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, 1,201 to 1,250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,201	District 1Pastrana, Leyte	541	about 4,546	about 0.119 km²	10.33% a year	Rural
1,202	Poblacion Zone 2Baybay City, Leyte	541	about 7,762	about 0.0697 km²	−4.66% a year	Rural
1,203	San MiguelaySanta Fe, Leyte	541	about 112	about 4.81 km²	5.72% a year	Rural
1,204	SapsapPastrana, Leyte	540	about 505	about 1.07 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
1,205	SulpaVillaba, Leyte	539	about 257	about 2.10 km²	−9.60% a year	Rural
1,206	Tag-abacaLeyte, Leyte	538	about 52	about 10.31 km²	−3.49% a year	Rural
1,207	CanapuanJaro, Leyte	534	about 228	about 2.34 km²	−3.52% a year	Rural
1,208	TabuanonBurauen, Leyte	534	about 204	about 2.62 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
1,209	BacongBabatngon, Leyte	533	about 77	about 6.95 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
1,210	NipaCalubian, Leyte	532	about 4,030	about 0.132 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
1,211	TalisayMatag-Ob, Leyte	532	about 2,474	about 0.215 km²	−3.30% a year	Rural
1,212	DukaBarugo, Leyte	529	about 192	about 2.75 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
1,213	JusonCalubian, Leyte	527	about 536	about 0.984 km²	7.22% a year	Rural
1,214	VeteranosAlangalang, Leyte	527	about 83	about 6.35 km²	−3.82% a year	Rural
1,215	CaroyocanCalubian, Leyte	526	about 262	about 2.01 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
1,216	SocsoconPastrana, Leyte	525	about 330	about 1.59 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
1,217	CaduhaanPalompon, Leyte	524	about 146	about 3.59 km²	−1.83% a year	Rural
1,218	Central 1Palompon, Leyte	523	about 6,731	about 0.0777 km²	−2.65% a year	Rural
1,219	GutosanCalubian, Leyte	522	about 1,621	about 0.322 km²	−1.71% a year	Rural
1,220	San JuanMahaplag, Leyte	522	about 53	about 9.92 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
1,221	MalaguinabotBurauen, Leyte	521	about 162	about 3.22 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
1,222	District III Pob.Tabontabon, Leyte	520	about 949	about 0.548 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
1,223	SampaguitaDagami, Leyte	518	about 428	about 1.21 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
1,224	Villa CorazonBurauen, Leyte	518	about 63	about 8.27 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
1,225	Don Potenciano LarrazabalOrmoc City, Leyte	517	about 219	about 2.36 km²	−9.72% a year	Rural
1,226	GuinadionganCapoocan, Leyte	517	about 304	about 1.70 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
1,227	ImeldaTolosa, Leyte	517	about 2,228	about 0.232 km²	−3.00% a year	Rural
1,228	PitogoBarugo, Leyte	517	about 174	about 2.97 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
1,229	Poblacion Zone 20Baybay City, Leyte	517	about 15,251	about 0.0339 km²	−5.72% a year	Rural
1,230	San RoqueBarugo, Leyte	517	about 529	about 0.977 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
1,231	CatooganSanta Fe, Leyte	516	about 267	about 1.93 km²	−5.77% a year	Rural
1,232	CamansiMayorga, Leyte	515	about 373	about 1.38 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
1,233	BanayonDagami, Leyte	514	about 418	about 1.23 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
1,234	CatagbacanVillaba, Leyte	514	about 99	about 5.20 km²	−1.95% a year	Rural
1,235	Del CarmenDulag, Leyte	514	about 248	about 2.07 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
1,236	AmbacanBaybay City, Leyte	513	about 266	about 1.93 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
1,237	SantolAlangalang, Leyte	513	about 120	about 4.28 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
1,238	EfeCalubian, Leyte	512	about 1,759	about 0.291 km²	2.34% a year	Rural
1,239	DomogdogBarugo, Leyte	509	about 1,203	about 0.423 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
1,240	Barangay 75Tacloban City, Leyte	508	about 3,409	about 0.149 km²	0.33% a year	Urban
1,241	HibunawonJaro, Leyte	507	about 130	about 3.90 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
1,242	HinabuyanDagami, Leyte	506	about 256	about 1.98 km²	−7.86% a year	Rural
1,243	MalpagSan Miguel, Leyte	504	about 205	about 2.46 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
1,244	PansaganBaybay City, Leyte	504	about 155	about 3.26 km²	−1.60% a year	Rural
1,245	LibertyBato, Leyte	503	about 107	about 4.69 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
1,246	Cadac-anAbuyog, Leyte	502	about 230	about 2.18 km²	2.39% a year	Rural
1,247	AnibongonAbuyog, Leyte	501	about 36	about 14.06 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
1,248	Lower HiraanCarigara, Leyte	501	about 592	about 0.846 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
1,249	San AndresSan Miguel, Leyte	501	about 305	about 1.64 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
1,250	TagadtaranBurauen, Leyte	501	about 155	about 3.23 km²	2.07% 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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