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, 851 to 900 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
851	Santa ElenaLa Paz, Leyte	848	about 442	about 1.92 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
852	AbanillaCalubian, Leyte	846	about 546	about 1.55 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
853	KabungaanBaybay City, Leyte	846	about 91	about 9.30 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
854	MaababBurauen, Leyte	844	about 323	about 2.61 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
855	BaguinbinPalompon, Leyte	843	about 664	about 1.27 km²	−2.78% a year	Rural
856	CogonAlangalang, Leyte	843	about 555	about 1.52 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
857	TinawanMacarthur, Leyte	843	about 380	about 2.22 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
858	CanvertudesAlangalang, Leyte	841	about 592	about 1.42 km²	−3.39% a year	Rural
859	MilagrosaAlangalang, Leyte	841	about 24,808	about 0.0339 km²	−6.15% a year	Rural
860	EsperanzaMatalom, Leyte	839	about 129	about 6.48 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
861	KabalasanBaybay City, Leyte	839	about 378	about 2.22 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
862	Limbuhan GutiTanauan, Leyte	837	about 1,159	about 0.722 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
863	Mag-asoJaro, Leyte	837	about 203	about 4.12 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
864	BaliwHilongos, Leyte	836	about 357	about 2.34 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
865	CansosoMatag-Ob, Leyte	836	about 235	about 3.56 km²	3.44% a year	Rural
866	ConsolacionIsabel, Leyte	833	about 280	about 2.98 km²	4.05% a year	Rural
867	Central 2Palompon, Leyte	832	about 5,943	about 0.14 km²	0.03% a year	Urban
868	HibunawanBurauen, Leyte	832	about 251	about 3.31 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
869	CanalCarigara, Leyte	830	about 593	about 1.40 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
870	Barangay 43-ATacloban City, Leyte	829	about 33,293	about 0.0249 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
871	CutaySanta Fe, Leyte	828	about 445	about 1.86 km²	5.74% a year	Rural
872	KambongganBaybay City, Leyte	828	about 499	about 1.66 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
873	PinamonoanMahaplag, Leyte	828	about 90	about 9.19 km²	−7.67% a year	Rural
874	San FranciscoIsabel, Leyte	828	about 579	about 1.43 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
875	BuntayTanauan, Leyte	827	about 4,569	about 0.181 km²	−3.07% a year	Urban
876	PoblacionTolosa, Leyte	827	about 7,319	about 0.113 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
877	Santa CruzMayorga, Leyte	827	about 213	about 3.89 km²	3.97% a year	Rural
878	Poblacion District 3Macarthur, Leyte	826	about 892	about 0.926 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
879	HampanganHilongos, Leyte	825	about 263	about 3.14 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
880	San PedroAlangalang, Leyte	825	about 331	about 2.49 km²	−3.33% a year	Rural
881	ColawenPastrana, Leyte	824	about 299	about 2.76 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
882	HinologanDagami, Leyte	824	about 334	about 2.47 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
883	ParinaCarigara, Leyte	824	about 502	about 1.64 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
884	TagharigueCalubian, Leyte	822	about 181	about 4.55 km²	−2.92% a year	Rural
885	CapinyahanVillaba, Leyte	821	about 94	about 8.78 km²	2.49% a year	Rural
886	Poblacion Dist. IVBarugo, Leyte	821	about 3,601	about 0.228 km²	−1.41% a year	Rural
887	GuingawanTanauan, Leyte	820	about 1,024	about 0.801 km²	6.85% a year	Rural
888	FatimaDulag, Leyte	817	about 834	about 0.98 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
889	PlanzaBabatngon, Leyte	817	about 131	about 6.23 km²	2.30% a year	Rural
890	CanipaanPalompon, Leyte	816	about 291	about 2.80 km²	−0.72% a year	Rural
891	CasionganCalubian, Leyte	812	about 243	about 3.34 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
892	LapayTanauan, Leyte	812	about 459	about 1.77 km²	3.55% a year	Rural
893	PototCapoocan, Leyte	809	about 253	about 3.20 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
894	BinotongAlangalang, Leyte	807	about 495	about 1.63 km²	4.05% a year	Rural
895	MatungaoSan Isidro, Leyte	806	about 321	about 2.51 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
896	AbuyogonBurauen, Leyte	805	about 218	about 3.70 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
897	MahayagMerida, Leyte	805	about 51	about 15.76 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
898	TomboAlangalang, Leyte	804	about 387	about 2.08 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
899	Burubud-anAbuyog, Leyte	802	about 270	about 2.97 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
900	CabalhinCalubian, Leyte	798	about 429	about 1.86 km²	0.03% 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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