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, 551 to 600 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
551	Barangay No. 7Jiabong, Samar	490	about 785	about 0.624 km²	−4.32% a year	Rural
552	YangtaDaram, Samar	488	about 198	about 2.47 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
553	Binongtu-anBasey, Samar	487	about 487	about 0.999 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
554	BunyaganGandara, Samar	486	about 1,249	about 0.389 km²	5.29% a year	Rural
555	TalahibanCalbayog City, Samar	483	about 252	about 1.92 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
556	SugodZumarraga, Samar	481	about 437	about 1.10 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
557	GuindapunanSan Jorge, Samar	480	about 291	about 1.65 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
558	CincoSanta Margarita, Samar	479	about 96	about 4.98 km²	−2.40% a year	Rural
559	San VicenteTagapul-An, Samar	478	about 231	about 2.07 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
560	BabaclayonSan Jose De Buan, Samar	476	about 112	about 4.24 km²	1.90% a year	Rural
561	MacalpeDaram, Samar	476	about 425	about 1.12 km²	4.32% a year	Rural
562	CalolomaPagsanghan, Samar	475	about 113	about 4.21 km²	3.23% a year	Rural
563	GeragaanCalbayog City, Samar	472	about 113	about 4.19 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
564	CabugaoDaram, Samar	471	about 325	about 1.45 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
565	San VicenteDaram, Samar	470	about 435	about 1.08 km²	−4.64% a year	Rural
566	CurrySanta Margarita, Samar	465	about 127	about 3.65 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
567	CambuhayDaram, Samar	463	about 324	about 1.43 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
568	CaybagoCalbayog City, Samar	463	about 122	about 3.80 km²	4.26% a year	Rural
569	San AntonioDaram, Samar	461	about 209	about 2.21 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
570	TizonTarangnan, Samar	461	about 214	about 2.15 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
571	IquiranDaram, Samar	460	about 284	about 1.62 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
572	PanayuranCalbiga, Samar	460	about 150	about 3.06 km²	−1.98% a year	Rural
573	Biasong IAlmagro, Samar	458	about 259	about 1.77 km²	−2.22% a year	Rural
574	BontayCalbayog City, Samar	458	about 228	about 2.01 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
575	Hibaca-anSan Jose De Buan, Samar	457	about 10	about 44.67 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
576	TalingaTarangnan, Samar	457	about 148	about 3.09 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
577	TapaeCalbayog City, Samar	457	about 160	about 2.85 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
578	ViejoPagsanghan, Samar	457	about 8,672	about 0.0527 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
579	LapaanCalbayog City, Samar	456	about 79	about 5.75 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
580	HinayaganGandara, Samar	454	about 104	about 4.36 km²	4.96% a year	Rural
581	GuindapunanDaram, Samar	451	about 211	about 2.14 km²	4.26% a year	Rural
582	Guintigui-anBasey, Samar	451	about 267	about 1.69 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
583	Pagsa-oganParanas, Samar	451	about 313	about 1.44 km²	2.07% a year	Rural
584	PacoyoyVillareal, Samar	450	about 110	about 4.09 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
585	New MinarogMotiong, Samar	448	about 191	about 2.34 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
586	Hita-asan ISan Sebastian, Samar	445	about 271	about 1.64 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
587	CalayaanCalbiga, Samar	442	about 299	about 1.48 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
588	NagpapacaoMatuguinao, Samar	442	about 402	about 1.10 km²	2.55% a year	Rural
589	ElcanoGandara, Samar	441	about 108	about 4.10 km²	4.57% a year	Rural
590	Poblacion 2Hinabangan, Samar	441	about 2,346	about 0.188 km²	−3.06% a year	Rural
591	Bougainvilla Pob.Santa Rita, Samar	440	about 284	about 1.55 km²	−4.02% a year	Rural
592	TabucanParanas, Samar	440	about 103	about 4.29 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
593	PinamitinanMarabut, Samar	439	about 16,140	about 0.0272 km²	−4.20% a year	Rural
594	YabonHinabangan, Samar	439	about 23	about 19.32 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
595	JasminezGandara, Samar	438	about 71	about 6.16 km²	2.89% a year	Rural
596	MacugoGandara, Samar	438	about 56	about 7.87 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
597	NawiParanas, Samar	437	about 117	about 3.72 km²	5.98% a year	Rural
598	San JuanTalalora, Samar	435	about 343	about 1.27 km²	4.37% a year	Rural
599	SaputanCalbayog City, Samar	435	about 249	about 1.75 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
600	ArongGandara, Samar	434	about 152	about 2.86 km²	7.02% 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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