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, 1,401 to 1,450 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,401	HitomnogDagami, Leyte	371	about 189	about 1.96 km²	−7.04% a year	Rural
1,402	San IsidroCarigara, Leyte	370	about 209	about 1.77 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
1,403	Cabolo-anBarugo, Leyte	369	about 122	about 3.02 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
1,404	PandaDagami, Leyte	368	about 273	about 1.35 km²	−2.27% a year	Rural
1,405	Barangay 38Tacloban City, Leyte	366	about 15,187	about 0.0241 km²	2.66% a year	Urban
1,406	BalanteJulita, Leyte	365	about 344	about 1.06 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
1,407	TakinBurauen, Leyte	364	about 174	about 2.09 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
1,408	TambisBurauen, Leyte	364	about 71	about 5.11 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
1,409	JalasVillaba, Leyte	363	about 87	about 4.19 km²	−5.67% a year	Rural
1,410	PaitanBurauen, Leyte	363	about 257	about 1.41 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
1,411	ManarugJavier, Leyte	362	about 38	about 9.59 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
1,412	PawaLa Paz, Leyte	362	about 130	about 2.78 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
1,413	Barangay 35-ATacloban City, Leyte	361	about 31,667	about 0.0114 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
1,414	KagbanaBurauen, Leyte	360	about 23	about 15.98 km²	4.14% a year	Rural
1,415	GuadalupeCalubian, Leyte	357	about 76	about 4.70 km²	1.98% a year	Rural
1,416	DumalagBurauen, Leyte	356	about 220	about 1.62 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
1,417	La PazJaro, Leyte	356	about 260	about 1.37 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
1,418	MabiniBato, Leyte	356	about 615	about 0.579 km²	−3.72% a year	Rural
1,419	San DionisioMatag-Ob, Leyte	355	about 71	about 4.97 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
1,420	PansudLa Paz, Leyte	354	about 46	about 7.76 km²	1.70% a year	Rural
1,421	CogonLa Paz, Leyte	352	about 113	about 3.12 km²	−0.67% a year	Rural
1,422	QuiongLa Paz, Leyte	352	about 116	about 3.04 km²	4.93% a year	Rural
1,423	Hugpa EastBurauen, Leyte	351	about 160	about 2.20 km²	5.48% a year	Rural
1,424	Sari-sariJaro, Leyte	350	about 150	about 2.33 km²	8.09% a year	Rural
1,425	TagakCarigara, Leyte	349	about 323	about 1.08 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
1,426	QuezonMacarthur, Leyte	348	about 204	about 1.71 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
1,427	BangcalVillaba, Leyte	346	about 262	about 1.32 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
1,428	SantiagoAlangalang, Leyte	346	about 279	about 1.24 km²	−2.53% a year	Rural
1,429	Cansamada WestDagami, Leyte	345	about 362	about 0.952 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
1,430	CaulisihanInopacan, Leyte	345	about 22	about 15.97 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
1,431	Barangay 51Tacloban City, Leyte	344	about 53,168	about 0.00647 km²	−1.02% a year	Rural
1,432	MacaalangDagami, Leyte	344	about 124	about 2.77 km²	3.42% a year	Rural
1,433	Barangay 47Tacloban City, Leyte	343	about 10,331	about 0.0332 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
1,434	CalabnianLa Paz, Leyte	343	about 363	about 0.944 km²	8.30% a year	Rural
1,435	BarayongCarigara, Leyte	342	about 280	about 1.22 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
1,436	Barangay 48-ATacloban City, Leyte	341	about 14,208	about 0.024 km²	4.48% a year	Rural
1,437	Barangay 73Tacloban City, Leyte	341	about 6,889	about 0.0495 km²	−4.71% a year	Rural
1,438	LarayAbuyog, Leyte	341	about 144	about 2.36 km²	−3.64% a year	Rural
1,439	Matam-isBaybay City, Leyte	341	about 125	about 2.73 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
1,440	KabatuanBaybay City, Leyte	340	about 94	about 3.62 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
1,441	VillagonzoiloJaro, Leyte	340	about 18	about 18.44 km²	3.72% a year	Rural
1,442	BurabodMacarthur, Leyte	339	about 229	about 1.48 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
1,443	RizalCarigara, Leyte	338	about 570	about 0.593 km²	−1.70% a year	Rural
1,444	Santa LuciaAbuyog, Leyte	338	about 21	about 16.21 km²	−1.37% a year	Rural
1,445	AltavistaBaybay City, Leyte	334	about 43	about 7.69 km²	−2.80% a year	Rural
1,446	LanawanMacarthur, Leyte	332	about 148	about 2.25 km²	−0.85% a year	Rural
1,447	AslumTabontabon, Leyte	330	about 467	about 0.707 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
1,448	Cabarasan GutiPalo, Leyte	330	about 103	about 3.19 km²	−4.96% a year	Rural
1,449	PiliwayLa Paz, Leyte	329	about 145	about 2.27 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
1,450	Barangay 44-ATacloban City, Leyte	328	about 7,681	about 0.0427 km²	15.48% a year	Urban

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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