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, 501 to 550 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
501	Barangay 1 PoblacionMercedes, Eastern Samar	275	about 524	about 0.525 km²	−2.61% a year	Rural
502	CaculanganQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	275	about 54	about 5.07 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
503	AguinaldoArteche, Eastern Samar	274	about 43	about 6.37 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
504	Barangay 9Dolores, Eastern Samar	274	about 3,329	about 0.0823 km²	−6.27% a year	Rural
505	HabagGuiuan, Eastern Samar	274	about 15	about 18.76 km²	−3.44% a year	Rural
506	DanaoTaft, Eastern Samar	272	about 43	about 6.27 km²	−2.32% a year	Rural
507	CambanteMercedes, Eastern Samar	270	about 248	about 1.09 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
508	Poblacion Ward 5Guiuan, Eastern Samar	270	about 12,273	about 0.022 km²	−6.91% a year	Rural
509	Barangay 2 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	266	about 15,740	about 0.0169 km²	−5.31% a year	Rural
510	Poblacion Ward 2Guiuan, Eastern Samar	265	about 6,795	about 0.039 km²	−3.62% a year	Rural
511	Barangay 5 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	264	about 13,469	about 0.0196 km²	−5.55% a year	Rural
512	CampacionArteche, Eastern Samar	261	about 72	about 3.63 km²	1.73% a year	Rural
513	DorilloJipapad, Eastern Samar	261	about 17	about 15.81 km²	2.13% a year	Rural
514	BangonBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	259	about 42	about 6.24 km²	−3.07% a year	Rural
515	BatoOras, Eastern Samar	259	about 30	about 8.56 km²	−1.77% a year	Rural
516	Maca-angaLlorente, Eastern Samar	258	about 14	about 18.99 km²	−1.69% a year	Rural
517	Barangay 3Dolores, Eastern Samar	256	about 14,798	about 0.0173 km²	−3.66% a year	Rural
518	BatoArteche, Eastern Samar	253	about 44	about 5.79 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
519	LusodSalcedo, Eastern Samar	253	about 95	about 2.66 km²	−1.63% a year	Rural
520	Barangay 4Llorente, Eastern Samar	247	about 15,438	about 0.016 km²	−6.51% a year	Rural
521	TangboMaslog, Eastern Samar	246	about 49	about 4.99 km²	4.35% a year	Rural
522	JagnayaSalcedo, Eastern Samar	245	about 59	about 4.18 km²	−2.30% a year	Rural
523	Barangay 1Hernani, Eastern Samar	244	about 2,369	about 0.103 km²	−4.14% a year	Rural
524	Barangay 2 PoblacionMercedes, Eastern Samar	244	about 553	about 0.441 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
525	OsmeñaGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	239	about 14	about 16.80 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
526	Cabunga-anMercedes, Eastern Samar	238	about 168	about 1.42 km²	−4.31% a year	Rural
527	IberanSalcedo, Eastern Samar	237	about 74	about 3.22 km²	−2.99% a year	Rural
528	BobonMercedes, Eastern Samar	236	about 280	about 0.842 km²	−5.52% a year	Rural
529	Purok FBorongan City, Eastern Samar	236	about 8,973	about 0.0263 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
530	BetoTaft, Eastern Samar	226	about 33	about 6.80 km²	−6.72% a year	Rural
531	Poblacion Barangay 4General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	226	about 5,622	about 0.0402 km²	−6.11% a year	Rural
532	CamcuevasGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	224	about 38	about 5.86 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
533	CasidmanArteche, Eastern Samar	221	about 43	about 5.18 km²	−3.91% a year	Rural
534	Poblacion Barangay 8General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	220	about 609	about 0.361 km²	−2.64% a year	Rural
535	MalbogSalcedo, Eastern Samar	218	about 34	about 6.41 km²	−7.15% a year	Rural
536	Santa CruzSalcedo, Eastern Samar	218	about 63	about 3.47 km²	−3.96% a year	Rural
537	Purok D2Borongan City, Eastern Samar	217	about 10,284	about 0.0211 km²	−3.24% a year	Urban
538	Barangay 10Llorente, Eastern Samar	216	about 15,105	about 0.0143 km²	−8.93% a year	Rural
539	LaurelGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	214	about 10	about 21.15 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
540	Barangay Poblacion 5Lawaan, Eastern Samar	209	about 18,496	about 0.0113 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
541	Port KennedyMercedes, Eastern Samar	207	about 1,848	about 0.112 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
542	Poblacion Ward 6Guiuan, Eastern Samar	201	about 3,160	about 0.0636 km²	−29.33% a year	Rural
543	Barangay 3Llorente, Eastern Samar	197	about 11,387	about 0.0173 km²	−11.38% a year	Rural
544	RoxasGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	196	about 42	about 4.62 km²	−7.56% a year	Rural
545	QuezonGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	194	about 22	about 8.69 km²	2.79% a year	Rural
546	San AntonioGuiuan, Eastern Samar	193	about 104	about 1.85 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
547	TugopGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	193	about 24	about 8.15 km²	−3.09% a year	Rural
548	Alang-alangOras, Eastern Samar	191	about 85	about 2.25 km²	−3.01% a year	Rural
549	Barangay 3Salcedo, Eastern Samar	191	about 166	about 1.15 km²	−4.75% a year	Rural
550	Santa CruzGiporlos, Eastern Samar	189	about 29	about 6.46 km²	−1.70% 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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