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, 2,301 to 2,350 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,301	CansiboyBurauen, Leyte	703	about 352	about 2.00 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
2,302	Bagong SilangBabatngon, Leyte	702	about 505	about 1.39 km²	−10.62% a year	Rural
2,303	DivinuboBorongan City, Eastern Samar	702	about 1,045	about 0.672 km²	−3.57% a year	Rural
2,304	MagaswiOrmoc City, Leyte	702	about 122	about 5.76 km²	−0.57% a year	Rural
2,305	MagsaysayDulag, Leyte	702	about 371	about 1.89 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
2,306	HitoogMatalom, Leyte	701	about 143	about 4.89 km²	−3.06% a year	Rural
2,307	DapdapTarangnan, Samar	700	about 105	about 6.64 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
2,308	HiguloanBaybay City, Leyte	700	about 201	about 3.48 km²	5.59% a year	Rural
2,309	JangtudPalapag, Northern Samar	700	about 99	about 7.09 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
2,310	CabicahanCalbayog City, Samar	699	about 278	about 2.51 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
2,311	CagbilwangCalbayog City, Samar	699	about 207	about 3.38 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
2,312	LongsobCalbayog City, Samar	699	about 64	about 10.86 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
2,313	CalipayanDulag, Leyte	698	about 873	about 0.80 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
2,314	CapudlosanHindang, Leyte	698	about 244	about 2.86 km²	2.72% a year	Rural
2,315	GahoyGuiuan, Eastern Samar	698	about 436	about 1.60 km²	2.61% a year	Rural
2,316	JimautanCalbayog City, Samar	698	about 215	about 3.24 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
2,317	SawahonDagami, Leyte	698	about 1,240	about 0.563 km²	12.89% a year	Rural
2,318	Poblacion Zone 5Baybay City, Leyte	697	about 15,152	about 0.046 km²	−2.05% a year	Rural
2,319	El ReposoTacloban City, Leyte	696	about 7,777	about 0.0895 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
2,320	IgangCalubian, Leyte	696	about 220	about 3.16 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
2,321	MahayahayOrmoc City, Leyte	696	about 155	about 4.49 km²	5.13% a year	Rural
2,322	NagoocanCatubig, Northern Samar	696	about 100	about 6.98 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
2,323	Poblacion Barangay 1San Sebastian, Samar	696	about 689	about 1.01 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
2,324	SangputanBabatngon, Leyte	696	about 208	about 3.34 km²	2.93% a year	Rural
2,325	Upper SogodCarigara, Leyte	696	about 1,166	about 0.597 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
2,326	BuenavistaDaram, Samar	695	about 840	about 0.827 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
2,327	CabugawanCalbayog City, Samar	695	about 214	about 3.25 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
2,328	MalitbogayPastrana, Leyte	695	about 346	about 2.01 km²	2.07% a year	Rural
2,329	MawodpawodSan Miguel, Leyte	695	about 344	about 2.02 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
2,330	Purok CBorongan City, Eastern Samar	695	about 9,957	about 0.0698 km²	−5.22% a year	Urban
2,331	San AntonioTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	695	about 243	about 2.86 km²	3.42% a year	Rural
2,332	CanyuomMaasin City, Southern Leyte	694	about 166	about 4.18 km²	2.00% a year	Rural
2,333	SimoraPalapag, Northern Samar	694	about 196	about 3.54 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,334	Cabago-anDolores, Eastern Samar	693	about 46	about 15.22 km²	2.31% a year	Rural
2,335	CabulisanInopacan, Leyte	693	about 36	about 19.18 km²	1.18% a year	Rural
2,336	OsmeñaLope De Vega, Northern Samar	693	about 56	about 12.31 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
2,337	Poblacion Barangay 1Capul, Northern Samar	693	about 254	about 2.73 km²	−1.01% a year	Rural
2,338	Poblacion District 1La Paz, Leyte	693	about 4,358	about 0.159 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
2,339	San VicenteSan Juan, Southern Leyte	693	about 315	about 2.20 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
2,340	BadiangonHinunangan, Southern Leyte	692	about 793	about 0.873 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
2,341	CacaoHilongos, Leyte	692	about 203	about 3.41 km²	2.28% a year	Rural
2,342	TiguibOras, Eastern Samar	692	about 966	about 0.716 km²	−3.59% a year	Rural
2,343	Zone 3Santa Fe, Leyte	692	about 2,386	about 0.29 km²	−4.46% a year	Rural
2,344	SalvacionAbuyog, Leyte	691	about 102	about 6.76 km²	1.25% a year	Rural
2,345	SamoyaoGandara, Samar	691	about 215	about 3.22 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
2,346	San JoseDaram, Samar	691	about 308	about 2.24 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
2,347	AltavistaMatalom, Leyte	690	about 211	about 3.27 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
2,348	Barangay 9 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	690	about 3,224	about 0.214 km²	−1.28% a year	Rural
2,349	BuntayOras, Eastern Samar	690	about 154	about 4.47 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
2,350	Catandog 1Hilongos, Leyte	690	about 676	about 1.02 km²	1.29% 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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