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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, 1,151 to 1,200 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cebu, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,151	MagcalapeAsturias, Cebu	520	about 75	about 6.92 km²	−8.96% a year	Rural
1,152	Can-ukbanOslob, Cebu	519	about 61	about 8.51 km²	−2.79% a year	Rural
1,153	BalhaanBadian, Cebu	516	about 445	about 1.16 km²	1.85% a year	Rural
1,154	ConalumArgao, Cebu	513	about 99	about 5.20 km²	−4.11% a year	Rural
1,155	Poblacion SimaDumanjug, Cebu	508	about 6,782	about 0.0749 km²	−1.37% a year	Rural
1,156	BaclayanBoljoon, Cebu	505	about 135	about 3.75 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
1,157	KabkabanTuburan, Cebu	505	about 348	about 1.45 km²	−1.06% a year	Rural
1,158	KabatbatanDumanjug, Cebu	494	about 209	about 2.36 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
1,159	KambanogDumanjug, Cebu	493	about 293	about 1.68 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
1,160	BabayonganDalaguete, Cebu	491	about 66	about 7.42 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
1,161	Can-ibuangCatmon, Cebu	477	about 150	about 3.17 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
1,162	CanorongSamboan, Cebu	469	about 96	about 4.90 km²	−15.87% a year	Rural
1,163	Northern PoblacionTudela, Cebu	463	about 4,754	about 0.0974 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
1,164	SiotesTuburan, Cebu	456	about 94	about 4.86 km²	2.52% a year	Rural
1,165	SalagmayaAlcantara, Cebu	443	about 125	about 3.54 km²	−10.79% a year	Rural
1,166	CamburoySamboan, Cebu	442	about 128	about 3.46 km²	−16.57% a year	Rural
1,167	Santo NiñoTuburan, Cebu	438	about 76	about 5.77 km²	−1.58% a year	Rural
1,168	East PoblacionNaga City, Cebu	430	about 2,925	about 0.147 km²	1.39% a year	Urban
1,169	Canangca-anOslob, Cebu	421	about 28	about 14.83 km²	−3.14% a year	Rural
1,170	Bog-oAsturias, Cebu	403	about 103	about 3.92 km²	−3.12% a year	Rural
1,171	DuanganBalamban, Cebu	398	about 68	about 5.87 km²	−23.04% a year	Rural
1,172	Mag-antoyTuburan, Cebu	398	about 83	about 4.78 km²	−9.95% a year	Rural
1,173	BiasongPilar, Cebu	391	about 102	about 3.83 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
1,174	KabalaasnanDumanjug, Cebu	383	about 358	about 1.07 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
1,175	MatalaoDumanjug, Cebu	378	about 100	about 3.79 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
1,176	Ga-angTuburan, Cebu	373	about 50	about 7.49 km²	−11.40% a year	Rural
1,177	BangkitoTuburan, Cebu	370	about 102	about 3.64 km²	7.19% a year	Rural
1,178	Kagba-oTuburan, Cebu	368	about 119	about 3.10 km²	−5.75% a year	Rural
1,179	TagbubongaAsturias, Cebu	368	about 86	about 4.27 km²	−9.07% a year	Rural
1,180	SalamancaGinatilan, Cebu	367	about 58	about 6.36 km²	−14.89% a year	Rural
1,181	Daan SecanteTudela, Cebu	366	about 233	about 1.57 km²	−4.37% a year	Rural
1,182	MacupaTuburan, Cebu	362	about 60	about 6.04 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
1,183	LiboTuburan, Cebu	351	about 239	about 1.47 km²	7.36% a year	Rural
1,184	San VicenteBogo City, Cebu	329	about 4,458	about 0.0738 km²	−1.94% a year	Urban
1,185	BongyasCatmon, Cebu	320	about 55	about 5.77 km²	−4.28% a year	Rural
1,186	BulangsuranSamboan, Cebu	320	about 52	about 6.21 km²	−24.86% a year	Rural
1,187	MonteverdeSamboan, Cebu	320	about 78	about 4.10 km²	−18.27% a year	Rural
1,188	CampisongGinatilan, Cebu	305	about 68	about 4.51 km²	−9.24% a year	Rural
1,189	SaksakAsturias, Cebu	298	about 85	about 3.50 km²	−1.32% a year	Rural
1,190	TomugpaTuburan, Cebu	296	about 62	about 4.81 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
1,191	AnapogCatmon, Cebu	279	about 52	about 5.37 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
1,192	LourdesBogo City, Cebu	268	about 4,550	about 0.0589 km²	−6.46% a year	Urban
1,193	MagtagobtobDanao City, Cebu	263	about 33	about 7.89 km²	−13.00% a year	Rural
1,194	Kan-anTuburan, Cebu	236	about 113	about 2.09 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
1,195	Barangay IVTuburan, Cebu	223	about 4,765	about 0.0468 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
1,196	CombadoTabogon, Cebu	209	about 203	about 1.03 km²	−26.25% a year	Rural
1,197	AmancionCatmon, Cebu	208	about 38	about 5.42 km²	2.07% a year	Rural
1,198	ManlumOslob, Cebu	207	about 26	about 7.99 km²	−15.17% a year	Rural
1,199	Barangay IIITuburan, Cebu	195	about 3,213	about 0.0607 km²	−2.31% a year	Rural
1,200	TapulTabogon, Cebu	190	about 309	about 0.614 km²	−35.83% 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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