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]

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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, 701 to 750 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
701	Upper HiraanCarigara, Leyte	1,003	about 380	about 2.64 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
702	CanapSan Miguel, Leyte	1,001	about 256	about 3.91 km²	1.81% a year	Rural
703	KawayanKananga, Leyte	1,001	about 328	about 3.05 km²	−2.84% a year	Rural
704	MalibagoBabatngon, Leyte	1,001	about 206	about 4.85 km²	4.06% a year	Rural
705	CaviteAlangalang, Leyte	1,000	about 410	about 2.44 km²	3.09% a year	Rural
706	DaroJaro, Leyte	1,000	about 86	about 11.65 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
707	MaraoInopacan, Leyte	999	about 217	about 4.60 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
708	LourdesAlangalang, Leyte	998	about 330	about 3.02 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
709	Poblacion Zone 22Baybay City, Leyte	998	about 9,327	about 0.107 km²	1.65% a year	Rural
710	HilusigMahaplag, Leyte	996	about 156	about 6.37 km²	−8.31% a year	Rural
711	JonesPastrana, Leyte	996	about 623	about 1.60 km²	2.11% a year	Rural
712	Poblacion Zone 8Baybay City, Leyte	995	about 17,518	about 0.0568 km²	10.79% a year	Rural
713	CambalongMerida, Leyte	992	about 258	about 3.85 km²	7.88% a year	Rural
714	LeondoniOrmoc City, Leyte	992	about 161	about 6.18 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
715	Del PilarDulag, Leyte	991	about 506	about 1.96 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
716	SambulawanVillaba, Leyte	991	about 73	about 13.49 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
717	TalisayMayorga, Leyte	991	about 486	about 2.04 km²	1.25% a year	Rural
718	SantolSan Miguel, Leyte	988	about 82	about 12.10 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
719	Butason IITabango, Leyte	986	about 132	about 7.46 km²	4.34% a year	Rural
720	CambahanonAlangalang, Leyte	985	about 326	about 3.02 km²	9.80% a year	Rural
721	President GarciaMatalom, Leyte	985	about 87	about 11.34 km²	3.54% a year	Rural
722	CalingcaguingBarugo, Leyte	983	about 312	about 3.15 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
723	CabalquintoCalubian, Leyte	982	about 2,846	about 0.345 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
724	Poblacion Zone 3Mayorga, Leyte	981	about 861	about 1.14 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
725	San VicenteHindang, Leyte	981	about 721	about 1.36 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
726	DanusLeyte, Leyte	979	about 96	about 10.16 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
727	Zone 1Santa Fe, Leyte	978	about 1,791	about 0.546 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
728	San IsidroTanauan, Leyte	977	about 300	about 3.26 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
729	BalilitCarigara, Leyte	976	about 702	about 1.39 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
730	DivisoriaAlangalang, Leyte	976	about 280	about 3.49 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
731	Don Felipe LarrazabalOrmoc City, Leyte	975	about 6,331	about 0.154 km²	−11.54% a year	Rural
732	San PedroMatalom, Leyte	974	about 2,691	about 0.362 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
733	BaasHilongos, Leyte	973	about 306	about 3.18 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
734	San VicenteTolosa, Leyte	973	about 425	about 2.29 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
735	MabiniOrmoc City, Leyte	971	about 282	about 3.44 km²	−2.82% a year	Rural
736	San IsidroBabatngon, Leyte	968	about 338	about 2.86 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
737	TinalianAbuyog, Leyte	968	about 992	about 0.976 km²	17.11% a year	Rural
738	MahayagMahaplag, Leyte	967	about 526	about 1.84 km²	−3.02% a year	Rural
739	Naga-asanBabatngon, Leyte	967	about 315	about 3.07 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
740	MagnangoyHilongos, Leyte	960	about 568	about 1.69 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
741	CalogcogTanauan, Leyte	959	about 1,073	about 0.894 km²	−4.52% a year	Rural
742	San IsidroKananga, Leyte	959	about 129	about 7.45 km²	−1.28% a year	Rural
743	PangnaCarigara, Leyte	957	about 580	about 1.65 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
744	SambelBurauen, Leyte	957	about 550	about 1.74 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
745	OrmocayMayorga, Leyte	956	about 246	about 3.88 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
746	BuenavistaBaybay City, Leyte	955	about 327	about 2.92 km²	−2.14% a year	Rural
747	CahiganVillaba, Leyte	955	about 175	about 5.47 km²	3.30% a year	Rural
748	MabiniMayorga, Leyte	955	about 253	about 3.77 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
749	Poblacion District IVBabatngon, Leyte	955	about 398	about 2.40 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
750	SantiagoPalompon, Leyte	954	about 137	about 6.95 km²	0.05% 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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