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Barangays in Cebu 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 Cebu City, at a glance

Barangays: 80^[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: 965,332^[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: 62 urban^[4]; 18 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: Sudlon II^[6]; Cebu City, Cebu; about 16.22 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: 33 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Tejero, −5.21% a year.

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80 barangays, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Cebu City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	GuadalupeCebu City, Cebu	70,076	about 9,457	about 7.41 km²	0.01% a year	Urban
2	TisaCebu City, Cebu	46,812	about 19,107	about 2.45 km²	−0.28% a year	Urban
3	LahugCebu City, Cebu	46,002	about 10,773	about 4.27 km²	0.08% a year	Urban
4	Basak San NicolasCebu City, Cebu	37,118	about 24,911	about 1.49 km²	−1.16% a year	Urban
5	LabangonCebu City, Cebu	36,373	about 32,188	about 1.13 km²	2.49% a year	Urban
6	InayawanCebu City, Cebu	34,259	about 12,368	about 2.77 km²	1.14% a year	Urban
7	KalunasanCebu City, Cebu	29,458	about 20,600	about 1.43 km²	1.03% a year	Urban
8	Quiot PardoCebu City, Cebu	29,085	about 37,970	about 0.766 km²	0.93% a year	Urban
9	TalambanCebu City, Cebu	28,918	about 6,206	about 4.66 km²	−3.38% a year	Urban
10	BulacaoCebu City, Cebu	27,337	about 6,088	about 4.49 km²	−1.14% a year	Urban
11	MambalingCebu City, Cebu	26,584	about 21,098	about 1.26 km²	−3.21% a year	Urban
12	Cogon PardoCebu City, Cebu	24,298	about 15,778	about 1.54 km²	0.47% a year	Urban
13	CamputhawCebu City, Cebu	23,899	about 19,589	about 1.22 km²	7.52% a year	Urban
14	ApasCebu City, Cebu	23,819	about 12,278	about 1.94 km²	−0.37% a year	Urban
15	Punta PrincesaCebu City, Cebu	23,708	about 18,378	about 1.29 km²	1.09% a year	Urban
16	BuhisanCebu City, Cebu	19,683	about 2,656	about 7.41 km²	0.74% a year	Urban
17	Basak PardoCebu City, Cebu	18,667	about 8,152	about 2.29 km²	1.07% a year	Urban
18	MaboloCebu City, Cebu	18,339	about 9,357	about 1.96 km²	−3.87% a year	Urban
19	Kinasang-an PardoCebu City, Cebu	17,954	about 11,812	about 1.52 km²	−1.04% a year	Urban
20	BusayCebu City, Cebu	16,465	about 1,803	about 9.13 km²	−0.97% a year	Urban
21	DuljoCebu City, Cebu	14,533	about 35,796	about 0.406 km²	−2.06% a year	Urban
22	LuzCebu City, Cebu	13,745	about 24,371	about 0.564 km²	−3.83% a year	Urban
23	BacayanCebu City, Cebu	12,712	about 10,089	about 1.26 km²	−3.04% a year	Urban
24	Sambag IICebu City, Cebu	12,534	about 27,853	about 0.45 km²	0.70% a year	Urban
25	Sambag ICebu City, Cebu	12,365	about 23,779	about 0.52 km²	1.70% a year	Urban
26	PardoCebu City, Cebu	12,217	about 5,960	about 2.05 km²	0.40% a year	Urban
27	CarretaCebu City, Cebu	11,313	about 11,908	about 0.95 km²	−0.18% a year	Urban
28	HippodromoCebu City, Cebu	11,291	about 26,076	about 0.433 km²	4.04% a year	Urban
29	TejeroCebu City, Cebu	11,268	about 20,790	about 0.542 km²	−5.21% a year	Urban
30	Capitol SiteCebu City, Cebu	11,065	about 13,849	about 0.799 km²	−3.07% a year	Urban
31	Suba Pob.Cebu City, Cebu	10,745	about 110,432	about 0.0973 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
32	CalambaCebu City, Cebu	10,517	about 22,666	about 0.464 km²	1.62% a year	Urban
33	KasambaganCebu City, Cebu	10,128	about 5,504	about 1.84 km²	5.92% a year	Urban
34	LoregaCebu City, Cebu	10,025	about 49,876	about 0.201 km²	−4.74% a year	Urban
35	Cogon RamosCebu City, Cebu	9,902	about 33,340	about 0.297 km²	36.65% a year	Urban
36	SapangdakuCebu City, Cebu	8,809	about 1,042	about 8.45 km²	1.69% a year	Urban
37	ErmitaCebu City, Cebu	8,718	about 22,822	about 0.382 km²	0.49% a year	Urban
38	PasilCebu City, Cebu	8,591	about 106,720	about 0.0805 km²	0.56% a year	Urban
39	PulangbatoCebu City, Cebu	8,310	about 1,577	about 5.27 km²	0.80% a year	Urban
40	Sawang CaleroCebu City, Cebu	7,895	about 32,357	about 0.244 km²	0.68% a year	Urban
41	Budla-anCebu City, Cebu	7,602	about 1,367	about 5.56 km²	−3.33% a year	Urban
42	San JoseCebu City, Cebu	7,412	about 2,565	about 2.89 km²	−1.89% a year	Urban
43	BonbonCebu City, Cebu	7,249	about 772	about 9.39 km²	4.19% a year	Urban
44	BaniladCebu City, Cebu	7,124	about 2,993	about 2.38 km²	2.85% a year	Urban
45	T. PadillaCebu City, Cebu	6,831	about 41,151	about 0.166 km²	0.40% a year	Urban
46	Pit-osCebu City, Cebu	6,685	about 4,027	about 1.66 km²	−3.49% a year	Urban
47	BabagCebu City, Cebu	6,289	about 685	about 9.18 km²	1.36% a year	Urban
48	Pahina CentralCebu City, Cebu	5,320	about 20,541	about 0.259 km²	−1.39% a year	Urban
49	To-ong PardoCebu City, Cebu	5,060	about 738	about 6.86 km²	2.59% a year	Urban
50	Sudlon IICebu City, Cebu	4,615	about 285	about 16.22 km²	2.12% 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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