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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, 2,251 to 2,300 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,251	AnapogCatmon, Cebu	279	about 52	about 5.37 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
2,252	CabadugLoon, Bohol	279	about 148	about 1.88 km²	−2.94% a year	Rural
2,253	Gon-obLoboc, Bohol	279	about 143	about 1.95 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
2,254	BonifacioBilar, Bohol	278	about 109	about 2.56 km²	2.09% a year	Rural
2,255	LourdesBogo City, Cebu	268	about 4,550	about 0.0589 km²	−6.46% a year	Urban
2,256	BinogawanCalape, Bohol	266	about 197	about 1.35 km²	−9.54% a year	Rural
2,257	BaguhanDimiao, Bohol	265	about 116	about 2.29 km²	−6.90% a year	Rural
2,258	Alegria NorteLoay, Bohol	263	about 170	about 1.55 km²	−1.24% a year	Rural
2,259	CandasagLoboc, Bohol	263	about 456	about 0.577 km²	2.63% a year	Rural
2,260	MagtagobtobDanao City, Cebu	263	about 33	about 7.89 km²	−13.00% a year	Rural
2,261	Del RosarioBalilihan, Bohol	259	about 261	about 0.993 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
2,262	LacaJagna, Bohol	258	about 95	about 2.73 km²	−1.52% a year	Rural
2,263	CambacolDimiao, Bohol	251	about 220	about 1.14 km²	−1.20% a year	Rural
2,264	Villa SuerteBilar, Bohol	251	about 14	about 17.44 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
2,265	CanlinteInabanga, Bohol	250	about 89	about 2.81 km²	−4.81% a year	Rural
2,266	TubodioLoon, Bohol	250	about 210	about 1.19 km²	−1.03% a year	Rural
2,267	TilmoboPresident Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol	248	about 1,170	about 0.212 km²	2.80% a year	Rural
2,268	IleDimiao, Bohol	244	about 125	about 1.95 km²	3.43% a year	Rural
2,269	CasinganDimiao, Bohol	240	about 252	about 0.954 km²	1.45% a year	Rural
2,270	Las Salinas NorteLoay, Bohol	238	about 238	about 1.00 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
2,271	DatagDimiao, Bohol	236	about 740	about 0.319 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
2,272	Kan-anTuburan, Cebu	236	about 113	about 2.09 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
2,273	CatmonGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	234	about 39	about 5.99 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
2,274	LagtangonMaribojoc, Bohol	232	about 102	about 2.28 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
2,275	CayupoLila, Bohol	225	about 513	about 0.439 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
2,276	Barangay IVTuburan, Cebu	223	about 4,765	about 0.0468 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
2,277	Libertad SurCatigbian, Bohol	222	about 185	about 1.20 km²	−13.63% a year	Rural
2,278	CaluwasanClarin, Bohol	221	about 113	about 1.95 km²	−2.91% a year	Rural
2,279	PangihawanDimiao, Bohol	221	about 207	about 1.07 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
2,280	MalijaoDimiao, Bohol	218	about 131	about 1.67 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
2,281	Bonbon LowerLoboc, Bohol	217	about 205	about 1.06 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
2,282	Behind The CloudsBatuan, Bohol	214	about 14	about 15.09 km²	−3.00% a year	Rural
2,283	BakilidDimiao, Bohol	212	about 520	about 0.408 km²	4.00% a year	Rural
2,284	CabugLoon, Bohol	211	about 179	about 1.18 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
2,285	Mahayag SurCatigbian, Bohol	210	about 136	about 1.54 km²	−7.45% a year	Rural
2,286	CombadoTabogon, Cebu	209	about 203	about 1.03 km²	−26.25% a year	Rural
2,287	AmancionCatmon, Cebu	208	about 38	about 5.42 km²	2.07% a year	Rural
2,288	Bagacay KatipunanLoon, Bohol	208	about 106	about 1.97 km²	5.11% a year	Rural
2,289	ManlumOslob, Cebu	207	about 26	about 7.99 km²	−15.17% a year	Rural
2,290	CupaGarcia Hernandez, Bohol	206	about 182	about 1.13 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
2,291	Cantam-is BagoLoon, Bohol	204	about 132	about 1.54 km²	−6.25% a year	Rural
2,292	Boyog NorteBalilihan, Bohol	200	about 102	about 1.97 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
2,293	BughoLoon, Bohol	198	about 68	about 2.93 km²	−1.29% a year	Rural
2,294	CanmanocLoon, Bohol	198	about 60	about 3.31 km²	−8.67% a year	Rural
2,295	Barangay IIITuburan, Cebu	195	about 3,213	about 0.0607 km²	−2.31% a year	Rural
2,296	Libertad SurSagbayan, Bohol	194	about 82	about 2.37 km²	−1.31% a year	Rural
2,297	TapulTabogon, Cebu	190	about 309	about 0.614 km²	−35.83% a year	Rural
2,298	CarbonBogo City, Cebu	185	about 7,088	about 0.0261 km²	−9.23% a year	Urban
2,299	AlemaniaDimiao, Bohol	175	about 312	about 0.56 km²	−2.32% a year	Rural
2,300	Ubay IslandTubigon, Bohol	172	about 517	about 0.333 km²	−6.04% 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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