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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, 751 to 800 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
751	CantipayCarmen, Cebu	2,238	about 557	about 4.02 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
752	GuadalupeCarmen, Bohol	2,236	about 208	about 10.77 km²	−1.17% a year	Rural
753	TananasSan Fernando, Cebu	2,231	about 363	about 6.15 km²	4.44% a year	Rural
754	Can-olinCandijay, Bohol	2,228	about 302	about 7.38 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
755	Catungawan SurGuindulman, Bohol	2,227	about 343	about 6.49 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
756	AbugonSibonga, Cebu	2,217	about 843	about 2.63 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
757	BalidbidSanta Fe, Cebu	2,213	about 570	about 3.88 km²	2.38% a year	Urban
758	BasdioGuindulman, Bohol	2,212	about 366	about 6.04 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
759	Santa AnaBarili, Cebu	2,211	about 1,662	about 1.33 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
760	BalabagonMoalboal, Cebu	2,208	about 756	about 2.92 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
761	CalanggamanUbay, Bohol	2,207	about 211	about 10.46 km²	3.20% a year	Rural
762	Poblacion Ward IIIMinglanilla, Cebu	2,207	about 6,434	about 0.343 km²	−4.56% a year	Urban
763	LamesaBalamban, Cebu	2,206	about 194	about 11.36 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
764	PinamgoBien Unido, Bohol	2,203	about 807	about 2.73 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
765	CatolohanDalaguete, Cebu	2,201	about 445	about 4.95 km²	−2.67% a year	Rural
766	CabawanTagbilaran City, Bohol	2,195	about 1,055	about 2.08 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
767	PoblacionCatigbian, Bohol	2,193	about 480	about 4.57 km²	0.19% a year	Urban
768	BulilisUbay, Bohol	2,191	about 282	about 7.76 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
769	BagoAsturias, Cebu	2,189	about 490	about 4.47 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
770	BinaobaoBantayan, Cebu	2,184	about 10,706	about 0.204 km²	−4.87% a year	Urban
771	ImeldaUbay, Bohol	2,181	about 305	about 7.15 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
772	CanmanicoValencia, Bohol	2,180	about 1,832	about 1.19 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
773	ManguiaoAsturias, Cebu	2,179	about 276	about 7.89 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
774	BentigCalape, Bohol	2,174	about 933	about 2.33 km²	−2.04% a year	Rural
775	GibitngilMedellin, Cebu	2,169	about 1,004	about 2.16 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
776	Barangay IITuburan, Cebu	2,166	about 8,022	about 0.27 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
777	KayamSan Remigio, Cebu	2,165	about 612	about 3.54 km²	7.46% a year	Rural
778	AguiningPresident Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol	2,163	about 682	about 3.17 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
779	SalvadorSierra Bullones, Bohol	2,161	about 750	about 2.88 km²	2.42% a year	Rural
780	CamoboanTabogon, Cebu	2,159	about 847	about 2.55 km²	3.11% a year	Rural
781	CagtingUbay, Bohol	2,158	about 295	about 7.32 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
782	TabagakMadridejos, Cebu	2,157	about 3,108	about 0.694 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
783	Daan-LungsodAlcoy, Cebu	2,144	about 258	about 8.30 km²	−2.59% a year	Urban
784	CantibasBalamban, Cebu	2,142	about 471	about 4.55 km²	6.88% a year	Rural
785	KinatarkanSanta Fe, Cebu	2,141	about 1,044	about 2.05 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
786	CansayahonRonda, Cebu	2,139	about 529	about 4.04 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
787	LegaspiAlegria, Cebu	2,139	about 759	about 2.82 km²	2.97% a year	Rural
788	MangaAlcantara, Cebu	2,136	about 516	about 4.14 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
789	DakitBarili, Cebu	2,135	about 639	about 3.34 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
790	Camp 8Minglanilla, Cebu	2,133	about 306	about 6.96 km²	−1.73% a year	Rural
791	BalungagSan Fernando, Cebu	2,131	about 355	about 6.00 km²	−2.06% a year	Rural
792	TamiaoCompostela, Cebu	2,127	about 937	about 2.27 km²	9.16% a year	Rural
793	Tal-otBarili, Cebu	2,125	about 920	about 2.31 km²	1.32% a year	Rural
794	BenliwUbay, Bohol	2,119	about 274	about 7.74 km²	−3.87% a year	Rural
795	CabcabanBarili, Cebu	2,117	about 861	about 2.46 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
796	CaluasanDagohoy, Bohol	2,117	about 302	about 7.02 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
797	TigbawanTabuelan, Cebu	2,114	about 595	about 3.55 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
798	PamutanCebu City, Cebu	2,111	about 184	about 11.45 km²	4.27% a year	Rural
799	MalolosBarili, Cebu	2,109	about 375	about 5.63 km²	1.70% a year	Rural
800	NasinginGetafe, Bohol	2,105	about 1,324	about 1.59 km²	−0.11% 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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