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Barangays in Central Visayas

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]

Open Central Visayas

Barangays in Central Visayas, at a glance

Barangays: 2,312^[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: 6,640,875^[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: 423 urban^[4]; 1,889 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: San Vicente^[6]; Ubay, Bohol; about 41.82 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: 953 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Poog, −6.71% a year.

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.

2,312 barangays, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Central Visayas, 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	BasakLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	68,667	about 8,519	about 8.06 km²	−1.13% a year	Urban
3	MactanLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	48,100	about 8,111	about 5.93 km²	−1.38% a year	Urban
4	TisaCebu City, Cebu	46,812	about 19,107	about 2.45 km²	−0.28% a year	Urban
5	LahugCebu City, Cebu	46,002	about 10,773	about 4.27 km²	0.08% a year	Urban
6	Basak San NicolasCebu City, Cebu	37,118	about 24,911	about 1.49 km²	−1.16% a year	Urban
7	YatiLiloan, Cebu	37,082	about 8,850	about 4.19 km²	0.02% a year	Urban
8	LabangonCebu City, Cebu	36,373	about 32,188	about 1.13 km²	2.49% a year	Urban
9	InayawanCebu City, Cebu	34,259	about 12,368	about 2.77 km²	1.14% a year	Urban
10	Gun-obLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	33,539	about 12,561	about 2.67 km²	−2.94% a year	Urban
11	BabagLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	33,521	about 8,821	about 3.80 km²	2.02% a year	Urban
12	MarigondonLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	32,158	about 8,019	about 4.01 km²	5.64% a year	Urban
13	CandumanMandaue City, Cebu	31,380	about 16,603	about 1.89 km²	7.23% a year	Urban
14	Pakna-anMandaue City, Cebu	30,071	about 13,074	about 2.30 km²	−0.36% a year	Urban
15	KalunasanCebu City, Cebu	29,458	about 20,600	about 1.43 km²	1.03% a year	Urban
16	PusokLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	29,325	about 12,068	about 2.43 km²	−2.64% a year	Urban
17	Quiot PardoCebu City, Cebu	29,085	about 37,970	about 0.766 km²	0.93% a year	Urban
18	TalambanCebu City, Cebu	28,918	about 6,206	about 4.66 km²	−3.38% a year	Urban
19	BulacaoCebu City, Cebu	27,337	about 6,088	about 4.49 km²	−1.14% a year	Urban
20	MambalingCebu City, Cebu	26,584	about 21,098	about 1.26 km²	−3.21% a year	Urban
21	BankalLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	24,599	about 10,000	about 2.46 km²	1.77% a year	Urban
22	Cogon PardoCebu City, Cebu	24,298	about 15,778	about 1.54 km²	0.47% a year	Urban
23	CamputhawCebu City, Cebu	23,899	about 19,589	about 1.22 km²	7.52% a year	Urban
24	ApasCebu City, Cebu	23,819	about 12,278	about 1.94 km²	−0.37% a year	Urban
25	Punta PrincesaCebu City, Cebu	23,708	about 18,378	about 1.29 km²	1.09% a year	Urban
26	PajacLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	23,574	about 8,796	about 2.68 km²	1.54% a year	Urban
27	TayudConsolacion, Cebu	23,501	about 4,937	about 4.76 km²	0.30% a year	Urban
28	DumlogTalisay City, Cebu	22,271	about 14,007	about 1.59 km²	0.62% a year	Urban
29	TayudLiloan, Cebu	21,984	about 5,990	about 3.67 km²	0.01% a year	Urban
30	San RoqueTalisay City, Cebu	21,973	about 12,207	about 1.80 km²	−0.05% a year	Urban
31	PajoLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	21,880	about 12,503	about 1.75 km²	−3.92% a year	Urban
32	CatarmanLiloan, Cebu	21,587	about 5,850	about 3.69 km²	1.65% a year	Urban
33	LabogonMandaue City, Cebu	21,449	about 14,792	about 1.45 km²	1.13% a year	Urban
34	MaribagoLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	20,686	about 11,621	about 1.78 km²	2.12% a year	Urban
35	CasiliConsolacion, Cebu	20,349	about 7,708	about 2.64 km²	2.18% a year	Urban
36	BaniladMandaue City, Cebu	19,972	about 9,986	about 2.00 km²	2.00% a year	Urban
37	BuhisanCebu City, Cebu	19,683	about 2,656	about 7.41 km²	0.74% a year	Urban
38	PerrelosCarcar City, Cebu	19,317	about 2,949	about 6.55 km²	3.38% a year	Urban
39	PagsabunganMandaue City, Cebu	19,100	about 13,264	about 1.44 km²	−1.41% a year	Urban
40	BuayaLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	18,691	about 12,802	about 1.46 km²	−0.49% a year	Urban
41	Basak PardoCebu City, Cebu	18,667	about 8,152	about 2.29 km²	1.07% a year	Urban
42	MaboloCebu City, Cebu	18,339	about 9,357	about 1.96 km²	−3.87% a year	Urban
43	TabokMandaue City, Cebu	18,339	about 13,584	about 1.35 km²	−1.44% a year	Urban
44	UmapadMandaue City, Cebu	18,272	about 8,538	about 2.14 km²	−0.65% a year	Urban
45	TabunocTalisay City, Cebu	18,229	about 20,300	about 0.898 km²	0.95% a year	Urban
46	AgusLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	18,215	about 8,356	about 2.18 km²	−1.65% a year	Urban
47	Kinasang-an PardoCebu City, Cebu	17,954	about 11,812	about 1.52 km²	−1.04% a year	Urban
48	Don Andres SorianoToledo City, Cebu	17,933	about 1,222	about 14.68 km²	−1.31% a year	Urban
49	TunghaanMinglanilla, Cebu	17,386	about 5,555	about 3.13 km²	1.21% a year	Urban
50	CalawisanLapu-Lapu City, Cebu	16,821	about 4,660	about 3.61 km²	1.61% a year	Urban

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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