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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, 901 to 950 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cebu, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
901	DuanganPinamungajan, Cebu	1,263	about 267	about 4.73 km²	−5.39% a year	Rural
902	Barangay IIMalabuyoc, Cebu	1,261	about 6,212	about 0.203 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
903	MainitOslob, Cebu	1,261	about 257	about 4.90 km²	−1.43% a year	Rural
904	MulaoLiloan, Cebu	1,259	about 204	about 6.16 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
905	LikiBalamban, Cebu	1,257	about 221	about 5.70 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
906	Lower BecerrilBoljoon, Cebu	1,251	about 246	about 5.09 km²	−5.20% a year	Rural
907	DaantabogonTabogon, Cebu	1,248	about 466	about 2.68 km²	−5.87% a year	Rural
908	CambayogCompostela, Cebu	1,243	about 634	about 1.96 km²	−2.15% a year	Rural
909	CabiangonPinamungajan, Cebu	1,242	about 557	about 2.23 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
910	LibertadPoro, Cebu	1,239	about 286	about 4.33 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
911	GuiwanonGinatilan, Cebu	1,238	about 924	about 1.34 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
912	SagayToledo City, Cebu	1,238	about 256	about 4.84 km²	−5.84% a year	Rural
913	Cabil-isanAlcantara, Cebu	1,237	about 1,006	about 1.23 km²	6.72% a year	Rural
914	UbaubArgao, Cebu	1,236	about 116	about 10.61 km²	1.94% a year	Rural
915	CamboangDumanjug, Cebu	1,232	about 455	about 2.71 km²	−0.35% a year	Rural
916	BangcogonOslob, Cebu	1,227	about 415	about 2.96 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
917	Guimbangco-anSibonga, Cebu	1,227	about 298	about 4.12 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
918	PangpangBarili, Cebu	1,226	about 337	about 3.64 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
919	CabangahanSogod, Cebu	1,221	about 137	about 8.89 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
920	SalugDalaguete, Cebu	1,220	about 454	about 2.69 km²	−1.92% a year	Rural
921	CandulingRonda, Cebu	1,216	about 2,507	about 0.485 km²	−2.72% a year	Rural
922	ColaseSamboan, Cebu	1,215	about 434	about 2.80 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
923	CagsingGinatilan, Cebu	1,214	about 191	about 6.36 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
924	SambagonPinamungajan, Cebu	1,214	about 208	about 5.83 km²	−2.96% a year	Rural
925	SaksakAloguinsan, Cebu	1,211	about 326	about 3.71 km²	2.67% a year	Rural
926	GeneralTudela, Cebu	1,209	about 351	about 3.44 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
927	JumangpasSamboan, Cebu	1,205	about 331	about 3.64 km²	−1.62% a year	Rural
928	ArborBoljoon, Cebu	1,203	about 251	about 4.80 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
929	DunggaDanao City, Cebu	1,188	about 342	about 3.47 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
930	LanipgaCarmen, Cebu	1,187	about 224	about 5.29 km²	−0.14% a year	Urban
931	LoocGinatilan, Cebu	1,187	about 1,289	about 0.921 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
932	VillahermosaTudela, Cebu	1,187	about 335	about 3.54 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
933	PanangbanCompostela, Cebu	1,182	about 330	about 3.58 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
934	CalagasanArgao, Cebu	1,180	about 331	about 3.57 km²	3.34% a year	Rural
935	BasakSibonga, Cebu	1,177	about 185	about 6.37 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
936	LunopBoljoon, Cebu	1,175	about 251	about 4.69 km²	4.35% a year	Rural
937	SorsogonMalabuyoc, Cebu	1,174	about 174	about 6.73 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
938	PoblacionAlcantara, Cebu	1,168	about 834	about 1.40 km²	−18.29% a year	Urban
939	AgsuwaoCatmon, Cebu	1,157	about 105	about 11.05 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
940	MalabagoBadian, Cebu	1,153	about 759	about 1.52 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
941	LuhodBarili, Cebu	1,148	about 457	about 2.51 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
942	MontserratPilar, Cebu	1,146	about 436	about 2.63 km²	−2.25% a year	Rural
943	SacsacDanao City, Cebu	1,146	about 339	about 3.38 km²	13.06% a year	Rural
944	VillahermosaPilar, Cebu	1,146	about 460	about 2.49 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
945	LiboSibonga, Cebu	1,144	about 202	about 5.65 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
946	PawaDumanjug, Cebu	1,138	about 495	about 2.30 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
947	ParilBarili, Cebu	1,128	about 462	about 2.44 km²	−1.57% a year	Rural
948	LuyoBarili, Cebu	1,121	about 496	about 2.26 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
949	AgbalangaMoalboal, Cebu	1,120	about 127	about 8.79 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
950	MoabogPilar, Cebu	1,118	about 383	about 2.92 km²	−1.12% 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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