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, 2,101 to 2,150 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,101	BagacaySan Miguel, Leyte	769	about 120	about 6.41 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
2,102	San RufinoCalbayog City, Samar	769	about 42	about 18.17 km²	1.29% a year	Rural
2,103	BulodDulag, Leyte	767	about 476	about 1.61 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,104	SaljagCalbayog City, Samar	767	about 710	about 1.08 km²	1.29% a year	Rural
2,105	TabugonLiloan, Southern Leyte	767	about 365	about 2.10 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
2,106	DinaganCalbayog City, Samar	765	about 235	about 3.25 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
2,107	KalipayanBurauen, Leyte	765	about 729	about 1.05 km²	13.33% a year	Rural
2,108	BenitSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	764	about 230	about 3.32 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
2,109	BonifacioAllen, Northern Samar	764	about 168	about 4.56 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
2,110	SevillaSanto Niño, Samar	764	about 756	about 1.01 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
2,111	AslumAlangalang, Leyte	763	about 557	about 1.37 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
2,112	Guerrero DistrictBato, Leyte	763	about 6,693	about 0.114 km²	−3.12% a year	Rural
2,113	GuinsangaanBontoc, Southern Leyte	763	about 474	about 1.61 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
2,114	La PazSan Jorge, Samar	763	about 168	about 4.53 km²	−2.45% a year	Rural
2,115	CanomantagBarugo, Leyte	762	about 462	about 1.65 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
2,116	Igang-igangSanta Rita, Samar	762	about 98	about 7.77 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
2,117	CandelariaMatag-Ob, Leyte	761	about 142	about 5.36 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
2,118	Himos-onanSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	761	about 390	about 1.95 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
2,119	TalibongCabucgayan, Biliran	761	about 624	about 1.22 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
2,120	CatagbacanBurauen, Leyte	760	about 55	about 13.83 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
2,121	San AntonioMondragon, Northern Samar	760	about 59	about 12.80 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
2,122	Barangay No. 1San Policarpo, Eastern Samar	759	about 1,008	about 0.753 km²	−1.49% a year	Rural
2,123	Barangay Poblacion 6Maydolong, Eastern Samar	759	about 15,747	about 0.0482 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
2,124	CababayoganSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	759	about 199	about 3.82 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
2,125	CandawidLaoang, Northern Samar	759	about 234	about 3.25 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
2,126	CanmogsayTolosa, Leyte	759	about 523	about 1.45 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
2,127	Cuya-eJulita, Leyte	759	about 466	about 1.63 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
2,128	HiparayanCatubig, Northern Samar	759	about 205	about 3.70 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
2,129	MatagokCalubian, Leyte	759	about 434	about 1.75 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
2,130	FredericAllen, Northern Samar	758	about 238	about 3.18 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
2,131	InobonganSan Sebastian, Samar	758	about 260	about 2.92 km²	4.54% a year	Rural
2,132	PikasTanauan, Leyte	758	about 1,143	about 0.663 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
2,133	QuezonSan Jorge, Samar	758	about 579	about 1.31 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
2,134	CambiteTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	757	about 2,074	about 0.365 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
2,135	BuenavistaBasey, Samar	756	about 74	about 10.27 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
2,136	Guiwan 2Palompon, Leyte	756	about 5,074	about 0.149 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
2,137	PaghudlanBurauen, Leyte	756	about 236	about 3.21 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
2,138	San PabloTaft, Eastern Samar	755	about 112	about 6.72 km²	1.18% a year	Rural
2,139	BaludBarugo, Leyte	754	about 146	about 5.17 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
2,140	BunacanSan Isidro, Leyte	754	about 166	about 4.54 km²	−4.76% a year	Rural
2,141	Barangay IIPinabacdao, Samar	753	about 685	about 1.10 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
2,142	Cuatro De AgostoMahaplag, Leyte	752	about 684	about 1.10 km²	−3.99% a year	Rural
2,143	LipataMarabut, Samar	752	about 537	about 1.40 km²	−1.32% a year	Rural
2,144	New BalanacVillaba, Leyte	752	about 195	about 3.86 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
2,145	OdionganAbuyog, Leyte	752	about 239	about 3.15 km²	−1.88% a year	Rural
2,146	Barangay 3 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	751	about 24,950	about 0.0301 km²	−3.76% a year	Rural
2,147	CampelipaDaram, Samar	751	about 1,211	about 0.62 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
2,148	CogonCarigara, Leyte	750	about 250	about 3.00 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
2,149	CogonTanauan, Leyte	750	about 305	about 2.46 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
2,150	RosalimSan Jorge, Samar	750	about 93	about 8.05 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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