The Atlas

Barangays in Eastern Samar

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 Eastern Samar

Barangays in Eastern Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 597^[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: 472,683^[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: 19 urban^[4]; 578 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Songco^[5]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; 4,684 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 Gabriel^[6]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; about 179.23 km²
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: 345 barangays^[7]

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.

597 barangays, 451 to 500 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
451	JewaranJipapad, Eastern Samar	354	about 72	about 4.91 km²	4.22% a year	Rural
452	San GregorioBorongan City, Eastern Samar	347	about 89	about 3.92 km²	−2.03% a year	Rural
453	HebacongBorongan City, Eastern Samar	342	about 57	about 5.97 km²	4.91% a year	Rural
454	Purok ABorongan City, Eastern Samar	341	about 2,603	about 0.131 km²	−1.16% a year	Rural
455	Barangay 1Maslog, Eastern Samar	340	about 2,906	about 0.117 km²	−1.94% a year	Rural
456	SeguinonSalcedo, Eastern Samar	340	about 48	about 7.07 km²	−5.84% a year	Rural
457	Barangay No. 3Quinapondan, Eastern Samar	338	about 1,238	about 0.273 km²	−2.08% a year	Rural
458	Poblacion Ward 7Guiuan, Eastern Samar	337	about 6,172	about 0.0546 km²	−2.47% a year	Urban
459	San RoqueMaslog, Eastern Samar	335	about 18	about 19.04 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
460	GayamTaft, Eastern Samar	334	about 77	about 4.31 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
461	NagaQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	334	about 127	about 2.63 km²	−4.00% a year	Rural
462	Barangay No. 5 PoblacionSan Julian, Eastern Samar	332	about 7,849	about 0.0423 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
463	Poblacion Ward 1Guiuan, Eastern Samar	332	about 14,955	about 0.0222 km²	−5.64% a year	Rural
464	Purok EBorongan City, Eastern Samar	332	about 9,623	about 0.0345 km²	−2.44% a year	Urban
465	CagdineOras, Eastern Samar	331	about 91	about 3.62 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
466	JapayOras, Eastern Samar	331	about 32	about 10.20 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
467	Poblacion Ward 3Guiuan, Eastern Samar	331	about 21,776	about 0.0152 km²	−1.99% a year	Rural
468	Barangay No. 2 PoblacionSan Julian, Eastern Samar	330	about 4,985	about 0.0662 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
469	San JoseMercedes, Eastern Samar	330	about 186	about 1.77 km²	−4.57% a year	Rural
470	JepacoCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	329	about 23	about 14.26 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
471	Barangay 4Giporlos, Eastern Samar	328	about 18,427	about 0.0178 km²	−2.01% a year	Rural
472	RoxasJipapad, Eastern Samar	327	about 71	about 4.60 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
473	GamotOras, Eastern Samar	324	about 82	about 3.96 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
474	Tacla-onSalcedo, Eastern Samar	321	about 96	about 3.35 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
475	HugpaLlorente, Eastern Samar	314	about 16	about 19.46 km²	2.44% a year	Rural
476	Barangay 3Giporlos, Eastern Samar	313	about 15,419	about 0.0203 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
477	BongdoTaft, Eastern Samar	313	about 73	about 4.29 km²	3.70% a year	Rural
478	Barangay 9Salcedo, Eastern Samar	311	about 354	about 0.879 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
479	TugasMaslog, Eastern Samar	311	about 12	about 25.73 km²	−2.39% a year	Rural
480	CanyopayBorongan City, Eastern Samar	310	about 11	about 28.61 km²	3.83% a year	Rural
481	PatagMaydolong, Eastern Samar	310	about 4	about 78.84 km²	−4.58% a year	Rural
482	ButigSalcedo, Eastern Samar	308	about 84	about 3.68 km²	−3.09% a year	Rural
483	CanliwagLlorente, Eastern Samar	307	about 308	about 0.997 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
484	BurakLlorente, Eastern Samar	306	about 3	about 109.19 km²	−7.42% a year	Rural
485	MaytigbaoMaydolong, Eastern Samar	305	about 23	about 13.16 km²	6.56% a year	Rural
486	BagacayOras, Eastern Samar	302	about 85	about 3.55 km²	6.09% a year	Rural
487	BulawanMaslog, Eastern Samar	302	about 91	about 3.32 km²	−1.16% a year	Rural
488	ButngaOras, Eastern Samar	300	about 1,095	about 0.274 km²	−2.82% a year	Rural
489	CaghalongCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	300	about 86	about 3.48 km²	−1.54% a year	Rural
490	Purok GBorongan City, Eastern Samar	299	about 9,967	about 0.030 km²	−2.90% a year	Rural
491	Alang-alangQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	298	about 235	about 1.27 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
492	CabalagnanBorongan City, Eastern Samar	298	about 36	about 8.27 km²	3.52% a year	Rural
493	BangonSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	297	about 33	about 8.99 km²	5.35% a year	Rural
494	CambillaQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	291	about 30	about 9.76 km²	6.36% a year	Rural
495	AlogSalcedo, Eastern Samar	289	about 91	about 3.18 km²	−1.59% a year	Rural
496	LunangSan Julian, Eastern Samar	284	about 215	about 1.32 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
497	BucaoGuiuan, Eastern Samar	282	about 351	about 0.803 km²	3.53% a year	Rural
498	MabiniSulat, Eastern Samar	280	about 5	about 58.83 km²	−0.67% a year	Rural
499	BalagonCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	279	about 13	about 21.78 km²	−2.34% a year	Rural
500	Barangay 2Llorente, Eastern Samar	277	about 16,012	about 0.0173 km²	−5.84% 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: Eastern Visayas (OpenSTAT table 0081A6DTPH7). 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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