The Atlas

Barangays in Eastern Visayas

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 Visayas

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, at a glance

Barangays: 4,365^[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: 4,625,929^[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: 263 urban^[4]; 4,102 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: Camonoan^[6]; Matuguinao, Samar; about 269.78 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: Zone 3^{[5, 7]}; San Roque, Northern Samar; 17.12% 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: 1,723 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.

4,365 barangays, 951 to 1,000 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
951	TalisayCatarman, Northern Samar	1,408	about 17,087	about 0.0824 km²	−3.00% a year	Rural
952	District IVJaro, Leyte	1,407	about 13,529	about 0.104 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
953	SiladVillaba, Leyte	1,407	about 813	about 1.73 km²	−3.30% a year	Urban
954	NgolosGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,406	about 228	about 6.17 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
955	Poblacion Zone 18Baybay City, Leyte	1,406	about 8,034	about 0.175 km²	−2.98% a year	Rural
956	SuluanGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,406	about 294	about 4.78 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
957	Barangay 6-ATacloban City, Leyte	1,405	about 36,399	about 0.0386 km²	−1.67% a year	Rural
958	PatongCalbiga, Samar	1,405	about 496	about 2.83 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
959	TabuDulag, Leyte	1,405	about 560	about 2.51 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
960	TarnateSan Vicente, Northern Samar	1,403	about 436	about 3.22 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
961	HampipilaAbuyog, Leyte	1,402	about 107	about 13.10 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
962	KaglawaanJaro, Leyte	1,402	about 525	about 2.67 km²	−3.89% a year	Rural
963	MindaGandara, Samar	1,401	about 1,360	about 1.03 km²	−1.80% a year	Rural
964	Holy Child IAlangalang, Leyte	1,400	about 7,035	about 0.199 km²	−1.50% a year	Rural
965	JaenaBaybay City, Leyte	1,400	about 1,186	about 1.18 km²	11.21% a year	Rural
966	WagueLeyte, Leyte	1,400	about 166	about 8.43 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
967	Santo NiñoCapoocan, Leyte	1,399	about 93	about 15.01 km²	2.74% a year	Rural
968	PayaoVillaba, Leyte	1,398	about 485	about 2.88 km²	6.94% a year	Rural
969	Lat-osanPalompon, Leyte	1,397	about 632	about 2.21 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
970	Can-uguibAbuyog, Leyte	1,396	about 7,587	about 0.184 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
971	Lib-ogMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,396	about 582	about 2.40 km²	−2.93% a year	Rural
972	Barangay 56Tacloban City, Leyte	1,395	about 25,978	about 0.0537 km²	3.86% a year	Rural
973	Doña LuciaMondragon, Northern Samar	1,394	about 877	about 1.59 km²	2.03% a year	Rural
974	MarangogHilongos, Leyte	1,394	about 206	about 6.76 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
975	CasuntinganMacarthur, Leyte	1,393	about 542	about 2.57 km²	1.41% a year	Rural
976	TaloloraPalapag, Northern Samar	1,392	about 752	about 1.85 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
977	HinangudtanSanta Rita, Samar	1,391	about 154	about 9.04 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
978	Mabuligon Pob.Matuguinao, Samar	1,391	about 145	about 9.62 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
979	Poblacion IMotiong, Samar	1,390	about 623	about 2.23 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
980	Barangay 80Tacloban City, Leyte	1,389	about 15,114	about 0.0919 km²	0.83% a year	Urban
981	San RoqueTunga, Leyte	1,389	about 1,094	about 1.27 km²	0.53% a year	Urban
982	CamansiCarigara, Leyte	1,388	about 434	about 3.20 km²	1.70% a year	Rural
983	Doña MariaAlbuera, Leyte	1,388	about 230	about 6.03 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
984	San IsidroZumarraga, Samar	1,388	about 588	about 2.36 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
985	BulaoBasey, Samar	1,387	about 21	about 64.65 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
986	BantianCalbayog City, Samar	1,386	about 316	about 4.39 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
987	CalubianDulag, Leyte	1,385	about 621	about 2.23 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
988	BagteQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	1,384	about 358	about 3.87 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
989	BalilitDagami, Leyte	1,384	about 477	about 2.90 km²	3.65% a year	Rural
990	DomrogGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	1,384	about 201	about 6.88 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
991	BusayBarugo, Leyte	1,383	about 394	about 3.51 km²	9.37% a year	Rural
992	MabuhayMarabut, Samar	1,383	about 174	about 7.96 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
993	San SalvadorMatalom, Leyte	1,382	about 428	about 3.23 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
994	MahayahayMaasin City, Southern Leyte	1,381	about 946	about 1.46 km²	2.96% a year	Rural
995	Lapinig Del SurLapinig, Northern Samar	1,380	about 495	about 2.79 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
996	Poblacion District IIBurauen, Leyte	1,380	about 6,026	about 0.229 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
997	Casab-ahanDaram, Samar	1,379	about 1,489	about 0.926 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
998	Poblacion 2Hindang, Leyte	1,379	about 5,324	about 0.259 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
999	CalaguiseLeyte, Leyte	1,378	about 177	about 7.78 km²	−1.71% a year	Rural
1,000	District IIJaro, Leyte	1,376	about 2,414	about 0.57 km²	0.71% 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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