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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, 801 to 850 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
801	Sandayong NorteDanao City, Cebu	2,103	about 1,252	about 1.68 km²	10.54% a year	Rural
802	PanaytayonTubigon, Bohol	2,102	about 1,290	about 1.63 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
803	BinabagPinamungajan, Cebu	2,099	about 444	about 4.73 km²	−1.80% a year	Rural
804	HagnayaCarmen, Cebu	2,097	about 396	about 5.29 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
805	BusogonSan Remigio, Cebu	2,091	about 470	about 4.45 km²	3.73% a year	Rural
806	MangyanSibonga, Cebu	2,090	about 332	about 6.29 km²	−2.96% a year	Rural
807	San RafaelBarili, Cebu	2,086	about 2,270	about 0.919 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
808	DanasanDanao City, Cebu	2,084	about 227	about 9.20 km²	9.23% a year	Rural
809	Cagat-LamacDanao City, Cebu	2,072	about 1,337	about 1.55 km²	10.01% a year	Rural
810	LanaoMoalboal, Cebu	2,071	about 893	about 2.32 km²	1.91% a year	Rural
811	LombogGuindulman, Bohol	2,071	about 205	about 10.08 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
812	ApalanTuburan, Cebu	2,064	about 683	about 3.02 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
813	Camp 8Toledo City, Cebu	2,063	about 1,011	about 2.04 km²	−1.92% a year	Rural
814	San JoseInabanga, Bohol	2,063	about 476	about 4.33 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
815	CerdeñaMalabuyoc, Cebu	2,062	about 158	about 13.07 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
816	GuinacotGuindulman, Bohol	2,060	about 467	about 4.41 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
817	AbachananSierra Bullones, Bohol	2,055	about 233	about 8.81 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
818	Cogon NorteLoon, Bohol	2,054	about 1,141	about 1.80 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
819	DalidTabuelan, Cebu	2,053	about 206	about 9.98 km²	4.16% a year	Rural
820	TaguihonBaclayon, Bohol	2,051	about 3,573	about 0.574 km²	−0.46% a year	Urban
821	TulangGetafe, Bohol	2,050	about 362	about 5.66 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
822	BayacabacMaribojoc, Bohol	2,047	about 739	about 2.77 km²	1.84% a year	Rural
823	TrinidadGuindulman, Bohol	2,047	about 606	about 3.38 km²	−3.51% a year	Rural
824	San IsidroMabini, Bohol	2,046	about 439	about 4.66 km²	4.51% a year	Rural
825	TinubdanDaanbantayan, Cebu	2,041	about 331	about 6.17 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
826	DalahikanSamboan, Cebu	2,040	about 553	about 3.69 km²	10.21% a year	Rural
827	ZaragosaBadian, Cebu	2,039	about 1,102	about 1.85 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
828	BanlotSibonga, Cebu	2,038	about 305	about 6.69 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
829	PutlongcamAlicia, Bohol	2,037	about 603	about 3.38 km²	4.76% a year	Rural
830	BalisongArgao, Cebu	2,035	about 642	about 3.17 km²	−2.64% a year	Rural
831	San RoqueLiloan, Cebu	2,034	about 412	about 4.94 km²	3.02% a year	Rural
832	PoblacionBilar, Bohol	2,031	about 1,031	about 1.97 km²	3.86% a year	Urban
833	ButongRonda, Cebu	2,030	about 376	about 5.40 km²	5.23% a year	Rural
834	CalambuaSan Remigio, Cebu	2,024	about 432	about 4.68 km²	5.36% a year	Rural
835	CanaocanaoTabogon, Cebu	2,024	about 267	about 7.58 km²	2.10% a year	Rural
836	Canmaya CentroSagbayan, Bohol	2,023	about 482	about 4.20 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
837	VillarcayoCarmen, Bohol	2,022	about 122	about 16.58 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
838	GuindacpanTalibon, Bohol	2,012	about 11,055	about 0.182 km²	−2.28% a year	Rural
839	AdelaPoro, Cebu	2,011	about 313	about 6.43 km²	3.40% a year	Rural
840	Santa Cruz-Santo NiñoBalamban, Cebu	2,010	about 3,564	about 0.564 km²	−0.30% a year	Urban
841	Cabunga-anSan Francisco, Cebu	2,008	about 485	about 4.14 km²	−3.54% a year	Rural
842	ManlapayDalaguete, Cebu	2,007	about 397	about 5.05 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
843	BagumbayanPilar, Bohol	2,005	about 327	about 6.13 km²	2.34% a year	Rural
844	VallehermosoCarmen, Bohol	2,002	about 478	about 4.19 km²	−1.01% a year	Rural
845	BagasaweTuburan, Cebu	2,000	about 699	about 2.86 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
846	GuiwanonBaclayon, Bohol	1,998	about 2,401	about 0.832 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
847	Western Cabul-anBuenavista, Bohol	1,998	about 7,866	about 0.254 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
848	Hingotanan EastBien Unido, Bohol	1,997	about 13,052	about 0.153 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
849	AntipoloTuburan, Cebu	1,996	about 551	about 3.62 km²	8.45% a year	Rural
850	SayaoSibonga, Cebu	1,996	about 182	about 10.94 km²	−0.29% 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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