The Atlas

Barangays in Eastern Visayas

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 Eastern Visayas

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, at a glance

Barangays: 4,365^[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: 4,625,929^[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: 263 urban^[4]; 4,102 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: 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: Zone 3^{[5, 7]}; San Roque, Northern Samar; 17.12% 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: 1,723 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.

4,365 barangays, 751 to 800 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
751	GuinciamanSan Miguel, Leyte	1,614	about 119	about 13.53 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
752	TalisayLaoang, Northern Samar	1,613	about 466	about 3.46 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
753	BarasGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,612	about 315	about 5.11 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
754	GuadalupeMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,612	about 764	about 2.11 km²	−1.29% a year	Rural
755	PilitSanta Fe, Leyte	1,611	about 479	about 3.36 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
756	SiljagonMapanas, Northern Samar	1,610	about 87	about 18.50 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
757	MaslogLawaan, Eastern Samar	1,609	about 512	about 3.14 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
758	San RoqueIsabel, Leyte	1,609	about 25,299	about 0.0636 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
759	BalocaweAbuyog, Leyte	1,607	about 502	about 3.20 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
760	La PerlaLaoang, Northern Samar	1,607	about 364	about 4.41 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
761	HighwayDulag, Leyte	1,605	about 1,189	about 1.35 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
762	KalinawanJaro, Leyte	1,604	about 508	about 3.16 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
763	Lawaan IParanas, Samar	1,600	about 129	about 12.41 km²	1.97% a year	Rural
764	Nueva VistaOrmoc City, Leyte	1,600	about 366	about 4.37 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
765	Zone ISogod, Southern Leyte	1,600	about 8,466	about 0.189 km²	−0.60% a year	Urban
766	San AgustinBaybay City, Leyte	1,598	about 137	about 11.65 km²	2.87% a year	Rural
767	BaliteVillaba, Leyte	1,597	about 795	about 2.01 km²	1.97% a year	Rural
768	San LorenzoRosario, Northern Samar	1,594	about 540	about 2.95 km²	2.72% a year	Rural
769	Pinagdait Pob.Palompon, Leyte	1,592	about 12,635	about 0.126 km²	−1.38% a year	Rural
770	San RoqueCatbalogan City, Samar	1,589	about 1,660	about 0.957 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
771	San VicenteMalitbog, Southern Leyte	1,588	about 1,624	about 0.978 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
772	Hindag-anSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,587	about 350	about 4.54 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
773	Poblacion District 6Pambujan, Northern Samar	1,587	about 19,472	about 0.0815 km²	2.55% a year	Rural
774	NatoTaft, Eastern Samar	1,586	about 262	about 6.06 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
775	AguadahanSan Jose, Northern Samar	1,585	about 587	about 2.70 km²	−0.67% a year	Urban
776	San AndresVillareal, Samar	1,584	about 211	about 7.51 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
777	IloSanto Niño, Samar	1,583	about 528	about 3.00 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
778	BagasbasMondragon, Northern Samar	1,582	about 396	about 4.00 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
779	Tam-isMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,582	about 716	about 2.21 km²	1.43% a year	Rural
780	TulaPambujan, Northern Samar	1,582	about 256	about 6.19 km²	−2.27% a year	Rural
781	PaninironganPambujan, Northern Samar	1,578	about 593	about 2.66 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
782	Zone 1San Roque, Northern Samar	1,578	about 607	about 2.60 km²	−19.72% a year	Rural
783	MatarinaoSalcedo, Eastern Samar	1,577	about 298	about 5.29 km²	−5.95% a year	Rural
784	San MiguelLavezares, Northern Samar	1,577	about 443	about 3.56 km²	2.22% a year	Rural
785	SantarinBarugo, Leyte	1,576	about 880	about 1.79 km²	4.90% a year	Rural
786	BinanalanSanta Rita, Samar	1,575	about 233	about 6.75 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
787	BontocHindang, Leyte	1,575	about 799	about 1.97 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
788	Da-oSan Jose, Northern Samar	1,574	about 395	about 3.98 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
789	Santa CruzMacrohon, Southern Leyte	1,574	about 1,444	about 1.09 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
790	UguisMahaplag, Leyte	1,572	about 702	about 2.24 km²	16.69% a year	Rural
791	VisaresCapoocan, Leyte	1,571	about 83	about 18.98 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
792	OsaoSan Juan, Southern Leyte	1,570	about 789	about 1.99 km²	2.87% a year	Rural
793	CalingatnganBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,569	about 777	about 2.02 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
794	MaganhanBaybay City, Leyte	1,569	about 853	about 1.84 km²	10.42% a year	Rural
795	BukidBarugo, Leyte	1,568	about 436	about 3.60 km²	1.68% a year	Rural
796	San RoqueMacrohon, Southern Leyte	1,567	about 1,703	about 0.92 km²	3.01% a year	Rural
797	Kinabranan Zone IAllen, Northern Samar	1,566	about 2,373	about 0.66 km²	10.91% a year	Urban
798	BuenavistaPalompon, Leyte	1,565	about 894	about 1.75 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
799	ManaybanayMapanas, Northern Samar	1,565	about 373	about 4.20 km²	2.00% a year	Rural
800	San RoqueSogod, Southern Leyte	1,565	about 3,432	about 0.456 km²	−2.44% 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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