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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, 851 to 900 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cebu, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
851	MohonSogod, Cebu	1,413	about 210	about 6.72 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
852	MangacoGinatilan, Cebu	1,410	about 189	about 7.46 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
853	PioTabogon, Cebu	1,406	about 1,620	about 0.868 km²	9.89% a year	Rural
854	LucaBalamban, Cebu	1,399	about 166	about 8.44 km²	4.15% a year	Rural
855	Nahus-anSogod, Cebu	1,392	about 103	about 13.54 km²	4.02% a year	Rural
856	BingayBorbon, Cebu	1,391	about 344	about 4.04 km²	2.58% a year	Rural
857	Poblacion LoocDumanjug, Cebu	1,391	about 9,032	about 0.154 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
858	Kanlim-aoTabuelan, Cebu	1,390	about 262	about 5.31 km²	6.86% a year	Rural
859	San JosePoro, Cebu	1,389	about 465	about 2.99 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
860	ZaragosaAloguinsan, Cebu	1,386	about 311	about 4.46 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
861	VitoBarili, Cebu	1,365	about 297	about 4.59 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
862	Lower Natimao-anCarmen, Cebu	1,360	about 504	about 2.70 km²	−2.69% a year	Rural
863	BanhiganDalaguete, Cebu	1,358	about 808	about 1.68 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
864	KansiTuburan, Cebu	1,355	about 136	about 9.93 km²	4.06% a year	Rural
865	Upper BecerrilBoljoon, Cebu	1,355	about 106	about 12.79 km²	−1.37% a year	Rural
866	LoongTabogon, Cebu	1,350	about 297	about 4.55 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
867	TubaDalaguete, Cebu	1,350	about 378	about 3.57 km²	−2.45% a year	Rural
868	CanagahanSan Remigio, Cebu	1,349	about 212	about 6.36 km²	−6.00% a year	Rural
869	KangwayanMadridejos, Cebu	1,348	about 537	about 2.51 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
870	MaslogTabogon, Cebu	1,340	about 493	about 2.72 km²	−2.10% a year	Rural
871	SumonTuburan, Cebu	1,339	about 263	about 5.10 km²	7.05% a year	Rural
872	ColawinArgao, Cebu	1,333	about 515	about 2.59 km²	2.59% a year	Rural
873	DobdobBadian, Cebu	1,333	about 749	about 1.78 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
874	JagbuayaTuburan, Cebu	1,326	about 345	about 3.84 km²	−5.20% a year	Rural
875	MabiniPoro, Cebu	1,325	about 605	about 2.19 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
876	SambagBogo City, Cebu	1,325	about 9,014	about 0.147 km²	−5.48% a year	Rural
877	TakaySogod, Cebu	1,323	about 194	about 6.81 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
878	AgtugopAsturias, Cebu	1,313	about 217	about 6.05 km²	2.68% a year	Rural
879	LomboMalabuyoc, Cebu	1,313	about 180	about 7.28 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
880	LoocMalabuyoc, Cebu	1,309	about 220	about 5.96 km²	2.67% a year	Rural
881	SandayongTuburan, Cebu	1,307	about 133	about 9.82 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
882	ManlapayDumanjug, Cebu	1,302	about 1,017	about 1.28 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
883	PanasConsolacion, Cebu	1,302	about 462	about 2.82 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
884	PazPoro, Cebu	1,302	about 416	about 3.13 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
885	HingatmonanBalamban, Cebu	1,300	about 300	about 4.33 km²	−1.64% a year	Rural
886	LoocOslob, Cebu	1,300	about 315	about 4.13 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
887	PancilBarili, Cebu	1,300	about 535	about 2.43 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
888	MayanaBarili, Cebu	1,299	about 169	about 7.68 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
889	MalorayDalaguete, Cebu	1,297	about 758	about 1.71 km²	6.26% a year	Rural
890	TumalogOslob, Cebu	1,295	about 122	about 10.65 km²	5.64% a year	Rural
891	CaurasanCarmen, Cebu	1,294	about 89	about 14.46 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
892	CabutonganSantander, Cebu	1,292	about 216	about 5.99 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
893	MalonesDalaguete, Cebu	1,292	about 145	about 8.94 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
894	SambagTabogon, Cebu	1,292	about 585	about 2.21 km²	7.57% a year	Rural
895	ManlagtangTabogon, Cebu	1,291	about 364	about 3.55 km²	−4.11% a year	Rural
896	AlegriaTuburan, Cebu	1,278	about 231	about 5.54 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
897	MandilikitArgao, Cebu	1,278	about 195	about 6.57 km²	14.68% a year	Rural
898	CandiisBadian, Cebu	1,273	about 109	about 11.73 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
899	BaeSibonga, Cebu	1,270	about 324	about 3.92 km²	−1.89% a year	Rural
900	FortalizaTuburan, Cebu	1,266	about 550	about 2.30 km²	−1.48% 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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