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, 2,201 to 2,250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,201	InaladMotiong, Samar	733	about 87	about 8.41 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
2,202	Valles-BelloDaram, Samar	733	about 482	about 1.52 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
2,203	Poblacion Barangay 2General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	732	about 14,214	about 0.0515 km²	−3.49% a year	Rural
2,204	SalvacionSanta Rita, Samar	732	about 176	about 4.15 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
2,205	Poblacion 2Zumarraga, Samar	731	about 731	about 1.00 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
2,206	Poblacion District VBurauen, Leyte	731	about 19,918	about 0.0367 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
2,207	TagnateHilongos, Leyte	731	about 219	about 3.34 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
2,208	VillahermosaCalubian, Leyte	730	about 658	about 1.11 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
2,209	President RoxasLiloan, Southern Leyte	729	about 231	about 3.16 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
2,210	SampongonBontoc, Southern Leyte	729	about 241	about 3.03 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
2,211	CarayacayMaslog, Eastern Samar	728	about 6	about 126.57 km²	−4.16% a year	Rural
2,212	LimbaLa Paz, Leyte	728	about 707	about 1.03 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
2,213	HimalandrogCalbayog City, Samar	727	about 33	about 22.18 km²	−1.15% a year	Rural
2,214	PlaridelDagami, Leyte	727	about 211	about 3.45 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
2,215	San IsidroMerida, Leyte	727	about 93	about 7.78 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
2,216	Barangay 69Tacloban City, Leyte	726	about 1,921	about 0.378 km²	−8.19% a year	Rural
2,217	BulakAbuyog, Leyte	726	about 94	about 7.70 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
2,218	Lumala-ogLas Navas, Northern Samar	726	about 298	about 2.44 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
2,219	MalbagoBontoc, Southern Leyte	726	about 208	about 3.49 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
2,220	PoblacionSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	726	about 1,206	about 0.602 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
2,221	San VicenteAnahawan, Southern Leyte	726	about 1,631	about 0.445 km²	−4.03% a year	Rural
2,222	Santa CruzTarangnan, Samar	726	about 161	about 4.51 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
2,223	BotocPinabacdao, Samar	725	about 157	about 4.63 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
2,224	BuabuaSalcedo, Eastern Samar	725	about 349	about 2.08 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
2,225	GayadCapoocan, Leyte	725	about 276	about 2.63 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
2,226	LoocCaibiran, Biliran	725	about 117	about 6.22 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
2,227	MalaguinabotSan Miguel, Leyte	725	about 363	about 2.00 km²	−2.85% a year	Rural
2,228	ManlicoHinunangan, Southern Leyte	725	about 173	about 4.20 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
2,229	RizalDagami, Leyte	725	about 127	about 5.71 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
2,230	SubaLaoang, Northern Samar	725	about 911	about 0.796 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
2,231	VictoryLas Navas, Northern Samar	725	about 142	about 5.10 km²	−5.13% a year	Rural
2,232	BisligCarigara, Leyte	724	about 434	about 1.67 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
2,233	CatadmanBasey, Samar	724	about 44	about 16.44 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
2,234	RizalLa Paz, Leyte	724	about 726	about 0.997 km²	3.47% a year	Rural
2,235	MaramagBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	723	about 236	about 3.07 km²	−2.51% a year	Rural
2,236	NapantaoSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	723	about 391	about 1.85 km²	−7.12% a year	Rural
2,237	Santan Pob.Santa Rita, Samar	723	about 191	about 3.79 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
2,238	VinisitahanSan Antonio, Northern Samar	723	about 235	about 3.08 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
2,239	BiliboyOrmoc City, Leyte	722	about 238	about 3.03 km²	−2.31% a year	Rural
2,240	Puting BatoIsabel, Leyte	722	about 85	about 8.49 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
2,241	UnionSanta Rita, Samar	722	about 110	about 6.58 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
2,242	BiasongBaybay City, Leyte	721	about 273	about 2.64 km²	4.84% a year	Rural
2,243	Ge-adgawanPambujan, Northern Samar	721	about 153	about 4.71 km²	−2.43% a year	Rural
2,244	KatipunanSilago, Southern Leyte	721	about 50	about 14.40 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
2,245	OpongCatubig, Northern Samar	721	about 63	about 11.51 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
2,246	Villahermosa OccidentalPagsanghan, Samar	721	about 379	about 1.90 km²	3.69% a year	Rural
2,247	LonoyMaasin City, Southern Leyte	720	about 110	about 6.53 km²	−1.41% a year	Rural
2,248	NipaDaram, Samar	720	about 310	about 2.32 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
2,249	OsmeñaMacarthur, Leyte	720	about 298	about 2.42 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
2,250	Barangay 8Llorente, Eastern Samar	719	about 11,252	about 0.0639 km²	−2.23% 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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