The Atlas

Barangays in Leyte

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 Leyte

Barangays in Leyte, at a glance

Barangays: 1,616^[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: 2,082,811^[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: 150 urban^[4]; 1,466 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Barangay 105^[5]; Tacloban City, Leyte; 15,660 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: Liberty^[6]; Ormoc City, Leyte; about 76.03 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: Dolores^{[5, 7]}; Ormoc City, Leyte; 8.30% 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: 539 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Guindapunan, −4.31% 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.

1,616 barangays, 451 to 500 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
451	Poblacion Zone 18Baybay City, Leyte	1,406	about 8,034	about 0.175 km²	−2.98% a year	Rural
452	Barangay 6-ATacloban City, Leyte	1,405	about 36,399	about 0.0386 km²	−1.67% a year	Rural
453	TabuDulag, Leyte	1,405	about 560	about 2.51 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
454	HampipilaAbuyog, Leyte	1,402	about 107	about 13.10 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
455	KaglawaanJaro, Leyte	1,402	about 525	about 2.67 km²	−3.89% a year	Rural
456	Holy Child IAlangalang, Leyte	1,400	about 7,035	about 0.199 km²	−1.50% a year	Rural
457	JaenaBaybay City, Leyte	1,400	about 1,186	about 1.18 km²	11.21% a year	Rural
458	WagueLeyte, Leyte	1,400	about 166	about 8.43 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
459	Santo NiñoCapoocan, Leyte	1,399	about 93	about 15.01 km²	2.74% a year	Rural
460	PayaoVillaba, Leyte	1,398	about 485	about 2.88 km²	6.94% a year	Rural
461	Lat-osanPalompon, Leyte	1,397	about 632	about 2.21 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
462	Can-uguibAbuyog, Leyte	1,396	about 7,587	about 0.184 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
463	Barangay 56Tacloban City, Leyte	1,395	about 25,978	about 0.0537 km²	3.86% a year	Rural
464	MarangogHilongos, Leyte	1,394	about 206	about 6.76 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
465	CasuntinganMacarthur, Leyte	1,393	about 542	about 2.57 km²	1.41% a year	Rural
466	Barangay 80Tacloban City, Leyte	1,389	about 15,114	about 0.0919 km²	0.83% a year	Urban
467	San RoqueTunga, Leyte	1,389	about 1,094	about 1.27 km²	0.53% a year	Urban
468	CamansiCarigara, Leyte	1,388	about 434	about 3.20 km²	1.70% a year	Rural
469	Doña MariaAlbuera, Leyte	1,388	about 230	about 6.03 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
470	CalubianDulag, Leyte	1,385	about 621	about 2.23 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
471	BalilitDagami, Leyte	1,384	about 477	about 2.90 km²	3.65% a year	Rural
472	BusayBarugo, Leyte	1,383	about 394	about 3.51 km²	9.37% a year	Rural
473	San SalvadorMatalom, Leyte	1,382	about 428	about 3.23 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
474	Poblacion District IIBurauen, Leyte	1,380	about 6,026	about 0.229 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
475	Poblacion 2Hindang, Leyte	1,379	about 5,324	about 0.259 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
476	CalaguiseLeyte, Leyte	1,378	about 177	about 7.78 km²	−1.71% a year	Rural
477	District IIJaro, Leyte	1,376	about 2,414	about 0.57 km²	0.71% a year	Rural
478	LukayAlangalang, Leyte	1,376	about 800	about 1.72 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
479	TaguiteBabatngon, Leyte	1,376	about 235	about 5.85 km²	−0.74% a year	Rural
480	MeringTabontabon, Leyte	1,373	about 501	about 2.74 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
481	CristinaCalubian, Leyte	1,369	about 3,710	about 0.369 km²	−6.37% a year	Rural
482	TinagubanCarigara, Leyte	1,368	about 216	about 6.32 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
483	DomonarOrmoc City, Leyte	1,365	about 343	about 3.98 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
484	TigbaoDulag, Leyte	1,360	about 654	about 2.08 km²	0.00% a year	Urban
485	Crossing RubasJaro, Leyte	1,359	about 102	about 13.32 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
486	San MiguelTanauan, Leyte	1,358	about 4,018	about 0.338 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
487	San PabloTabontabon, Leyte	1,358	about 638	about 2.13 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
488	LinaoInopacan, Leyte	1,357	about 410	about 3.31 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
489	Caridad SurMatalom, Leyte	1,356	about 1,520	about 0.892 km²	2.49% a year	Rural
490	San IsidroMahaplag, Leyte	1,352	about 777	about 1.74 km²	−2.03% a year	Rural
491	MansalipMatag-Ob, Leyte	1,348	about 382	about 3.53 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
492	PitogoJaro, Leyte	1,347	about 561	about 2.40 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
493	TemplanzaMatalom, Leyte	1,340	about 229	about 5.84 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
494	AlegriaBato, Leyte	1,335	about 365	about 3.66 km²	−2.01% a year	Rural
495	CangumbangPalo, Leyte	1,334	about 435	about 3.07 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
496	Barangay 37-ATacloban City, Leyte	1,331	about 1,571	about 0.847 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
497	San AgustinBabatngon, Leyte	1,330	about 491	about 2.71 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
498	San AgustinDulag, Leyte	1,330	about 328	about 4.05 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
499	Santa ElenaTanauan, Leyte	1,330	about 905	about 1.47 km²	1.81% a year	Rural
500	Daan LungsodBato, Leyte	1,328	about 2,738	about 0.485 km²	−0.04% 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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