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, 1,101 to 1,150 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,101	RiversideMatag-Ob, Leyte	610	about 2,111	about 0.289 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
1,102	LibertadTacloban City, Leyte	609	about 1,620	about 0.376 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
1,103	San VicenteMatalom, Leyte	609	about 107	about 5.67 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
1,104	ZacaritoBaybay City, Leyte	609	about 198	about 3.07 km²	3.96% a year	Rural
1,105	AmpihanonBaybay City, Leyte	608	about 143	about 4.24 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
1,106	BalaoBaybay City, Leyte	607	about 194	about 3.13 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
1,107	Barangay 42Tacloban City, Leyte	607	about 32,460	about 0.0187 km²	−4.95% a year	Rural
1,108	BukidJaro, Leyte	607	about 295	about 2.06 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
1,109	Palale 1Macarthur, Leyte	607	about 613	about 0.991 km²	−4.36% a year	Rural
1,110	PangeJaro, Leyte	607	about 379	about 1.60 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
1,111	LukayBabatngon, Leyte	606	about 279	about 2.17 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
1,112	LourdesPastrana, Leyte	604	about 525	about 1.15 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
1,113	MaghulodTanauan, Leyte	604	about 689	about 0.876 km²	3.04% a year	Rural
1,114	NagaBato, Leyte	604	about 313	about 1.93 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
1,115	Lower SogodCarigara, Leyte	603	about 585	about 1.03 km²	−0.74% a year	Rural
1,116	Barangay 58Tacloban City, Leyte	602	about 20,407	about 0.0295 km²	1.84% a year	Rural
1,117	CombisAbuyog, Leyte	602	about 119	about 5.08 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
1,118	ParasanJaro, Leyte	602	about 247	about 2.44 km²	2.37% a year	Rural
1,119	San JuanMatalom, Leyte	602	about 112	about 5.39 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
1,120	BulakMatag-Ob, Leyte	601	about 185	about 3.24 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
1,121	MahagnaoBurauen, Leyte	600	about 33	about 18.06 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
1,122	BugabugaVillaba, Leyte	599	about 137	about 4.36 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
1,123	Poblacion Dist. IIIBarugo, Leyte	599	about 2,178	about 0.275 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
1,124	TigbaoCarigara, Leyte	599	about 248	about 2.42 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
1,125	KikiloAbuyog, Leyte	597	about 35	about 16.88 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
1,126	Guindapunan WestCarigara, Leyte	596	about 9,356	about 0.0637 km²	−2.98% a year	Rural
1,127	MapgapBaybay City, Leyte	596	about 183	about 3.26 km²	−2.63% a year	Rural
1,128	AgutayanHilongos, Leyte	595	about 123	about 4.83 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
1,129	PlaridelPalompon, Leyte	595	about 447	about 1.33 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
1,130	San AntonioMacarthur, Leyte	595	about 290	about 2.05 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
1,131	CaluctoganDagami, Leyte	591	about 422	about 1.40 km²	−2.47% a year	Rural
1,132	San IsidroHilongos, Leyte	591	about 97	about 6.07 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
1,133	Poblacion Zone 17Baybay City, Leyte	590	about 15,526	about 0.038 km²	−1.78% a year	Rural
1,134	Taglibas ImeldaMatalom, Leyte	590	about 333	about 1.77 km²	1.61% a year	Rural
1,135	MaricumPastrana, Leyte	587	about 272	about 2.16 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
1,136	ParasanonAbuyog, Leyte	587	about 126	about 4.67 km²	2.34% a year	Rural
1,137	Picas SurAbuyog, Leyte	587	about 108	about 5.45 km²	3.92% a year	Rural
1,138	Poblacion Zone 21Baybay City, Leyte	587	about 10,558	about 0.0556 km²	−1.98% a year	Rural
1,139	LabticCalubian, Leyte	586	about 480	about 1.22 km²	1.40% a year	Rural
1,140	Villa MagsaysayBabatngon, Leyte	586	about 40	about 14.68 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
1,141	Sta. Mesa Pob.Dagami, Leyte	585	about 3,197	about 0.183 km²	−0.92% a year	Rural
1,142	Poblacion District IIBabatngon, Leyte	584	about 3,395	about 0.172 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
1,143	TadocAbuyog, Leyte	584	about 262	about 2.23 km²	3.21% a year	Rural
1,144	LinaoTanauan, Leyte	583	about 663	about 0.879 km²	4.31% a year	Rural
1,145	Sabang DaguitanDulag, Leyte	583	about 857	about 0.68 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
1,146	GamayBurauen, Leyte	581	about 492	about 1.18 km²	5.27% a year	Rural
1,147	MaragongdongDagami, Leyte	581	about 283	about 2.05 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
1,148	Barangay 52Tacloban City, Leyte	579	about 13,041	about 0.0444 km²	−0.61% a year	Urban
1,149	Palid IILeyte, Leyte	579	about 109	about 5.33 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
1,150	ApidInopacan, Leyte	578	about 1,284	about 0.45 km²	−1.40% 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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