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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, 1,401 to 1,450 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,401	CandamiangSantander, Cebu	1,110	about 242	about 4.59 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
1,402	OlangoAloguinsan, Cebu	1,110	about 299	about 3.71 km²	1.41% a year	Rural
1,403	BagongbanwaTubigon, Bohol	1,109	about 20,091	about 0.0552 km²	−1.32% a year	Rural
1,404	CantolaroySibonga, Cebu	1,107	about 324	about 3.42 km²	10.54% a year	Rural
1,405	UbujanInabanga, Bohol	1,106	about 953	about 1.16 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
1,406	CantubodDanao, Bohol	1,105	about 185	about 5.96 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
1,407	Santo RosarioInabanga, Bohol	1,105	about 670	about 1.65 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
1,408	Bunga IlayaJagna, Bohol	1,104	about 1,119	about 0.987 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
1,409	Poblacion ISikatuna, Bohol	1,102	about 684	about 1.61 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
1,410	CandabongDumanjug, Cebu	1,101	about 481	about 2.29 km²	−0.02% a year	Rural
1,411	LengigonArgao, Cebu	1,101	about 222	about 4.96 km²	−2.90% a year	Urban
1,412	Mabuhay CabigohanTrinidad, Bohol	1,101	about 362	about 3.04 km²	−4.41% a year	Rural
1,413	Nueva CaceresOslob, Cebu	1,101	about 272	about 4.05 km²	−1.83% a year	Rural
1,414	PanghagbanBuenavista, Bohol	1,100	about 106	about 10.34 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
1,415	KandinganAloguinsan, Cebu	1,099	about 370	about 2.97 km²	5.85% a year	Rural
1,416	LuboSogod, Cebu	1,098	about 358	about 3.07 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
1,417	LibertyBien Unido, Bohol	1,096	about 349	about 3.14 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
1,418	LanaoPilar, Cebu	1,094	about 234	about 4.68 km²	3.52% a year	Rural
1,419	LayaBaclayon, Bohol	1,094	about 547	about 2.00 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
1,420	TagnucanBorbon, Cebu	1,094	about 305	about 3.59 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
1,421	BurgosTalibon, Bohol	1,091	about 200	about 5.46 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
1,422	CaliforniaUbay, Bohol	1,091	about 314	about 3.48 km²	−4.36% a year	Rural
1,423	AlawijaoBadian, Cebu	1,088	about 473	about 2.30 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
1,424	San AntonioSagbayan, Bohol	1,088	about 255	about 4.26 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
1,425	SubayonToledo City, Cebu	1,086	about 303	about 3.59 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
1,426	SweetlandBuenavista, Bohol	1,086	about 590	about 1.84 km²	3.63% a year	Rural
1,427	MalalayRonda, Cebu	1,084	about 414	about 2.62 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
1,428	PiliDanao City, Cebu	1,083	about 178	about 6.08 km²	5.80% a year	Rural
1,429	TamingDanao, Bohol	1,083	about 128	about 8.48 km²	1.09% a year	Rural
1,430	Rufo HillBuenavista, Bohol	1,080	about 679	about 1.59 km²	3.46% a year	Rural
1,431	SumaguanArgao, Cebu	1,080	about 296	about 3.65 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
1,432	CutcutanValencia, Bohol	1,079	about 599	about 1.80 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
1,433	Lungsodaan WestGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	1,079	about 239	about 4.51 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
1,434	CanlusongValencia, Bohol	1,078	about 776	about 1.39 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
1,435	MahayagDagohoy, Bohol	1,078	about 580	about 1.86 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
1,436	TugasGetafe, Bohol	1,078	about 776	about 1.39 km²	2.34% a year	Rural
1,437	Santa RitaAsturias, Cebu	1,077	about 383	about 2.81 km²	−4.27% a year	Rural
1,438	SalogGetafe, Bohol	1,076	about 272	about 3.96 km²	−4.66% a year	Rural
1,439	Daan PazPoro, Cebu	1,074	about 426	about 2.52 km²	7.09% a year	Rural
1,440	PayahanBaclayon, Bohol	1,074	about 426	about 2.52 km²	−0.57% a year	Rural
1,441	BahiAlburquerque, Bohol	1,073	about 832	about 1.29 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
1,442	QuezonBilar, Bohol	1,073	about 222	about 4.83 km²	9.36% a year	Rural
1,443	CabasianganBalamban, Cebu	1,070	about 70	about 15.27 km²	−7.77% a year	Rural
1,444	Upper de la PazCortes, Bohol	1,070	about 552	about 1.94 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
1,445	BagticCatigbian, Bohol	1,069	about 475	about 2.25 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
1,446	TalisayAnda, Bohol	1,068	about 436	about 2.45 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
1,447	CanmangaoPresident Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol	1,065	about 433	about 2.46 km²	−0.73% a year	Rural
1,448	Catagbacan HandigLoon, Bohol	1,065	about 1,044	about 1.02 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
1,449	CalunasanCalape, Bohol	1,064	about 818	about 1.30 km²	3.39% a year	Rural
1,450	SanlaganBadian, Cebu	1,064	about 447	about 2.38 km²	1.87% 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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