The Atlas

Barangays in 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]

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Barangays in Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 951^[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: 806,179^[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: 33 urban^[4]; 918 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Mercedes^[5]; Catbalogan City, Samar; 12,964 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: Camonoan^[6]; Matuguinao, Samar; about 269.78 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: Maulong^{[5, 7]}; Catbalogan City, Samar; 1.42% 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: 349 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Canlapwas, −1.50% 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.

951 barangays, 501 to 550 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
501	Lam-awanVillareal, Samar	551	about 248	about 2.22 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
502	HiparayanGandara, Samar	549	about 78	about 7.02 km²	−2.46% a year	Rural
503	CalampongPinabacdao, Samar	547	about 272	about 2.01 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
504	MataludSan Jorge, Samar	546	about 46	about 11.97 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
505	Poblacion DTarangnan, Samar	546	about 272	about 2.01 km²	1.51% a year	Rural
506	Barangay 7Calbiga, Samar	544	about 2,667	about 0.204 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
507	GallegoTarangnan, Samar	544	about 145	about 3.76 km²	5.33% a year	Rural
508	GuintampilanDaram, Samar	544	about 240	about 2.27 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
509	PulangbatoTagapul-An, Samar	544	about 269	about 2.02 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
510	FerrerasMarabut, Samar	539	about 238	about 2.26 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
511	Danao IICalbayog City, Samar	537	about 68	about 7.89 km²	2.68% a year	Rural
512	MalonoyVillareal, Samar	535	about 108	about 4.94 km²	3.26% a year	Rural
513	San IsidroSan Jorge, Samar	534	about 185	about 2.89 km²	2.44% a year	Rural
514	MarupangdanDaram, Samar	533	about 179	about 2.98 km²	−1.72% a year	Rural
515	CalirocanGandara, Samar	532	about 636	about 0.837 km²	1.45% a year	Rural
516	Poblacion 5Catbalogan City, Samar	530	about 9,689	about 0.0547 km²	−0.31% a year	Urban
517	San Jorge IISan Jorge, Samar	530	about 2,294	about 0.231 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
518	CantongtongJiabong, Samar	528	about 186	about 2.84 km²	−3.33% a year	Rural
519	LimarayonCalbayog City, Samar	524	about 263	about 1.99 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
520	BinukyahanMarabut, Samar	521	about 116	about 4.48 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
521	PangdanZumarraga, Samar	521	about 461	about 1.13 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
522	Buenavista IISan Jorge, Samar	520	about 132	about 3.94 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
523	VictoryJiabong, Samar	520	about 299	about 1.74 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
524	Can-aponteSan Jose De Buan, Samar	519	about 83	about 6.29 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
525	Cabunga-anSanta Rita, Samar	518	about 222	about 2.33 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
526	RawisGandara, Samar	517	about 89	about 5.81 km²	−4.67% a year	Rural
527	GeraliGandara, Samar	516	about 182	about 2.84 km²	5.24% a year	Rural
528	TulaParanas, Samar	516	about 8	about 68.68 km²	5.42% a year	Rural
529	BuntayZumarraga, Samar	515	about 1,846	about 0.279 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
530	ParinaJiabong, Samar	515	about 57	about 9.05 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
531	SoledadVillareal, Samar	515	about 2,464	about 0.209 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
532	TanvalCalbayog City, Samar	515	about 68	about 7.56 km²	2.43% a year	Rural
533	MaypangeMotiong, Samar	513	about 176	about 2.91 km²	6.79% a year	Rural
534	MagdawatPinabacdao, Samar	512	about 91	about 5.60 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
535	PalanasCalbayog City, Samar	512	about 1,118	about 0.458 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
536	TalahidAlmagro, Samar	512	about 388	about 1.32 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
537	Buenos AiresPagsanghan, Samar	511	about 100	about 5.10 km²	−3.23% a year	Rural
538	OsmeñaHinabangan, Samar	511	about 217	about 2.35 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
539	RoñoMarabut, Samar	506	about 2,543	about 0.199 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
540	LulugayanJiabong, Samar	505	about 145	about 3.49 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
541	PalanasGandara, Samar	504	about 467	about 1.08 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
542	Cabunga-anTarangnan, Samar	503	about 222	about 2.27 km²	−5.44% a year	Rural
543	Manuel Barral, Sr.Calbayog City, Samar	503	about 64	about 7.83 km²	4.24% a year	Rural
544	LumalantangZumarraga, Samar	500	about 230	about 2.17 km²	−1.87% a year	Rural
545	Santa RosaVillareal, Samar	499	about 93	about 5.39 km²	2.84% a year	Rural
546	AlibabaCalbayog City, Samar	497	about 292	about 1.70 km²	4.91% a year	Rural
547	OboobCalbayog City, Samar	496	about 179	about 2.77 km²	1.25% a year	Rural
548	AnglitBasey, Samar	495	about 315	about 1.57 km²	−2.41% a year	Rural
549	San MiguelDaram, Samar	495	about 442	about 1.12 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
550	TapulParanas, Samar	492	about 47	about 10.50 km²	4.05% 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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