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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, 1,601 to 1,650 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,601	TambanganLoay, Bohol	925	about 306	about 3.02 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
1,602	Upper PoblacionPilar, Cebu	923	about 757	about 1.22 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
1,603	MontehermosoCarmen, Bohol	922	about 154	about 6.00 km²	−3.20% a year	Rural
1,604	SentinilaUbay, Bohol	922	about 573	about 1.61 km²	−2.69% a year	Rural
1,605	TangaranClarin, Bohol	922	about 984	about 0.937 km²	1.68% a year	Rural
1,606	BulakDalaguete, Cebu	921	about 296	about 3.11 km²	−1.67% a year	Rural
1,607	JandigMaribojoc, Bohol	921	about 139	about 6.64 km²	−4.00% a year	Rural
1,608	San IsidroInabanga, Bohol	921	about 339	about 2.72 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
1,609	BungahanAntequera, Bohol	919	about 252	about 3.65 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
1,610	Linut-odArgao, Cebu	919	about 223	about 4.13 km²	−3.60% a year	Rural
1,611	Santo NiñoGetafe, Bohol	918	about 99	about 9.31 km²	4.83% a year	Rural
1,612	CabogClarin, Bohol	917	about 281	about 3.26 km²	−3.72% a year	Rural
1,613	Dalingding SurMedellin, Cebu	917	about 206	about 4.46 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
1,614	TawidAnda, Bohol	916	about 645	about 1.42 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
1,615	LusongTuburan, Cebu	915	about 66	about 13.80 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
1,616	TupasRonda, Cebu	915	about 264	about 3.46 km²	9.36% a year	Rural
1,617	San JoseSierra Bullones, Bohol	913	about 364	about 2.51 km²	−0.85% a year	Rural
1,618	Abucayan SurCalape, Bohol	912	about 496	about 1.84 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
1,619	YananganLoay, Bohol	911	about 851	about 1.07 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
1,620	CambangkayaCatmon, Cebu	910	about 131	about 6.94 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
1,621	CantuyocJagna, Bohol	910	about 342	about 2.66 km²	1.68% a year	Rural
1,622	IlayaDumanjug, Cebu	910	about 3,569	about 0.255 km²	−3.81% a year	Rural
1,623	San IsidroSagbayan, Bohol	910	about 157	about 5.79 km²	−3.04% a year	Rural
1,624	CantaongonLoon, Bohol	908	about 327	about 2.78 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
1,625	AngilanAntequera, Bohol	907	about 221	about 4.10 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
1,626	BalaasArgao, Cebu	906	about 761	about 1.19 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
1,627	LuyoInabanga, Bohol	904	about 1,153	about 0.784 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
1,628	NahudDanao, Bohol	904	about 198	about 4.56 km²	−6.49% a year	Rural
1,629	Del Carmen WesteBalilihan, Bohol	903	about 478	about 1.89 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
1,630	CalvarioLoay, Bohol	902	about 1,328	about 0.679 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
1,631	CandabongLoboc, Bohol	902	about 339	about 2.66 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
1,632	TorilAlburquerque, Bohol	902	about 316	about 2.85 km²	2.43% a year	Rural
1,633	LumbangDalaguete, Cebu	901	about 589	about 1.53 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
1,634	SinakayananCatigbian, Bohol	901	about 136	about 6.64 km²	−2.66% a year	Rural
1,635	TubogUbay, Bohol	901	about 271	about 3.33 km²	−3.25% a year	Rural
1,636	TabiliCatmon, Cebu	900	about 147	about 6.13 km²	1.67% a year	Rural
1,637	CansalonoyRonda, Cebu	899	about 191	about 4.70 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
1,638	MananggalDalaguete, Cebu	894	about 494	about 1.81 km²	−2.25% a year	Rural
1,639	BalaMoalboal, Cebu	893	about 174	about 5.12 km²	3.71% a year	Rural
1,640	TalencerasTubigon, Bohol	892	about 328	about 2.72 km²	2.99% a year	Rural
1,641	CansuhayDuero, Bohol	891	about 204	about 4.36 km²	2.96% a year	Rural
1,642	TandayBaclayon, Bohol	890	about 300	about 2.97 km²	−0.58% a year	Rural
1,643	TalayongBadian, Cebu	889	about 125	about 7.12 km²	−1.70% a year	Rural
1,644	Santa CruzDagohoy, Bohol	888	about 198	about 4.49 km²	−1.68% a year	Rural
1,645	Del MonteAlicia, Bohol	886	about 264	about 3.36 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
1,646	BatoBuenavista, Bohol	885	about 546	about 1.62 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
1,647	MontesuntingCarmen, Bohol	885	about 115	about 7.70 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
1,648	San VicentePilar, Bohol	885	about 110	about 8.04 km²	2.24% a year	Rural
1,649	South GranadaBoljoon, Cebu	885	about 164	about 5.39 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
1,650	TicumValencia, Bohol	885	about 127	about 6.99 km²	−1.08% 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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