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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, 1,701 to 1,750 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,701	BayeAsturias, Cebu	832	about 116	about 7.19 km²	3.08% a year	Rural
1,702	GutlangArgao, Cebu	832	about 269	about 3.09 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
1,703	San JuanPilar, Cebu	832	about 234	about 3.55 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
1,704	TinabyonanCatmon, Cebu	832	about 128	about 6.50 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
1,705	AnajaoArgao, Cebu	831	about 364	about 2.28 km²	−2.18% a year	Rural
1,706	Bug-otArgao, Cebu	829	about 188	about 4.41 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
1,707	BugangInabanga, Bohol	829	about 166	about 4.98 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
1,708	CanorongGinatilan, Cebu	829	about 192	about 4.31 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
1,709	SagTalibon, Bohol	828	about 518	about 1.60 km²	−2.44% a year	Rural
1,710	HilasgasanBarili, Cebu	827	about 190	about 4.35 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
1,711	BagacayPilar, Bohol	826	about 316	about 2.61 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
1,712	DangayAlburquerque, Bohol	825	about 92	about 8.94 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
1,713	LobgobSevilla, Bohol	825	about 168	about 4.90 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
1,714	VillaflorLoboc, Bohol	825	about 940	about 0.878 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
1,715	EwonSevilla, Bohol	824	about 202	about 4.07 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
1,716	Madua SurDuero, Bohol	824	about 1,498	about 0.55 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
1,717	San JoseSan Miguel, Bohol	824	about 375	about 2.20 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
1,718	PagahatAlicia, Bohol	822	about 415	about 1.98 km²	7.42% a year	Rural
1,719	DesamparadosCalape, Bohol	821	about 1,353	about 0.607 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
1,720	Las Salinas SurLoay, Bohol	821	about 1,015	about 0.809 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
1,721	Calinginan NorteSevilla, Bohol	820	about 191	about 4.30 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
1,722	CagaySibonga, Cebu	819	about 270	about 3.03 km²	−5.15% a year	Rural
1,723	KaluanganAsturias, Cebu	819	about 122	about 6.73 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
1,724	CabancalanSevilla, Bohol	818	about 325	about 2.52 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
1,725	TabayagArgao, Cebu	818	about 140	about 5.83 km²	−4.31% a year	Rural
1,726	CantigdasBatuan, Bohol	817	about 419	about 1.95 km²	−1.90% a year	Rural
1,727	LagtanganSevilla, Bohol	817	about 178	about 4.58 km²	0.96% a year	Rural
1,728	CalataganSamboan, Cebu	814	about 192	about 4.25 km²	−10.35% a year	Rural
1,729	CambailanCatigbian, Bohol	814	about 194	about 4.19 km²	−1.14% a year	Rural
1,730	Pig-otLoon, Bohol	812	about 1,091	about 0.744 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
1,731	AmpongolSogod, Cebu	811	about 82	about 9.84 km²	−4.13% a year	Rural
1,732	KanluhangonTabuelan, Cebu	811	about 301	about 2.69 km²	−4.92% a year	Rural
1,733	San IsidroUbay, Bohol	811	about 431	about 1.88 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
1,734	QuezonBatuan, Bohol	810	about 241	about 3.36 km²	5.34% a year	Rural
1,735	AnonangInabanga, Bohol	809	about 203	about 3.98 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
1,736	Bonkokan UbosLila, Bohol	808	about 1,119	about 0.722 km²	−1.65% a year	Rural
1,737	CandanasGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	808	about 179	about 4.51 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
1,738	IlaudInabanga, Bohol	808	about 4,368	about 0.185 km²	−1.54% a year	Rural
1,739	Pooc OccidentalTubigon, Bohol	808	about 7,413	about 0.109 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
1,740	BasiaoPresident Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol	807	about 302	about 2.67 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
1,741	BasacdacuAlburquerque, Bohol	806	about 240	about 3.36 km²	−1.27% a year	Rural
1,742	San IsidroDuero, Bohol	806	about 486	about 1.66 km²	−3.45% a year	Rural
1,743	CambaquizLoon, Bohol	804	about 724	about 1.11 km²	−3.41% a year	Rural
1,744	Poblacion NorteClarin, Bohol	801	about 1,983	about 0.404 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
1,745	SaguisePresident Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol	801	about 378	about 2.12 km²	3.46% a year	Rural
1,746	BanderahanValencia, Bohol	800	about 99	about 8.07 km²	−3.27% a year	Rural
1,747	Can-olingDagohoy, Bohol	800	about 261	about 3.07 km²	3.61% a year	Rural
1,748	HagdanOslob, Cebu	800	about 257	about 3.11 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
1,749	MahayagAlicia, Bohol	798	about 293	about 2.72 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
1,750	PanasDalaguete, Cebu	797	about 357	about 2.23 km²	−3.83% 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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