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, 1,451 to 1,500 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,451	CalaghusanLa Paz, Leyte	327	about 107	about 3.05 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
1,452	PatagCalubian, Leyte	327	about 108	about 3.02 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
1,453	San FranciscoAbuyog, Leyte	327	about 44	about 7.45 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
1,454	BayabasDagami, Leyte	326	about 261	about 1.25 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
1,455	SagkahanJaro, Leyte	324	about 174	about 1.86 km²	−11.13% a year	Rural
1,456	CalsadahayDagami, Leyte	323	about 357	about 0.906 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
1,457	TinocolanAbuyog, Leyte	323	about 37	about 8.75 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
1,458	ArabunogPastrana, Leyte	322	about 252	about 1.28 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
1,459	MoroboroLa Paz, Leyte	322	about 135	about 2.38 km²	−1.71% a year	Rural
1,460	PaulaCalubian, Leyte	321	about 251	about 1.28 km²	−5.31% a year	Rural
1,461	Barangay 46Tacloban City, Leyte	320	about 18,182	about 0.0176 km²	1.40% a year	Urban
1,462	Barangay 16Tacloban City, Leyte	319	about 29,000	about 0.011 km²	2.14% a year	Urban
1,463	BiasongBabatngon, Leyte	319	about 67	about 4.74 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
1,464	PalanogJaro, Leyte	319	about 236	about 1.35 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
1,465	Poblacion Zone 3Baybay City, Leyte	317	about 12,530	about 0.0253 km²	−1.03% a year	Rural
1,466	ImpoSan Miguel, Leyte	316	about 91	about 3.48 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
1,467	CaridadJulita, Leyte	315	about 411	about 0.766 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
1,468	Santo NiñoAlangalang, Leyte	315	about 7,955	about 0.0396 km²	−4.52% a year	Urban
1,469	TuburanCalubian, Leyte	315	about 93	about 3.37 km²	−2.29% a year	Rural
1,470	BalatsonBurauen, Leyte	314	about 137	about 2.30 km²	−1.75% a year	Rural
1,471	Barangay 48Tacloban City, Leyte	313	about 27,217	about 0.0115 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
1,472	BatuanOrmoc City, Leyte	313	about 12,085	about 0.0259 km²	−16.68% a year	Rural
1,473	TuyaDagami, Leyte	311	about 336	about 0.925 km²	−5.80% a year	Rural
1,474	CabradillaCalubian, Leyte	310	about 321	about 0.967 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
1,475	San PabloJulita, Leyte	310	about 298	about 1.04 km²	2.65% a year	Rural
1,476	BalugoCapoocan, Leyte	306	about 52	about 5.91 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
1,477	Barangay 50Tacloban City, Leyte	304	about 4,825	about 0.063 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
1,478	AlangilanAbuyog, Leyte	303	about 128	about 2.37 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
1,479	MahilumHindang, Leyte	301	about 86	about 3.49 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
1,480	Barangay 23-ATacloban City, Leyte	300	about 18,182	about 0.0165 km²	−3.30% a year	Urban
1,481	MalazarteMatag-Ob, Leyte	300	about 96	about 3.13 km²	2.83% a year	Rural
1,482	IlihanBurauen, Leyte	297	about 243	about 1.22 km²	−1.77% a year	Rural
1,483	Mag-atubangAbuyog, Leyte	294	about 180	about 1.63 km²	−5.67% a year	Rural
1,484	MaricumDulag, Leyte	294	about 260	about 1.13 km²	−0.72% a year	Rural
1,485	TablaCalubian, Leyte	292	about 2,631	about 0.111 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
1,486	Barangay 44Tacloban City, Leyte	289	about 7,585	about 0.0381 km²	3.24% a year	Rural
1,487	BobonBurauen, Leyte	289	about 151	about 1.91 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
1,488	CaningagMatalom, Leyte	289	about 75	about 3.87 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
1,489	Barangay 54-ATacloban City, Leyte	288	about 11,613	about 0.0248 km²	−4.83% a year	Rural
1,490	MaligayaMahaplag, Leyte	288	about 19	about 15.16 km²	4.37% a year	Rural
1,491	PawaBurauen, Leyte	287	about 217	about 1.32 km²	−1.06% a year	Rural
1,492	BatoAlangalang, Leyte	286	about 260	about 1.10 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
1,493	DomagocdocBato, Leyte	286	about 395	about 0.724 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
1,494	PaglaumCarigara, Leyte	286	about 56	about 5.07 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
1,495	BenogIsabel, Leyte	285	about 83	about 3.45 km²	−16.71% a year	Rural
1,496	MasabaPalompon, Leyte	285	about 63	about 4.50 km²	−6.84% a year	Rural
1,497	Barangay 43Tacloban City, Leyte	284	about 17,862	about 0.0159 km²	−5.15% a year	Rural
1,498	Barangay 67Tacloban City, Leyte	283	about 3,729	about 0.0759 km²	−15.88% a year	Rural
1,499	CantonghaoCalubian, Leyte	283	about 164	about 1.73 km²	3.52% a year	Rural
1,500	MacagocoInopacan, Leyte	281	about 131	about 2.15 km²	−1.71% 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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