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, 1,251 to 1,300 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,251	MacalpiayPastrana, Leyte	500	about 327	about 1.53 km²	3.97% a year	Rural
1,252	San PedroJaro, Leyte	500	about 153	about 3.27 km²	7.56% a year	Rural
1,253	Kangha-asHilongos, Leyte	498	about 479	about 1.04 km²	3.35% a year	Rural
1,254	TalinhugonDagami, Leyte	498	about 956	about 0.521 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
1,255	CabariwanDagami, Leyte	497	about 549	about 0.906 km²	−2.19% a year	Rural
1,256	KalaoBurauen, Leyte	497	about 111	about 4.47 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
1,257	NebgaAbuyog, Leyte	495	about 110	about 4.48 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
1,258	Barangay 53Tacloban City, Leyte	494	about 19,073	about 0.0259 km²	−0.57% a year	Rural
1,259	CapudlosanMacarthur, Leyte	494	about 176	about 2.80 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
1,260	Catandog 2Hilongos, Leyte	494	about 1,520	about 0.325 km²	5.70% a year	Rural
1,261	GuindapunanPastrana, Leyte	494	about 503	about 0.983 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
1,262	HinaguimitanMahaplag, Leyte	494	about 21	about 23.30 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
1,263	AmanluranTanauan, Leyte	492	about 324	about 1.52 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
1,264	Poblacion District VIIIBurauen, Leyte	492	about 10,314	about 0.0477 km²	−6.67% a year	Urban
1,265	RoxasBurauen, Leyte	492	about 24	about 20.35 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
1,266	OrmocayDagami, Leyte	490	about 215	about 2.28 km²	−4.39% a year	Rural
1,267	LowanMatalom, Leyte	488	about 21	about 23.63 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
1,268	Bagaba-oLeyte, Leyte	487	about 77	about 6.33 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
1,269	BarasTanauan, Leyte	485	about 636	about 0.762 km²	2.99% a year	Rural
1,270	GubangBaybay City, Leyte	485	about 480	about 1.01 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
1,271	CanfabiCarigara, Leyte	484	about 544	about 0.889 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
1,272	VictoryBabatngon, Leyte	483	about 132	about 3.67 km²	−6.10% a year	Rural
1,273	BaldozaHindang, Leyte	481	about 115	about 4.18 km²	6.49% a year	Rural
1,274	CarayeJavier, Leyte	481	about 9	about 56.44 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
1,275	San FranciscoVillaba, Leyte	479	about 159	about 3.02 km²	−3.47% a year	Rural
1,276	DumaragPastrana, Leyte	478	about 330	about 1.45 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
1,277	KatipunanBato, Leyte	478	about 202	about 2.37 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
1,278	BonifacioJulita, Leyte	477	about 293	about 1.63 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
1,279	District 3Pastrana, Leyte	472	about 4,411	about 0.107 km²	−5.78% a year	Rural
1,280	LikodJaro, Leyte	472	about 213	about 2.22 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
1,281	HinabayInopacan, Leyte	471	about 137	about 3.43 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
1,282	TagkipDagami, Leyte	471	about 98	about 4.79 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
1,283	AnahawHindang, Leyte	470	about 172	about 2.74 km²	4.58% a year	Rural
1,284	Can-angayInopacan, Leyte	468	about 179	about 2.61 km²	−7.88% a year	Rural
1,285	Tin-aoDagami, Leyte	467	about 217	about 2.15 km²	−3.97% a year	Rural
1,286	VictoriaSanta Fe, Leyte	467	about 261	about 1.79 km²	−9.59% a year	Rural
1,287	BadiangaySanta Fe, Leyte	466	about 385	about 1.21 km²	−10.73% a year	Rural
1,288	CancarajaPastrana, Leyte	466	about 152	about 3.06 km²	−1.44% a year	Rural
1,289	CandaoDulag, Leyte	466	about 5,438	about 0.0857 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
1,290	HinapolanAlangalang, Leyte	466	about 317	about 1.47 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
1,291	CauswaganMacarthur, Leyte	465	about 237	about 1.96 km²	−1.63% a year	Rural
1,292	Lusad Pob.Dagami, Leyte	464	about 4,218	about 0.11 km²	−8.04% a year	Rural
1,293	BuriJaro, Leyte	463	about 204	about 2.27 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
1,294	HalabaPastrana, Leyte	463	about 151	about 3.07 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
1,295	MatalotoLeyte, Leyte	461	about 91	about 5.07 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
1,296	San IgnacioKananga, Leyte	461	about 145	about 3.18 km²	4.81% a year	Rural
1,297	BahayAbuyog, Leyte	458	about 152	about 3.02 km²	7.18% a year	Rural
1,298	CasulonganJavier, Leyte	457	about 598	about 0.764 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
1,299	Lubi-lubiLa Paz, Leyte	457	about 2,626	about 0.174 km²	−5.90% a year	Rural
1,300	BongtodLa Paz, Leyte	456	about 180	about 2.53 km²	−0.10% 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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