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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, 1,901 to 1,950 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,901	Maria RosarioInabanga, Bohol	675	about 395	about 1.71 km²	3.58% a year	Rural
1,902	MagsaysaySierra Bullones, Bohol	674	about 222	about 3.03 km²	2.10% a year	Rural
1,903	Limokon IlayaDimiao, Bohol	673	about 296	about 2.27 km²	−0.18% a year	Rural
1,904	San RamonSagbayan, Bohol	673	about 380	about 1.77 km²	−1.17% a year	Rural
1,905	MadangogCalape, Bohol	672	about 1,655	about 0.406 km²	−2.60% a year	Rural
1,906	TabuanAntequera, Bohol	672	about 99	about 6.76 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
1,907	BantuanBuenavista, Bohol	671	about 250	about 2.68 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
1,908	CabadBalilihan, Bohol	671	about 201	about 3.34 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
1,909	SibacanDanao City, Cebu	671	about 138	about 4.85 km²	3.34% a year	Rural
1,910	CalabawanGinatilan, Cebu	669	about 362	about 1.85 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
1,911	Tangcasan SurLoay, Bohol	669	about 364	about 1.84 km²	−7.95% a year	Rural
1,912	Lapacan SurBuenavista, Bohol	667	about 857	about 0.778 km²	5.34% a year	Rural
1,913	BaudPresident Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol	665	about 435	about 1.53 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
1,914	Botoc OccidentalLoay, Bohol	663	about 467	about 1.42 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
1,915	MamboolDuero, Bohol	663	about 349	about 1.90 km²	−0.18% a year	Rural
1,916	SacaonGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	663	about 385	about 1.72 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
1,917	Tubod MarJagna, Bohol	663	about 650	about 1.02 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
1,918	CandajecClarin, Bohol	661	about 508	about 1.30 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
1,919	AgahayMaribojoc, Bohol	660	about 300	about 2.20 km²	2.44% a year	Rural
1,920	Causwagan SurSan Isidro, Bohol	660	about 192	about 3.44 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
1,921	LamakDumanjug, Cebu	659	about 360	about 1.83 km²	4.12% a year	Rural
1,922	CambuyoGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	658	about 68	about 9.67 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
1,923	CawhaganLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	658	about 11,708	about 0.0562 km²	−1.27% a year	Rural
1,924	LapsaonDimiao, Bohol	658	about 180	about 3.66 km²	7.48% a year	Rural
1,925	TangohayDimiao, Bohol	656	about 683	about 0.961 km²	−3.44% a year	Rural
1,926	Lonoy RomaInabanga, Bohol	655	about 300	about 2.18 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
1,927	CandasigBalilihan, Bohol	654	about 324	about 2.02 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
1,928	Cansalo-ayOslob, Cebu	654	about 53	about 12.37 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
1,929	SudlonAlicia, Bohol	654	about 157	about 4.16 km²	2.17% a year	Rural
1,930	AlegriaLoboc, Bohol	653	about 995	about 0.656 km²	0.71% a year	Rural
1,931	NangkaBoljoon, Cebu	650	about 85	about 7.69 km²	−1.39% a year	Rural
1,932	RoxasBilar, Bohol	648	about 96	about 6.77 km²	−12.56% a year	Rural
1,933	SondolLoon, Bohol	648	about 648	about 1.00 km²	−3.04% a year	Rural
1,934	BongbongCatigbian, Bohol	646	about 93	about 6.96 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
1,935	KanghaloDumanjug, Cebu	646	about 212	about 3.05 km²	3.00% a year	Rural
1,936	Del Carmen SurBalilihan, Bohol	645	about 315	about 2.05 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
1,937	FaraonJagna, Bohol	644	about 304	about 2.12 km²	3.41% a year	Rural
1,938	PayaoDuero, Bohol	643	about 160	about 4.02 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
1,939	TaugLila, Bohol	643	about 1,468	about 0.438 km²	−1.81% a year	Rural
1,940	Botoc OrientalLoay, Bohol	642	about 1,866	about 0.344 km²	−1.92% a year	Rural
1,941	LanaoAsturias, Cebu	642	about 119	about 5.40 km²	−5.20% a year	Rural
1,942	AgapeLoboc, Bohol	641	about 701	about 0.915 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
1,943	BadiangSikatuna, Bohol	641	about 50	about 12.70 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
1,944	Canhangdon OrientalLoon, Bohol	641	about 888	about 0.722 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
1,945	Madua NorteDuero, Bohol	639	about 1,660	about 0.385 km²	2.78% a year	Rural
1,946	NaatangJagna, Bohol	639	about 872	about 0.733 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
1,947	Poblacion UbosLoay, Bohol	639	about 3,195	about 0.20 km²	−1.27% a year	Rural
1,948	CatangArgao, Cebu	637	about 332	about 1.92 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
1,949	Ulbujan EastGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	637	about 327	about 1.95 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
1,950	AnoyonValencia, Bohol	636	about 828	about 0.768 km²	1.33% 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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