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, 1,351 to 1,400 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,351	IbagBarugo, Leyte	407	about 77	about 5.26 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
1,352	PatongPastrana, Leyte	407	about 230	about 1.77 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
1,353	MontericoBaybay City, Leyte	406	about 39	about 10.40 km²	−3.15% a year	Rural
1,354	Old TaligueAbuyog, Leyte	406	about 38	about 10.71 km²	−2.23% a year	Rural
1,355	Poblacion Zone 15Baybay City, Leyte	406	about 12,192	about 0.0333 km²	−13.69% a year	Urban
1,356	AradoTanauan, Leyte	404	about 277	about 1.46 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
1,357	BagacayAbuyog, Leyte	404	about 57	about 7.07 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
1,358	AdaTanauan, Leyte	403	about 711	about 0.567 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
1,359	Barangay 45Tacloban City, Leyte	403	about 11,041	about 0.0365 km²	12.02% a year	Rural
1,360	Bias ZabalaJaro, Leyte	403	about 160	about 2.52 km²	−1.32% a year	Rural
1,361	HilagpadTanauan, Leyte	403	about 562	about 0.717 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
1,362	NaliwatanJavier, Leyte	401	about 119	about 3.38 km²	−3.49% a year	Rural
1,363	Market SiteDulag, Leyte	399	about 5,051	about 0.079 km²	−0.24% a year	Urban
1,364	WaterlooMatalom, Leyte	399	about 400	about 0.997 km²	−7.29% a year	Rural
1,365	ToloyaoBurauen, Leyte	398	about 234	about 1.70 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
1,366	PopontonDagami, Leyte	397	about 351	about 1.13 km²	−3.06% a year	Rural
1,367	BatugJaro, Leyte	396	about 137	about 2.90 km²	−2.71% a year	Rural
1,368	BinoloTanauan, Leyte	394	about 334	about 1.18 km²	−1.18% a year	Rural
1,369	AnislaganCalubian, Leyte	393	about 92	about 4.25 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
1,370	KatipunanHindang, Leyte	393	about 144	about 2.73 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
1,371	Cambula DistrictDulag, Leyte	392	about 1,600	about 0.245 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
1,372	NauguisanCapoocan, Leyte	392	about 576	about 0.68 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
1,373	CaanislaganBurauen, Leyte	391	about 121	about 3.22 km²	2.21% a year	Rural
1,374	San VicenteVillaba, Leyte	390	about 215	about 1.81 km²	2.84% a year	Rural
1,375	MagsaysayJavier, Leyte	387	about 166	about 2.33 km²	3.52% a year	Rural
1,376	PatagBurauen, Leyte	387	about 65	about 5.96 km²	2.72% a year	Rural
1,377	HimacugoHindang, Leyte	386	about 79	about 4.86 km²	3.16% a year	Rural
1,378	MohonTabontabon, Leyte	386	about 345	about 1.12 km²	2.24% a year	Rural
1,379	CamitocDulag, Leyte	385	about 385	about 1.00 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
1,380	Guinsanga-anInopacan, Leyte	385	about 438	about 0.88 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
1,381	CaltayanLa Paz, Leyte	382	about 150	about 2.54 km²	1.43% a year	Rural
1,382	Hinablayan Pob.Palompon, Leyte	382	about 4,879	about 0.0783 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
1,383	Barangay 5Tacloban City, Leyte	381	about 13,511	about 0.0282 km²	4.43% a year	Rural
1,384	BlumentrittAlangalang, Leyte	381	about 3,981	about 0.0957 km²	−2.59% a year	Rural
1,385	CandagaraDagami, Leyte	381	about 75	about 5.05 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
1,386	AlegriaJulita, Leyte	380	about 186	about 2.04 km²	−2.03% a year	Rural
1,387	MahayahayBaybay City, Leyte	380	about 177	about 2.15 km²	3.97% a year	Rural
1,388	Cabaon-anOrmoc City, Leyte	379	about 118	about 3.20 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
1,389	PoblacionCalubian, Leyte	379	about 11,734	about 0.0323 km²	3.76% a year	Rural
1,390	RivillaBato, Leyte	379	about 168	about 2.25 km²	3.08% a year	Rural
1,391	Santo NiñoBato, Leyte	379	about 159	about 2.39 km²	2.93% a year	Rural
1,392	DigahunganDagami, Leyte	378	about 374	about 1.01 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
1,393	Santo NiñoHilongos, Leyte	378	about 86	about 4.39 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
1,394	Matin-aoBurauen, Leyte	377	about 41	about 9.24 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
1,395	BunacanCalubian, Leyte	376	about 7,689	about 0.0489 km²	−10.20% a year	Rural
1,396	HupitAlangalang, Leyte	376	about 127	about 2.96 km²	−16.26% a year	Rural
1,397	Cabonga-anTanauan, Leyte	375	about 466	about 0.805 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
1,398	InawanganJulita, Leyte	375	about 378	about 0.991 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
1,399	PangdanBurauen, Leyte	373	about 713	about 0.523 km²	−3.62% a year	Rural
1,400	San AntonioHilongos, Leyte	373	about 7	about 54.48 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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