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, 901 to 950 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
901	San JoaquinPalompon, Leyte	797	about 158	about 5.03 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
902	Guintigui-anBabatngon, Leyte	796	about 295	about 2.70 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
903	CalipayanMayorga, Leyte	795	about 506	about 1.57 km²	2.61% a year	Rural
904	LundagMerida, Leyte	795	about 312	about 2.55 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
905	JabongTabontabon, Leyte	794	about 224	about 3.55 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
906	EsperanzaOrmoc City, Leyte	792	about 100	about 7.95 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
907	MaljoInopacan, Leyte	792	about 1,336	about 0.593 km²	−3.22% a year	Rural
908	Santo NiñoJaro, Leyte	792	about 296	about 2.68 km²	10.92% a year	Rural
909	CaninoanPastrana, Leyte	789	about 533	about 1.48 km²	1.32% a year	Rural
910	TinubdanPalompon, Leyte	788	about 283	about 2.78 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
911	San Jose EastBurauen, Leyte	786	about 220	about 3.58 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
912	District IV Pob.Tabontabon, Leyte	785	about 1,252	about 0.627 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
913	Poblacion District 1Macarthur, Leyte	782	about 1,224	about 0.639 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
914	VillanuevaCalubian, Leyte	782	about 300	about 2.61 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
915	CamireTanauan, Leyte	780	about 678	about 1.15 km²	6.58% a year	Rural
916	MinuswangBarugo, Leyte	780	about 684	about 1.14 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
917	AgasCalubian, Leyte	779	about 516	about 1.51 km²	−4.60% a year	Rural
918	Poblacion Zone 12Baybay City, Leyte	779	about 3,417	about 0.228 km²	−1.48% a year	Urban
919	TingibPastrana, Leyte	776	about 528	about 1.47 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
920	CancayangJavier, Leyte	772	about 283	about 2.73 km²	3.02% a year	Rural
921	TinocduganLeyte, Leyte	772	about 348	about 2.22 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
922	Poblacion District IIIJulita, Leyte	770	about 642	about 1.20 km²	1.45% a year	Rural
923	BagacaySan Miguel, Leyte	769	about 120	about 6.41 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
924	BulodDulag, Leyte	767	about 476	about 1.61 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
925	KalipayanBurauen, Leyte	765	about 729	about 1.05 km²	13.33% a year	Rural
926	AslumAlangalang, Leyte	763	about 557	about 1.37 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
927	Guerrero DistrictBato, Leyte	763	about 6,693	about 0.114 km²	−3.12% a year	Rural
928	CanomantagBarugo, Leyte	762	about 462	about 1.65 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
929	CandelariaMatag-Ob, Leyte	761	about 142	about 5.36 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
930	CatagbacanBurauen, Leyte	760	about 55	about 13.83 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
931	CanmogsayTolosa, Leyte	759	about 523	about 1.45 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
932	Cuya-eJulita, Leyte	759	about 466	about 1.63 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
933	MatagokCalubian, Leyte	759	about 434	about 1.75 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
934	PikasTanauan, Leyte	758	about 1,143	about 0.663 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
935	Guiwan 2Palompon, Leyte	756	about 5,074	about 0.149 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
936	PaghudlanBurauen, Leyte	756	about 236	about 3.21 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
937	BaludBarugo, Leyte	754	about 146	about 5.17 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
938	BunacanSan Isidro, Leyte	754	about 166	about 4.54 km²	−4.76% a year	Rural
939	Cuatro De AgostoMahaplag, Leyte	752	about 684	about 1.10 km²	−3.99% a year	Rural
940	New BalanacVillaba, Leyte	752	about 195	about 3.86 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
941	OdionganAbuyog, Leyte	752	about 239	about 3.15 km²	−1.88% a year	Rural
942	CogonCarigara, Leyte	750	about 250	about 3.00 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
943	CogonTanauan, Leyte	750	about 305	about 2.46 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
944	LarayJavier, Leyte	749	about 352	about 2.13 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
945	GuinaronaDagami, Leyte	748	about 2,200	about 0.34 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
946	Barangay 65Tacloban City, Leyte	747	about 7,252	about 0.103 km²	3.28% a year	Rural
947	DuyogLa Paz, Leyte	746	about 466	about 1.60 km²	6.40% a year	Rural
948	NalibunanAbuyog, Leyte	746	about 9,267	about 0.0805 km²	−3.65% a year	Urban
949	AnislagIsabel, Leyte	745	about 339	about 2.20 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
950	Bagong LipunanMatalom, Leyte	745	about 174	about 4.27 km²	−2.13% 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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