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, 1,801 to 1,850 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,801	Ferdinand E. MarcosCalubian, Leyte	885	about 3,378	about 0.262 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
1,802	InganHinunangan, Southern Leyte	885	about 119	about 7.42 km²	−1.36% a year	Rural
1,803	ParillaPalompon, Leyte	885	about 553	about 1.60 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
1,804	Upper Villa JacintaMacrohon, Southern Leyte	885	about 373	about 2.37 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
1,805	AnibongJulita, Leyte	884	about 725	about 1.22 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
1,806	BurgosBasey, Samar	884	about 819	about 1.08 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
1,807	MalaguicayAbuyog, Leyte	884	about 198	about 4.46 km²	−2.73% a year	Rural
1,808	TalairanCapoocan, Leyte	884	about 373	about 2.37 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
1,809	VillahermosaSanto Niño, Samar	884	about 316	about 2.80 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
1,810	MagsuganaoMahaplag, Leyte	883	about 77	about 11.51 km²	57.74% a year	Rural
1,811	San RoqueAbuyog, Leyte	883	about 51	about 17.22 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
1,812	PondangDaram, Samar	882	about 531	about 1.66 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
1,813	Roxas IICalbayog City, Samar	882	about 228	about 3.87 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
1,814	Guinbaoyan SurCalbayog City, Samar	881	about 305	about 2.89 km²	2.28% a year	Rural
1,815	Zone 2San Roque, Northern Samar	881	about 18,316	about 0.0481 km²	−2.57% a year	Rural
1,816	BuayaAbuyog, Leyte	880	about 263	about 3.34 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
1,817	HindangBorongan City, Eastern Samar	880	about 478	about 1.84 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
1,818	Santo RosarioPadre Burgos, Southern Leyte	879	about 169	about 5.20 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
1,819	SigoCalbayog City, Samar	879	about 77	about 11.38 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
1,820	CambinoyPalompon, Leyte	878	about 324	about 2.71 km²	−1.27% a year	Rural
1,821	Barangay No. 4San Policarpo, Eastern Samar	877	about 5,926	about 0.148 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
1,822	Barangay No. 6 PoblacionSan Julian, Eastern Samar	877	about 367	about 2.39 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
1,823	MabagonHindang, Leyte	877	about 294	about 2.98 km²	3.69% a year	Rural
1,824	Can-isakBarugo, Leyte	876	about 299	about 2.93 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
1,825	ManalogHinunangan, Southern Leyte	876	about 327	about 2.68 km²	2.79% a year	Rural
1,826	TuguipaHilongos, Leyte	876	about 270	about 3.24 km²	−2.65% a year	Rural
1,827	AndoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	875	about 742	about 1.18 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
1,828	BatugJavier, Leyte	875	about 684	about 1.28 km²	1.99% a year	Rural
1,829	CorocawayanSanto Niño, Samar	875	about 405	about 2.16 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
1,830	PinocawanJavier, Leyte	875	about 264	about 3.31 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
1,831	San IsidroDulag, Leyte	875	about 451	about 1.94 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
1,832	BarruzMatuguinao, Samar	874	about 51	about 17.20 km²	5.83% a year	Rural
1,833	RiversideOras, Eastern Samar	874	about 9,510	about 0.0919 km²	−4.50% a year	Rural
1,834	District IIHinundayan, Southern Leyte	873	about 2,662	about 0.328 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
1,835	Santa CruzMaasin City, Southern Leyte	873	about 371	about 2.35 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
1,836	M. VelosoCalubian, Leyte	871	about 5,478	about 0.159 km²	8.00% a year	Rural
1,837	BangonTanauan, Leyte	870	about 1,222	about 0.712 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
1,838	Poblacion IVBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	870	about 190	about 4.57 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
1,839	San Jose Pob.Dagami, Leyte	870	about 12,851	about 0.0677 km²	34.99% a year	Rural
1,840	TubaJaro, Leyte	870	about 145	about 5.99 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
1,841	BayabasAbuyog, Leyte	869	about 267	about 3.25 km²	3.07% a year	Rural
1,842	MacaalanCalbiga, Samar	869	about 308	about 2.82 km²	−1.26% a year	Rural
1,843	MasagaosaoKawayan, Biliran	869	about 663	about 1.31 km²	2.22% a year	Rural
1,844	PeñalosaAlangalang, Leyte	867	about 231	about 3.76 km²	3.18% a year	Rural
1,845	CasaoBontoc, Southern Leyte	866	about 698	about 1.24 km²	3.48% a year	Rural
1,846	Villa VicentaCaibiran, Biliran	866	about 114	about 7.57 km²	−2.12% a year	Rural
1,847	PalanayCaibiran, Biliran	865	about 6,865	about 0.126 km²	−3.94% a year	Rural
1,848	BaculanadSanta Fe, Leyte	864	about 448	about 1.93 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
1,849	CampiyakSan Sebastian, Samar	863	about 865	about 0.998 km²	3.82% a year	Rural
1,850	Tambis ISaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	863	about 564	about 1.53 km²	−0.52% 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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