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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, 2,101 to 2,150 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,101	CanlambongDimiao, Bohol	498	about 244	about 2.04 km²	4.71% a year	Rural
2,102	MasonoySan Isidro, Bohol	495	about 129	about 3.84 km²	−0.57% a year	Rural
2,103	CamiasCalape, Bohol	494	about 172	about 2.87 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
2,104	Del MarMabini, Bohol	494	about 154	about 3.21 km²	−11.73% a year	Rural
2,105	KabatbatanDumanjug, Cebu	494	about 209	about 2.36 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
2,106	Abucay NorteSikatuna, Bohol	493	about 360	about 1.37 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
2,107	KambanogDumanjug, Cebu	493	about 293	about 1.68 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
2,108	RizalBilar, Bohol	492	about 94	about 5.25 km²	−2.29% a year	Rural
2,109	BabayonganDalaguete, Cebu	491	about 66	about 7.42 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
2,110	KatipunanAnda, Bohol	489	about 111	about 4.41 km²	−1.37% a year	Rural
2,111	HinawananLoay, Bohol	488	about 1,205	about 0.405 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
2,112	AnonangBuenavista, Bohol	487	about 290	about 1.68 km²	11.61% a year	Rural
2,113	CabudburanCalape, Bohol	486	about 166	about 2.93 km²	−2.15% a year	Rural
2,114	GuingoyuranDimiao, Bohol	486	about 175	about 2.78 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
2,115	CasicaAnda, Bohol	485	about 373	about 1.30 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
2,116	Tocdog IlayaLoay, Bohol	483	about 567	about 0.852 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
2,117	PangapasanTubigon, Bohol	479	about 25,753	about 0.0186 km²	−3.96% a year	Rural
2,118	Can-ibuangCatmon, Cebu	477	about 150	about 3.17 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
2,119	CagongcagongAlicia, Bohol	476	about 128	about 3.73 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
2,120	Cansague NorteSan Isidro, Bohol	476	about 128	about 3.72 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
2,121	CansubayonLoon, Bohol	475	about 176	about 2.70 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
2,122	Badbad OrientalLoon, Bohol	472	about 387	about 1.22 km²	−3.18% a year	Rural
2,123	CambaneCandijay, Bohol	471	about 108	about 4.36 km²	2.79% a year	Rural
2,124	CandulaoGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	471	about 152	about 3.10 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
2,125	Santo RosarioAntequera, Bohol	471	about 296	about 1.59 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
2,126	Mag-asoAntequera, Bohol	470	about 370	about 1.27 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
2,127	CanorongSamboan, Cebu	469	about 96	about 4.90 km²	−15.87% a year	Rural
2,128	BongcoLoon, Bohol	465	about 314	about 1.48 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
2,129	LibertadGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	465	about 527	about 0.882 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
2,130	Northern PoblacionTudela, Cebu	463	about 4,754	about 0.0974 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
2,131	TalisayCalape, Bohol	460	about 430	about 1.07 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
2,132	BoodMaribojoc, Bohol	459	about 175	about 2.63 km²	−1.41% a year	Rural
2,133	SawangDimiao, Bohol	457	about 1,117	about 0.409 km²	−3.00% a year	Rural
2,134	CarbonDanao, Bohol	456	about 92	about 4.94 km²	1.65% a year	Rural
2,135	SiotesTuburan, Cebu	456	about 94	about 4.86 km²	2.52% a year	Rural
2,136	IlihanInabanga, Bohol	455	about 168	about 2.71 km²	2.47% a year	Rural
2,137	TagubaasAntequera, Bohol	451	about 396	about 1.14 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
2,138	Poblacion SawangLoboc, Bohol	450	about 1,250	about 0.36 km²	−5.94% a year	Rural
2,139	CandaiganLoon, Bohol	449	about 226	about 1.99 km²	−0.58% a year	Rural
2,140	Cadap-aganDimiao, Bohol	448	about 152	about 2.95 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
2,141	Hanopol EsteBalilihan, Bohol	447	about 192	about 2.33 km²	2.21% a year	Rural
2,142	TaugValencia, Bohol	447	about 477	about 0.938 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
2,143	SalagmayaAlcantara, Cebu	443	about 125	about 3.54 km²	−10.79% a year	Rural
2,144	CamburoySamboan, Cebu	442	about 128	about 3.46 km²	−16.57% a year	Rural
2,145	PanangquilonLoon, Bohol	442	about 278	about 1.59 km²	4.63% a year	Rural
2,146	ComaangClarin, Bohol	441	about 304	about 1.45 km²	−1.67% a year	Rural
2,147	Santo NiñoTuburan, Cebu	438	about 76	about 5.77 km²	−1.58% a year	Rural
2,148	BaluarteBuenavista, Bohol	436	about 106	about 4.11 km²	3.48% a year	Rural
2,149	Los AngelesUbay, Bohol	434	about 88	about 4.91 km²	−5.56% a year	Rural
2,150	PagsaDimiao, Bohol	433	about 287	about 1.51 km²	5.60% 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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