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, 2,251 to 2,300 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,251	AmagosBato, Leyte	718	about 247	about 2.91 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
2,252	Barangay IPinabacdao, Samar	718	about 294	about 2.44 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
2,253	BurakTolosa, Leyte	718	about 1,054	about 0.681 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
2,254	E. J. DulayLaoang, Northern Samar	718	about 106	about 6.78 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
2,255	PelitBasey, Samar	718	about 79	about 9.05 km²	−2.09% a year	Rural
2,256	San Francisco EastAlangalang, Leyte	718	about 308	about 2.33 km²	2.08% a year	Rural
2,257	SomojeSan Juan, Southern Leyte	718	about 121	about 5.91 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
2,258	Sap-angSilago, Southern Leyte	717	about 105	about 6.84 km²	2.38% a year	Rural
2,259	CantatoParanas, Samar	716	about 56	about 12.85 km²	4.84% a year	Rural
2,260	Darahuway GoteCatbalogan City, Samar	716	about 6,509	about 0.11 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
2,261	Geparayan De TuragSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	716	about 24	about 30.23 km²	−4.25% a year	Rural
2,262	PopontonLas Navas, Northern Samar	716	about 102	about 7.03 km²	2.46% a year	Rural
2,263	RomualdezDulag, Leyte	716	about 555	about 1.29 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,264	CampinaHilongos, Leyte	715	about 393	about 1.82 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
2,265	LunaTagapul-An, Samar	715	about 210	about 3.40 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
2,266	TanauanDolores, Eastern Samar	715	about 461	about 1.55 km²	2.39% a year	Rural
2,267	AnonangBurauen, Leyte	714	about 26	about 27.69 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
2,268	BawangLaoang, Northern Samar	714	about 206	about 3.46 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
2,269	PanlayahanCalbayog City, Samar	713	about 52	about 13.60 km²	1.65% a year	Rural
2,270	PinamudlanSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	713	about 137	about 5.20 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
2,271	San JuanSogod, Southern Leyte	713	about 52	about 13.72 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
2,272	CagbugnaCatubig, Northern Samar	712	about 454	about 1.57 km²	2.63% a year	Rural
2,273	Poblacion Zone 4Baybay City, Leyte	712	about 11,502	about 0.0619 km²	−3.13% a year	Rural
2,274	TrinidadOras, Eastern Samar	712	about 20	about 35.58 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
2,275	General MalvarCatarman, Northern Samar	711	about 53	about 13.32 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
2,276	TolibaoCapoocan, Leyte	710	about 276	about 2.57 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
2,277	LacaPadre Burgos, Southern Leyte	709	about 132	about 5.38 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
2,278	Oeste - ATarangnan, Samar	709	about 627	about 1.13 km²	−5.93% a year	Rural
2,279	Santo DomingoKananga, Leyte	709	about 175	about 4.05 km²	4.80% a year	Rural
2,280	AbgaoMalitbog, Southern Leyte	708	about 339	about 2.09 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
2,281	Andres BonifacioJavier, Leyte	708	about 315	about 2.25 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
2,282	Barangay Poblacion 5Maydolong, Eastern Samar	708	about 10,892	about 0.065 km²	−4.26% a year	Rural
2,283	BarasSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	708	about 434	about 1.63 km²	2.61% a year	Rural
2,284	Bo. IndependenciaTalalora, Samar	708	about 478	about 1.48 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
2,285	MabuhayOras, Eastern Samar	708	about 108	about 6.54 km²	2.26% a year	Rural
2,286	Poblacion Barangay 2Taft, Eastern Samar	708	about 12,643	about 0.056 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
2,287	Sta. CruzJulita, Leyte	708	about 502	about 1.41 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
2,288	Santa CruzTanauan, Leyte	708	about 545	about 1.30 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
2,289	CanbalisaraTanauan, Leyte	707	about 866	about 0.816 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
2,290	GuindaohanBarugo, Leyte	706	about 358	about 1.97 km²	−1.03% a year	Rural
2,291	SolongCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	706	about 99	about 7.14 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
2,292	BalireBarugo, Leyte	705	about 346	about 2.04 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
2,293	BuriBurauen, Leyte	705	about 560	about 1.26 km²	−5.33% a year	Rural
2,294	Cagusu-anGuiuan, Eastern Samar	705	about 40	about 17.55 km²	−0.07% a year	Urban
2,295	CamanhagaySan Sebastian, Samar	705	about 246	about 2.87 km²	−2.81% a year	Rural
2,296	CanlupaoTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	705	about 255	about 2.76 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
2,297	WilsonMayorga, Leyte	705	about 325	about 2.17 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
2,298	Del SurMapanas, Northern Samar	704	about 652	about 1.08 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
2,299	La TrinidadMondragon, Northern Samar	704	about 80	about 8.84 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
2,300	Ward IISan Antonio, Northern Samar	704	about 222	about 3.17 km²	−0.10% 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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