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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, 651 to 700 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
651	AnapogSan Remigio, Cebu	2,528	about 766	about 3.30 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
652	CandabongAnda, Bohol	2,526	about 347	about 7.27 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
653	TalisaySantander, Cebu	2,525	about 763	about 3.31 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
654	KawasanAloguinsan, Cebu	2,523	about 332	about 7.60 km²	0.71% a year	Rural
655	LatabanLiloan, Cebu	2,523	about 576	about 4.38 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
656	PotohanTubigon, Bohol	2,518	about 4,055	about 0.621 km²	2.07% a year	Rural
657	GuinobatanTrinidad, Bohol	2,512	about 451	about 5.57 km²	1.00% a year	Urban
658	BinabagBogo City, Cebu	2,510	about 326	about 7.69 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
659	TamiaoBantayan, Cebu	2,510	about 438	about 5.73 km²	2.00% a year	Rural
660	VictoriaSan Remigio, Cebu	2,509	about 573	about 4.38 km²	3.11% a year	Rural
661	CabadianganCompostela, Cebu	2,506	about 694	about 3.61 km²	3.65% a year	Rural
662	CogtongCandijay, Bohol	2,504	about 1,368	about 1.83 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
663	PoblacionSierra Bullones, Bohol	2,502	about 589	about 4.25 km²	−2.18% a year	Rural
664	SoomTrinidad, Bohol	2,496	about 399	about 6.25 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
665	Sandayong SurDanao City, Cebu	2,493	about 555	about 4.49 km²	−6.48% a year	Rural
666	KanghumaodDumanjug, Cebu	2,492	about 527	about 4.73 km²	2.99% a year	Rural
667	LandahanToledo City, Cebu	2,492	about 1,159	about 2.15 km²	8.46% a year	Rural
668	PoblacionDauis, Bohol	2,485	about 2,219	about 1.12 km²	−4.23% a year	Rural
669	CarmeloTuburan, Cebu	2,483	about 1,009	about 2.46 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
670	BolocbolocBarili, Cebu	2,480	about 1,503	about 1.65 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
671	HilotonganBantayan, Cebu	2,477	about 5,954	about 0.416 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
672	LourdesCortes, Bohol	2,471	about 630	about 3.92 km²	1.20% a year	Urban
673	Looc NorteAsturias, Cebu	2,469	about 574	about 4.30 km²	−3.87% a year	Rural
674	PanlaanDumanjug, Cebu	2,465	about 844	about 2.92 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
675	PoblacionPresident Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol	2,459	about 1,268	about 1.94 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
676	AtabayAlcoy, Cebu	2,454	about 442	about 5.55 km²	1.32% a year	Rural
677	MahawakMedellin, Cebu	2,447	about 1,826	about 1.34 km²	−4.35% a year	Rural
678	NahawanClarin, Bohol	2,446	about 624	about 3.92 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
679	TilhaongConsolacion, Cebu	2,446	about 3,474	about 0.704 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
680	CurvaMedellin, Cebu	2,437	about 531	about 4.59 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
681	Pangan-anLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	2,436	about 2,611	about 0.933 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
682	CalaboonDumanjug, Cebu	2,434	about 1,040	about 2.34 km²	1.01% a year	Rural
683	TubodBarili, Cebu	2,416	about 494	about 4.89 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
684	LicosDanao City, Cebu	2,406	about 315	about 7.65 km²	3.21% a year	Rural
685	ButongPinamungajan, Cebu	2,404	about 548	about 4.39 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
686	Pinayagan NorteTubigon, Bohol	2,402	about 2,018	about 1.19 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
687	BaliangDanao City, Cebu	2,400	about 430	about 5.58 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
688	PoblacionSan Isidro, Bohol	2,400	about 292	about 8.23 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
689	MahayagSan Miguel, Bohol	2,398	about 392	about 6.12 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
690	LoocSan Remigio, Cebu	2,394	about 1,392	about 1.72 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
691	LiloanSantander, Cebu	2,390	about 1,320	about 1.81 km²	0.61% a year	Urban
692	CentroTubigon, Bohol	2,388	about 7,855	about 0.304 km²	0.88% a year	Urban
693	PoblacionGinatilan, Cebu	2,384	about 1,558	about 1.53 km²	−6.95% a year	Rural
694	Caputatan SurMedellin, Cebu	2,381	about 320	about 7.43 km²	−3.58% a year	Rural
695	DalingdingDaanbantayan, Cebu	2,381	about 335	about 7.11 km²	3.94% a year	Rural
696	PoblacionSanta Fe, Cebu	2,374	about 4,044	about 0.587 km²	−1.11% a year	Urban
697	KabangbangBantayan, Cebu	2,371	about 315	about 7.53 km²	0.51% a year	Urban
698	CampusongBorbon, Cebu	2,370	about 988	about 2.40 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
699	BagakayToledo City, Cebu	2,368	about 150	about 15.80 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
700	JaguimitNaga City, Cebu	2,363	about 338	about 6.99 km²	−0.04% 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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