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, 2,151 to 2,200 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,151	San AntonioSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	750	about 1,227	about 0.611 km²	4.79% a year	Rural
2,152	San JoseSan Juan, Southern Leyte	750	about 4,261	about 0.176 km²	−5.13% a year	Rural
2,153	BongliwLaoang, Northern Samar	749	about 170	about 4.41 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
2,154	LarayJavier, Leyte	749	about 352	about 2.13 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
2,155	Santo NiñoMaasin City, Southern Leyte	749	about 423	about 1.77 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
2,156	BagticanMaasin City, Southern Leyte	748	about 392	about 1.91 km²	2.49% a year	Rural
2,157	GuinaronaDagami, Leyte	748	about 2,200	about 0.34 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
2,158	Nueva EsperanzaHinunangan, Southern Leyte	748	about 188	about 3.98 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
2,159	BagongonCatbalogan City, Samar	747	about 931	about 0.802 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
2,160	Barangay 65Tacloban City, Leyte	747	about 7,252	about 0.103 km²	3.28% a year	Rural
2,161	BasiaoCatbalogan City, Samar	747	about 575	about 1.30 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
2,162	SabangHinundayan, Southern Leyte	747	about 377	about 1.98 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
2,163	CagautSalcedo, Eastern Samar	746	about 211	about 3.53 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
2,164	DuyogLa Paz, Leyte	746	about 466	about 1.60 km²	6.40% a year	Rural
2,165	NalibunanAbuyog, Leyte	746	about 9,267	about 0.0805 km²	−3.65% a year	Urban
2,166	AnislagIsabel, Leyte	745	about 339	about 2.20 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
2,167	AnislaganNaval, Biliran	745	about 327	about 2.28 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
2,168	ArtecheZumarraga, Samar	745	about 909	about 0.82 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
2,169	Bagong LipunanMatalom, Leyte	745	about 174	about 4.27 km²	−2.13% a year	Rural
2,170	BilwangKawayan, Biliran	745	about 240	about 3.10 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
2,171	LabradorHinunangan, Southern Leyte	745	about 1,693	about 0.44 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,172	CapilianAbuyog, Leyte	744	about 147	about 5.05 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
2,173	MilagrosoSogod, Southern Leyte	744	about 124	about 6.01 km²	2.58% a year	Rural
2,174	TugasDaram, Samar	744	about 311	about 2.39 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
2,175	KansanokKawayan, Biliran	743	about 298	about 2.49 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
2,176	ParinaGiporlos, Eastern Samar	743	about 329	about 2.26 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
2,177	TinghubVillaba, Leyte	743	about 223	about 3.33 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
2,178	Santo NiñoGandara, Samar	742	about 353	about 2.10 km²	3.88% a year	Rural
2,179	SindanganMacrohon, Southern Leyte	742	about 167	about 4.45 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
2,180	G. M. OsiasGamay, Northern Samar	741	about 306	about 2.42 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
2,181	MagayTanauan, Leyte	741	about 1,876	about 0.395 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
2,182	ManrayaSan Antonio, Northern Samar	741	about 382	about 1.94 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
2,183	PonodPintuyan, Southern Leyte	741	about 1,534	about 0.483 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
2,184	LimburanBurauen, Leyte	740	about 622	about 1.19 km²	3.43% a year	Rural
2,185	NasaugMaasin City, Southern Leyte	740	about 825	about 0.897 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
2,186	San RoqueJaro, Leyte	740	about 292	about 2.53 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
2,187	TabangohayAlangalang, Leyte	740	about 90	about 8.24 km²	3.86% a year	Rural
2,188	Bato IMaasin City, Southern Leyte	737	about 251	about 2.94 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
2,189	Tan-awanLaoang, Northern Samar	737	about 163	about 4.53 km²	−1.08% a year	Rural
2,190	Barangay 50-ATacloban City, Leyte	736	about 65,133	about 0.0113 km²	2.65% a year	Rural
2,191	GebulwanganCatarman, Northern Samar	736	about 105	about 6.99 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
2,192	Oeste - BTarangnan, Samar	736	about 1,223	about 0.602 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
2,193	San MiguelLlorente, Eastern Samar	736	about 452	about 1.63 km²	−4.17% a year	Rural
2,194	BarobaybayCalbiga, Samar	735	about 264	about 2.78 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
2,195	BontodSan Sebastian, Samar	735	about 208	about 3.54 km²	4.41% a year	Rural
2,196	LuanDulag, Leyte	735	about 744	about 0.988 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
2,197	SalvacionSogod, Southern Leyte	734	about 2,128	about 0.345 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
2,198	San Jose WestBurauen, Leyte	734	about 524	about 1.40 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
2,199	Santa Paz NorteSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	734	about 312	about 2.35 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
2,200	ArogangaLaoang, Northern Samar	733	about 439	about 1.67 km²	3.62% 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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