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, 2,401 to 2,450 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,401	Santo NiñoVillareal, Samar	671	about 417	about 1.61 km²	−4.04% a year	Rural
2,402	HamorawonGuiuan, Eastern Samar	670	about 236	about 2.84 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
2,403	BuyayawonMercedes, Eastern Samar	668	about 309	about 2.16 km²	14.70% a year	Rural
2,404	CanwarakZumarraga, Samar	668	about 412	about 1.62 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
2,405	PlaridelVillareal, Samar	668	about 158	about 4.23 km²	1.92% a year	Rural
2,406	AmbaconHinunangan, Southern Leyte	667	about 1,672	about 0.399 km²	1.97% a year	Rural
2,407	RebongLas Navas, Northern Samar	667	about 243	about 2.74 km²	−2.40% a year	Rural
2,408	So-ongLlorente, Eastern Samar	667	about 203	about 3.29 km²	−3.62% a year	Rural
2,409	AcedilloCalbayog City, Samar	666	about 285	about 2.34 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
2,410	JubasLibagon, Southern Leyte	666	about 245	about 2.72 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
2,411	NagajaHernani, Eastern Samar	666	about 424	about 1.57 km²	4.83% a year	Rural
2,412	LibertadHilongos, Leyte	665	about 184	about 3.62 km²	6.72% a year	Rural
2,413	San IsidroMatalom, Leyte	665	about 7,879	about 0.0844 km²	−2.81% a year	Rural
2,414	ApoloniaParanas, Samar	664	about 92	about 7.19 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
2,415	BolongtohanDulag, Leyte	664	about 420	about 1.58 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,416	San IsidroAbuyog, Leyte	664	about 388	about 1.71 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
2,417	San RoqueJipapad, Eastern Samar	664	about 60	about 11.00 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
2,418	CalipayanCulaba, Biliran	663	about 69	about 9.58 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
2,419	CanyoyoMarabut, Samar	663	about 48	about 13.95 km²	2.26% a year	Rural
2,420	AnislagQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	662	about 64	about 10.39 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
2,421	Barangay No. 5Quinapondan, Eastern Samar	662	about 181	about 3.66 km²	−4.44% a year	Rural
2,422	BonglasSan Jose, Northern Samar	662	about 139	about 4.76 km²	2.30% a year	Rural
2,423	BurabodKawayan, Biliran	662	about 181	about 3.65 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
2,424	MabiniDaram, Samar	661	about 313	about 2.11 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
2,425	Matin-aoMaasin City, Southern Leyte	661	about 106	about 6.25 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
2,426	MayaMacarthur, Leyte	661	about 505	about 1.31 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
2,427	CabarasanDulag, Leyte	660	about 234	about 2.82 km²	3.19% a year	Rural
2,428	MagsaysayDolores, Eastern Samar	660	about 84	about 7.84 km²	4.93% a year	Rural
2,429	MahayagSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	660	about 156	about 4.23 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
2,430	Barangay 50-BTacloban City, Leyte	659	about 2,955	about 0.223 km²	−1.80% a year	Urban
2,431	San EduardoSanta Rita, Samar	659	about 42	about 15.57 km²	7.10% a year	Rural
2,432	San NicolasSan Jose De Buan, Samar	659	about 21	about 32.09 km²	−5.38% a year	Rural
2,433	BalugoTarangnan, Samar	658	about 172	about 3.83 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
2,434	BuenavistaGuiuan, Eastern Samar	658	about 201	about 3.27 km²	−2.17% a year	Rural
2,435	BuenavistaAbuyog, Leyte	658	about 274	about 2.40 km²	−1.03% a year	Rural
2,436	TalisayHinunangan, Southern Leyte	658	about 1,578	about 0.417 km²	−0.18% a year	Rural
2,437	BatugDulag, Leyte	657	about 687	about 0.956 km²	1.36% a year	Rural
2,438	CalunasanMerida, Leyte	657	about 211	about 3.12 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
2,439	YabyabanLaoang, Northern Samar	657	about 138	about 4.76 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
2,440	AlegriaZumarraga, Samar	656	about 538	about 1.22 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
2,441	BuracanLa Paz, Leyte	656	about 300	about 2.19 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
2,442	InuntanBasey, Samar	656	about 115	about 5.70 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
2,443	May-itBasey, Samar	655	about 281	about 2.33 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
2,444	SaubSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	655	about 404	about 1.62 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
2,445	UlhayJavier, Leyte	655	about 152	about 4.30 km²	−7.46% a year	Rural
2,446	AnolonHindang, Leyte	654	about 229	about 2.86 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
2,447	BuscayanMacrohon, Southern Leyte	654	about 574	about 1.14 km²	−1.31% a year	Rural
2,448	BalogoSan Sebastian, Samar	653	about 506	about 1.29 km²	2.01% a year	Rural
2,449	Barangay No. 1Quinapondan, Eastern Samar	653	about 3,110	about 0.21 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
2,450	CamayseZumarraga, Samar	653	about 653	about 1.00 km²	−0.51% 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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