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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, 251 to 300 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cebu, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
251	CayangBogo City, Cebu	5,384	about 620	about 8.68 km²	1.18% a year	Urban
252	SillonBantayan, Cebu	5,380	about 1,494	about 3.60 km²	3.40% a year	Urban
253	Santa RosaLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	5,375	about 2,466	about 2.18 km²	−0.06% a year	Urban
254	MadridejosAlegria, Cebu	5,347	about 641	about 8.34 km²	0.49% a year	Urban
255	PoblacionTabuelan, Cebu	5,321	about 750	about 7.09 km²	−0.42% a year	Urban
256	Pahina CentralCebu City, Cebu	5,320	about 20,541	about 0.259 km²	−1.39% a year	Urban
257	Northern PoblacionSan Francisco, Cebu	5,317	about 1,019	about 5.22 km²	−0.08% a year	Urban
258	LanaoDaanbantayan, Cebu	5,309	about 709	about 7.49 km²	5.43% a year	Urban
259	PoogToledo City, Cebu	5,302	about 1,173	about 4.52 km²	−6.71% a year	Urban
260	BantigueBantayan, Cebu	5,274	about 1,399	about 3.77 km²	−2.16% a year	Urban
261	CanamucanCompostela, Cebu	5,253	about 3,263	about 1.61 km²	1.31% a year	Urban
262	TominjaoDaanbantayan, Cebu	5,239	about 859	about 6.10 km²	4.55% a year	Urban
263	ArgawanonSan Remigio, Cebu	5,212	about 1,310	about 3.98 km²	2.31% a year	Urban
264	IboToledo City, Cebu	5,192	about 3,090	about 1.68 km²	2.28% a year	Urban
265	PoblacionBarili, Cebu	5,159	about 4,648	about 1.11 km²	0.37% a year	Urban
266	To-ong PardoCebu City, Cebu	5,060	about 738	about 6.86 km²	2.59% a year	Urban
267	TapunDalaguete, Cebu	5,048	about 2,758	about 1.83 km²	1.53% a year	Urban
268	MancilangMadridejos, Cebu	5,044	about 8,834	about 0.571 km²	−1.18% a year	Urban
269	CansagaConsolacion, Cebu	5,034	about 12,308	about 0.409 km²	−5.96% a year	Urban
270	CarmenToledo City, Cebu	5,009	about 1,448	about 3.46 km²	0.74% a year	Urban
271	CasayDalaguete, Cebu	4,962	about 1,341	about 3.70 km²	1.41% a year	Rural
272	BulonganToledo City, Cebu	4,936	about 515	about 9.58 km²	16.36% a year	Rural
273	PoblacionOslob, Cebu	4,912	about 1,507	about 3.26 km²	2.42% a year	Urban
274	CadaruhanBorbon, Cebu	4,884	about 703	about 6.95 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
275	OkoySanta Fe, Cebu	4,844	about 1,156	about 4.19 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
276	CogonTuburan, Cebu	4,843	about 1,567	about 3.09 km²	2.92% a year	Rural
277	LibertadBogo City, Cebu	4,840	about 694	about 6.97 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
278	Santa LuciaAsturias, Cebu	4,810	about 1,151	about 4.18 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
279	Dawis NorteCarmen, Cebu	4,802	about 2,541	about 1.89 km²	0.51% a year	Urban
280	CambanayDanao City, Cebu	4,769	about 2,218	about 2.15 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
281	PutatTuburan, Cebu	4,758	about 531	about 8.96 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
282	CogonNaga City, Cebu	4,757	about 562	about 8.46 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
283	San IsidroSan Francisco, Cebu	4,755	about 929	about 5.12 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
284	CahumayanDanao City, Cebu	4,749	about 1,021	about 4.65 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
285	Luray IIToledo City, Cebu	4,748	about 3,681	about 1.29 km²	0.04% a year	Urban
286	Day-asCordova, Cebu	4,696	about 4,231	about 1.11 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
287	Poblacion Ward IVMinglanilla, Cebu	4,664	about 13,441	about 0.347 km²	1.88% a year	Urban
288	PilipogCordova, Cebu	4,661	about 10,312	about 0.452 km²	0.01% a year	Urban
289	Cambang-ugToledo City, Cebu	4,650	about 926	about 5.02 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
290	BaludSan Fernando, Cebu	4,641	about 1,074	about 4.32 km²	−1.53% a year	Urban
291	CanlumampaoToledo City, Cebu	4,630	about 1,143	about 4.05 km²	−1.96% a year	Rural
292	Sudlon IICebu City, Cebu	4,615	about 285	about 16.22 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
293	Southern PoblacionSan Francisco, Cebu	4,604	about 1,238	about 3.72 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
294	MañoSan Remigio, Cebu	4,598	about 1,303	about 3.53 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
295	CasiliMandaue City, Cebu	4,550	about 11,607	about 0.392 km²	−4.04% a year	Rural
296	MalbagoDaanbantayan, Cebu	4,530	about 962	about 4.71 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
297	TaytayanBogo City, Cebu	4,508	about 1,582	about 2.85 km²	−1.41% a year	Urban
298	GuadalupeBogo City, Cebu	4,505	about 474	about 9.51 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
299	AnopogPinamungajan, Cebu	4,477	about 895	about 5.00 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
300	AlegriaCordova, Cebu	4,472	about 6,766	about 0.661 km²	0.06% 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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