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Barangays in Balamban

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 Balamban, at a glance

Barangays: 28^[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: 98,170^[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: 11 urban^[4]; 17 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Buanoy^[5]; Balamban, Cebu; 13,538 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: Cantuod^{[5, 7]}; Balamban, Cebu; 4.69% 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: 11 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Buanoy, −0.96% a year.

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28 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Balamban, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	BuanoyBalamban, Cebu	13,538	about 1,394	about 9.71 km²	−0.96% a year	Urban
2	PondolBalamban, Cebu	10,728	about 2,283	about 4.70 km²	1.10% a year	Urban
3	ArpiliBalamban, Cebu	7,953	about 759	about 10.48 km²	3.19% a year	Urban
4	NangkaBalamban, Cebu	7,263	about 1,175	about 6.18 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
5	AbucayanBalamban, Cebu	6,221	about 1,301	about 4.78 km²	0.43% a year	Urban
6	CantuodBalamban, Cebu	6,035	about 1,609	about 3.75 km²	4.69% a year	Urban
7	BaliwaganBalamban, Cebu	6,004	about 3,706	about 1.62 km²	−0.54% a year	Urban
8	CambuhaweBalamban, Cebu	4,120	about 1,916	about 2.15 km²	2.22% a year	Urban
9	PrenzaBalamban, Cebu	3,419	about 1,039	about 3.29 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
10	GaasBalamban, Cebu	3,328	about 113	about 29.52 km²	0.64% a year	Urban
11	AliwanayBalamban, Cebu	2,870	about 8,671	about 0.331 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
12	BiasongBalamban, Cebu	2,756	about 308	about 8.95 km²	5.47% a year	Rural
13	VitoBalamban, Cebu	2,601	about 271	about 9.60 km²	8.25% a year	Rural
14	LamesaBalamban, Cebu	2,206	about 194	about 11.36 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
15	CantibasBalamban, Cebu	2,142	about 471	about 4.55 km²	6.88% a year	Rural
16	Santa Cruz-Santo NiñoBalamban, Cebu	2,010	about 3,564	about 0.564 km²	−0.30% a year	Urban
17	SingsingBalamban, Cebu	1,996	about 895	about 2.23 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
18	SunogBalamban, Cebu	1,973	about 108	about 18.20 km²	9.59% a year	Rural
19	CansomoroyBalamban, Cebu	1,736	about 121	about 14.33 km²	−3.90% a year	Rural
20	GinatilanBalamban, Cebu	1,604	about 113	about 14.23 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
21	LucaBalamban, Cebu	1,399	about 166	about 8.44 km²	4.15% a year	Rural
22	HingatmonanBalamban, Cebu	1,300	about 300	about 4.33 km²	−1.64% a year	Rural
23	LikiBalamban, Cebu	1,257	about 221	about 5.70 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
24	CabasianganBalamban, Cebu	1,070	about 70	about 15.27 km²	−7.77% a year	Rural
25	CabagdalanBalamban, Cebu	772	about 206	about 3.75 km²	−3.77% a year	Rural
26	BayongBalamban, Cebu	758	about 100	about 7.57 km²	−7.79% a year	Rural
27	Matun-ogBalamban, Cebu	713	about 63	about 11.40 km²	−5.81% a year	Rural
28	DuanganBalamban, Cebu	398	about 68	about 5.87 km²	−23.04% 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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