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, 1,951 to 2,000 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1,951	San FranciscoIsabel, Leyte	828	about 579	about 1.43 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
1,952	SimoraLaoang, Northern Samar	828	about 265	about 3.13 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
1,953	BinaloanTaft, Eastern Samar	827	about 28	about 30.06 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
1,954	BuntayTanauan, Leyte	827	about 4,569	about 0.181 km²	−3.07% a year	Urban
1,955	PoblacionTolosa, Leyte	827	about 7,319	about 0.113 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
1,956	Santa CruzMayorga, Leyte	827	about 213	about 3.89 km²	3.97% a year	Rural
1,957	Gamay CentralGamay, Northern Samar	826	about 486	about 1.70 km²	−0.85% a year	Urban
1,958	HinagonoyanCatubig, Northern Samar	826	about 84	about 9.78 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
1,959	Poblacion District 3Macarthur, Leyte	826	about 892	about 0.926 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
1,960	HampanganHilongos, Leyte	825	about 263	about 3.14 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
1,961	PinamihaganCulaba, Biliran	825	about 67	about 12.24 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
1,962	San PedroAlangalang, Leyte	825	about 331	about 2.49 km²	−3.33% a year	Rural
1,963	ColawenPastrana, Leyte	824	about 299	about 2.76 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
1,964	HinologanDagami, Leyte	824	about 334	about 2.47 km²	−0.09% a year	Rural
1,965	Nonok SurMaasin City, Southern Leyte	824	about 213	about 3.86 km²	4.79% a year	Rural
1,966	ParinaCarigara, Leyte	824	about 502	about 1.64 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
1,967	LabangbaybayTagapul-An, Samar	823	about 386	about 2.13 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
1,968	TagharigueCalubian, Leyte	822	about 181	about 4.55 km²	−2.92% a year	Rural
1,969	Cabari-anPambujan, Northern Samar	821	about 94	about 8.71 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
1,970	CapinyahanVillaba, Leyte	821	about 94	about 8.78 km²	2.49% a year	Rural
1,971	Poblacion Dist. IVBarugo, Leyte	821	about 3,601	about 0.228 km²	−1.41% a year	Rural
1,972	San IsidroGiporlos, Eastern Samar	821	about 297	about 2.76 km²	−1.30% a year	Rural
1,973	San PascualSanta Rita, Samar	821	about 42	about 19.45 km²	−4.69% a year	Rural
1,974	Santa CruzPintuyan, Southern Leyte	821	about 896	about 0.916 km²	6.68% a year	Rural
1,975	UboDaram, Samar	821	about 480	about 1.71 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
1,976	GuingawanTanauan, Leyte	820	about 1,024	about 0.801 km²	6.85% a year	Rural
1,977	San VicenteTarangnan, Samar	820	about 1,134	about 0.723 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
1,978	CarnagaSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	819	about 267	about 3.07 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
1,979	DalaraganGuiuan, Eastern Samar	818	about 538	about 1.52 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
1,980	BoracNaval, Biliran	817	about 1,015	about 0.805 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
1,981	FatimaDulag, Leyte	817	about 834	about 0.98 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
1,982	PlanzaBabatngon, Leyte	817	about 131	about 6.23 km²	2.30% a year	Rural
1,983	Poblacion District 5Pambujan, Northern Samar	817	about 13,114	about 0.0623 km²	−1.11% a year	Rural
1,984	CanipaanPalompon, Leyte	816	about 291	about 2.80 km²	−0.72% a year	Rural
1,985	MalinaoSogod, Southern Leyte	815	about 837	about 0.974 km²	3.86% a year	Rural
1,986	KasoyCatarman, Northern Samar	814	about 19,243	about 0.0423 km²	−12.74% a year	Urban
1,987	Bool WestCulaba, Biliran	813	about 94	about 8.65 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
1,988	CincoCatbalogan City, Samar	813	about 611	about 1.33 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
1,989	CasionganCalubian, Leyte	812	about 243	about 3.34 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
1,990	LapayTanauan, Leyte	812	about 459	about 1.77 km²	3.55% a year	Rural
1,991	MaujoMalitbog, Southern Leyte	812	about 752	about 1.08 km²	−2.41% a year	Rural
1,992	Poblacion 2Catbalogan City, Samar	812	about 25,139	about 0.0323 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
1,993	Poblacion District 4Pambujan, Northern Samar	812	about 4,536	about 0.179 km²	−14.01% a year	Rural
1,994	Barangay 1Dolores, Eastern Samar	811	about 11,720	about 0.0692 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
1,995	BetaogLawaan, Eastern Samar	811	about 37	about 22.19 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
1,996	LibertadDolores, Eastern Samar	811	about 147	about 5.53 km²	4.46% a year	Rural
1,997	Bagong SabangSan Jose, Northern Samar	810	about 218	about 3.71 km²	4.43% a year	Rural
1,998	MagsaysayLaoang, Northern Samar	810	about 293	about 2.76 km²	2.73% a year	Rural
1,999	TimbaMalitbog, Southern Leyte	810	about 648	about 1.25 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
2,000	MalinoJiabong, Samar	809	about 191	about 4.23 km²	−1.35% 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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