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, 1,301 to 1,350 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,301	CambadbadMatag-Ob, Leyte	456	about 67	about 6.82 km²	−2.04% a year	Rural
1,302	Gimiranat EastLa Paz, Leyte	456	about 314	about 1.45 km²	−5.05% a year	Rural
1,303	Camono-anDagami, Leyte	454	about 76	about 5.96 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
1,304	LuntadPalo, Leyte	453	about 6,398	about 0.0708 km²	−0.05% a year	Urban
1,305	PasilTanauan, Leyte	453	about 306	about 1.48 km²	2.42% a year	Rural
1,306	SapaBaybay City, Leyte	451	about 13	about 33.60 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
1,307	CadahunanBurauen, Leyte	450	about 150	about 3.00 km²	3.56% a year	Rural
1,308	CalsadahayBurauen, Leyte	449	about 226	about 1.99 km²	4.89% a year	Rural
1,309	VictoriaDagami, Leyte	449	about 244	about 1.84 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
1,310	BadiangJaro, Leyte	448	about 112	about 4.01 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
1,311	Barangay 102Tacloban City, Leyte	448	about 390	about 1.15 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
1,312	BidlinanBaybay City, Leyte	447	about 162	about 2.76 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
1,313	CanejaCalubian, Leyte	447	about 494	about 0.904 km²	3.39% a year	Rural
1,314	San AgustinBato, Leyte	447	about 207	about 2.16 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
1,315	TolosahayJulita, Leyte	446	about 262	about 1.70 km²	2.71% a year	Rural
1,316	PetrolioCalubian, Leyte	442	about 178	about 2.49 km²	−1.81% a year	Rural
1,317	Barangay 59-BTacloban City, Leyte	441	about 7,136	about 0.0618 km²	−9.70% a year	Rural
1,318	San AndresJulita, Leyte	439	about 466	about 0.943 km²	1.65% a year	Rural
1,319	CaanislaganDagami, Leyte	438	about 350	about 1.25 km²	3.14% a year	Rural
1,320	MarceloBato, Leyte	438	about 239	about 1.83 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
1,321	CamporogVillaba, Leyte	437	about 111	about 3.95 km²	0.33% a year	Urban
1,322	Sto. DomingoDagami, Leyte	437	about 213	about 2.05 km²	6.51% a year	Rural
1,323	CabaohanPastrana, Leyte	436	about 190	about 2.30 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
1,324	Barangay 103-ATacloban City, Leyte	435	about 46	about 9.40 km²	3.89% a year	Rural
1,325	Los MartiresDagami, Leyte	432	about 248	about 1.74 km²	17.57% a year	Rural
1,326	PlaridelBato, Leyte	432	about 277	about 1.56 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
1,327	BantaganTanauan, Leyte	430	about 387	about 1.11 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
1,328	Barangay 20Tacloban City, Leyte	430	about 14,777	about 0.0291 km²	0.51% a year	Urban
1,329	HilabagoDagami, Leyte	430	about 303	about 1.42 km²	−2.75% a year	Rural
1,330	Barangay 2Tacloban City, Leyte	428	about 3,170	about 0.135 km²	2.64% a year	Rural
1,331	CanbañezLa Paz, Leyte	425	about 182	about 2.33 km²	−6.72% a year	Rural
1,332	San JuanCarigara, Leyte	424	about 331	about 1.28 km²	2.99% a year	Rural
1,333	Barangay 5-ATacloban City, Leyte	423	about 17,552	about 0.0241 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
1,334	MasabaMatag-Ob, Leyte	423	about 45	about 9.47 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
1,335	Poblacion Zone 11Baybay City, Leyte	422	about 8,356	about 0.0505 km²	−5.57% a year	Urban
1,336	HapunanBurauen, Leyte	421	about 141	about 2.99 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
1,337	ImeldaBato, Leyte	420	about 350	about 1.20 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
1,338	PepitaAlangalang, Leyte	419	about 355	about 1.18 km²	9.23% a year	Rural
1,339	DulaoCalubian, Leyte	418	about 187	about 2.24 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
1,340	AradoDulag, Leyte	417	about 326	about 1.28 km²	−2.17% a year	Rural
1,341	Sampao West Pob.Dagami, Leyte	415	about 1,487	about 0.279 km²	5.65% a year	Rural
1,342	TaruganLa Paz, Leyte	415	about 78	about 5.33 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
1,343	HinagbuanPalompon, Leyte	414	about 85	about 4.88 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
1,344	CalutanDagami, Leyte	413	about 505	about 0.818 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
1,345	Barangay 60-ATacloban City, Leyte	412	about 11,476	about 0.0359 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
1,346	Lawa-anAbuyog, Leyte	412	about 242	about 1.70 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
1,347	AslumJulita, Leyte	410	about 943	about 0.435 km²	4.37% a year	Rural
1,348	Himokilan IslandHindang, Leyte	410	about 506	about 0.811 km²	−5.67% a year	Rural
1,349	ImeldaMatag-Ob, Leyte	409	about 755	about 0.542 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
1,350	Cabarasan GutiTanauan, Leyte	407	about 295	about 1.38 km²	0.00% 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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