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, 651 to 700 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
651	HiabanganDagami, Leyte	1,061	about 383	about 2.77 km²	−1.42% a year	Rural
652	SalogLeyte, Leyte	1,061	about 305	about 3.48 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
653	AstorgaTunga, Leyte	1,060	about 596	about 1.78 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
654	TambisHilongos, Leyte	1,060	about 189	about 5.60 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
655	SabangBaybay City, Leyte	1,059	about 2,847	about 0.372 km²	−2.44% a year	Rural
656	TugasTabango, Leyte	1,058	about 217	about 4.88 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
657	MansahaonMatag-Ob, Leyte	1,057	about 319	about 3.31 km²	4.55% a year	Rural
658	MakinhasBaybay City, Leyte	1,056	about 340	about 3.11 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
659	PalanoganMahaplag, Leyte	1,054	about 213	about 4.94 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
660	DitaJulita, Leyte	1,053	about 355	about 2.97 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
661	AmguhanBaybay City, Leyte	1,048	about 119	about 8.79 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
662	MagsaysayAlangalang, Leyte	1,048	about 631	about 1.66 km²	3.28% a year	Rural
663	Poblacion District 4La Paz, Leyte	1,047	about 2,678	about 0.391 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
664	Poblacion District IIJulita, Leyte	1,047	about 598	about 1.75 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
665	Santa CruzPalo, Leyte	1,046	about 6,927	about 0.151 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
666	BacoLeyte, Leyte	1,044	about 479	about 2.18 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
667	UyawanCarigara, Leyte	1,043	about 1,062	about 0.982 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
668	San VicenteDulag, Leyte	1,041	about 783	about 1.33 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
669	Villa SolidaridadBaybay City, Leyte	1,041	about 205	about 5.07 km²	−1.65% a year	Rural
670	San MiguelSan Isidro, Leyte	1,040	about 309	about 3.37 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
671	MontericoOrmoc City, Leyte	1,039	about 398	about 2.61 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
672	CacaoKananga, Leyte	1,038	about 239	about 4.35 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
673	TinambacanJaro, Leyte	1,038	about 49	about 21.12 km²	−4.99% a year	Rural
674	CutayCarigara, Leyte	1,037	about 757	about 1.37 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
675	Quezon, Jr.Ormoc City, Leyte	1,036	about 119	about 8.68 km²	−4.66% a year	Rural
676	BobononAlangalang, Leyte	1,034	about 341	about 3.03 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
677	BurabodJaro, Leyte	1,034	about 232	about 4.46 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
678	District 2Pastrana, Leyte	1,032	about 1,752	about 0.589 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
679	HiluctoganCarigara, Leyte	1,032	about 506	about 2.04 km²	4.32% a year	Rural
680	Barangay 60Tacloban City, Leyte	1,031	about 25,970	about 0.0397 km²	1.30% a year	Urban
681	RizalPalompon, Leyte	1,031	about 261	about 3.95 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
682	NavalHilongos, Leyte	1,029	about 798	about 1.29 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
683	Zone 4 Pob.Santa Fe, Leyte	1,028	about 663	about 1.55 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
684	UtananHilongos, Leyte	1,027	about 278	about 3.69 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
685	AlegreDulag, Leyte	1,026	about 314	about 3.27 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
686	San IsidroBarugo, Leyte	1,023	about 643	about 1.59 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
687	Poblacion District VIIBurauen, Leyte	1,021	about 11,858	about 0.0861 km²	1.09% a year	Rural
688	BuntayDulag, Leyte	1,020	about 11,258	about 0.0906 km²	−5.14% a year	Rural
689	Poblacion Dist. VBarugo, Leyte	1,019	about 3,277	about 0.311 km²	−1.95% a year	Rural
690	TaglawiganSan Isidro, Leyte	1,018	about 58	about 17.44 km²	−2.55% a year	Rural
691	LangitAlangalang, Leyte	1,016	about 89	about 11.36 km²	5.65% a year	Rural
692	MalitbogayJavier, Leyte	1,016	about 60	about 17.01 km²	−0.85% a year	Rural
693	Barangay 43-BTacloban City, Leyte	1,015	about 3,874	about 0.262 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
694	San JoseSan Isidro, Leyte	1,015	about 229	about 4.43 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
695	CalsadahayPastrana, Leyte	1,014	about 435	about 2.33 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
696	MaypatagBaybay City, Leyte	1,012	about 153	about 6.62 km²	1.40% a year	Rural
697	Monte AlegreIsabel, Leyte	1,011	about 359	about 2.82 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
698	CagangonBurauen, Leyte	1,007	about 533	about 1.89 km²	3.37% a year	Rural
699	CambakbakPalompon, Leyte	1,005	about 127	about 7.92 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
700	VillalonCalubian, Leyte	1,005	about 455	about 2.21 km²	−1.04% 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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