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, 601 to 650 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
601	CalipayanDagami, Leyte	1,142	about 514	about 2.22 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
602	KatipunanSanta Fe, Leyte	1,139	about 606	about 1.88 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
603	Santa CruzIsabel, Leyte	1,138	about 19,860	about 0.0573 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
604	IligayVillaba, Leyte	1,137	about 153	about 7.43 km²	18.31% a year	Rural
605	Barangay 76Tacloban City, Leyte	1,135	about 10,708	about 0.106 km²	1.45% a year	Rural
606	San SoteroJavier, Leyte	1,135	about 235	about 4.82 km²	−4.76% a year	Rural
607	Santo NiñoTunga, Leyte	1,131	about 7,642	about 0.148 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
608	BawodSan Isidro, Leyte	1,128	about 660	about 1.71 km²	−5.63% a year	Urban
609	FatimaVillaba, Leyte	1,128	about 652	about 1.73 km²	−8.16% a year	Rural
610	PunongMatalom, Leyte	1,125	about 1,202	about 0.936 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
611	TalisayanJavier, Leyte	1,124	about 401	about 2.80 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
612	Barugohay SurCarigara, Leyte	1,122	about 600	about 1.87 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
613	Pagsang-anAbuyog, Leyte	1,122	about 383	about 2.93 km²	2.65% a year	Rural
614	CabaliwanMerida, Leyte	1,118	about 96	about 11.69 km²	4.51% a year	Rural
615	KawayanLeyte, Leyte	1,115	about 555	about 2.01 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
616	Santa CruzHilongos, Leyte	1,115	about 502	about 2.22 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
617	Guindag-anTanauan, Leyte	1,114	about 495	about 2.25 km²	5.19% a year	Rural
618	MagsaysayPalompon, Leyte	1,114	about 609	about 1.83 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
619	TugopTanauan, Leyte	1,111	about 347	about 3.20 km²	1.09% a year	Rural
620	JubasanInopacan, Leyte	1,110	about 61	about 18.26 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
621	InaladCalubian, Leyte	1,108	about 447	about 2.48 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
622	Barangay 86Tacloban City, Leyte	1,107	about 9,303	about 0.119 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
623	ManaybanayPastrana, Leyte	1,104	about 493	about 2.24 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
624	San JuanBaybay City, Leyte	1,102	about 310	about 3.56 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
625	CapahuanTabontabon, Leyte	1,099	about 429	about 2.56 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
626	Poblacion NorteVillaba, Leyte	1,097	about 2,416	about 0.454 km²	2.87% a year	Rural
627	Poblacion Zone 16Baybay City, Leyte	1,096	about 42,646	about 0.0257 km²	9.21% a year	Rural
628	BagoBato, Leyte	1,093	about 199	about 5.49 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
629	San AgustinJaro, Leyte	1,090	about 317	about 3.44 km²	−1.64% a year	Rural
630	CalbugosVillaba, Leyte	1,089	about 232	about 4.69 km²	−3.75% a year	Rural
631	OlotTolosa, Leyte	1,085	about 1,782	about 0.609 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
632	Barugohay CentralCarigara, Leyte	1,080	about 956	about 1.13 km²	−1.21% a year	Urban
633	San MateoCarigara, Leyte	1,079	about 8,702	about 0.124 km²	−1.08% a year	Rural
634	BantigueHilongos, Leyte	1,076	about 3,394	about 0.317 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
635	CalsadahayTanauan, Leyte	1,076	about 622	about 1.73 km²	3.43% a year	Rural
636	San IsidroAlangalang, Leyte	1,076	about 334	about 3.22 km²	4.74% a year	Rural
637	BagumbayanHilongos, Leyte	1,075	about 192	about 5.60 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
638	CandigahubCarigara, Leyte	1,075	about 441	about 2.44 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
639	LibertyOrmoc City, Leyte	1,075	about 14	about 76.03 km²	3.27% a year	Rural
640	CalunanganMerida, Leyte	1,072	about 387	about 2.77 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
641	AbacaDagami, Leyte	1,071	about 470	about 2.28 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
642	San EstebanBurauen, Leyte	1,070	about 442	about 2.42 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
643	CulasiLeyte, Leyte	1,069	about 578	about 1.85 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
644	HilabaBarugo, Leyte	1,069	about 672	about 1.59 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
645	TinagoPalompon, Leyte	1,068	about 277	about 3.85 km²	−1.41% a year	Rural
646	Barangay 49Tacloban City, Leyte	1,067	about 7,567	about 0.141 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
647	Barangay 85Tacloban City, Leyte	1,065	about 15,236	about 0.0699 km²	−2.63% a year	Rural
648	EkiranAlangalang, Leyte	1,065	about 517	about 2.06 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
649	ItumMatalom, Leyte	1,064	about 630	about 1.69 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
650	Barangay 57Tacloban City, Leyte	1,061	about 51,505	about 0.0206 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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