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

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,251	Napuro IISanta Margarita, Samar	1,172	about 365	about 3.21 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
1,252	Rizal IBabatngon, Leyte	1,172	about 205	about 5.73 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
1,253	ConsolacionSogod, Southern Leyte	1,171	about 1,647	about 0.711 km²	1.49% a year	Rural
1,254	MalobagoDolores, Eastern Samar	1,171	about 143	about 8.19 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
1,255	San AgustinPalo, Leyte	1,171	about 697	about 1.68 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
1,256	Caglanipao SurCalbayog City, Samar	1,170	about 106	about 10.99 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
1,257	LicodTanauan, Leyte	1,170	about 10,636	about 0.11 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
1,258	Barangay Poblacion 1Lawaan, Eastern Samar	1,168	about 4,970	about 0.235 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
1,259	Burabod IIGandara, Samar	1,168	about 5,929	about 0.197 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
1,260	MalobagoJaro, Leyte	1,168	about 570	about 2.05 km²	7.77% a year	Rural
1,261	PutongSan Julian, Eastern Samar	1,167	about 14	about 81.45 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
1,262	Santo NiñoMatalom, Leyte	1,166	about 9,636	about 0.121 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
1,263	Mada-oKawayan, Biliran	1,165	about 132	about 8.84 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
1,264	BuenavistaSan Isidro, Northern Samar	1,163	about 1,666	about 0.698 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
1,265	Can-unzoMerida, Leyte	1,163	about 373	about 3.12 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
1,266	CiaboBaybay City, Leyte	1,163	about 417	about 2.79 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
1,267	HonanIsabel, Leyte	1,163	about 261	about 4.46 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
1,268	MatangaAlmeria, Biliran	1,163	about 522	about 2.23 km²	2.43% a year	Rural
1,269	TigbaoMatalom, Leyte	1,162	about 221	about 5.25 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
1,270	EstakaCatbalogan City, Samar	1,161	about 2,268	about 0.512 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
1,271	BuntayDagami, Leyte	1,160	about 340	about 3.41 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
1,272	PoblacionKawayan, Biliran	1,160	about 644	about 1.80 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
1,273	CantandoyPalompon, Leyte	1,158	about 244	about 4.74 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
1,274	BolodbolodSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,157	about 395	about 2.93 km²	−2.30% a year	Rural
1,275	Poblacion District IVJulita, Leyte	1,157	about 646	about 1.79 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
1,276	San GabrielBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,157	about 6	about 179.23 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
1,277	BaculodHinundayan, Southern Leyte	1,156	about 709	about 1.63 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
1,278	LibertadCapoocan, Leyte	1,156	about 468	about 2.47 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
1,279	OsmeñaBato, Leyte	1,155	about 362	about 3.19 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
1,280	Poblacion Dist. VIBarugo, Leyte	1,155	about 955	about 1.21 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
1,281	Poblacion Zone 2Mayorga, Leyte	1,155	about 672	about 1.72 km²	−2.49% a year	Rural
1,282	Cabato-anDulag, Leyte	1,154	about 774	about 1.49 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
1,283	Casab-ahanGandara, Samar	1,154	about 309	about 3.73 km²	4.46% a year	Rural
1,284	Poblacion 3Paranas, Samar	1,154	about 22,539	about 0.0512 km²	2.01% a year	Rural
1,285	BuliBato, Leyte	1,153	about 201	about 5.73 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
1,286	ObayanPinabacdao, Samar	1,153	about 571	about 2.02 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
1,287	Palale 2Macarthur, Leyte	1,153	about 977	about 1.18 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
1,288	MawacatCalbayog City, Samar	1,152	about 105	about 10.95 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
1,289	CoticotGiporlos, Eastern Samar	1,151	about 264	about 4.36 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
1,290	Pancho VillaSogod, Southern Leyte	1,151	about 187	about 6.17 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
1,291	Gamay Oriental IGamay, Northern Samar	1,150	about 10,648	about 0.108 km²	−4.48% a year	Rural
1,292	Santo Niño IIHinunangan, Southern Leyte	1,150	about 274	about 4.19 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
1,293	TamarindoAlmeria, Biliran	1,149	about 393	about 2.92 km²	−2.21% a year	Rural
1,294	Pa-aHilongos, Leyte	1,148	about 212	about 5.41 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
1,295	MacalpiCarigara, Leyte	1,147	about 413	about 2.78 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
1,296	General Antonio LunaMayorga, Leyte	1,146	about 519	about 2.21 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
1,297	InasuyanKawayan, Biliran	1,145	about 651	about 1.76 km²	−0.35% a year	Rural
1,298	RizalDaram, Samar	1,143	about 728	about 1.57 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
1,299	CalipayanDagami, Leyte	1,142	about 514	about 2.22 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
1,300	JuangonMalitbog, Southern Leyte	1,141	about 215	about 5.30 km²	0.06% 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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