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Barangays in Cebu

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]

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Barangays in Cebu, at a glance

Barangays: 1,203^[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: 5,228,149^[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: 368 urban^[4]; 835 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: Gaas^[6]; Balamban, Cebu; about 29.52 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: 473 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Poog, −6.71% a year.

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1,203 barangays, 701 to 750 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cebu, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
701	LindogonSibonga, Cebu	1,935	about 569	about 3.40 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
702	PatupatBarili, Cebu	1,933	about 651	about 2.97 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
703	BinongkalanCatmon, Cebu	1,920	about 393	about 4.88 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
704	BatoSibonga, Cebu	1,908	about 578	about 3.30 km²	5.42% a year	Rural
705	PoblacionTabogon, Cebu	1,908	about 3,133	about 0.609 km²	4.39% a year	Rural
706	BasakCompostela, Cebu	1,903	about 460	about 4.14 km²	−1.87% a year	Rural
707	KantabogonAloguinsan, Cebu	1,895	about 449	about 4.22 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
708	DoldolDumanjug, Cebu	1,894	about 463	about 4.09 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
709	KamagayanCebu City, Cebu	1,891	about 16,025	about 0.118 km²	−1.38% a year	Urban
710	NalhubDalaguete, Cebu	1,891	about 237	about 7.99 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
711	CantumogCarmen, Cebu	1,885	about 1,090	about 1.73 km²	3.01% a year	Urban
712	SomosaTabogon, Cebu	1,878	about 317	about 5.92 km²	−4.93% a year	Rural
713	ManagaseTabogon, Cebu	1,877	about 963	about 1.95 km²	4.81% a year	Rural
714	PandanBogo City, Cebu	1,873	about 2,746	about 0.682 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
715	PansoySogod, Cebu	1,860	about 172	about 10.79 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
716	MabuliTabogon, Cebu	1,853	about 274	about 6.77 km²	2.47% a year	Rural
717	DapdapSan Remigio, Cebu	1,851	about 979	about 1.89 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
718	GilutonganCordova, Cebu	1,851	about 13,317	about 0.139 km²	3.46% a year	Rural
719	GawaygawaySan Remigio, Cebu	1,847	about 443	about 4.17 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
720	TeguisPoro, Cebu	1,847	about 452	about 4.09 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
721	San MiguelSan Remigio, Cebu	1,840	about 915	about 2.01 km²	−6.09% a year	Rural
722	BancasanSan Remigio, Cebu	1,838	about 760	about 2.42 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
723	DaanlungsodOslob, Cebu	1,835	about 1,133	about 1.62 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
724	ManlayagDanao City, Cebu	1,826	about 411	about 4.44 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
725	CantukongCarmen, Cebu	1,825	about 636	about 2.87 km²	2.22% a year	Rural
726	ManatadSibonga, Cebu	1,819	about 386	about 4.71 km²	−1.39% a year	Rural
727	LambugBadian, Cebu	1,811	about 487	about 3.72 km²	1.43% a year	Rural
728	ParilCebu City, Cebu	1,810	about 559	about 3.24 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
729	TagbaoCebu City, Cebu	1,809	about 171	about 10.60 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
730	CaridadTuburan, Cebu	1,799	about 227	about 7.92 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
731	PaculobDumanjug, Cebu	1,798	about 852	about 2.11 km²	−1.41% a year	Rural
732	Sam-angToledo City, Cebu	1,796	about 390	about 4.61 km²	−5.40% a year	Rural
733	BudbudBarili, Cebu	1,795	about 494	about 3.63 km²	−0.67% a year	Rural
734	GawiOslob, Cebu	1,795	about 346	about 5.19 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
735	LoayToledo City, Cebu	1,794	about 680	about 2.64 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
736	CompostelaAlegria, Cebu	1,793	about 103	about 17.49 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
737	BongoyanBorbon, Cebu	1,788	about 359	about 4.98 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
738	GuiwanonArgao, Cebu	1,787	about 1,004	about 1.78 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
739	Libo-oRonda, Cebu	1,772	about 483	about 3.67 km²	4.89% a year	Rural
740	SacsacDalaguete, Cebu	1,769	about 294	about 6.02 km²	−2.84% a year	Rural
741	TubodSan Fernando, Cebu	1,769	about 834	about 2.12 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
742	PalanasRonda, Cebu	1,767	about 1,898	about 0.931 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
743	TalaytayArgao, Cebu	1,766	about 624	about 2.83 km²	−1.63% a year	Rural
744	MalinginDaanbantayan, Cebu	1,756	about 832	about 2.11 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
745	TablaLiloan, Cebu	1,756	about 524	about 3.35 km²	2.85% a year	Rural
746	DumalanDalaguete, Cebu	1,742	about 224	about 7.77 km²	−3.28% a year	Rural
747	CalmanteTudela, Cebu	1,739	about 491	about 3.54 km²	4.87% a year	Rural
748	CansomoroyBalamban, Cebu	1,736	about 121	about 14.33 km²	−3.90% a year	Rural
749	TogononDanao City, Cebu	1,732	about 381	about 4.55 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
750	JolomaynonDalaguete, Cebu	1,731	about 290	about 5.97 km²	1.47% 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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