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]

Open Samar

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, 701 to 750 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
701	Jose A. RoñoCalbayog City, Samar	334	about 304	about 1.10 km²	−6.70% a year	Rural
702	CanvaisMotiong, Samar	333	about 51	about 6.49 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
703	PalambragGandara, Samar	333	about 38	about 8.83 km²	6.81% a year	Rural
704	BughoJiabong, Samar	331	about 105	about 3.16 km²	4.36% a year	Rural
705	Cogtoto-ogSan Jorge, Samar	329	about 57	about 5.74 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
706	CaranasGandara, Samar	327	about 92	about 3.55 km²	6.45% a year	Rural
707	PurogGandara, Samar	327	about 49	about 6.64 km²	−7.81% a year	Rural
708	BajaCalbayog City, Samar	324	about 67	about 4.87 km²	−1.70% a year	Rural
709	TrinidadTagapul-An, Samar	324	about 268	about 1.21 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
710	Balonga-asTarangnan, Samar	321	about 133	about 2.41 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
711	San FranciscoGandara, Samar	320	about 79	about 4.07 km²	−2.26% a year	Rural
712	TabayHinabangan, Samar	320	about 4	about 76.03 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
713	ManlilinabBasey, Samar	315	about 11	about 29.60 km²	2.52% a year	Rural
714	AntolCalbiga, Samar	313	about 56	about 5.60 km²	5.24% a year	Rural
715	San RoqueSanta Rita, Samar	313	about 157	about 2.00 km²	13.59% a year	Rural
716	CanunghanTarangnan, Samar	312	about 217	about 1.44 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
717	San MauricioCalbiga, Samar	312	about 107	about 2.92 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
718	Cantao-anParanas, Samar	311	about 63	about 4.91 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
719	RawisSan Jorge, Samar	309	about 98	about 3.14 km²	2.57% a year	Rural
720	Biasong IIAlmagro, Samar	308	about 361	about 0.853 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
721	Can-ipulanSanta Margarita, Samar	308	about 205	about 1.50 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
722	San IsidroGandara, Samar	308	about 84	about 3.67 km²	−7.17% a year	Rural
723	San IsidroCalbayog City, Samar	305	about 69	about 4.40 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
724	HiduromaSan Jose De Buan, Samar	304	about 10	about 30.62 km²	2.34% a year	Rural
725	MombonSan Jorge, Samar	304	about 118	about 2.58 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
726	ManaingPinabacdao, Samar	302	about 64	about 4.73 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
727	ArawaneDaram, Samar	300	about 146	about 2.05 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
728	BeriCalbiga, Samar	300	about 72	about 4.15 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
729	CanhumawidGandara, Samar	300	about 130	about 2.30 km²	−3.76% a year	Rural
730	Santa ElenaGandara, Samar	300	about 127	about 2.37 km²	−3.76% a year	Rural
731	Guin-ansanAlmagro, Samar	299	about 235	about 1.27 km²	−3.03% a year	Rural
732	PuhaganSan Jorge, Samar	299	about 44	about 6.79 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
733	SugpononBasey, Samar	299	about 132	about 2.26 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
734	TalisayDaram, Samar	299	about 123	about 2.44 km²	1.85% a year	Rural
735	BagsaParanas, Samar	298	about 75	about 3.97 km²	2.76% a year	Rural
736	BarasTarangnan, Samar	298	about 823	about 0.362 km²	−5.00% a year	Rural
737	Lim-aoHinabangan, Samar	297	about 9	about 32.51 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
738	CananoHinabangan, Samar	294	about 81	about 3.65 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
739	DinabonganCalbayog City, Samar	292	about 75	about 3.90 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
740	VictoryTalalora, Samar	292	about 270	about 1.08 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
741	Poblacion 1Zumarraga, Samar	290	about 3,135	about 0.0925 km²	2.46% a year	Rural
742	DeitMatuguinao, Samar	289	about 46	about 6.25 km²	2.57% a year	Rural
743	LoctobPinabacdao, Samar	289	about 133	about 2.18 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
744	MancolCalbayog City, Samar	288	about 55	about 5.19 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
745	PajoTarangnan, Samar	288	about 62	about 4.66 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
746	PologonGandara, Samar	288	about 32	about 9.01 km²	1.92% a year	Rural
747	PanabatanSanta Margarita, Samar	286	about 58	about 4.93 km²	−1.30% a year	Rural
748	CantaguicParanas, Samar	285	about 32	about 8.91 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
749	CabalagnanHinabangan, Samar	284	about 32	about 8.95 km²	−7.72% a year	Rural
750	CatabunanCalbayog City, Samar	283	about 114	about 2.48 km²	0.78% 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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