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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, 2,201 to 2,250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,201	BahiLoon, Bohol	354	about 334	about 1.06 km²	−5.24% a year	Rural
2,202	CambanceLoboc, Bohol	354	about 93	about 3.82 km²	2.61% a year	Rural
2,203	BuenavistaLoboc, Bohol	352	about 41	about 8.50 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
2,204	LiboTuburan, Cebu	351	about 239	about 1.47 km²	7.36% a year	Rural
2,205	CagawitanDagohoy, Bohol	349	about 58	about 6.00 km²	−14.33% a year	Rural
2,206	IlayaInabanga, Bohol	349	about 93	about 3.74 km²	−4.88% a year	Rural
2,207	Pangi-anValencia, Bohol	345	about 52	about 6.61 km²	−3.43% a year	Rural
2,208	BauhuganDimiao, Bohol	344	about 393	about 0.875 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
2,209	TaytayLoboc, Bohol	340	about 324	about 1.05 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
2,210	NausokJagna, Bohol	339	about 308	about 1.10 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
2,211	CanlasidLoboc, Bohol	337	about 523	about 0.644 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
2,212	Hanopol WesteBalilihan, Bohol	337	about 395	about 0.853 km²	5.74% a year	Rural
2,213	KatipunanClarin, Bohol	337	about 503	about 0.67 km²	3.08% a year	Rural
2,214	TogbongonGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	335	about 190	about 1.76 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
2,215	SampoangonCalape, Bohol	334	about 140	about 2.38 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
2,216	BuenasuerteAnda, Bohol	331	about 66	about 5.00 km²	−0.92% a year	Rural
2,217	CabanbananDimiao, Bohol	331	about 177	about 1.87 km²	−1.19% a year	Rural
2,218	AbihidDimiao, Bohol	330	about 306	about 1.08 km²	−1.20% a year	Rural
2,219	Lapacan NorteBuenavista, Bohol	330	about 341	about 0.967 km²	−2.26% a year	Rural
2,220	CasilaySierra Bullones, Bohol	329	about 249	about 1.32 km²	−1.06% a year	Rural
2,221	PuangyutaDimiao, Bohol	329	about 341	about 0.966 km²	−1.06% a year	Rural
2,222	San VicenteBogo City, Cebu	329	about 4,458	about 0.0738 km²	−1.94% a year	Urban
2,223	Baryong DaanSan Isidro, Bohol	328	about 122	about 2.69 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
2,224	TubuanLoon, Bohol	327	about 219	about 1.49 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
2,225	BalbalanDimiao, Bohol	323	about 363	about 0.889 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
2,226	VictoriaGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	323	about 294	about 1.10 km²	−1.36% a year	Rural
2,227	CampatudLoon, Bohol	321	about 109	about 2.95 km²	−1.37% a year	Rural
2,228	BongyasCatmon, Cebu	320	about 55	about 5.77 km²	−4.28% a year	Rural
2,229	BulangsuranSamboan, Cebu	320	about 52	about 6.21 km²	−24.86% a year	Rural
2,230	MonteverdeSamboan, Cebu	320	about 78	about 4.10 km²	−18.27% a year	Rural
2,231	CantoyocClarin, Bohol	319	about 148	about 2.16 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
2,232	CatugasanDimiao, Bohol	318	about 163	about 1.95 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
2,233	CabadianganLoboc, Bohol	316	about 384	about 0.823 km²	2.00% a year	Rural
2,234	GenomoanLoon, Bohol	316	about 72	about 4.40 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
2,235	MerrylandBuenavista, Bohol	309	about 378	about 0.817 km²	−2.61% a year	Rural
2,236	Nueva VidaLoon, Bohol	308	about 228	about 1.35 km²	−1.92% a year	Rural
2,237	CampisongGinatilan, Cebu	305	about 68	about 4.51 km²	−9.24% a year	Rural
2,238	KabangkalanPresident Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol	305	about 186	about 1.64 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
2,239	Tawid BitaogDimiao, Bohol	305	about 397	about 0.769 km²	−3.18% a year	Rural
2,240	TaytayLoon, Bohol	305	about 177	about 1.72 km²	−0.62% a year	Rural
2,241	Badbad OccidentalLoon, Bohol	299	about 352	about 0.85 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
2,242	SaksakAsturias, Cebu	298	about 85	about 3.50 km²	−1.32% a year	Rural
2,243	CagwangGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	297	about 37	about 8.01 km²	4.83% a year	Rural
2,244	BonbonLoay, Bohol	296	about 451	about 0.657 km²	−2.29% a year	Rural
2,245	TomugpaTuburan, Cebu	296	about 62	about 4.81 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
2,246	SampongGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	295	about 26	about 11.17 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
2,247	AgsosoLoon, Bohol	287	about 231	about 1.24 km²	−1.53% a year	Rural
2,248	CanguhaCalape, Bohol	287	about 154	about 1.86 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
2,249	Quinapon-anAntequera, Bohol	281	about 64	about 4.36 km²	2.07% a year	Rural
2,250	RiversideInabanga, Bohol	280	about 220	about 1.27 km²	−0.26% 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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