The Atlas

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]

Open Cebu

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.

Sort: Most people

Sort

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.

1,203 barangays, 301 to 350 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cebu, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
301	PoblacionSamboan, Cebu	4,439	about 1,002	about 4.43 km²	3.24% a year	Rural
302	BakilidMandaue City, Cebu	4,425	about 10,846	about 0.408 km²	0.21% a year	Urban
303	BigaToledo City, Cebu	4,415	about 579	about 7.63 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
304	OwakAsturias, Cebu	4,414	about 1,146	about 3.85 km²	−2.43% a year	Rural
305	PajoDaanbantayan, Cebu	4,405	about 1,069	about 4.12 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
306	TaytayDanao City, Cebu	4,403	about 9,368	about 0.47 km²	−1.24% a year	Rural
307	TindogMedellin, Cebu	4,402	about 1,244	about 3.54 km²	2.44% a year	Rural
308	PoloAlcantara, Cebu	4,380	about 3,221	about 1.36 km²	24.05% a year	Rural
309	AdlaonCebu City, Cebu	4,378	about 412	about 10.63 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
310	BaludDalaguete, Cebu	4,371	about 4,285	about 1.02 km²	4.26% a year	Rural
311	San VicenteLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	4,370	about 1,502	about 2.91 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
312	HilantagaanSanta Fe, Cebu	4,357	about 958	about 4.55 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
313	Camp IVTalisay City, Cebu	4,354	about 793	about 5.49 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
314	PolambatoBogo City, Cebu	4,315	about 1,136	about 3.80 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
315	TinagoCebu City, Cebu	4,289	about 18,567	about 0.231 km²	−10.14% a year	Urban
316	BinlodArgao, Cebu	4,280	about 859	about 4.98 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
317	PanalipanCatmon, Cebu	4,279	about 657	about 6.51 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
318	JapitanBarili, Cebu	4,273	about 7,869	about 0.543 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
319	Capitan ClaudioToledo City, Cebu	4,271	about 207	about 20.66 km²	−4.02% a year	Rural
320	TambongonSan Remigio, Cebu	4,267	about 910	about 4.69 km²	6.00% a year	Rural
321	Don Gregorio AntiguaBorbon, Cebu	4,258	about 682	about 6.24 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
322	GubaCebu City, Cebu	4,255	about 391	about 10.89 km²	−6.90% a year	Rural
323	FloresCatmon, Cebu	4,235	about 2,217	about 1.91 km²	5.54% a year	Urban
324	San IsidroSan Fernando, Cebu	4,229	about 2,226	about 1.90 km²	−1.68% a year	Rural
325	BongonTabuelan, Cebu	4,217	about 202	about 20.85 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
326	BaringLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	4,214	about 4,493	about 0.938 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
327	BulasaArgao, Cebu	4,202	about 1,053	about 3.99 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
328	AlfacoNaga City, Cebu	4,197	about 525	about 7.99 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
329	ValenciaAlegria, Cebu	4,182	about 299	about 13.99 km²	1.22% a year	Rural
330	La PazBogo City, Cebu	4,167	about 705	about 5.91 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
331	San MiguelCordova, Cebu	4,149	about 11,687	about 0.355 km²	0.79% a year	Urban
332	GuindaruhanMinglanilla, Cebu	4,122	about 883	about 4.67 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
333	CambuhaweBalamban, Cebu	4,120	about 1,916	about 2.15 km²	2.22% a year	Urban
334	CabitoonanToledo City, Cebu	4,110	about 1,317	about 3.12 km²	−6.68% a year	Rural
335	TabunokSogod, Cebu	4,104	about 1,109	about 3.70 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
336	BanbanBogo City, Cebu	4,093	about 652	about 6.28 km²	9.58% a year	Rural
337	BogoArgao, Cebu	4,090	about 1,270	about 3.22 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
338	SonogSan Francisco, Cebu	4,088	about 1,345	about 3.04 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
339	San RoqueCebu City, Cebu	4,079	about 8,906	about 0.458 km²	2.92% a year	Urban
340	TabunokTabuelan, Cebu	4,065	about 757	about 5.37 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
341	Poblacion NorthSan Fernando, Cebu	4,063	about 3,277	about 1.24 km²	−2.96% a year	Rural
342	TingoLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	4,050	about 5,786	about 0.70 km²	5.57% a year	Rural
343	Talo-otArgao, Cebu	4,033	about 745	about 5.41 km²	−1.15% a year	Rural
344	PoblacionBadian, Cebu	4,022	about 1,669	about 2.41 km²	−1.54% a year	Urban
345	TubodToledo City, Cebu	4,012	about 1,996	about 2.01 km²	−6.75% a year	Rural
346	DaanglungsodToledo City, Cebu	3,999	about 2,631	about 1.52 km²	1.32% a year	Urban
347	TalagaArgao, Cebu	3,991	about 569	about 7.01 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
348	TalisayDaanbantayan, Cebu	3,981	about 748	about 5.32 km²	−2.25% a year	Rural
349	TaponDumanjug, Cebu	3,979	about 2,163	about 1.84 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
350	MalhiaoBadian, Cebu	3,976	about 473	about 8.40 km²	1.16% 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.

See something wrong on this page? Write to hello@scene.ph with the page address. We check every report against the source.