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, 1,051 to 1,100 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,051	Barangay 72Tacloban City, Leyte	651	about 5,813	about 0.112 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
1,052	Bagong LipunanHilongos, Leyte	650	about 325	about 2.00 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
1,053	PadogaCalubian, Leyte	650	about 725	about 0.897 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
1,054	CapangihanTolosa, Leyte	649	about 191	about 3.39 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
1,055	Picas NorteJavier, Leyte	649	about 408	about 1.59 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
1,056	BalingasagTabontabon, Leyte	647	about 283	about 2.29 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
1,057	TambukoBurauen, Leyte	647	about 404	about 1.60 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
1,058	MaandaLeyte, Leyte	645	about 489	about 1.32 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
1,059	BatugMacarthur, Leyte	643	about 399	about 1.61 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
1,060	DacayDulag, Leyte	643	about 338	about 1.90 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
1,061	MahayagOrmoc City, Leyte	643	about 228	about 2.82 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
1,062	Don LuisCalubian, Leyte	641	about 2,074	about 0.309 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
1,063	Tib-oAbuyog, Leyte	641	about 144	about 4.46 km²	−0.73% a year	Rural
1,064	TapolLeyte, Leyte	639	about 28	about 22.86 km²	−2.69% a year	Rural
1,065	LarayCalubian, Leyte	638	about 206	about 3.09 km²	−3.18% a year	Rural
1,066	RailesCalubian, Leyte	638	about 1,603	about 0.398 km²	13.23% a year	Rural
1,067	HitudpanHilongos, Leyte	636	about 109	about 5.82 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
1,068	Kokoy RomualdezCalubian, Leyte	634	about 170	about 3.73 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
1,069	NaulayanMatag-Ob, Leyte	634	about 470	about 1.35 km²	3.07% a year	Rural
1,070	ElizabethLeyte, Leyte	633	about 219	about 2.89 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
1,071	Lobe-Lobe EastDagami, Leyte	633	about 5,602	about 0.113 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
1,072	BalaoBurauen, Leyte	632	about 183	about 3.46 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
1,073	SolanoTanauan, Leyte	631	about 1,803	about 0.35 km²	2.38% a year	Rural
1,074	CambolaoAlangalang, Leyte	630	about 477	about 1.32 km²	−3.79% a year	Rural
1,075	HimamaaBato, Leyte	630	about 142	about 4.45 km²	−1.47% a year	Rural
1,076	MalobagoCalubian, Leyte	629	about 272	about 2.31 km²	5.11% a year	Rural
1,077	ObispoCalubian, Leyte	629	about 533	about 1.18 km²	−2.57% a year	Rural
1,078	MalaihaoBurauen, Leyte	628	about 132	about 4.76 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
1,079	Bagong LipunanCarigara, Leyte	627	about 407	about 1.54 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
1,080	Sampao East Pob.Dagami, Leyte	627	about 1,587	about 0.395 km²	−2.30% a year	Rural
1,081	Bagacay EastLa Paz, Leyte	625	about 466	about 1.34 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
1,082	San JoseMerida, Leyte	625	about 195	about 3.21 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
1,083	Can-aporongAbuyog, Leyte	624	about 817	about 0.764 km²	3.99% a year	Rural
1,084	CapizAlangalang, Leyte	624	about 134	about 4.64 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
1,085	BelisongTabontabon, Leyte	621	about 383	about 1.62 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
1,086	Tuy-aAbuyog, Leyte	621	about 154	about 4.03 km²	−0.57% a year	Rural
1,087	AnibonganJaro, Leyte	619	about 344	about 1.80 km²	7.05% a year	Rural
1,088	GuingauanTabontabon, Leyte	619	about 424	about 1.46 km²	−2.67% a year	Rural
1,089	San Antonio Pob.Dagami, Leyte	619	about 7,300	about 0.0848 km²	−1.27% a year	Rural
1,090	Holy Child IIAlangalang, Leyte	618	about 7,853	about 0.0787 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
1,091	MagcasuangBabatngon, Leyte	616	about 109	about 5.65 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
1,092	AbuyogayJavier, Leyte	615	about 504	about 1.22 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
1,093	CangagIsabel, Leyte	615	about 145	about 4.23 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
1,094	ManaulHilongos, Leyte	614	about 630	about 0.975 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
1,095	PiloroCarigara, Leyte	614	about 252	about 2.44 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
1,096	CaraycaraySan Miguel, Leyte	613	about 57	about 10.79 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
1,097	Mat-eMerida, Leyte	612	about 572	about 1.07 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
1,098	General RoxasDulag, Leyte	611	about 286	about 2.14 km²	−1.90% a year	Rural
1,099	BanawangTunga, Leyte	610	about 379	about 1.61 km²	4.39% a year	Rural
1,100	Limbuhan DakuTanauan, Leyte	610	about 765	about 0.797 km²	0.20% 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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