The Atlas

Barangays in Eastern Samar

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 Samar

Barangays in Eastern Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 597^[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: 472,683^[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: 19 urban^[4]; 578 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Songco^[5]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; 4,684 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: San Gabriel^[6]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; about 179.23 km²
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: 345 barangays^[7]

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.

597 barangays, 101 to 150 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
101	GuinmaayohanBalangiga, Eastern Samar	1,301	about 43	about 30.16 km²	−1.39% a year	Rural
102	PadangHernani, Eastern Samar	1,300	about 583	about 2.23 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
103	CansangayaCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	1,276	about 354	about 3.60 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
104	ArogangaDolores, Eastern Samar	1,270	about 99	about 12.88 km²	5.60% a year	Rural
105	NaubayLlorente, Eastern Samar	1,269	about 179	about 7.09 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
106	San LuisTaft, Eastern Samar	1,258	about 345	about 3.65 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
107	SurokGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,258	about 645	about 1.95 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
108	CatumsanArteche, Eastern Samar	1,245	about 486	about 2.56 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
109	CamantangCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	1,243	about 159	about 7.83 km²	−1.43% a year	Rural
110	Poblacion Barangay 5Taft, Eastern Samar	1,240	about 832	about 1.49 km²	−0.02% a year	Rural
111	HinolasoDolores, Eastern Samar	1,238	about 150	about 8.23 km²	−1.42% a year	Rural
112	Barangay Poblacion 10Lawaan, Eastern Samar	1,231	about 609	about 2.02 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
113	TaguiteLawaan, Eastern Samar	1,230	about 80	about 15.34 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
114	PangpangSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	1,209	about 212	about 5.71 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
115	BurakOras, Eastern Samar	1,207	about 580	about 2.08 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
116	CanterosCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	1,203	about 224	about 5.36 km²	2.10% a year	Rural
117	Barangay 10 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	1,197	about 406	about 2.95 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
118	Barangay No. 5San Policarpo, Eastern Samar	1,189	about 1,052	about 1.13 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
119	Can-ilayCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	1,186	about 109	about 10.87 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
120	MalobagoDolores, Eastern Samar	1,171	about 143	about 8.19 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
121	Barangay Poblacion 1Lawaan, Eastern Samar	1,168	about 4,970	about 0.235 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
122	PutongSan Julian, Eastern Samar	1,167	about 14	about 81.45 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
123	San GabrielBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,157	about 6	about 179.23 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
124	CoticotGiporlos, Eastern Samar	1,151	about 264	about 4.36 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
125	CanciledesHernani, Eastern Samar	1,139	about 154	about 7.39 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
126	CamadaMaydolong, Eastern Samar	1,125	about 337	about 3.34 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
127	Barangay 3Jipapad, Eastern Samar	1,121	about 423	about 2.65 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
128	DenigpianDolores, Eastern Samar	1,118	about 42	about 26.48 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
129	PolangiTaft, Eastern Samar	1,115	about 386	about 2.89 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
130	Sabang NorthBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,105	about 1,597	about 0.692 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
131	Caglao-anDolores, Eastern Samar	1,102	about 75	about 14.69 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
132	San JuanSulat, Eastern Samar	1,100	about 155	about 7.09 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
133	Barangay No. 3San Policarpo, Eastern Samar	1,091	about 386	about 2.83 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
134	LibutonBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,077	about 1,086	about 0.992 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
135	PepelitanBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,073	about 1,621	about 0.662 km²	3.15% a year	Rural
136	Guinob-anLawaan, Eastern Samar	1,068	about 34	about 31.04 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
137	SihaBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,065	about 71	about 14.94 km²	−1.99% a year	Rural
138	CasuguranGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,062	about 186	about 5.70 km²	2.35% a year	Urban
139	OmawasMaydolong, Eastern Samar	1,056	about 274	about 3.86 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
140	San JoseBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,054	about 214	about 4.92 km²	2.73% a year	Rural
141	Barangay Poblacion 3Maydolong, Eastern Samar	1,053	about 1,260	about 0.836 km²	1.32% a year	Rural
142	BenowanganBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,043	about 131	about 7.96 km²	4.13% a year	Rural
143	Santo NiñoDolores, Eastern Samar	1,043	about 117	about 8.88 km²	1.86% a year	Rural
144	TagbacanSalcedo, Eastern Samar	1,034	about 337	about 3.07 km²	8.04% a year	Rural
145	PangudtanOras, Eastern Samar	1,031	about 747	about 1.38 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
146	DalidOras, Eastern Samar	1,024	about 290	about 3.53 km²	−2.87% a year	Rural
147	BonghonDolores, Eastern Samar	1,016	about 170	about 5.96 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
148	CadianOras, Eastern Samar	1,014	about 119	about 8.55 km²	−3.82% a year	Rural
149	BurakSalcedo, Eastern Samar	1,012	about 162	about 6.25 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
150	BalocaweOras, Eastern Samar	1,009	about 4,085	about 0.247 km²	−1.51% 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.

See something wrong on this page? Write to hello@scene.ph with the page address. We check every report against the source.