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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, 601 to 650 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
601	CawayanParanas, Samar	434	about 266	about 1.63 km²	5.58% a year	Rural
602	HimaySan Jorge, Samar	434	about 83	about 5.20 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
603	Hita-asan IISan Sebastian, Samar	431	about 327	about 1.32 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
604	Mabini IICalbayog City, Samar	430	about 184	about 2.34 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
605	ImeldaAlmagro, Samar	429	about 606	about 0.708 km²	−1.71% a year	Rural
606	PizarroGandara, Samar	428	about 169	about 2.53 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
607	CasapaJiabong, Samar	427	about 66	about 6.46 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
608	RealDaram, Samar	424	about 326	about 1.30 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
609	GuinbarucanTagapul-An, Samar	423	about 225	about 1.88 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
610	MabuhayAlmagro, Samar	422	about 228	about 1.85 km²	−2.50% a year	Rural
611	San AntonioGandara, Samar	422	about 35	about 12.05 km²	−7.07% a year	Rural
612	MandoyucanDaram, Samar	421	about 199	about 2.12 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
613	CanloboPinabacdao, Samar	420	about 30	about 13.78 km²	2.30% a year	Rural
614	CagtutuloTarangnan, Samar	419	about 162	about 2.58 km²	3.98% a year	Rural
615	CandomacolMotiong, Samar	417	about 164	about 2.55 km²	1.81% a year	Rural
616	AnquianaSan Jorge, Samar	416	about 180	about 2.31 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
617	San MiguelGandara, Samar	416	about 102	about 4.09 km²	1.94% a year	Rural
618	LobelobeSanto Niño, Samar	415	about 371	about 1.12 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
619	MangcalParanas, Samar	414	about 73	about 5.64 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
620	CansaganayDaram, Samar	412	about 278	about 1.48 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
621	Panjobjoban IAlmagro, Samar	411	about 1,054	about 0.39 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
622	So-ongDaram, Samar	409	about 433	about 0.944 km²	−3.86% a year	Rural
623	Jose RoñoParanas, Samar	408	about 87	about 4.68 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
624	Bag-otanMatuguinao, Samar	406	about 195	about 2.08 km²	9.99% a year	Rural
625	BaybayBasey, Samar	406	about 8,638	about 0.047 km²	−2.23% a year	Rural
626	CanbagticCalbiga, Samar	406	about 96	about 4.23 km²	−0.92% a year	Rural
627	MahangcaoCalbiga, Samar	405	about 26	about 15.53 km²	3.49% a year	Rural
628	BuaoGandara, Samar	403	about 83	about 4.87 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
629	CanhumadacCalbayog City, Samar	402	about 57	about 7.11 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
630	MarapilitZumarraga, Samar	402	about 523	about 0.769 km²	−2.88% a year	Rural
631	Panan-awanMarabut, Samar	401	about 190	about 2.11 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
632	TomabeVillareal, Samar	400	about 78	about 5.16 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
633	SidmonGandara, Samar	398	about 53	about 7.44 km²	7.01% a year	Rural
634	DogonganJiabong, Samar	397	about 138	about 2.87 km²	−4.92% a year	Rural
635	GarciaJiabong, Samar	397	about 69	about 5.76 km²	−3.72% a year	Rural
636	KilikiliCalbayog City, Samar	397	about 68	about 5.80 km²	3.28% a year	Rural
637	Cabil-isanDaram, Samar	395	about 499	about 0.791 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
638	Libucan GoteTarangnan, Samar	395	about 548	about 0.721 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
639	Lawaan IIParanas, Samar	394	about 26	about 15.13 km²	1.98% a year	Rural
640	BetaugDaram, Samar	393	about 231	about 1.70 km²	−1.92% a year	Rural
641	CalanyuganPagsanghan, Samar	392	about 90	about 4.36 km²	−0.66% a year	Rural
642	MallorgaTalalora, Samar	392	about 63	about 6.18 km²	−1.81% a year	Rural
643	MabuhaySan Jorge, Samar	391	about 318	about 1.23 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
644	Poblacion Barangay 2San Sebastian, Samar	391	about 33,136	about 0.0118 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
645	BinobucalanHinabangan, Samar	390	about 38	about 10.32 km²	−1.54% a year	Rural
646	NalihuganGandara, Samar	390	about 21	about 18.21 km²	4.78% a year	Rural
647	HinugacanGandara, Samar	389	about 112	about 3.46 km²	3.28% a year	Rural
648	MaylobeParanas, Samar	387	about 57	about 6.76 km²	3.08% a year	Rural
649	NgosoGandara, Samar	387	about 561	about 0.69 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
650	AguingayanSan Jose De Buan, Samar	386	about 8	about 50.41 km²	0.06% 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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