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Barangays in Cebu

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]

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Barangays in Cebu, at a glance

Barangays: 1,203^[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: 5,228,149^[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: 368 urban^[4]; 835 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: Gaas^[6]; Balamban, Cebu; about 29.52 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: 473 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Poog, −6.71% a year.

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1,203 barangays, 201 to 250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cebu, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
201	Santa CruzSan Francisco, Cebu	6,626	about 864	about 7.67 km²	2.27% a year	Urban
202	BasdiotMoalboal, Cebu	6,620	about 1,924	about 3.44 km²	−0.87% a year	Urban
203	PoblacionDalaguete, Cebu	6,612	about 5,510	about 1.20 km²	−0.30% a year	Urban
204	DanglagConsolacion, Cebu	6,607	about 4,290	about 1.54 km²	9.57% a year	Urban
205	TabocDanao City, Cebu	6,602	about 3,512	about 1.88 km²	−1.32% a year	Urban
206	TubodMinglanilla, Cebu	6,568	about 3,027	about 2.17 km²	6.08% a year	Urban
207	BangbangCordova, Cebu	6,566	about 11,282	about 0.582 km²	0.04% a year	Urban
208	EsperanzaSan Francisco, Cebu	6,520	about 1,247	about 5.23 km²	−0.09% a year	Urban
209	PoblacionAsturias, Cebu	6,509	about 2,060	about 3.16 km²	−0.70% a year	Urban
210	UnionSan Francisco, Cebu	6,388	about 759	about 8.42 km²	1.18% a year	Urban
211	AguhoDaanbantayan, Cebu	6,334	about 1,961	about 3.23 km²	1.34% a year	Urban
212	TajaoPinamungajan, Cebu	6,291	about 1,042	about 6.04 km²	−3.80% a year	Urban
213	BabagCebu City, Cebu	6,289	about 685	about 9.18 km²	1.36% a year	Urban
214	TingubMandaue City, Cebu	6,274	about 5,919	about 1.06 km²	0.75% a year	Urban
215	TalimaLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	6,247	about 2,919	about 2.14 km²	1.08% a year	Urban
216	PoblacionLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	6,242	about 19,385	about 0.322 km²	0.02% a year	Urban
217	AbucayanBalamban, Cebu	6,221	about 1,301	about 4.78 km²	0.43% a year	Urban
218	Ibabao-EstanciaMandaue City, Cebu	6,195	about 10,965	about 0.565 km²	−2.87% a year	Urban
219	Gen. ClimacoToledo City, Cebu	6,155	about 361	about 17.06 km²	−0.77% a year	Urban
220	LogonDaanbantayan, Cebu	6,129	about 3,831	about 1.60 km²	−0.49% a year	Urban
221	MantuyongMandaue City, Cebu	6,097	about 45,500	about 0.134 km²	2.56% a year	Urban
222	MaricabanSanta Fe, Cebu	6,076	about 1,381	about 4.40 km²	1.24% a year	Urban
223	KabacBantayan, Cebu	6,070	about 1,484	about 4.09 km²	2.45% a year	Urban
224	SulanganBantayan, Cebu	6,061	about 1,542	about 3.93 km²	0.15% a year	Urban
225	SangiToledo City, Cebu	6,058	about 5,715	about 1.06 km²	2.91% a year	Urban
226	CantuodBalamban, Cebu	6,035	about 1,609	about 3.75 km²	4.69% a year	Urban
227	SubaDanao City, Cebu	6,008	about 10,288	about 0.584 km²	−5.53% a year	Urban
228	BaliwaganBalamban, Cebu	6,004	about 3,706	about 1.62 km²	−0.54% a year	Urban
229	PoblacionCarmen, Cebu	5,895	about 6,478	about 0.91 km²	1.92% a year	Urban
230	PoblacionMedellin, Cebu	5,878	about 1,831	about 3.21 km²	−3.52% a year	Urban
231	CatarmanCordova, Cebu	5,868	about 10,807	about 0.543 km²	0.10% a year	Urban
232	AwihaoToledo City, Cebu	5,818	about 647	about 8.99 km²	3.39% a year	Urban
233	TangkeNaga City, Cebu	5,792	about 13,823	about 0.419 km²	2.76% a year	Urban
234	BuagsongCordova, Cebu	5,754	about 8,327	about 0.691 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
235	BitoonDaanbantayan, Cebu	5,695	about 1,034	about 5.51 km²	1.89% a year	Urban
236	PoblacionBorbon, Cebu	5,682	about 570	about 9.96 km²	1.75% a year	Urban
237	PataoBantayan, Cebu	5,681	about 1,952	about 2.91 km²	−1.16% a year	Urban
238	BungaToledo City, Cebu	5,659	about 521	about 10.87 km²	1.31% a year	Urban
239	BaringCarmen, Cebu	5,658	about 1,266	about 4.47 km²	0.23% a year	Urban
240	ValenciaCarcar City, Cebu	5,631	about 380	about 14.83 km²	−1.66% a year	Urban
241	BalirongNaga City, Cebu	5,621	about 1,193	about 4.71 km²	2.11% a year	Urban
242	TubigagmanokAsturias, Cebu	5,541	about 1,283	about 4.32 km²	3.21% a year	Urban
243	BahaySibonga, Cebu	5,520	about 825	about 6.69 km²	−0.54% a year	Urban
244	TolotoloConsolacion, Cebu	5,504	about 2,024	about 2.72 km²	7.49% a year	Urban
245	Poblacion OccidentalConsolacion, Cebu	5,454	about 9,705	about 0.562 km²	−2.22% a year	Urban
246	LutacNaga City, Cebu	5,450	about 1,042	about 5.23 km²	−0.21% a year	Urban
247	ColonNaga City, Cebu	5,430	about 2,198	about 2.47 km²	0.83% a year	Urban
248	PitogoConsolacion, Cebu	5,416	about 7,682	about 0.705 km²	5.72% a year	Urban
249	BagayDaanbantayan, Cebu	5,395	about 599	about 9.01 km²	1.12% a year	Urban
250	PoblacionSan Remigio, Cebu	5,387	about 2,226	about 2.42 km²	−1.51% a year	Urban

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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