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, 551 to 597 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
551	Barangay No. 4Quinapondan, Eastern Samar	187	about 11,065	about 0.0169 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
552	Santa FeGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	187	about 67	about 2.78 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
553	CantubiBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	186	about 12	about 15.48 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
554	San IsidroLawaan, Eastern Samar	185	about 6	about 33.42 km²	−1.97% a year	Rural
555	Alang-alangGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	179	about 35	about 5.15 km²	5.71% a year	Rural
556	Barangay 5Dolores, Eastern Samar	176	about 11,812	about 0.0149 km²	−3.70% a year	Rural
557	InayawanArteche, Eastern Samar	174	about 42	about 4.10 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
558	Can-agaBorongan City, Eastern Samar	169	about 115	about 1.47 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
559	TebalawonArteche, Eastern Samar	168	about 45	about 3.71 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
560	Barangay 11Salcedo, Eastern Samar	167	about 503	about 0.332 km²	−15.01% a year	Rural
561	Barangay 3 PoblacionMercedes, Eastern Samar	166	about 175	about 0.948 km²	−2.69% a year	Rural
562	LimbujanGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	166	about 43	about 3.90 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
563	MagsaysayGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	165	about 3	about 52.37 km²	2.81% a year	Rural
564	TaytayMaslog, Eastern Samar	165	about 2	about 72.17 km²	−5.18% a year	Rural
565	Barangay Poblacion 4Lawaan, Eastern Samar	163	about 9,760	about 0.0167 km²	3.89% a year	Rural
566	Barangay 6 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	160	about 13,559	about 0.0118 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
567	Tandang SoraGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	157	about 63	about 2.51 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
568	KandalakitSulat, Eastern Samar	154	about 10	about 15.31 km²	4.53% a year	Rural
569	LibertadMaslog, Eastern Samar	153	about 10	about 15.54 km²	−2.50% a year	Rural
570	CantenioQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	140	about 25	about 5.60 km²	5.50% a year	Rural
571	San IsidroQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	139	about 18	about 7.90 km²	5.09% a year	Rural
572	Barangay 6Llorente, Eastern Samar	138	about 12,897	about 0.0107 km²	−7.15% a year	Rural
573	PangabutanTaft, Eastern Samar	136	about 27	about 5.00 km²	−11.93% a year	Rural
574	MagsaysayBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	133	about 16	about 8.35 km²	10.11% a year	Rural
575	San MiguelGiporlos, Eastern Samar	133	about 14	about 9.48 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
576	MaybungaBalangiga, Eastern Samar	132	about 1	about 88.29 km²	−6.28% a year	Rural
577	QuirinoGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	129	about 66	about 1.94 km²	−12.02% a year	Rural
578	Barangay 8Dolores, Eastern Samar	126	about 12,990	about 0.0097 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
579	MacapagalGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	123	about 9	about 14.14 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
580	Barangay 8Salcedo, Eastern Samar	122	about 17,889	about 0.00682 km²	−5.43% a year	Rural
581	Barangay Poblacion 3Lawaan, Eastern Samar	122	about 15,288	about 0.00798 km²	−1.51% a year	Rural
582	JulagBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	122	about 22	about 5.57 km²	−5.43% a year	Rural
583	Barangay 4Salcedo, Eastern Samar	121	about 15,963	about 0.00758 km²	−5.77% a year	Rural
584	Barangay 9Llorente, Eastern Samar	121	about 6,436	about 0.0188 km²	−3.44% a year	Rural
585	General MalvarBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	120	about 1	about 116.75 km²	3.25% a year	Rural
586	Barangay 7Dolores, Eastern Samar	118	about 992	about 0.119 km²	−5.13% a year	Rural
587	Barangay 6Dolores, Eastern Samar	117	about 1,731	about 0.0676 km²	−2.31% a year	Rural
588	Barangay Poblacion 2Lawaan, Eastern Samar	111	about 7,817	about 0.0142 km²	3.03% a year	Rural
589	Barangay 5Llorente, Eastern Samar	104	about 8,667	about 0.012 km²	−7.04% a year	Rural
590	CagdajaQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	102	about 21	about 4.83 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
591	Barangay 10Salcedo, Eastern Samar	101	about 453	about 0.223 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
592	San RoqueGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	96	about 30	about 3.22 km²	−2.35% a year	Rural
593	CacatmonanHernani, Eastern Samar	90	about 5	about 17.66 km²	−3.18% a year	Rural
594	Barangay 6Salcedo, Eastern Samar	83	about 6,803	about 0.0122 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
595	BabanikhonLlorente, Eastern Samar	77	about 13	about 5.99 km²	−4.18% a year	Rural
596	MalobagoMaslog, Eastern Samar	77	about 6	about 13.94 km²	−12.28% a year	Rural
597	Barangay 5Salcedo, Eastern Samar	43	about 11,227	about 0.00383 km²	−0.55% 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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