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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, 2,051 to 2,100 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,051	CabagakianDimiao, Bohol	542	about 150	about 3.62 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
2,052	GuiwanonMaribojoc, Bohol	541	about 218	about 2.48 km²	−2.72% a year	Rural
2,053	AuroraPilar, Bohol	540	about 331	about 1.63 km²	5.21% a year	Rural
2,054	KahayagCalape, Bohol	540	about 936	about 0.577 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
2,055	LomanoyLila, Bohol	539	about 779	about 0.692 km²	−3.78% a year	Rural
2,056	San IsidroBalilihan, Bohol	539	about 204	about 2.64 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
2,057	BalingasaoValencia, Bohol	537	about 365	about 1.47 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
2,058	VigaAntequera, Bohol	535	about 207	about 2.59 km²	−1.17% a year	Rural
2,059	VillaflorClarin, Bohol	535	about 385	about 1.39 km²	5.44% a year	Rural
2,060	AngilanDuero, Bohol	533	about 156	about 3.42 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
2,061	LabuonCalape, Bohol	533	about 459	about 1.16 km²	−2.17% a year	Rural
2,062	MaslogBalilihan, Bohol	533	about 186	about 2.87 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
2,063	Catug-aValencia, Bohol	532	about 776	about 0.686 km²	4.83% a year	Rural
2,064	CogonLila, Bohol	532	about 527	about 1.01 km²	4.04% a year	Rural
2,065	Taongon CabatuanDimiao, Bohol	532	about 1,215	about 0.438 km²	−1.14% a year	Rural
2,066	AlojaBatuan, Bohol	531	about 204	about 2.60 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
2,067	BughoLoboc, Bohol	531	about 166	about 3.20 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
2,068	AdlawanValencia, Bohol	527	about 180	about 2.93 km²	−1.32% a year	Rural
2,069	ValladolidLoboc, Bohol	527	about 532	about 0.99 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
2,070	ApoArgao, Cebu	525	about 227	about 2.31 km²	−5.13% a year	Rural
2,071	BaguhanInabanga, Bohol	524	about 146	about 3.58 km²	−1.87% a year	Rural
2,072	CagayanInabanga, Bohol	524	about 519	about 1.01 km²	6.06% a year	Rural
2,073	Bonbon UpperLoboc, Bohol	522	about 98	about 5.33 km²	−4.95% a year	Rural
2,074	CambubhoDanao City, Cebu	522	about 104	about 5.00 km²	−6.60% a year	Rural
2,075	Limokon IlaodDimiao, Bohol	521	about 250	about 2.08 km²	−0.72% a year	Rural
2,076	Santo NiñoBalilihan, Bohol	521	about 211	about 2.47 km²	−1.50% a year	Rural
2,077	Lo-ocCalape, Bohol	520	about 757	about 0.687 km²	1.29% a year	Urban
2,078	MagcalapeAsturias, Cebu	520	about 75	about 6.92 km²	−8.96% a year	Rural
2,079	TambookInabanga, Bohol	520	about 850	about 0.612 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
2,080	Can-ukbanOslob, Cebu	519	about 61	about 8.51 km²	−2.79% a year	Rural
2,081	BalhaanBadian, Cebu	516	about 445	about 1.16 km²	1.85% a year	Rural
2,082	CahayagSierra Bullones, Bohol	516	about 420	about 1.23 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
2,083	MahanayGetafe, Bohol	516	about 154	about 3.35 km²	−3.82% a year	Rural
2,084	San RoqueSagbayan, Bohol	515	about 153	about 3.37 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
2,085	CandavidMaribojoc, Bohol	513	about 126	about 4.07 km²	−2.86% a year	Rural
2,086	ConalumArgao, Cebu	513	about 99	about 5.20 km²	−4.11% a year	Rural
2,087	TorilMaribojoc, Bohol	510	about 287	about 1.78 km²	−3.00% a year	Rural
2,088	Poblacion SimaDumanjug, Cebu	508	about 6,782	about 0.0749 km²	−1.37% a year	Rural
2,089	Santo RosarioPresident Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol	508	about 442	about 1.15 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
2,090	BuyogValencia, Bohol	507	about 765	about 0.663 km²	3.86% a year	Rural
2,091	SojotonCalape, Bohol	506	about 86	about 5.86 km²	−3.22% a year	Rural
2,092	AnibonganDuero, Bohol	505	about 120	about 4.22 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
2,093	BaclayanBoljoon, Cebu	505	about 135	about 3.75 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
2,094	KabkabanTuburan, Cebu	505	about 348	about 1.45 km²	−1.06% a year	Rural
2,095	LomboyCalape, Bohol	505	about 853	about 0.592 km²	−1.72% a year	Rural
2,096	MauboValencia, Bohol	503	about 50	about 10.11 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
2,097	DagohoyDanao, Bohol	502	about 48	about 10.45 km²	−10.84% a year	Rural
2,098	MonserratCortes, Bohol	502	about 264	about 1.90 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
2,099	CantalidBalilihan, Bohol	501	about 162	about 3.09 km²	4.74% a year	Rural
2,100	UbojanAntequera, Bohol	501	about 190	about 2.63 km²	−2.30% 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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