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Barangays in Bantayan

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 Bantayan, at a glance

Barangays: 25^[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: 87,394^[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]; 14 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Ticad^[5]; Bantayan, Cebu; 7,952 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: Kangkaibe^[6]; Bantayan, Cebu; about 8.14 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: Sillon^{[5, 7]}; Bantayan, Cebu; 3.40% 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: Bantigue, −2.16% a year.

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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.

25 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Bantayan, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	TicadBantayan, Cebu	7,952	about 3,341	about 2.38 km²	0.63% a year	Urban
2	KabacBantayan, Cebu	6,070	about 1,484	about 4.09 km²	2.45% a year	Urban
3	SulanganBantayan, Cebu	6,061	about 1,542	about 3.93 km²	0.15% a year	Urban
4	PataoBantayan, Cebu	5,681	about 1,952	about 2.91 km²	−1.16% a year	Urban
5	SillonBantayan, Cebu	5,380	about 1,494	about 3.60 km²	3.40% a year	Urban
6	BantigueBantayan, Cebu	5,274	about 1,399	about 3.77 km²	−2.16% a year	Urban
7	SungkoBantayan, Cebu	3,816	about 1,153	about 3.31 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
8	Atop-atopBantayan, Cebu	3,694	about 606	about 6.10 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
9	LipayranBantayan, Cebu	3,493	about 2,130	about 1.64 km²	−2.22% a year	Rural
10	MojonBantayan, Cebu	3,318	about 487	about 6.82 km²	0.74% a year	Urban
11	KampingganonBantayan, Cebu	3,079	about 919	about 3.35 km²	27.78% a year	Rural
12	BotiguesBantayan, Cebu	2,985	about 2,870	about 1.04 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
13	GuiwanonBantayan, Cebu	2,978	about 1,348	about 2.21 km²	−0.20% a year	Urban
14	SubaBantayan, Cebu	2,952	about 14,261	about 0.207 km²	−2.10% a year	Urban
15	DoongBantayan, Cebu	2,790	about 1,026	about 2.72 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
16	KangkaibeBantayan, Cebu	2,707	about 333	about 8.14 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
17	BaodBantayan, Cebu	2,577	about 984	about 2.62 km²	−5.69% a year	Rural
18	TamiaoBantayan, Cebu	2,510	about 438	about 5.73 km²	2.00% a year	Rural
19	HilotonganBantayan, Cebu	2,477	about 5,954	about 0.416 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
20	KabangbangBantayan, Cebu	2,371	about 315	about 7.53 km²	0.51% a year	Urban
21	Obo-obBantayan, Cebu	2,351	about 615	about 3.82 km²	−0.02% a year	Rural
22	BinaobaoBantayan, Cebu	2,184	about 10,706	about 0.204 km²	−4.87% a year	Urban
23	PutianBantayan, Cebu	1,663	about 705	about 2.36 km²	2.44% a year	Rural
24	BaigadBantayan, Cebu	1,615	about 508	about 3.18 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
25	LuyongbaybayBantayan, Cebu	1,416	about 1,311	about 1.08 km²	−2.99% 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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