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Barangays in Danao City

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 Danao City, at a glance

Barangays: 42^[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: 161,307^[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]; 31 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Sabang^[5]; Danao City, Cebu; 16,187 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: Bayabas^[6]; Danao City, Cebu; about 14.51 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: Guinacot^{[5, 7]}; Danao City, Cebu; 8.55% 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: 10 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Suba, −5.53% a year.

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42 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Danao City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	SabangDanao City, Cebu	16,187	about 2,734	about 5.92 km²	0.05% a year	Urban
2	MaslogDanao City, Cebu	11,933	about 6,704	about 1.78 km²	0.07% a year	Urban
3	GuinsayDanao City, Cebu	10,878	about 2,686	about 4.05 km²	1.10% a year	Urban
4	LoocDanao City, Cebu	10,074	about 6,716	about 1.50 km²	−4.25% a year	Urban
5	Tuburan SurDanao City, Cebu	8,767	about 4,319	about 2.03 km²	2.28% a year	Urban
6	GuinacotDanao City, Cebu	8,227	about 3,176	about 2.59 km²	8.55% a year	Urban
7	PoblacionDanao City, Cebu	7,979	about 10,975	about 0.727 km²	−4.60% a year	Urban
8	DunggoanDanao City, Cebu	7,640	about 2,344	about 3.26 km²	1.05% a year	Urban
9	Cogon-CruzDanao City, Cebu	7,163	about 2,388	about 3.00 km²	8.41% a year	Urban
10	TabocDanao City, Cebu	6,602	about 3,512	about 1.88 km²	−1.32% a year	Urban
11	SubaDanao City, Cebu	6,008	about 10,288	about 0.584 km²	−5.53% a year	Urban
12	CambanayDanao City, Cebu	4,769	about 2,218	about 2.15 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
13	CahumayanDanao City, Cebu	4,749	about 1,021	about 4.65 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
14	TaytayDanao City, Cebu	4,403	about 9,368	about 0.47 km²	−1.24% a year	Rural
15	MasabaDanao City, Cebu	3,505	about 845	about 4.15 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
16	BinaliwDanao City, Cebu	3,497	about 890	about 3.93 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
17	CabungahanDanao City, Cebu	3,168	about 845	about 3.75 km²	5.27% a year	Rural
18	Sandayong SurDanao City, Cebu	2,493	about 555	about 4.49 km²	−6.48% a year	Rural
19	LicosDanao City, Cebu	2,406	about 315	about 7.65 km²	3.21% a year	Rural
20	BaliangDanao City, Cebu	2,400	about 430	about 5.58 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
21	Sandayong NorteDanao City, Cebu	2,103	about 1,252	about 1.68 km²	10.54% a year	Rural
22	DanasanDanao City, Cebu	2,084	about 227	about 9.20 km²	9.23% a year	Rural
23	Cagat-LamacDanao City, Cebu	2,072	about 1,337	about 1.55 km²	10.01% a year	Rural
24	ManlayagDanao City, Cebu	1,826	about 411	about 4.44 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
25	TogononDanao City, Cebu	1,732	about 381	about 4.55 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
26	QuisolDanao City, Cebu	1,708	about 678	about 2.52 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
27	MantijaDanao City, Cebu	1,660	about 382	about 4.35 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
28	IboDanao City, Cebu	1,622	about 548	about 2.96 km²	6.04% a year	Rural
29	LawaanDanao City, Cebu	1,611	about 270	about 5.96 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
30	Santa RosaDanao City, Cebu	1,591	about 1,026	about 1.55 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
31	SanticanDanao City, Cebu	1,450	about 197	about 7.37 km²	10.37% a year	Rural
32	MalapocDanao City, Cebu	1,414	about 808	about 1.75 km²	−2.79% a year	Rural
33	DunggaDanao City, Cebu	1,188	about 342	about 3.47 km²	1.23% a year	Rural
34	SacsacDanao City, Cebu	1,146	about 339	about 3.38 km²	13.06% a year	Rural
35	PiliDanao City, Cebu	1,083	about 178	about 6.08 km²	5.80% a year	Rural
36	LangosigDanao City, Cebu	770	about 154	about 4.99 km²	−1.81% a year	Rural
37	BayabasDanao City, Cebu	699	about 48	about 14.51 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
38	OguisDanao City, Cebu	688	about 137	about 5.04 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
39	SibacanDanao City, Cebu	671	about 138	about 4.85 km²	3.34% a year	Rural
40	NangkaDanao City, Cebu	556	about 240	about 2.32 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
41	CambubhoDanao City, Cebu	522	about 104	about 5.00 km²	−6.60% a year	Rural
42	MagtagobtobDanao City, Cebu	263	about 33	about 7.89 km²	−13.00% 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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