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, 1,551 to 1,600 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,551	CatigbianLaoang, Northern Samar	993	about 211	about 4.70 km²	3.08% a year	Rural
1,552	CambalongMerida, Leyte	992	about 258	about 3.85 km²	7.88% a year	Rural
1,553	LeondoniOrmoc City, Leyte	992	about 161	about 6.18 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
1,554	MagsaysayLope De Vega, Northern Samar	992	about 26	about 37.99 km²	14.21% a year	Rural
1,555	AgsamOras, Eastern Samar	991	about 106	about 9.35 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
1,556	Del PilarDulag, Leyte	991	about 506	about 1.96 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
1,557	Libucan DacuTarangnan, Samar	991	about 644	about 1.54 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
1,558	SambulawanVillaba, Leyte	991	about 73	about 13.49 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
1,559	Santo RosarioMacrohon, Southern Leyte	991	about 1,226	about 0.808 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
1,560	TalisayMayorga, Leyte	991	about 486	about 2.04 km²	1.25% a year	Rural
1,561	Tambis IISaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	991	about 806	about 1.23 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
1,562	BalagawanSilago, Southern Leyte	990	about 115	about 8.60 km²	3.72% a year	Rural
1,563	Poblacion District 2Pambujan, Northern Samar	990	about 15,542	about 0.0637 km²	−3.51% a year	Rural
1,564	IlijanSanto Niño, Samar	989	about 265	about 3.73 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
1,565	SantolSan Miguel, Leyte	988	about 82	about 12.10 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
1,566	NagaCalbayog City, Samar	987	about 188	about 5.25 km²	2.99% a year	Rural
1,567	NapalisanGandara, Samar	987	about 3,153	about 0.313 km²	4.09% a year	Rural
1,568	Butason IITabango, Leyte	986	about 132	about 7.46 km²	4.34% a year	Rural
1,569	CambahanonAlangalang, Leyte	985	about 326	about 3.02 km²	9.80% a year	Rural
1,570	President GarciaMatalom, Leyte	985	about 87	about 11.34 km²	3.54% a year	Rural
1,571	Barangay Poblacion IIIBalangiga, Eastern Samar	984	about 237	about 4.15 km²	−3.47% a year	Rural
1,572	BurabodSan Antonio, Northern Samar	984	about 325	about 3.03 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
1,573	MancolSan Jorge, Samar	984	about 848	about 1.16 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
1,574	AyahagSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	983	about 410	about 2.40 km²	22.83% a year	Rural
1,575	CalingcaguingBarugo, Leyte	983	about 312	about 3.15 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
1,576	MombonCatbalogan City, Samar	983	about 723	about 1.36 km²	3.23% a year	Rural
1,577	TabokLlorente, Eastern Samar	983	about 160	about 6.13 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
1,578	CabalquintoCalubian, Leyte	982	about 2,846	about 0.345 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
1,579	LoyoBasey, Samar	981	about 6,288	about 0.156 km²	−4.85% a year	Rural
1,580	Poblacion Zone 3Mayorga, Leyte	981	about 861	about 1.14 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
1,581	San VicenteHindang, Leyte	981	about 721	about 1.36 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
1,582	TinagoCalbiga, Samar	981	about 456	about 2.15 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
1,583	AmbaoHinundayan, Southern Leyte	980	about 389	about 2.52 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
1,584	GuindaulanRosario, Northern Samar	980	about 71	about 13.77 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
1,585	ImeldaCatarman, Northern Samar	980	about 167	about 5.86 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
1,586	LondresAllen, Northern Samar	980	about 289	about 3.39 km²	−2.24% a year	Rural
1,587	San RoqueDaram, Samar	980	about 891	about 1.10 km²	−0.70% a year	Rural
1,588	DanusLeyte, Leyte	979	about 96	about 10.16 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
1,589	San IsidroLiloan, Southern Leyte	979	about 170	about 5.77 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
1,590	Zone 1Santa Fe, Leyte	978	about 1,791	about 0.546 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
1,591	CaluwayanMarabut, Samar	977	about 531	about 1.84 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
1,592	HugpaBiliran, Biliran	977	about 156	about 6.25 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
1,593	San IsidroTanauan, Leyte	977	about 300	about 3.26 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
1,594	San LazaroVictoria, Northern Samar	977	about 444	about 2.20 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
1,595	Santa ElenaSanta Rita, Samar	977	about 127	about 7.67 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
1,596	BalilitCarigara, Leyte	976	about 702	about 1.39 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
1,597	BughoHinundayan, Southern Leyte	976	about 463	about 2.11 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
1,598	DivisoriaAlangalang, Leyte	976	about 280	about 3.49 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
1,599	MarcatubigCalbayog City, Samar	976	about 436	about 2.24 km²	4.39% a year	Rural
1,600	Don Felipe LarrazabalOrmoc City, Leyte	975	about 6,331	about 0.154 km²	−11.54% 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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