723	about 638	about 4.27 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
599	PalanasGinatilan, Cebu	2,717	about 860	about 3.16 km²	2.11% a year	Rural
600	PologConsolacion, Cebu	2,714	about 1,001	about 2.71 km²	1.03% a year	Rural

How it fits

A barangay is the smallest unit of government, led by a punong barangay (the kapitan) and a council of kagawad. Every city and municipality is made up of barangays.

Sources

The list shows each place's own figures: people from the PSA's 2024 census, growth from its 2020 census, land areas from the Land Management Bureau's 2019 masterlist. A barangay's area is measured inside its border on UN OCHA's map and is approximate, and a barangay shows no growth where its border changed after 2020. Every figure's source is on its place's page; how Scene works out the rest.

1.Congress of the Philippines. Republic Act No. 7160: the Local Government Code of 1991. Published October 10, 1991. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Publication Datafile. Published June 30, 2026. Read by Scene September 24, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
3.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
4.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population and Urban Population by Urban Classification and Region, Province, Highly Urbanized City, City/Municipality and Barangay: Philippines, 2024 (OpenSTAT table 0231A6DPUP0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
5.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: Central Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0071A6DTPH6). Published August 5, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
6.UN OCHA, from the PSA and NAMRIA. Philippines: Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB), barangay layer. Published February 13, 2025. Read by Scene September 25, 2026. CC BY-IGO 3.0. Open the source
7.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 adds what the sources do not print themselves: growth rates, shares, barangay areas and densities, coordinates, neighbours and distances, each computed from the figures and borders above. How each is made.

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