The Atlas

Barangays in Southern 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]

Open Southern Leyte

Barangays in Southern Leyte, at a glance

Barangays: 500^[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: 434,372^[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: 21 urban^[4]; 479 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Combado^[5]; Maasin City, Southern Leyte; 5,342 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: Catmon^[6]; Silago, Southern Leyte; about 47.47 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: Asuncion^{[5, 7]}; Maasin City, Southern Leyte; −0.09% 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: 185 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Combado, −2.17% 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.

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

Barangays in Southern Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
51	CanipaanHinunangan, Southern Leyte	1,614	about 1,864	about 0.866 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
52	GuadalupeMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,612	about 764	about 2.11 km²	−1.29% a year	Rural
53	Zone ISogod, Southern Leyte	1,600	about 8,466	about 0.189 km²	−0.60% a year	Urban
54	San VicenteMalitbog, Southern Leyte	1,588	about 1,624	about 0.978 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
55	Hindag-anSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,587	about 350	about 4.54 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
56	Tam-isMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,582	about 716	about 2.21 km²	1.43% a year	Rural
57	Santa CruzMacrohon, Southern Leyte	1,574	about 1,444	about 1.09 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
58	OsaoSan Juan, Southern Leyte	1,570	about 789	about 1.99 km²	2.87% a year	Rural
59	San RoqueMacrohon, Southern Leyte	1,567	about 1,703	about 0.92 km²	3.01% a year	Rural
60	San RoqueSogod, Southern Leyte	1,565	about 3,432	about 0.456 km²	−2.44% a year	Rural
61	San JoseSogod, Southern Leyte	1,560	about 5,571	about 0.28 km²	0.50% a year	Urban
62	La Purisima ConcepcionSogod, Southern Leyte	1,538	about 840	about 1.83 km²	5.20% a year	Rural
63	KahupianSogod, Southern Leyte	1,522	about 71	about 21.34 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
64	Santo NiñoBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,513	about 1,182	about 1.28 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
65	DongonMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,483	about 593	about 2.50 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
66	Santa CruzBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,478	about 2,193	about 0.674 km²	−0.73% a year	Rural
67	TangkaanPadre Burgos, Southern Leyte	1,478	about 666	about 2.22 km²	7.02% a year	Rural
68	PoblacionAnahawan, Southern Leyte	1,474	about 1,208	about 1.22 km²	1.81% a year	Rural
69	Pob. District ISilago, Southern Leyte	1,437	about 542	about 2.65 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
70	BuenavistaBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,434	about 649	about 2.21 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
71	FatimaLiloan, Southern Leyte	1,429	about 2,041	about 0.70 km²	10.59% a year	Rural
72	Tunga-tungaMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,429	about 7,039	about 0.203 km²	−7.22% a year	Urban
73	MagatasSogod, Southern Leyte	1,428	about 910	about 1.57 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
74	Panan-awanMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,421	about 580	about 2.45 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
75	CatublianHinunangan, Southern Leyte	1,418	about 579	about 2.45 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
76	BadiangMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,411	about 437	about 3.23 km²	2.67% a year	Rural
77	Lib-ogMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,396	about 582	about 2.40 km²	−2.93% a year	Rural
78	MahayahayMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,381	about 946	about 1.46 km²	2.96% a year	Rural
79	PanianSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,336	about 343	about 3.90 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
80	TinagoTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	1,327	about 1,484	about 0.894 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
81	PakuBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,323	about 410	about 3.23 km²	3.27% a year	Rural
82	MayugaLibagon, Southern Leyte	1,310	about 132	about 9.93 km²	1.94% a year	Rural
83	IlagLiloan, Southern Leyte	1,308	about 346	about 3.78 km²	−1.78% a year	Rural
84	OtikonLibagon, Southern Leyte	1,301	about 177	about 7.33 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
85	Esperanza DosSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	1,298	about 420	about 3.09 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
86	CabulihanMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,297	about 882	about 1.47 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
87	LugsonganLimasawa, Southern Leyte	1,292	about 2,410	about 0.536 km²	1.75% a year	Rural
88	SubaSogod, Southern Leyte	1,288	about 610	about 2.11 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
89	MahayahayBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,287	about 499	about 2.58 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
90	LipantoSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,281	about 187	about 6.84 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
91	BilibolMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,274	about 522	about 2.44 km²	3.70% a year	Rural
92	BasakSan Juan, Southern Leyte	1,267	about 2,612	about 0.485 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
93	San RamonBontoc, Southern Leyte	1,267	about 1,871	about 0.677 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
94	CabagawanSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,266	about 418	about 3.03 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
95	CentralSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	1,263	about 5,155	about 0.245 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
96	RizalMacrohon, Southern Leyte	1,257	about 924	about 1.36 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
97	San IsidroSogod, Southern Leyte	1,256	about 388	about 3.24 km²	1.99% a year	Rural
98	TalisayLibagon, Southern Leyte	1,247	about 705	about 1.77 km²	2.92% a year	Rural
99	CaliganganLiloan, Southern Leyte	1,246	about 175	about 7.12 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
100	GakatLibagon, Southern Leyte	1,244	about 65	about 19.15 km²	0.51% 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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