The Atlas

Barangays in Leyte

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 Leyte

Barangays in Leyte, at a glance

Barangays: 1,616^[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: 2,082,811^[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: 150 urban^[4]; 1,466 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: Liberty^[6]; Ormoc City, Leyte; about 76.03 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: Dolores^{[5, 7]}; Ormoc City, Leyte; 8.30% 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: 539 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.

1,616 barangays, 201 to 250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
201	AradoBurauen, Leyte	2,432	about 939	about 2.59 km²	11.58% a year	Rural
202	CambaladingAlbuera, Leyte	2,408	about 639	about 3.77 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
203	Ga-asBaybay City, Leyte	2,386	about 790	about 3.02 km²	−3.84% a year	Rural
204	Monte BelloKananga, Leyte	2,384	about 627	about 3.80 km²	−1.25% a year	Urban
205	LibasMerida, Leyte	2,377	about 552	about 4.31 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
206	MacupaLeyte, Leyte	2,376	about 266	about 8.93 km²	−0.54% a year	Rural
207	Central BarangayHilongos, Leyte	2,367	about 3,339	about 0.709 km²	0.00% a year	Urban
208	LabradorOrmoc City, Leyte	2,360	about 446	about 5.29 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
209	PonongBato, Leyte	2,352	about 1,417	about 1.66 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
210	GuadalupeBaybay City, Leyte	2,349	about 309	about 7.60 km²	−2.56% a year	Rural
211	PonongCarigara, Leyte	2,343	about 8,489	about 0.276 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
212	ManlilinaoOrmoc City, Leyte	2,340	about 161	about 14.53 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
213	BorokOrmoc City, Leyte	2,332	about 400	about 5.83 km²	13.04% a year	Rural
214	BalinsasayaoAbuyog, Leyte	2,330	about 250	about 9.33 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
215	JuatonOrmoc City, Leyte	2,322	about 812	about 2.86 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
216	RizalDulag, Leyte	2,320	about 712	about 3.26 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
217	Sabang BaoOrmoc City, Leyte	2,320	about 447	about 5.19 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
218	San JuanOrmoc City, Leyte	2,315	about 504	about 4.59 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
219	MilagroOrmoc City, Leyte	2,301	about 200	about 11.50 km²	−4.26% a year	Urban
220	SherwoodAlbuera, Leyte	2,297	about 365	about 6.29 km²	2.20% a year	Urban
221	Poblacion Zone ICapoocan, Leyte	2,287	about 5,761	about 0.397 km²	−1.01% a year	Rural
222	TagbibiHindang, Leyte	2,286	about 1,073	about 2.13 km²	2.59% a year	Rural
223	PagsulhugonBabatngon, Leyte	2,282	about 224	about 10.17 km²	2.81% a year	Rural
224	SabangPalompon, Leyte	2,274	about 818	about 2.78 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
225	BasudSan Isidro, Leyte	2,266	about 914	about 2.48 km²	−2.40% a year	Rural
226	SawangCarigara, Leyte	2,245	about 8,346	about 0.269 km²	−0.91% a year	Urban
227	MahayagIsabel, Leyte	2,224	about 1,118	about 1.99 km²	−1.55% a year	Urban
228	SeguinonAlbuera, Leyte	2,221	about 372	about 5.97 km²	−2.17% a year	Rural
229	AguitingKananga, Leyte	2,218	about 180	about 12.33 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
230	Poblacion District IIIBurauen, Leyte	2,212	about 2,772	about 0.798 km²	−2.88% a year	Rural
231	BaybayCarigara, Leyte	2,204	about 12,667	about 0.174 km²	−0.92% a year	Urban
232	CasildaMerida, Leyte	2,202	about 610	about 3.61 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
233	San JuanHilongos, Leyte	2,195	about 1,098	about 2.00 km²	4.94% a year	Rural
234	San RoqueMayorga, Leyte	2,189	about 897	about 2.44 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
235	Camp DownesOrmoc City, Leyte	2,183	about 1,315	about 1.66 km²	−4.57% a year	Rural
236	P. BarrantesAlangalang, Leyte	2,183	about 1,050	about 2.08 km²	8.54% a year	Rural
237	San RafaelDulag, Leyte	2,179	about 1,345	about 1.62 km²	0.00% a year	Urban
238	OpongTolosa, Leyte	2,171	about 596	about 3.64 km²	0.01% a year	Urban
239	San VicenteMatag-Ob, Leyte	2,169	about 288	about 7.54 km²	1.87% a year	Rural
240	TolingonIsabel, Leyte	2,169	about 915	about 2.37 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
241	LibasLeyte, Leyte	2,168	about 238	about 9.12 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
242	DanaoOrmoc City, Leyte	2,167	about 82	about 26.58 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
243	CabulihanOrmoc City, Leyte	2,165	about 513	about 4.22 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
244	HinabuyanVillaba, Leyte	2,161	about 669	about 3.23 km²	−4.48% a year	Rural
245	Pinaghi-usa Pob.Palompon, Leyte	2,148	about 14,225	about 0.151 km²	7.89% a year	Rural
246	TabingTabango, Leyte	2,146	about 192	about 11.17 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
247	LamanocMerida, Leyte	2,145	about 440	about 4.88 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
248	San IsidroSanta Fe, Leyte	2,142	about 328	about 6.54 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
249	OmaganhanTabango, Leyte	2,141	about 328	about 6.52 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
250	Barangay 79Tacloban City, Leyte	2,139	about 8,839	about 0.242 km²	1.81% 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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