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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, 951 to 1,000 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cebu, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
951	McArthurTudela, Cebu	1,114	about 297	about 3.75 km²	−7.37% a year	Rural
952	SohotonBadian, Cebu	1,114	about 166	about 6.70 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
953	LiburonSan Fernando, Cebu	1,113	about 247	about 4.50 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
954	CandamiangSantander, Cebu	1,110	about 242	about 4.59 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
955	OlangoAloguinsan, Cebu	1,110	about 299	about 3.71 km²	1.41% a year	Rural
956	CantolaroySibonga, Cebu	1,107	about 324	about 3.42 km²	10.54% a year	Rural
957	CandabongDumanjug, Cebu	1,101	about 481	about 2.29 km²	−0.02% a year	Rural
958	LengigonArgao, Cebu	1,101	about 222	about 4.96 km²	−2.90% a year	Urban
959	Nueva CaceresOslob, Cebu	1,101	about 272	about 4.05 km²	−1.83% a year	Rural
960	KandinganAloguinsan, Cebu	1,099	about 370	about 2.97 km²	5.85% a year	Rural
961	LuboSogod, Cebu	1,098	about 358	about 3.07 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
962	LanaoPilar, Cebu	1,094	about 234	about 4.68 km²	3.52% a year	Rural
963	TagnucanBorbon, Cebu	1,094	about 305	about 3.59 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
964	AlawijaoBadian, Cebu	1,088	about 473	about 2.30 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
965	SubayonToledo City, Cebu	1,086	about 303	about 3.59 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
966	MalalayRonda, Cebu	1,084	about 414	about 2.62 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
967	PiliDanao City, Cebu	1,083	about 178	about 6.08 km²	5.80% a year	Rural
968	SumaguanArgao, Cebu	1,080	about 296	about 3.65 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
969	Santa RitaAsturias, Cebu	1,077	about 383	about 2.81 km²	−4.27% a year	Rural
970	Daan PazPoro, Cebu	1,074	about 426	about 2.52 km²	7.09% a year	Rural
971	CabasianganBalamban, Cebu	1,070	about 70	about 15.27 km²	−7.77% a year	Rural
972	SanlaganBadian, Cebu	1,064	about 447	about 2.38 km²	1.87% a year	Rural
973	Santo RosarioBogo City, Cebu	1,062	about 19,415	about 0.0547 km²	−3.08% a year	Urban
974	ArmeñaMalabuyoc, Cebu	1,056	about 398	about 2.65 km²	2.57% a year	Rural
975	San JuanTuburan, Cebu	1,056	about 271	about 3.90 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
976	MabunaoTabuelan, Cebu	1,052	about 174	about 6.06 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
977	SayawBarili, Cebu	1,052	about 492	about 2.14 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
978	TubodAsturias, Cebu	1,049	about 248	about 4.23 km²	2.48% a year	Rural
979	UnidosSan Francisco, Cebu	1,047	about 213	about 4.92 km²	2.00% a year	Rural
980	San VicenteTabogon, Cebu	1,045	about 608	about 1.72 km²	4.90% a year	Rural
981	TigbaoBadian, Cebu	1,044	about 154	about 6.79 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
982	Can-agaSibonga, Cebu	1,043	about 371	about 2.81 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
983	BasakSan Fernando, Cebu	1,041	about 449	about 2.32 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
984	PagsaPoro, Cebu	1,041	about 327	about 3.18 km²	5.43% a year	Rural
985	AloOslob, Cebu	1,040	about 206	about 5.04 km²	−3.30% a year	Rural
986	Poblacion CentralDumanjug, Cebu	1,037	about 5,010	about 0.207 km²	−3.03% a year	Urban
987	AgbangaAsturias, Cebu	1,032	about 265	about 3.90 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
988	New BagoAsturias, Cebu	1,032	about 320	about 3.22 km²	−14.96% a year	Rural
989	Eastern PoblacionPoro, Cebu	1,026	about 766	about 1.34 km²	−2.60% a year	Urban
990	KantangkasDumanjug, Cebu	1,017	about 377	about 2.70 km²	5.27% a year	Rural
991	Tag-amakanAsturias, Cebu	1,016	about 121	about 8.37 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
992	TiguibArgao, Cebu	1,014	about 195	about 5.19 km²	−2.02% a year	Rural
993	UbogonAsturias, Cebu	1,013	about 255	about 3.98 km²	4.06% a year	Rural
994	BagakayBarili, Cebu	1,003	about 482	about 2.08 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
995	Bongdo GuaBorbon, Cebu	1,002	about 268	about 3.74 km²	−2.47% a year	Rural
996	PapanSibonga, Cebu	1,002	about 475	about 2.11 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
997	CalumpangOslob, Cebu	1,001	about 585	about 1.71 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
998	LukaOslob, Cebu	997	about 256	about 3.90 km²	−4.54% a year	Rural
999	BactasCatmon, Cebu	988	about 231	about 4.28 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
1,000	San AntonioBoljoon, Cebu	988	about 51	about 19.20 km²	−1.20% 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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