The Atlas

Barangays in Eastern 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 Eastern Samar

Barangays in Eastern Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 597^[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: 472,683^[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: 19 urban^[4]; 578 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Songco^[5]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; 4,684 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: San Gabriel^[6]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; about 179.23 km²
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: 345 barangays^[7]

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.

597 barangays, 51 to 100 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
51	San SaturninoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,715	about 969	about 1.77 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
52	CantahayGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,712	about 827	about 2.07 km²	1.50% a year	Urban
53	BolusaoLawaan, Eastern Samar	1,711	about 48	about 35.45 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
54	Alang-alangBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,693	about 2,593	about 0.653 km²	−1.75% a year	Urban
55	BaludArteche, Eastern Samar	1,670	about 272	about 6.13 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
56	SalugGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,655	about 2,934	about 0.564 km²	1.92% a year	Rural
57	Barangay Poblacion VIBalangiga, Eastern Samar	1,651	about 1,223	about 1.35 km²	−3.07% a year	Rural
58	SapaoGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,639	about 706	about 2.32 km²	9.66% a year	Rural
59	Del RemedioSulat, Eastern Samar	1,618	about 267	about 6.06 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
60	BarasGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,612	about 315	about 5.11 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
61	MaslogLawaan, Eastern Samar	1,609	about 512	about 3.14 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
62	NatoTaft, Eastern Samar	1,586	about 262	about 6.06 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
63	MatarinaoSalcedo, Eastern Samar	1,577	about 298	about 5.29 km²	−5.95% a year	Rural
64	CalingatnganBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,569	about 777	about 2.02 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
65	Locso-onBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,554	about 245	about 6.35 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
66	ConcepcionArteche, Eastern Samar	1,546	about 268	about 5.77 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
67	TawaganOras, Eastern Samar	1,537	about 920	about 1.67 km²	−0.39% a year	Urban
68	San VicenteSulat, Eastern Samar	1,536	about 504	about 3.05 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
69	LibasSan Julian, Eastern Samar	1,533	about 180	about 8.51 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
70	Santo NiñoSulat, Eastern Samar	1,533	about 562	about 2.73 km²	2.84% a year	Rural
71	Purok BBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,530	about 9,053	about 0.169 km²	−0.25% a year	Urban
72	Barangay 12Dolores, Eastern Samar	1,516	about 4,875	about 0.311 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
73	TangboArteche, Eastern Samar	1,510	about 402	about 3.76 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
74	Barangay 11Llorente, Eastern Samar	1,502	about 9,753	about 0.154 km²	−4.66% a year	Rural
75	San IsidroSan Julian, Eastern Samar	1,488	about 429	about 3.47 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
76	BuenavistaQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	1,487	about 440	about 3.38 km²	11.29% a year	Rural
77	RawisArteche, Eastern Samar	1,480	about 8,315	about 0.178 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
78	Santa MonicaOras, Eastern Samar	1,478	about 864	about 1.71 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
79	Sabang SouthBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,466	about 1,533	about 0.956 km²	−7.66% a year	Rural
80	JicontolDolores, Eastern Samar	1,460	about 118	about 12.39 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
81	Barangay 14Dolores, Eastern Samar	1,454	about 3,260	about 0.446 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
82	Poblacion Barangay 6Taft, Eastern Samar	1,448	about 1,197	about 1.21 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
83	PagbabangnanSan Julian, Eastern Samar	1,444	about 478	about 3.02 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
84	DampiganDolores, Eastern Samar	1,441	about 174	about 8.28 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
85	MalaintosDolores, Eastern Samar	1,433	about 378	about 3.79 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
86	Barangay 5Giporlos, Eastern Samar	1,424	about 584	about 2.44 km²	−2.06% a year	Rural
87	San MateoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,421	about 105	about 13.57 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
88	RawisCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	1,413	about 449	about 3.15 km²	4.65% a year	Rural
89	NgolosGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,406	about 228	about 6.17 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
90	SuluanGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,406	about 294	about 4.78 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
91	BagteQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	1,384	about 358	about 3.87 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
92	DomrogGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	1,384	about 201	about 6.88 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
93	Barangay 7Giporlos, Eastern Samar	1,366	about 162	about 8.44 km²	−1.92% a year	Rural
94	Santo NiñoQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	1,366	about 409	about 3.34 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
95	HollywoodGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,361	about 10,717	about 0.127 km²	−1.81% a year	Rural
96	BatiawanTaft, Eastern Samar	1,355	about 558	about 2.43 km²	4.34% a year	Rural
97	Santo TomasSulat, Eastern Samar	1,321	about 123	about 10.72 km²	−2.40% a year	Rural
98	Poblacion VBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	1,317	about 744	about 1.77 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
99	SuribaoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,309	about 635	about 2.06 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
100	Santa FeBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,303	about 383	about 3.40 km²	1.57% 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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