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, 101 to 150 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
101	MatobatoCalbayog City, Samar	4,101	about 4,714	about 0.87 km²	−2.38% a year	Urban
102	InangatanTabango, Leyte	4,044	about 513	about 7.89 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
103	San PedroAlbuera, Leyte	4,006	about 635	about 6.31 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
104	Barangay 83-CTacloban City, Leyte	3,987	about 18,718	about 0.213 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
105	KilimBaybay City, Leyte	3,974	about 1,766	about 2.25 km²	2.87% a year	Rural
106	IchonMacrohon, Southern Leyte	3,964	about 1,827	about 2.17 km²	1.01% a year	Urban
107	SulanganGuiuan, Eastern Samar	3,937	about 609	about 6.46 km²	0.64% a year	Urban
108	Lope De VegaLope De Vega, Northern Samar	3,932	about 480	about 8.20 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
109	AtabayHilongos, Leyte	3,930	about 5,254	about 0.748 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
110	ChitongcoMondragon, Northern Samar	3,922	about 1,226	about 3.20 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
111	CaridadBaybay City, Leyte	3,921	about 280	about 14.01 km²	−1.70% a year	Rural
112	CagboloAbuyog, Leyte	3,909	about 1,486	about 2.63 km²	10.35% a year	Rural
113	MarvelIsabel, Leyte	3,875	about 2,083	about 1.86 km²	−1.08% a year	Urban
114	VictoryCaibiran, Biliran	3,837	about 1,676	about 2.29 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
115	BatoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	3,816	about 315	about 12.11 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
116	Matica-aOrmoc City, Leyte	3,800	about 527	about 7.21 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
117	Barangay 77Tacloban City, Leyte	3,793	about 7,556	about 0.502 km²	1.13% a year	Urban
118	CautodSanta Margarita, Samar	3,769	about 2,447	about 1.54 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
119	ImeldaMondragon, Northern Samar	3,758	about 1,278	about 2.94 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
120	BarasPalo, Leyte	3,725	about 2,719	about 1.37 km²	13.03% a year	Urban
121	CabibihanCaibiran, Biliran	3,717	about 157	about 23.70 km²	3.07% a year	Rural
122	DolhoBato, Leyte	3,717	about 9,482	about 0.392 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
123	San RoqueTolosa, Leyte	3,715	about 1,154	about 3.22 km²	2.41% a year	Urban
124	SalvacionBobon, Northern Samar	3,697	about 1,104	about 3.35 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
125	CampetikPalo, Leyte	3,695	about 1,593	about 2.32 km²	0.19% a year	Urban
126	San IsidroPalompon, Leyte	3,686	about 2,207	about 1.67 km²	−0.37% a year	Urban
127	Lim-aoKananga, Leyte	3,679	about 178	about 20.69 km²	2.23% a year	Urban
128	MacabugOrmoc City, Leyte	3,654	about 1,007	about 3.63 km²	−0.42% a year	Urban
129	Santo Niño Pob.Tanauan, Leyte	3,653	about 1,653	about 2.21 km²	−0.61% a year	Urban
130	Barangay 2Dolores, Eastern Samar	3,642	about 3,404	about 1.07 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
131	CervantesCatarman, Northern Samar	3,626	about 218	about 16.64 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
132	TugbongKananga, Leyte	3,625	about 740	about 4.90 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
133	NenitaMondragon, Northern Samar	3,611	about 162	about 22.35 km²	0.71% a year	Urban
134	PlaridelBaybay City, Leyte	3,611	about 423	about 8.54 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
135	BaludBorongan City, Eastern Samar	3,605	about 2,670	about 1.35 km²	−2.86% a year	Urban
136	CogonGuiuan, Eastern Samar	3,599	about 3,695	about 0.974 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
137	TagaytayKananga, Leyte	3,589	about 414	about 8.67 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
138	MantahanMaasin City, Southern Leyte	3,584	about 6,003	about 0.597 km²	−3.21% a year	Urban
139	AtipoloNaval, Biliran	3,571	about 2,218	about 1.61 km²	−1.50% a year	Urban
140	GuindaponanCatbalogan City, Samar	3,551	about 1,869	about 1.90 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
141	JamorawonAlmeria, Biliran	3,550	about 2,367	about 1.50 km²	20.99% a year	Rural
142	San RoqueTanauan, Leyte	3,542	about 11,209	about 0.316 km²	0.01% a year	Urban
143	GacaoPalo, Leyte	3,534	about 947	about 3.73 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
144	PoblacionMahaplag, Leyte	3,518	about 1,614	about 2.18 km²	−0.85% a year	Rural
145	BalocawehayAbuyog, Leyte	3,482	about 550	about 6.33 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
146	PomponanBaybay City, Leyte	3,480	about 468	about 7.44 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
147	JubasanAllen, Northern Samar	3,473	about 1,173	about 2.96 km²	3.38% a year	Rural
148	Barangay 59Tacloban City, Leyte	3,449	about 14,931	about 0.231 km²	0.08% a year	Urban
149	Tinag-anAlbuera, Leyte	3,436	about 795	about 4.32 km²	0.86% a year	Urban
150	BantigueOrmoc City, Leyte	3,427	about 1,194	about 2.87 km²	2.17% 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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