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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, 1,001 to 1,050 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,001	ManabaGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	1,666	about 1,388	about 1.20 km²	−2.29% a year	Rural
1,002	IlayaRonda, Cebu	1,663	about 777	about 2.14 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
1,003	PutianBantayan, Cebu	1,663	about 705	about 2.36 km²	2.44% a year	Rural
1,004	Tubod-DugoanDumanjug, Cebu	1,661	about 228	about 7.27 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
1,005	MantijaDanao City, Cebu	1,660	about 382	about 4.35 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
1,006	BuluangCompostela, Cebu	1,658	about 531	about 3.12 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
1,007	Jandayan SurGetafe, Bohol	1,658	about 1,084	about 1.53 km²	−0.85% a year	Rural
1,008	Tag-ubeCompostela, Cebu	1,657	about 327	about 5.07 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
1,009	Bilangbilangan DakoBien Unido, Bohol	1,655	about 8,193	about 0.202 km²	−2.69% a year	Rural
1,010	MontealegreTuburan, Cebu	1,647	about 165	about 10.01 km²	−1.78% a year	Rural
1,011	CandabongAlcantara, Cebu	1,645	about 585	about 2.81 km²	−10.36% a year	Rural
1,012	MahagbuTrinidad, Bohol	1,644	about 299	about 5.50 km²	6.01% a year	Rural
1,013	PanasCandijay, Bohol	1,643	about 174	about 9.45 km²	−1.73% a year	Rural
1,014	BasacLoon, Bohol	1,635	about 667	about 2.45 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
1,015	BonbonCalape, Bohol	1,632	about 1,053	about 1.55 km²	4.27% a year	Rural
1,016	Barangay IMalabuyoc, Cebu	1,630	about 2,916	about 0.559 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
1,017	AnislagPinamungajan, Cebu	1,629	about 282	about 5.77 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
1,018	BatadSan Remigio, Cebu	1,628	about 518	about 3.14 km²	−2.88% a year	Rural
1,019	BusayMoalboal, Cebu	1,628	about 201	about 8.09 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
1,020	DagatanBadian, Cebu	1,626	about 633	about 2.57 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
1,021	GiloctogBarili, Cebu	1,626	about 463	about 3.51 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
1,022	ManagaseBorbon, Cebu	1,624	about 375	about 4.33 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
1,023	Tagum SurTrinidad, Bohol	1,624	about 284	about 5.71 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
1,024	AnislagCorella, Bohol	1,623	about 854	about 1.90 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
1,025	BanlasanTrinidad, Bohol	1,623	about 215	about 7.55 km²	4.18% a year	Rural
1,026	Don Virgilio GonzalesMedellin, Cebu	1,623	about 498	about 3.26 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
1,027	LubangBuenavista, Bohol	1,623	about 318	about 5.10 km²	4.99% a year	Rural
1,028	IboDanao City, Cebu	1,622	about 548	about 2.96 km²	6.04% a year	Rural
1,029	Manuel M. RoxasTrinidad, Bohol	1,616	about 411	about 3.93 km²	7.64% a year	Rural
1,030	BaigadBantayan, Cebu	1,615	about 508	about 3.18 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
1,031	PutingbatoToledo City, Cebu	1,614	about 359	about 4.50 km²	−1.14% a year	Rural
1,032	AblayanDalaguete, Cebu	1,612	about 470	about 3.43 km²	4.95% a year	Rural
1,033	LawaanDanao City, Cebu	1,611	about 270	about 5.96 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
1,034	BaangCatigbian, Bohol	1,610	about 429	about 3.75 km²	2.80% a year	Rural
1,035	LaawBorbon, Cebu	1,609	about 508	about 3.17 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
1,036	MinolMabini, Bohol	1,607	about 390	about 4.12 km²	2.38% a year	Rural
1,037	DagohoyInabanga, Bohol	1,606	about 878	about 1.83 km²	−0.01% a year	Rural
1,038	GinatilanBalamban, Cebu	1,604	about 113	about 14.23 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
1,039	CajelBorbon, Cebu	1,603	about 258	about 6.21 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
1,040	Poblacion IIMabini, Bohol	1,602	about 327	about 4.90 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
1,041	ClaveraBorbon, Cebu	1,597	about 331	about 4.82 km²	−3.95% a year	Rural
1,042	Lungsoda-anCandijay, Bohol	1,592	about 491	about 3.24 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
1,043	TolosaMalabuyoc, Cebu	1,592	about 155	about 10.27 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
1,044	SalagTabogon, Cebu	1,591	about 331	about 4.81 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
1,045	Santa RosaDanao City, Cebu	1,591	about 1,026	about 1.55 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
1,046	AlambijudArgao, Cebu	1,587	about 247	about 6.42 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
1,047	BonbonOslob, Cebu	1,584	about 402	about 3.94 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
1,048	KangdampasBarili, Cebu	1,582	about 378	about 4.18 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
1,049	MagcagongSibonga, Cebu	1,581	about 447	about 3.54 km²	7.03% a year	Rural
1,050	TominjaoTuburan, Cebu	1,581	about 235	about 6.74 km²	7.16% 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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