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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, 51 to 100 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
51	SubangdakuMandaue City, Cebu	16,597	about 7,613	about 2.18 km²	−0.71% a year	Urban
52	BusayCebu City, Cebu	16,465	about 1,803	about 9.13 km²	−0.97% a year	Urban
53	PoblacionLiloan, Cebu	16,381	about 5,515	about 2.97 km²	−0.40% a year	Urban
54	SabangDanao City, Cebu	16,187	about 2,734	about 5.92 km²	0.05% a year	Urban
55	CasuntinganMandaue City, Cebu	16,180	about 20,327	about 0.796 km²	−0.96% a year	Urban
56	LinaoMinglanilla, Cebu	16,180	about 8,471	about 1.91 km²	0.06% a year	Urban
57	TipoloMandaue City, Cebu	15,738	about 6,903	about 2.28 km²	−0.08% a year	Urban
58	San VicenteLiloan, Cebu	15,716	about 5,119	about 3.07 km²	4.52% a year	Urban
59	LagtangTalisay City, Cebu	15,706	about 5,550	about 2.83 km²	−0.16% a year	Urban
60	CanjulaoLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	15,694	about 13,414	about 1.17 km²	2.00% a year	Urban
61	NangkaConsolacion, Cebu	15,576	about 15,122	about 1.03 km²	4.41% a year	Urban
62	LoocLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	15,398	about 11,754	about 1.31 km²	−0.02% a year	Urban
63	Lawaan IIITalisay City, Cebu	15,350	about 19,308	about 0.795 km²	1.52% a year	Urban
64	PulpoganConsolacion, Cebu	15,285	about 14,420	about 1.06 km²	0.94% a year	Urban
65	GuadalupeCarcar City, Cebu	15,247	about 822	about 18.55 km²	0.29% a year	Urban
66	CogonTagbilaran City, Bohol	15,171	about 6,044	about 2.51 km²	−1.07% a year	Urban
67	PakigneMinglanilla, Cebu	15,110	about 7,789	about 1.94 km²	1.24% a year	Urban
68	JubayLiloan, Cebu	14,938	about 3,474	about 4.30 km²	0.05% a year	Urban
69	PoocTalisay City, Cebu	14,856	about 12,807	about 1.16 km²	3.40% a year	Urban
70	MaguikayMandaue City, Cebu	14,707	about 12,055	about 1.22 km²	−0.40% a year	Urban
71	CansojongTalisay City, Cebu	14,545	about 11,922	about 1.22 km²	−4.16% a year	Urban
72	DuljoCebu City, Cebu	14,533	about 35,796	about 0.406 km²	−2.06% a year	Urban
73	CubacubMandaue City, Cebu	14,442	about 21,238	about 0.68 km²	1.04% a year	Urban
74	BolinawanCarcar City, Cebu	14,058	about 1,974	about 7.12 km²	0.98% a year	Urban
75	TangkeTalisay City, Cebu	14,011	about 21,926	about 0.639 km²	−0.08% a year	Urban
76	LoocMandaue City, Cebu	13,974	about 15,026	about 0.93 km²	−5.12% a year	Urban
77	San IsidroTalisay City, Cebu	13,855	about 14,343	about 0.966 km²	−5.63% a year	Urban
78	Calajo-anMinglanilla, Cebu	13,758	about 10,344	about 1.33 km²	1.45% a year	Urban
79	TungkilMinglanilla, Cebu	13,754	about 11,003	about 1.25 km²	0.28% a year	Urban
80	LuzCebu City, Cebu	13,745	about 24,371	about 0.564 km²	−3.83% a year	Urban
81	PoblacionToledo City, Cebu	13,610	about 5,555	about 2.45 km²	−3.18% a year	Urban
82	TungkopMinglanilla, Cebu	13,585	about 10,956	about 1.24 km²	−1.14% a year	Urban
83	BuanoyBalamban, Cebu	13,538	about 1,394	about 9.71 km²	−0.96% a year	Urban
84	PoblacionCompostela, Cebu	13,283	about 7,180	about 1.85 km²	1.33% a year	Urban
85	TuyanNaga City, Cebu	13,036	about 5,547	about 2.35 km²	−0.74% a year	Urban
86	BasakMandaue City, Cebu	12,842	about 18,037	about 0.712 km²	2.10% a year	Urban
87	ValladolidCarcar City, Cebu	12,724	about 2,515	about 5.06 km²	0.00% a year	Urban
88	BacayanCebu City, Cebu	12,712	about 10,089	about 1.26 km²	−3.04% a year	Urban
89	MohonTalisay City, Cebu	12,662	about 13,442	about 0.942 km²	2.79% a year	Urban
90	Sambag IICebu City, Cebu	12,534	about 27,853	about 0.45 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
91	TulayMinglanilla, Cebu	12,498	about 12,017	about 1.04 km²	1.32% a year	Urban
92	PoblacionTalisay City, Cebu	12,411	about 13,883	about 0.894 km²	4.52% a year	Urban
93	Sambag ICebu City, Cebu	12,365	about 23,779	about 0.52 km²	1.70% a year	Urban
94	PardoCebu City, Cebu	12,217	about 5,960	about 2.05 km²	0.40% a year	Urban
95	CabancalanMandaue City, Cebu	12,198	about 6,161	about 1.98 km²	−4.59% a year	Urban
96	OpaoMandaue City, Cebu	12,026	about 11,790	about 1.02 km²	0.02% a year	Urban
97	MaslogDanao City, Cebu	11,933	about 6,704	about 1.78 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
98	Punta EngañoLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	11,871	about 5,300	about 2.24 km²	0.92% a year	Urban
99	Matab-angToledo City, Cebu	11,865	about 1,332	about 8.91 km²	0.67% a year	Urban
100	JagobiaoMandaue City, Cebu	11,850	about 9,713	about 1.22 km²	−0.57% a year	Urban

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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