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Barangays in Argao

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 Argao, at a glance

Barangays: 45^[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: 78,111^[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: 5 urban^[4]; 40 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Poblacion^[5]; Argao, Cebu; 7,196 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: Canbantug^[6]; Argao, Cebu; about 15.61 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: Poblacion^{[5, 7]}; Argao, Cebu; 4.42% 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: 26 barangays^[7]

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45 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Argao, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PoblacionArgao, Cebu	7,196	about 5,291	about 1.36 km²	4.42% a year	Urban
2	BinlodArgao, Cebu	4,280	about 859	about 4.98 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
3	BulasaArgao, Cebu	4,202	about 1,053	about 3.99 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
4	BogoArgao, Cebu	4,090	about 1,270	about 3.22 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
5	Talo-otArgao, Cebu	4,033	about 745	about 5.41 km²	−1.15% a year	Rural
6	TalagaArgao, Cebu	3,991	about 569	about 7.01 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
7	LangtadArgao, Cebu	3,504	about 3,885	about 0.902 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
8	TulicArgao, Cebu	3,369	about 1,138	about 2.96 km²	2.89% a year	Urban
9	CansujeArgao, Cebu	2,854	about 268	about 10.63 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
10	JampangArgao, Cebu	2,710	about 249	about 10.89 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
11	LamacanArgao, Cebu	2,347	about 1,665	about 1.41 km²	−2.98% a year	Urban
12	BalisongArgao, Cebu	2,035	about 642	about 3.17 km²	−2.64% a year	Rural
13	GuiwanonArgao, Cebu	1,787	about 1,004	about 1.78 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
14	TalaytayArgao, Cebu	1,766	about 624	about 2.83 km²	−1.63% a year	Rural
15	CanbanuaArgao, Cebu	1,676	about 1,524	about 1.10 km²	−11.05% a year	Rural
16	AlambijudArgao, Cebu	1,587	about 247	about 6.42 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
17	MabasaArgao, Cebu	1,467	about 336	about 4.36 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
18	CasayArgao, Cebu	1,463	about 1,342	about 1.09 km²	8.53% a year	Rural
19	ColawinArgao, Cebu	1,333	about 515	about 2.59 km²	2.59% a year	Rural
20	MandilikitArgao, Cebu	1,278	about 195	about 6.57 km²	14.68% a year	Rural
21	UbaubArgao, Cebu	1,236	about 116	about 10.61 km²	1.94% a year	Rural
22	CalagasanArgao, Cebu	1,180	about 331	about 3.57 km²	3.34% a year	Rural
23	LengigonArgao, Cebu	1,101	about 222	about 4.96 km²	−2.90% a year	Urban
24	SumaguanArgao, Cebu	1,080	about 296	about 3.65 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
25	TiguibArgao, Cebu	1,014	about 195	about 5.19 km²	−2.02% a year	Rural
26	MompellerArgao, Cebu	985	about 313	about 3.15 km²	1.02% a year	Rural
27	UsmadArgao, Cebu	961	about 212	about 4.54 km²	−5.80% a year	Rural
28	JomgaoArgao, Cebu	925	about 503	about 1.84 km²	−1.81% a year	Rural
29	Linut-odArgao, Cebu	919	about 223	about 4.13 km²	−3.60% a year	Rural
30	BalaasArgao, Cebu	906	about 761	about 1.19 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
31	CanbantugArgao, Cebu	870	about 56	about 15.61 km²	−1.64% a year	Rural
32	GutlangArgao, Cebu	832	about 269	about 3.09 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
33	AnajaoArgao, Cebu	831	about 364	about 2.28 km²	−2.18% a year	Rural
34	Bug-otArgao, Cebu	829	about 188	about 4.41 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
35	TabayagArgao, Cebu	818	about 140	about 5.83 km²	−4.31% a year	Rural
36	ButongArgao, Cebu	772	about 205	about 3.77 km²	−6.26% a year	Rural
37	LapayArgao, Cebu	748	about 355	about 2.11 km²	5.22% a year	Rural
38	PanadtaranArgao, Cebu	740	about 297	about 2.49 km²	4.46% a year	Rural
39	SuaArgao, Cebu	736	about 143	about 5.16 km²	−1.89% a year	Rural
40	LangubArgao, Cebu	697	about 505	about 1.38 km²	−2.30% a year	Rural
41	Capio-anArgao, Cebu	688	about 141	about 4.87 km²	−11.52% a year	Urban
42	CatangArgao, Cebu	637	about 332	about 1.92 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
43	TulangArgao, Cebu	600	about 54	about 11.18 km²	−5.39% a year	Rural
44	ApoArgao, Cebu	525	about 227	about 2.31 km²	−5.13% a year	Rural
45	ConalumArgao, Cebu	513	about 99	about 5.20 km²	−4.11% 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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