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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, 1,551 to 1,600 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,551	LangkisDuero, Bohol	972	about 476	about 2.04 km²	−2.82% a year	Rural
1,552	Canayaon EastGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	971	about 1,358	about 0.715 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
1,553	TigbaoLoboc, Bohol	971	about 420	about 2.31 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
1,554	CatooganTrinidad, Bohol	970	about 187	about 5.20 km²	−2.08% a year	Rural
1,555	AnonangValencia, Bohol	969	about 225	about 4.31 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
1,556	DugyanDalaguete, Cebu	969	about 485	about 2.00 km²	−2.02% a year	Rural
1,557	BanbanLila, Bohol	967	about 2,010	about 0.481 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
1,558	AlejawanJagna, Bohol	966	about 593	about 1.63 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
1,559	Santa FilomenaAlburquerque, Bohol	966	about 380	about 2.54 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
1,560	PoblacionSevilla, Bohol	965	about 772	about 1.25 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
1,561	Sac-onCarmen, Cebu	965	about 352	about 2.74 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
1,562	KinawahanSan Remigio, Cebu	964	about 299	about 3.22 km²	−5.08% a year	Rural
1,563	BanlasanTubigon, Bohol	961	about 421	about 2.28 km²	2.11% a year	Rural
1,564	LantangValencia, Bohol	961	about 135	about 7.11 km²	−1.26% a year	Rural
1,565	UsmadArgao, Cebu	961	about 212	about 4.54 km²	−5.80% a year	Rural
1,566	BagakaySogod, Cebu	959	about 191	about 5.01 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
1,567	Baucan NorteBalilihan, Bohol	959	about 79	about 12.19 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
1,568	TangubPinamungajan, Cebu	958	about 335	about 2.86 km²	−4.31% a year	Rural
1,569	BiliBorbon, Cebu	957	about 318	about 3.01 km²	3.93% a year	Rural
1,570	MatutinaoBadian, Cebu	956	about 421	about 2.27 km²	−1.26% a year	Urban
1,571	PanadtaranCandijay, Bohol	954	about 145	about 6.58 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
1,572	Canhangdon OccidentalLoon, Bohol	952	about 865	about 1.10 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
1,573	Triple UnionCatigbian, Bohol	952	about 202	about 4.71 km²	−3.78% a year	Rural
1,574	PanadtaranTubigon, Bohol	951	about 1,077	about 0.883 km²	1.77% a year	Rural
1,575	San IsidroBaclayon, Bohol	951	about 391	about 2.43 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
1,576	JanludBatuan, Bohol	950	about 142	about 6.68 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
1,577	BulloganDumanjug, Cebu	948	about 327	about 2.90 km²	−1.99% a year	Rural
1,578	LuyoDimiao, Bohol	948	about 2,013	about 0.471 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
1,579	OwacBilar, Bohol	948	about 71	about 13.35 km²	0.96% a year	Rural
1,580	PatrocinioCortes, Bohol	945	about 487	about 1.94 km²	2.43% a year	Rural
1,581	CapayasSan Miguel, Bohol	944	about 157	about 6.01 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
1,582	CambitoonInabanga, Bohol	942	about 340	about 2.77 km²	−2.59% a year	Rural
1,583	TagbuaneAlburquerque, Bohol	942	about 315	about 2.99 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
1,584	San JoseBorbon, Cebu	941	about 322	about 2.92 km²	5.97% a year	Rural
1,585	DanicopSierra Bullones, Bohol	937	about 266	about 3.52 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
1,586	BagticSan Remigio, Cebu	936	about 132	about 7.08 km²	−8.05% a year	Rural
1,587	Cambus-ocBuenavista, Bohol	936	about 314	about 2.98 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
1,588	La VictoriaValencia, Bohol	936	about 322	about 2.91 km²	−0.73% a year	Rural
1,589	CabayuganCalape, Bohol	934	about 144	about 6.49 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
1,590	LiboronCatigbian, Bohol	933	about 342	about 2.73 km²	−2.55% a year	Rural
1,591	PoblacionBuenavista, Bohol	933	about 1,202	about 0.776 km²	−3.43% a year	Rural
1,592	CanmanoSagbayan, Bohol	932	about 243	about 3.84 km²	−2.68% a year	Rural
1,593	BairanAsturias, Cebu	931	about 121	about 7.67 km²	−2.10% a year	Rural
1,594	Barangay VTuburan, Cebu	927	about 7,023	about 0.132 km²	−2.59% a year	Rural
1,595	TangnanLoon, Bohol	927	about 657	about 1.41 km²	1.01% a year	Rural
1,596	CalmaGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	926	about 1,270	about 0.729 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
1,597	TubiganCompostela, Cebu	926	about 493	about 1.88 km²	7.01% a year	Rural
1,598	HunanBuenavista, Bohol	925	about 601	about 1.54 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
1,599	JomgaoArgao, Cebu	925	about 503	about 1.84 km²	−1.81% a year	Rural
1,600	RiversideBilar, Bohol	925	about 317	about 2.92 km²	−3.26% 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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