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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, 301 to 350 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
301	LibertadBogo City, Cebu	4,840	about 694	about 6.97 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
302	TangnanPanglao, Bohol	4,815	about 756	about 6.37 km²	4.30% a year	Rural
303	Santa LuciaAsturias, Cebu	4,810	about 1,151	about 4.18 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
304	Dawis NorteCarmen, Cebu	4,802	about 2,541	about 1.89 km²	0.51% a year	Urban
305	CambanayDanao City, Cebu	4,769	about 2,218	about 2.15 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
306	PutatTuburan, Cebu	4,758	about 531	about 8.96 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
307	CogonNaga City, Cebu	4,757	about 562	about 8.46 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
308	San IsidroSan Francisco, Cebu	4,755	about 929	about 5.12 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
309	CahumayanDanao City, Cebu	4,749	about 1,021	about 4.65 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
310	Luray IIToledo City, Cebu	4,748	about 3,681	about 1.29 km²	0.04% a year	Urban
311	MayacabacDauis, Bohol	4,732	about 2,132	about 2.22 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
312	Day-asCordova, Cebu	4,696	about 4,231	about 1.11 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
313	Poblacion Ward IVMinglanilla, Cebu	4,664	about 13,441	about 0.347 km²	1.88% a year	Urban
314	PilipogCordova, Cebu	4,661	about 10,312	about 0.452 km²	0.01% a year	Urban
315	Cambang-ugToledo City, Cebu	4,650	about 926	about 5.02 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
316	BaludSan Fernando, Cebu	4,641	about 1,074	about 4.32 km²	−1.53% a year	Urban
317	Santo NiñoTalibon, Bohol	4,640	about 427	about 10.87 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
318	CanlumampaoToledo City, Cebu	4,630	about 1,143	about 4.05 km²	−1.96% a year	Rural
319	Sudlon IICebu City, Cebu	4,615	about 285	about 16.22 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
320	Southern PoblacionSan Francisco, Cebu	4,604	about 1,238	about 3.72 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
321	MañoSan Remigio, Cebu	4,598	about 1,303	about 3.53 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
322	CasiliMandaue City, Cebu	4,550	about 11,607	about 0.392 km²	−4.04% a year	Rural
323	MalbagoDaanbantayan, Cebu	4,530	about 962	about 4.71 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
324	PoblacionTrinidad, Bohol	4,527	about 712	about 6.36 km²	4.43% a year	Urban
325	TaytayanBogo City, Cebu	4,508	about 1,582	about 2.85 km²	−1.41% a year	Urban
326	GuadalupeBogo City, Cebu	4,505	about 474	about 9.51 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
327	Poblacion IITagbilaran City, Bohol	4,483	about 6,469	about 0.693 km²	0.79% a year	Urban
328	AnopogPinamungajan, Cebu	4,477	about 895	about 5.00 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
329	AlegriaCordova, Cebu	4,472	about 6,766	about 0.661 km²	0.06% a year	Urban
330	PoblacionSamboan, Cebu	4,439	about 1,002	about 4.43 km²	3.24% a year	Rural
331	BakilidMandaue City, Cebu	4,425	about 10,846	about 0.408 km²	0.21% a year	Urban
332	BigaToledo City, Cebu	4,415	about 579	about 7.63 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
333	OwakAsturias, Cebu	4,414	about 1,146	about 3.85 km²	−2.43% a year	Rural
334	PajoDaanbantayan, Cebu	4,405	about 1,069	about 4.12 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
335	TaytayDanao City, Cebu	4,403	about 9,368	about 0.47 km²	−1.24% a year	Rural
336	TindogMedellin, Cebu	4,402	about 1,244	about 3.54 km²	2.44% a year	Rural
337	PoloAlcantara, Cebu	4,380	about 3,221	about 1.36 km²	24.05% a year	Rural
338	AdlaonCebu City, Cebu	4,378	about 412	about 10.63 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
339	BaludDalaguete, Cebu	4,371	about 4,285	about 1.02 km²	4.26% a year	Rural
340	San VicenteLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	4,370	about 1,502	about 2.91 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
341	HilantagaanSanta Fe, Cebu	4,357	about 958	about 4.55 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
342	Camp IVTalisay City, Cebu	4,354	about 793	about 5.49 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
343	PoblacionAlicia, Bohol	4,325	about 723	about 5.98 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
344	PolambatoBogo City, Cebu	4,315	about 1,136	about 3.80 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
345	TinagoCebu City, Cebu	4,289	about 18,567	about 0.231 km²	−10.14% a year	Urban
346	BinlodArgao, Cebu	4,280	about 859	about 4.98 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
347	PanalipanCatmon, Cebu	4,279	about 657	about 6.51 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
348	JapitanBarili, Cebu	4,273	about 7,869	about 0.543 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
349	Capitan ClaudioToledo City, Cebu	4,271	about 207	about 20.66 km²	−4.02% a year	Rural
350	TambongonSan Remigio, Cebu	4,267	about 910	about 4.69 km²	6.00% 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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