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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, 351 to 400 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cebu, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
351	DamologSogod, Cebu	3,966	about 885	about 4.48 km²	0.41% a year	Urban
352	BateriaDaanbantayan, Cebu	3,961	about 957	about 4.14 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
353	BuenavistaCarcar City, Cebu	3,956	about 671	about 5.90 km²	1.86% a year	Rural
354	Don Pedro RodriguezBogo City, Cebu	3,954	about 777	about 5.09 km²	−0.98% a year	Urban
355	HagnayaSan Remigio, Cebu	3,947	about 2,597	about 1.52 km²	−1.60% a year	Urban
356	IlihanTabogon, Cebu	3,936	about 685	about 5.75 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
357	KaongkodMadridejos, Cebu	3,930	about 1,638	about 2.40 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
358	Nug-asAlcoy, Cebu	3,911	about 150	about 26.15 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
359	IlihanToledo City, Cebu	3,907	about 2,089	about 1.87 km²	−2.93% a year	Rural
360	CogonDumanjug, Cebu	3,903	about 1,131	about 3.45 km²	3.35% a year	Urban
361	CambinocotCebu City, Cebu	3,897	about 716	about 5.44 km²	3.15% a year	Rural
362	KodiaMadridejos, Cebu	3,862	about 1,156	about 3.34 km²	12.42% a year	Urban
363	LangubAsturias, Cebu	3,860	about 867	about 4.45 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
364	PoblacionAloguinsan, Cebu	3,859	about 2,031	about 1.90 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
365	HagdanSanta Fe, Cebu	3,837	about 860	about 4.46 km²	−0.74% a year	Rural
366	PoblacionSogod, Cebu	3,833	about 2,662	about 1.44 km²	1.81% a year	Rural
367	SungkoBantayan, Cebu	3,816	about 1,153	about 3.31 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
368	SimalaSibonga, Cebu	3,809	about 1,454	about 2.62 km²	2.85% a year	Rural
369	Day-asCebu City, Cebu	3,794	about 35,458	about 0.107 km²	−0.13% a year	Urban
370	San Nicolas CentralCebu City, Cebu	3,790	about 13,392	about 0.283 km²	−7.84% a year	Urban
371	MacaasCatmon, Cebu	3,783	about 951	about 3.98 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
372	SaavedraMoalboal, Cebu	3,760	about 589	about 6.38 km²	2.58% a year	Urban
373	PoblacionBoljoon, Cebu	3,746	about 466	about 8.04 km²	−2.53% a year	Rural
374	El PardoBoljoon, Cebu	3,721	about 524	about 7.10 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
375	NaaladNaga City, Cebu	3,710	about 1,449	about 2.56 km²	1.09% a year	Rural
376	PoblacionAlcoy, Cebu	3,705	about 460	about 8.06 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
377	CalidnganCarcar City, Cebu	3,703	about 518	about 7.15 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
378	Atop-atopBantayan, Cebu	3,694	about 606	about 6.10 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
379	San IsidroAsturias, Cebu	3,681	about 364	about 10.10 km²	4.46% a year	Urban
380	Santa FilomenaAlegria, Cebu	3,657	about 806	about 4.54 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
381	Caputatan NorteMedellin, Cebu	3,650	about 373	about 9.79 km²	5.39% a year	Rural
382	GaringConsolacion, Cebu	3,643	about 1,687	about 2.16 km²	1.45% a year	Urban
383	CalapeDaanbantayan, Cebu	3,628	about 844	about 4.30 km²	2.92% a year	Rural
384	TalangnanMadridejos, Cebu	3,611	about 11,111	about 0.325 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
385	PoocSanta Fe, Cebu	3,587	about 1,725	about 2.08 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
386	BitoonDumanjug, Cebu	3,581	about 2,296	about 1.56 km²	0.03% a year	Urban
387	PoblacionMadridejos, Cebu	3,555	about 5,837	about 0.609 km²	−0.28% a year	Urban
388	West PoblacionNaga City, Cebu	3,550	about 6,431	about 0.552 km²	−3.26% a year	Rural
389	CatmondaanCatmon, Cebu	3,532	about 543	about 6.51 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
390	CalumboyanSogod, Cebu	3,529	about 754	about 4.68 km²	1.73% a year	Rural
391	SiraoCebu City, Cebu	3,509	about 453	about 7.75 km²	−0.92% a year	Rural
392	MalinginBogo City, Cebu	3,505	about 507	about 6.91 km²	1.60% a year	Urban
393	MasabaDanao City, Cebu	3,505	about 845	about 4.15 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
394	LangtadArgao, Cebu	3,504	about 3,885	about 0.902 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
395	BinaliwDanao City, Cebu	3,497	about 890	about 3.93 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
396	LipayranBantayan, Cebu	3,493	about 2,130	about 1.64 km²	−2.22% a year	Rural
397	LanasNaga City, Cebu	3,479	about 1,526	about 2.28 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
398	MagayCompostela, Cebu	3,472	about 3,479	about 0.998 km²	−2.09% a year	Rural
399	CuanosMinglanilla, Cebu	3,469	about 852	about 4.07 km²	−1.90% a year	Rural
400	EsperanzaPoro, Cebu	3,469	about 520	about 6.67 km²	−0.13% 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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