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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, 601 to 650 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
601	JampangArgao, Cebu	2,710	about 249	about 10.89 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
602	KangkaibeBantayan, Cebu	2,707	about 333	about 8.14 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
603	CabalawanSogod, Cebu	2,681	about 194	about 13.81 km²	−2.62% a year	Rural
604	PoblacionGetafe, Bohol	2,680	about 1,068	about 2.51 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
605	Daan LungsodTuburan, Cebu	2,679	about 1,282	about 2.09 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
606	CandaguitSibonga, Cebu	2,675	about 1,148	about 2.33 km²	1.51% a year	Rural
607	MagsicoSan Fernando, Cebu	2,673	about 388	about 6.89 km²	2.31% a year	Rural
608	LusaranCebu City, Cebu	2,670	about 237	about 11.28 km²	0.69% a year	Urban
609	Dawis SurCarmen, Cebu	2,668	about 1,301	about 2.05 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
610	BacongAnda, Bohol	2,664	about 676	about 3.94 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
611	San SebastianSamboan, Cebu	2,663	about 554	about 4.81 km²	6.38% a year	Rural
612	Pahina San NicolasCebu City, Cebu	2,661	about 35,059	about 0.0759 km²	−0.73% a year	Urban
613	MandawaBien Unido, Bohol	2,659	about 520	about 5.11 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
614	GuibuanganBarili, Cebu	2,656	about 2,506	about 1.06 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
615	San RoqueMabini, Bohol	2,653	about 164	about 16.15 km²	−0.58% a year	Rural
616	CaleriohanDalaguete, Cebu	2,652	about 1,158	about 2.29 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
617	BicaoCarmen, Bohol	2,648	about 316	about 8.37 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
618	LunasAsturias, Cebu	2,638	about 452	about 5.84 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
619	PoblacionSan Miguel, Bohol	2,635	about 734	about 3.59 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
620	GreenhillsSan Fernando, Cebu	2,628	about 816	about 3.22 km²	−4.82% a year	Rural
621	Pooc OrientalTubigon, Bohol	2,624	about 6,293	about 0.417 km²	1.53% a year	Urban
622	Nueva FuerzaCarmen, Bohol	2,617	about 836	about 3.13 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
623	AgsungotCebu City, Cebu	2,616	about 828	about 3.16 km²	−1.38% a year	Rural
624	SantiagoSan Francisco, Cebu	2,611	about 377	about 6.92 km²	2.21% a year	Rural
625	BayonganSan Miguel, Bohol	2,605	about 218	about 11.97 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
626	Santa CruzCalape, Bohol	2,601	about 3,313	about 0.785 km²	−1.71% a year	Urban
627	VitoBalamban, Cebu	2,601	about 271	about 9.60 km²	8.25% a year	Rural
628	PunodPinamungajan, Cebu	2,595	about 759	about 3.42 km²	3.62% a year	Rural
629	PoblacionAlegria, Cebu	2,582	about 1,768	about 1.46 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
630	BaodBantayan, Cebu	2,577	about 984	about 2.62 km²	−5.69% a year	Rural
631	TinubdanSan Fernando, Cebu	2,575	about 926	about 2.78 km²	9.50% a year	Rural
632	LibjoTabogon, Cebu	2,574	about 460	about 5.59 km²	−2.67% a year	Rural
633	Pinayagan SurTubigon, Bohol	2,568	about 1,575	about 1.63 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
634	San AntonioCebu City, Cebu	2,567	about 19,899	about 0.129 km²	5.42% a year	Urban
635	San RoqueGinatilan, Cebu	2,564	about 1,077	about 2.38 km²	12.60% a year	Rural
636	TaptapCebu City, Cebu	2,559	about 336	about 7.62 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
637	BuhingtubigPinamungajan, Cebu	2,557	about 894	about 2.86 km²	3.76% a year	Rural
638	CanhabagatMedellin, Cebu	2,556	about 650	about 3.93 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
639	TabionanSan Fernando, Cebu	2,556	about 448	about 5.70 km²	2.72% a year	Rural
640	BairanNaga City, Cebu	2,554	about 840	about 3.04 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
641	LangubSanta Fe, Cebu	2,553	about 1,042	about 2.45 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
642	LuyangSan Remigio, Cebu	2,553	about 614	about 4.16 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
643	CabadianganLiloan, Cebu	2,544	about 418	about 6.08 km²	3.44% a year	Rural
644	Lamintak NorteMedellin, Cebu	2,538	about 1,238	about 2.05 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
645	TungasanLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	2,538	about 2,585	about 0.982 km²	3.00% a year	Rural
646	LepantoAlegria, Cebu	2,535	about 154	about 16.41 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
647	DaoDauis, Bohol	2,534	about 624	about 4.06 km²	1.45% a year	Urban
648	UnionUbay, Bohol	2,534	about 495	about 5.12 km²	−2.04% a year	Rural
649	KauswaganTrinidad, Bohol	2,532	about 80	about 31.56 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
650	HimensulanSan Francisco, Cebu	2,530	about 390	about 6.49 km²	0.42% a year	Urban

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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