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]

Open Leyte

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, 951 to 1,000 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
951	CapilianAbuyog, Leyte	744	about 147	about 5.05 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
952	TinghubVillaba, Leyte	743	about 223	about 3.33 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
953	MagayTanauan, Leyte	741	about 1,876	about 0.395 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
954	LimburanBurauen, Leyte	740	about 622	about 1.19 km²	3.43% a year	Rural
955	San RoqueJaro, Leyte	740	about 292	about 2.53 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
956	TabangohayAlangalang, Leyte	740	about 90	about 8.24 km²	3.86% a year	Rural
957	Barangay 50-ATacloban City, Leyte	736	about 65,133	about 0.0113 km²	2.65% a year	Rural
958	LuanDulag, Leyte	735	about 744	about 0.988 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
959	San Jose WestBurauen, Leyte	734	about 524	about 1.40 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
960	Poblacion District VBurauen, Leyte	731	about 19,918	about 0.0367 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
961	TagnateHilongos, Leyte	731	about 219	about 3.34 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
962	VillahermosaCalubian, Leyte	730	about 658	about 1.11 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
963	LimbaLa Paz, Leyte	728	about 707	about 1.03 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
964	PlaridelDagami, Leyte	727	about 211	about 3.45 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
965	San IsidroMerida, Leyte	727	about 93	about 7.78 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
966	Barangay 69Tacloban City, Leyte	726	about 1,921	about 0.378 km²	−8.19% a year	Rural
967	BulakAbuyog, Leyte	726	about 94	about 7.70 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
968	GayadCapoocan, Leyte	725	about 276	about 2.63 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
969	MalaguinabotSan Miguel, Leyte	725	about 363	about 2.00 km²	−2.85% a year	Rural
970	RizalDagami, Leyte	725	about 127	about 5.71 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
971	BisligCarigara, Leyte	724	about 434	about 1.67 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
972	RizalLa Paz, Leyte	724	about 726	about 0.997 km²	3.47% a year	Rural
973	BiliboyOrmoc City, Leyte	722	about 238	about 3.03 km²	−2.31% a year	Rural
974	Puting BatoIsabel, Leyte	722	about 85	about 8.49 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
975	BiasongBaybay City, Leyte	721	about 273	about 2.64 km²	4.84% a year	Rural
976	OsmeñaMacarthur, Leyte	720	about 298	about 2.42 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
977	AmagosBato, Leyte	718	about 247	about 2.91 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
978	BurakTolosa, Leyte	718	about 1,054	about 0.681 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
979	San Francisco EastAlangalang, Leyte	718	about 308	about 2.33 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
980	RomualdezDulag, Leyte	716	about 555	about 1.29 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
981	CampinaHilongos, Leyte	715	about 393	about 1.82 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
982	AnonangBurauen, Leyte	714	about 26	about 27.69 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
983	Poblacion Zone 4Baybay City, Leyte	712	about 11,502	about 0.0619 km²	−3.13% a year	Rural
984	TolibaoCapoocan, Leyte	710	about 276	about 2.57 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
985	Santo DomingoKananga, Leyte	709	about 175	about 4.05 km²	4.80% a year	Rural
986	Andres BonifacioJavier, Leyte	708	about 315	about 2.25 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
987	Sta. CruzJulita, Leyte	708	about 502	about 1.41 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
988	Santa CruzTanauan, Leyte	708	about 545	about 1.30 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
989	CanbalisaraTanauan, Leyte	707	about 866	about 0.816 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
990	GuindaohanBarugo, Leyte	706	about 358	about 1.97 km²	−1.03% a year	Rural
991	BalireBarugo, Leyte	705	about 346	about 2.04 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
992	BuriBurauen, Leyte	705	about 560	about 1.26 km²	−5.33% a year	Rural
993	WilsonMayorga, Leyte	705	about 325	about 2.17 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
994	CansiboyBurauen, Leyte	703	about 352	about 2.00 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
995	Bagong SilangBabatngon, Leyte	702	about 505	about 1.39 km²	−10.62% a year	Rural
996	MagaswiOrmoc City, Leyte	702	about 122	about 5.76 km²	−0.57% a year	Rural
997	MagsaysayDulag, Leyte	702	about 371	about 1.89 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
998	HitoogMatalom, Leyte	701	about 143	about 4.89 km²	−3.06% a year	Rural
999	HiguloanBaybay City, Leyte	700	about 201	about 3.48 km²	5.59% a year	Rural
1,000	CalipayanDulag, Leyte	698	about 873	about 0.80 km²	−0.44% 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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