The Atlas

Barangays in Eastern Samar

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 Samar

Barangays in Eastern Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 597^[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: 472,683^[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: 19 urban^[4]; 578 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Songco^[5]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; 4,684 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: San Gabriel^[6]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; about 179.23 km²
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: 345 barangays^[7]

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.

597 barangays, 151 to 200 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
151	BungtodGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,006	about 694	about 1.45 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
152	CampidhanSan Julian, Eastern Samar	1,000	about 195	about 5.13 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
153	AguinaldoGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	999	about 317	about 3.15 km²	3.09% a year	Rural
154	JapunanSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	994	about 197	about 5.04 km²	1.25% a year	Rural
155	TaytayGuiuan, Eastern Samar	994	about 1,394	about 0.713 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
156	AgsamOras, Eastern Samar	991	about 106	about 9.35 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
157	Barangay Poblacion IIIBalangiga, Eastern Samar	984	about 237	about 4.15 km²	−3.47% a year	Rural
158	TabokLlorente, Eastern Samar	983	about 160	about 6.13 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
159	JapitanDolores, Eastern Samar	975	about 443	about 2.20 km²	3.82% a year	Rural
160	TamosoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	971	about 316	about 3.07 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
161	Barangay 8 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	968	about 44,201	about 0.0219 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
162	Pinanag-anBorongan City, Eastern Samar	967	about 9	about 104.71 km²	−1.01% a year	Rural
163	Barangay Poblacion 1Maydolong, Eastern Samar	966	about 975	about 0.991 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
164	Gap-angDolores, Eastern Samar	961	about 64	about 15.07 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
165	MaglipaySulat, Eastern Samar	961	about 636	about 1.51 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
166	Poblacion Ward 4Guiuan, Eastern Samar	959	about 3,207	about 0.299 km²	−0.40% a year	Urban
167	Barangay No. 7Quinapondan, Eastern Samar	956	about 392	about 2.44 km²	−1.63% a year	Rural
168	CasoroySan Julian, Eastern Samar	950	about 109	about 8.73 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
169	San FranciscoSulat, Eastern Samar	947	about 169	about 5.61 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
170	BahaySan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	940	about 186	about 5.06 km²	1.02% a year	Rural
171	Barangay 12Llorente, Eastern Samar	936	about 3,173	about 0.295 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
172	BinalayGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	936	about 285	about 3.28 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
173	CalutanGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	929	about 357	about 2.60 km²	7.10% a year	Rural
174	CagmanabaJipapad, Eastern Samar	923	about 33	about 28.31 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
175	BaroboLlorente, Eastern Samar	920	about 90	about 10.17 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
176	CajagwayanSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	920	about 247	about 3.73 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
177	San MiguelSan Julian, Eastern Samar	918	about 274	about 3.35 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
178	MalogoCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	904	about 209	about 4.32 km²	2.13% a year	Rural
179	AnuronMercedes, Eastern Samar	896	about 435	about 2.06 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
180	San MiguelHernani, Eastern Samar	894	about 198	about 4.52 km²	−1.69% a year	Rural
181	BantayanOras, Eastern Samar	893	about 107	about 8.31 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
182	PalanasSalcedo, Eastern Samar	890	about 217	about 4.10 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
183	Barangay Poblacion 7Maydolong, Eastern Samar	888	about 2,041	about 0.435 km²	−1.08% a year	Rural
184	SurokBorongan City, Eastern Samar	887	about 187	about 4.74 km²	2.79% a year	Rural
185	HindangBorongan City, Eastern Samar	880	about 478	about 1.84 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
186	Barangay No. 4San Policarpo, Eastern Samar	877	about 5,926	about 0.148 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
187	Barangay No. 6 PoblacionSan Julian, Eastern Samar	877	about 367	about 2.39 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
188	AndoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	875	about 742	about 1.18 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
189	RiversideOras, Eastern Samar	874	about 9,510	about 0.0919 km²	−4.50% a year	Rural
190	Poblacion IVBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	870	about 190	about 4.57 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
191	Barangay 7 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	862	about 1,474	about 0.585 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
192	CarmenHernani, Eastern Samar	862	about 185	about 4.67 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
193	BalogoBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	860	about 83	about 10.35 km²	−1.11% a year	Rural
194	BarboGuiuan, Eastern Samar	850	about 691	about 1.23 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
195	VillahermosaDolores, Eastern Samar	840	about 82	about 10.30 km²	−1.40% a year	Rural
196	BigaGiporlos, Eastern Samar	839	about 171	about 4.91 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
197	Poblacion IIBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	839	about 1,709	about 0.491 km²	0.49% a year	Rural
198	AntipoloLlorente, Eastern Samar	838	about 63	about 13.33 km²	−2.01% a year	Rural
199	Poblacion Barangay 1General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	831	about 9,719	about 0.0855 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
200	Santa CruzQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	829	about 266	about 3.12 km²	−0.29% 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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