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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, 401 to 450 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cebu, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
401	LagundeOslob, Cebu	3,466	about 392	about 8.85 km²	1.38% a year	Urban
402	ObongDalaguete, Cebu	3,459	about 404	about 8.57 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
403	Cogon EastCarmen, Cebu	3,421	about 11,143	about 0.307 km²	0.75% a year	Urban
404	PrenzaBalamban, Cebu	3,419	about 1,039	about 3.29 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
405	Lut-odPinamungajan, Cebu	3,404	about 460	about 7.40 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
406	ManggaTuburan, Cebu	3,395	about 729	about 4.66 km²	2.17% a year	Rural
407	Poblacion Ward IIMinglanilla, Cebu	3,393	about 17,050	about 0.199 km²	−1.14% a year	Urban
408	MalubogCebu City, Cebu	3,389	about 394	about 8.61 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
409	TabonDalaguete, Cebu	3,384	about 516	about 6.56 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
410	PuntaSan Remigio, Cebu	3,376	about 2,429	about 1.39 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
411	TulicArgao, Cebu	3,369	about 1,138	about 2.96 km²	2.89% a year	Urban
412	MainitNaga City, Cebu	3,361	about 1,132	about 2.97 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
413	Santa CruzRonda, Cebu	3,359	about 1,360	about 2.47 km²	−1.47% a year	Rural
414	LawisSan Remigio, Cebu	3,345	about 1,170	about 2.86 km²	18.83% a year	Rural
415	CagcaganPoro, Cebu	3,339	about 589	about 5.67 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
416	PugaloAlcoy, Cebu	3,339	about 561	about 5.95 km²	5.52% a year	Urban
417	GaasBalamban, Cebu	3,328	about 113	about 29.52 km²	0.64% a year	Urban
418	LugoBorbon, Cebu	3,326	about 500	about 6.65 km²	2.12% a year	Urban
419	MojonBantayan, Cebu	3,318	about 487	about 6.82 km²	0.74% a year	Urban
420	MontañezaMalabuyoc, Cebu	3,306	about 503	about 6.57 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
421	BugasBadian, Cebu	3,300	about 594	about 5.56 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
422	Sudlon ICebu City, Cebu	3,292	about 1,019	about 3.23 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
423	San RoqueAsturias, Cebu	3,287	about 745	about 4.41 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
424	DaanlungsodMedellin, Cebu	3,271	about 1,603	about 2.04 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
425	Camp 7Minglanilla, Cebu	3,260	about 621	about 5.25 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
426	CampoSan Francisco, Cebu	3,257	about 468	about 6.96 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
427	MinolosBarili, Cebu	3,257	about 2,294	about 1.42 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
428	TagjaguimitNaga City, Cebu	3,250	about 550	about 5.91 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
429	LawaanDumanjug, Cebu	3,237	about 936	about 3.46 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
430	Lamintak SurMedellin, Cebu	3,221	about 1,841	about 1.75 km²	2.52% a year	Rural
431	TangilDumanjug, Cebu	3,214	about 3,317	about 0.969 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
432	CogonBogo City, Cebu	3,207	about 1,967	about 1.63 km²	3.36% a year	Urban
433	BakhawanDaanbantayan, Cebu	3,202	about 1,089	about 2.94 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
434	TomonoyMoalboal, Cebu	3,188	about 759	about 4.20 km²	4.68% a year	Urban
435	San AgustinMadridejos, Cebu	3,187	about 1,189	about 2.68 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
436	Santa CruzCebu City, Cebu	3,183	about 13,779	about 0.231 km²	10.42% a year	Urban
437	Poblacion EastMoalboal, Cebu	3,182	about 3,002	about 1.06 km²	2.16% a year	Urban
438	PanugnawanMedellin, Cebu	3,173	about 648	about 4.90 km²	4.27% a year	Rural
439	RizalPinamungajan, Cebu	3,170	about 1,510	about 2.10 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
440	CabungahanDanao City, Cebu	3,168	about 845	about 3.75 km²	5.27% a year	Rural
441	PaypayDaanbantayan, Cebu	3,166	about 676	about 4.68 km²	−1.03% a year	Rural
442	ZapateraCebu City, Cebu	3,165	about 9,364	about 0.338 km²	1.64% a year	Urban
443	Western PoblacionSan Francisco, Cebu	3,163	about 708	about 4.47 km²	1.34% a year	Urban
444	SacsacConsolacion, Cebu	3,154	about 1,055	about 2.99 km²	6.06% a year	Urban
445	ColoniaTuburan, Cebu	3,145	about 423	about 7.43 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
446	GuntingBarili, Cebu	3,109	about 797	about 3.90 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
447	CalionganDalaguete, Cebu	3,096	about 418	about 7.40 km²	3.81% a year	Rural
448	BinaliwCebu City, Cebu	3,086	about 595	about 5.19 km²	−2.93% a year	Rural
449	KampingganonBantayan, Cebu	3,079	about 919	about 3.35 km²	27.78% a year	Rural
450	TubleMoalboal, Cebu	3,078	about 819	about 3.76 km²	5.99% 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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