The Atlas

Barangays in Eastern Visayas

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 Visayas

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, at a glance

Barangays: 4,365^[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: 4,625,929^[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: 263 urban^[4]; 4,102 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: 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: Zone 3^{[5, 7]}; San Roque, Northern Samar; 17.12% 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: 1,723 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.

4,365 barangays, 501 to 550 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
501	Santo NiñoKananga, Leyte	2,006	about 274	about 7.33 km²	4.58% a year	Rural
502	UsonCaibiran, Biliran	2,006	about 319	about 6.28 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
503	Western BarangayHilongos, Leyte	2,006	about 7,457	about 0.269 km²	−5.08% a year	Rural
504	Catorse De AgostoGandara, Samar	2,003	about 5,533	about 0.362 km²	1.61% a year	Rural
505	Quirino DistrictLas Navas, Northern Samar	2,003	about 4,803	about 0.417 km²	−1.63% a year	Rural
506	IguidCatbalogan City, Samar	1,999	about 263	about 7.59 km²	4.01% a year	Rural
507	TabunokPalompon, Leyte	1,999	about 297	about 6.74 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
508	LingayonAlangalang, Leyte	1,997	about 742	about 2.69 km²	3.52% a year	Rural
509	OlerasLaoang, Northern Samar	1,996	about 203	about 9.83 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
510	LibasSogod, Southern Leyte	1,995	about 568	about 3.51 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
511	OdiongJavier, Leyte	1,994	about 149	about 13.42 km²	10.54% a year	Rural
512	RizalSogod, Southern Leyte	1,994	about 7,468	about 0.267 km²	1.05% a year	Urban
513	BugtongCalbayog City, Samar	1,990	about 201	about 9.89 km²	1.84% a year	Rural
514	PagsulhogonSanta Rita, Samar	1,990	about 228	about 8.74 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
515	AbgaoMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,989	about 3,885	about 0.512 km²	−5.43% a year	Urban
516	CahayaganLaoang, Northern Samar	1,989	about 468	about 4.25 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
517	AnahawanBato, Leyte	1,988	about 390	about 5.10 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
518	SolsogonSanta Margarita, Samar	1,987	about 864	about 2.30 km²	−1.91% a year	Rural
519	Jose Abad SantosCatarman, Northern Samar	1,983	about 21,073	about 0.0941 km²	−2.89% a year	Rural
520	LibertadKananga, Leyte	1,983	about 172	about 11.54 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
521	Poblacion I-AMotiong, Samar	1,981	about 809	about 2.45 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
522	CapirawanPalo, Leyte	1,980	about 446	about 4.44 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
523	AnitoGamay, Northern Samar	1,978	about 482	about 4.10 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
524	CarapdapanArteche, Eastern Samar	1,977	about 212	about 9.31 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
525	San JuanSan Isidro, Northern Samar	1,977	about 50	about 39.27 km²	−4.21% a year	Rural
526	San IsidroSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,974	about 1,430	about 1.38 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
527	MagallanesLimasawa, Southern Leyte	1,972	about 1,843	about 1.07 km²	2.05% a year	Rural
528	SalvacionAlangalang, Leyte	1,971	about 299	about 6.60 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
529	CampoyongGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,963	about 5,020	about 0.391 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
530	MambajaoMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,957	about 6,989	about 0.28 km²	0.11% a year	Urban
531	BurayParanas, Samar	1,956	about 530	about 3.69 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
532	San MiguelSogod, Southern Leyte	1,953	about 872	about 2.24 km²	−0.20% a year	Urban
533	San LuisCapul, Northern Samar	1,951	about 471	about 4.14 km²	−1.61% a year	Rural
534	CantuhaonPalompon, Leyte	1,950	about 371	about 5.25 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
535	MalagaCalbayog City, Samar	1,950	about 197	about 9.88 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
536	Barangay EastOrmoc City, Leyte	1,946	about 9,093	about 0.214 km²	−5.32% a year	Urban
537	Barangay Poblacion 8Lawaan, Eastern Samar	1,943	about 793	about 2.45 km²	−1.18% a year	Rural
538	ViganGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	1,943	about 294	about 6.62 km²	9.83% a year	Rural
539	Zone 6San Roque, Northern Samar	1,941	about 14,931	about 0.13 km²	−1.99% a year	Rural
540	InoraguiaoSanta Margarita, Samar	1,940	about 507	about 3.83 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
541	UnionBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,934	about 738	about 2.62 km²	2.98% a year	Rural
542	PoblacionInopacan, Leyte	1,930	about 4,849	about 0.398 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
543	CagsalaosaoCalbayog City, Samar	1,929	about 369	about 5.23 km²	1.13% a year	Urban
544	Rizal ICalbayog City, Samar	1,920	about 406	about 4.73 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
545	Santa CruzBaybay City, Leyte	1,919	about 1,443	about 1.33 km²	−1.15% a year	Rural
546	Barangay 63Tacloban City, Leyte	1,917	about 10,251	about 0.187 km²	−1.53% a year	Rural
547	TaotaonInopacan, Leyte	1,912	about 971	about 1.97 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
548	TibakSanta Fe, Leyte	1,912	about 889	about 2.15 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
549	BanteCalbayog City, Samar	1,907	about 5,592	about 0.341 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
550	GakatBaybay City, Leyte	1,905	about 814	about 2.34 km²	0.50% 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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