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, 1,651 to 1,700 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,651	Santa CruzSan Juan, Southern Leyte	953	about 4,813	about 0.198 km²	−4.21% a year	Rural
1,652	CabungaanSan Isidro, Leyte	952	about 114	about 8.33 km²	−3.04% a year	Rural
1,653	Bangcas BHinunangan, Southern Leyte	951	about 1,514	about 0.628 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
1,654	Destacado Pob.San Vicente, Northern Samar	951	about 1,072	about 0.887 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
1,655	EstelaLiloan, Southern Leyte	951	about 167	about 5.69 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
1,656	CabarasanBarugo, Leyte	950	about 461	about 2.06 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
1,657	CasoroySan Julian, Eastern Samar	950	about 109	about 8.73 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
1,658	Villarosa Pob.Villareal, Samar	950	about 1,059	about 0.897 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
1,659	LosaDaram, Samar	949	about 804	about 1.18 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
1,660	MagkasagLibagon, Southern Leyte	949	about 187	about 5.08 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
1,661	ParaisoDagami, Leyte	949	about 604	about 1.57 km²	−2.92% a year	Rural
1,662	ErenasSan Jorge, Samar	948	about 1,413	about 0.671 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
1,663	LoocCulaba, Biliran	948	about 106	about 8.96 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
1,664	SalvacionAlbuera, Leyte	948	about 228	about 4.16 km²	2.36% a year	Urban
1,665	AguinCapul, Northern Samar	947	about 218	about 4.35 km²	4.47% a year	Rural
1,666	BaludSan Roque, Northern Samar	947	about 92	about 10.26 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
1,667	DuljuganPalompon, Leyte	947	about 253	about 3.74 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
1,668	San FranciscoSulat, Eastern Samar	947	about 169	about 5.61 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
1,669	Santa RosaTabango, Leyte	947	about 331	about 2.86 km²	−3.86% a year	Rural
1,670	San JoseGandara, Samar	946	about 52	about 18.26 km²	−2.80% a year	Rural
1,671	LanawanPastrana, Leyte	945	about 320	about 2.95 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
1,672	UbosSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	944	about 2,175	about 0.434 km²	−1.49% a year	Rural
1,673	HimarcoPalompon, Leyte	943	about 166	about 5.68 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
1,674	San VicenteCatbalogan City, Samar	943	about 189	about 4.99 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
1,675	CalumpangMatalom, Leyte	942	about 167	about 5.65 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
1,676	Kang-irasHilongos, Leyte	942	about 314	about 3.00 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
1,677	QuezonMapanas, Northern Samar	942	about 147	about 6.40 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
1,678	CanquiasonVillaba, Leyte	941	about 649	about 1.45 km²	3.75% a year	Rural
1,679	HibucawanJaro, Leyte	941	about 563	about 1.67 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
1,680	BahaySan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	940	about 186	about 5.06 km²	1.02% a year	Rural
1,681	LibertyPalompon, Leyte	940	about 107	about 8.79 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
1,682	AtipoloTanauan, Leyte	939	about 610	about 1.54 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
1,683	Blanca AuroraSan Jorge, Samar	939	about 205	about 4.59 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
1,684	MabiniNaval, Biliran	939	about 594	about 1.58 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
1,685	Barangay No. 1Jiabong, Samar	938	about 861	about 1.09 km²	3.28% a year	Rural
1,686	MabuhaySan Isidro, Northern Samar	938	about 55	about 16.91 km²	−2.69% a year	Rural
1,687	San RicardoBabatngon, Leyte	938	about 80	about 11.73 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
1,688	MagsaysayLavezares, Northern Samar	937	about 339	about 2.76 km²	−2.13% a year	Rural
1,689	NauguisanCarigara, Leyte	937	about 1,647	about 0.569 km²	−1.26% a year	Rural
1,690	TinauganZumarraga, Samar	937	about 515	about 1.82 km²	−1.83% a year	Rural
1,691	Barangay 12Llorente, Eastern Samar	936	about 3,173	about 0.295 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
1,692	BinalayGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	936	about 285	about 3.28 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
1,693	BinohanganCaibiran, Biliran	935	about 290	about 3.22 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
1,694	BogoMaasin City, Southern Leyte	935	about 408	about 2.29 km²	3.56% a year	Rural
1,695	JubasanMapanas, Northern Samar	935	about 55	about 17.08 km²	1.86% a year	Rural
1,696	LagumaSilago, Southern Leyte	935	about 202	about 4.63 km²	3.97% a year	Rural
1,697	Zone 2Santa Fe, Leyte	935	about 2,480	about 0.377 km²	−1.69% a year	Rural
1,698	CatbawanPintuyan, Southern Leyte	934	about 254	about 3.68 km²	4.35% a year	Rural
1,699	E. DuranBobon, Northern Samar	934	about 33	about 28.22 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
1,700	TinabilanPalompon, Leyte	934	about 413	about 2.26 km²	1.66% 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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