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, 501 to 550 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
501	DanaoMacarthur, Leyte	1,325	about 613	about 2.16 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
502	Green ValleyOrmoc City, Leyte	1,321	about 366	about 3.61 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
503	Tag-osMatalom, Leyte	1,321	about 423	about 3.12 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
504	AgbangaMatalom, Leyte	1,320	about 695	about 1.90 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
505	LibasBurauen, Leyte	1,319	about 359	about 3.67 km²	−0.70% a year	Rural
506	PatagBaybay City, Leyte	1,315	about 92	about 14.27 km²	−2.59% a year	Rural
507	ManloyCarigara, Leyte	1,306	about 280	about 4.67 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
508	TabigueAbuyog, Leyte	1,303	about 384	about 3.39 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
509	Rufina M. TanOrmoc City, Leyte	1,302	about 451	about 2.89 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
510	Barangay 83-ATacloban City, Leyte	1,298	about 8,653	about 0.15 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
511	TigbawanLeyte, Leyte	1,296	about 182	about 7.11 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
512	LomononPalompon, Leyte	1,294	about 283	about 4.58 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
513	TagaytayBato, Leyte	1,289	about 560	about 2.30 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
514	MalbogTolosa, Leyte	1,288	about 613	about 2.10 km²	3.30% a year	Rural
515	BuriPalo, Leyte	1,283	about 13,548	about 0.0947 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
516	Sto. NiñoJulita, Leyte	1,283	about 493	about 2.60 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
517	CanlampayCarigara, Leyte	1,281	about 334	about 3.84 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
518	Santa RosaMatag-Ob, Leyte	1,276	about 236	about 5.41 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
519	SalvacionDulag, Leyte	1,273	about 463	about 2.75 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
520	MalaguicayTanauan, Leyte	1,272	about 883	about 1.44 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
521	UnionMahaplag, Leyte	1,271	about 78	about 16.39 km²	−1.82% a year	Rural
522	Guiwan 1Palompon, Leyte	1,270	about 6,287	about 0.202 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
523	CanhidocPalo, Leyte	1,268	about 593	about 2.14 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
524	CanbantugMerida, Leyte	1,267	about 145	about 8.72 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
525	UgbonLeyte, Leyte	1,266	about 455	about 2.78 km²	−2.05% a year	Rural
526	SalvadorTanauan, Leyte	1,262	about 1,738	about 0.726 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
527	San VictorTanauan, Leyte	1,256	about 654	about 1.92 km²	1.97% a year	Rural
528	MacopaJaro, Leyte	1,253	about 399	about 3.14 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
529	TubodIsabel, Leyte	1,249	about 999	about 1.25 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
530	AntipoloAlbuera, Leyte	1,248	about 432	about 2.89 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
531	MacarioMerida, Leyte	1,248	about 343	about 3.64 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
532	Poblacion SurVillaba, Leyte	1,248	about 2,695	about 0.463 km²	0.59% a year	Urban
533	LiwaywayMacarthur, Leyte	1,247	about 522	about 2.39 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
534	UguiaoJaro, Leyte	1,247	about 312	about 4.00 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
535	Poblacion Zone 1Mayorga, Leyte	1,246	about 692	about 1.80 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
536	KilingTanauan, Leyte	1,244	about 1,293	about 0.962 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
537	CaranhugJavier, Leyte	1,243	about 573	about 2.17 km²	6.88% a year	Rural
538	ToctocLeyte, Leyte	1,243	about 444	about 2.80 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
539	HimamaraMahaplag, Leyte	1,239	about 167	about 7.44 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
540	Poblacion District 3La Paz, Leyte	1,232	about 2,672	about 0.461 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
541	AirportOrmoc City, Leyte	1,230	about 471	about 2.61 km²	8.39% a year	Rural
542	San VicenteTunga, Leyte	1,229	about 1,217	about 1.01 km²	9.06% a year	Rural
543	MaghubasBurauen, Leyte	1,227	about 739	about 1.66 km²	−2.16% a year	Rural
544	CatmonTanauan, Leyte	1,226	about 368	about 3.33 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
545	UbanBabatngon, Leyte	1,226	about 498	about 2.46 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
546	MohonTanauan, Leyte	1,223	about 774	about 1.58 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
547	Santa AnaLa Paz, Leyte	1,223	about 273	about 4.48 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
548	Casili-onVillaba, Leyte	1,222	about 292	about 4.18 km²	−2.89% a year	Rural
549	LibertadAbuyog, Leyte	1,213	about 107	about 11.29 km²	−1.06% a year	Rural
550	LibertyMayorga, Leyte	1,211	about 574	about 2.11 km²	0.34% 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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