The Atlas

Barangays in Northern Samar

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 Northern Samar

Barangays in Northern Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 569^[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: 645,789^[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: 33 urban^[4]; 536 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Dalakit^[5]; Catarman, Northern Samar; 12,781 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: San Jose^[6]; Mondragon, Northern Samar; about 110.04 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: 252 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Baybay, −1.55% 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.

569 barangays, 201 to 250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Northern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
201	BatoGamay, Northern Samar	1,128	about 173	about 6.51 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
202	Santa FeCatubig, Northern Samar	1,124	about 384	about 2.93 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
203	San JuanLavezares, Northern Samar	1,123	about 181	about 6.21 km²	−3.03% a year	Rural
204	CagmanabaCatubig, Northern Samar	1,122	about 78	about 14.34 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
205	LandusanCapul, Northern Samar	1,116	about 228	about 4.90 km²	−4.60% a year	Rural
206	PaticuaCatarman, Northern Samar	1,098	about 143	about 7.69 km²	−3.15% a year	Rural
207	BangonGamay, Northern Samar	1,089	about 237	about 4.60 km²	−2.22% a year	Rural
208	IrawahanCatubig, Northern Samar	1,086	about 381	about 2.85 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
209	Doña AnecitaPambujan, Northern Samar	1,082	about 208	about 5.20 km²	2.55% a year	Rural
210	Punta Pob.San Vicente, Northern Samar	1,080	about 624	about 1.73 km²	4.11% a year	Rural
211	BukidLas Navas, Northern Samar	1,072	about 285	about 3.76 km²	2.03% a year	Rural
212	CaragasLavezares, Northern Samar	1,066	about 513	about 2.08 km²	−2.31% a year	Rural
213	ManajaoPalapag, Northern Samar	1,055	about 397	about 2.66 km²	3.12% a year	Rural
214	GetigoLope De Vega, Northern Samar	1,053	about 122	about 8.60 km²	3.24% a year	Rural
215	Lower CaynagaLope De Vega, Northern Samar	1,044	about 112	about 9.30 km²	2.39% a year	Rural
216	OsmeñaPalapag, Northern Samar	1,041	about 55	about 18.94 km²	−2.88% a year	Rural
217	PoblacionRosario, Northern Samar	1,041	about 1,663	about 0.626 km²	2.61% a year	Rural
218	GengarogSan Jose, Northern Samar	1,039	about 82	about 12.63 km²	2.43% a year	Rural
219	ProgressoBiri, Northern Samar	1,036	about 248	about 4.18 km²	3.65% a year	Rural
220	Tagab-iranLas Navas, Northern Samar	1,022	about 289	about 3.54 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
221	CabulaloanLaoang, Northern Samar	1,021	about 417	about 2.45 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
222	RombangLaoang, Northern Samar	1,021	about 261	about 3.91 km²	3.68% a year	Rural
223	InamlanLaoang, Northern Samar	1,009	about 266	about 3.79 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
224	Barangay WestSan Jose, Northern Samar	1,003	about 15,526	about 0.0646 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
225	TaylorLas Navas, Northern Samar	1,003	about 133	about 7.53 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
226	CaglanipaoSan Isidro, Northern Samar	995	about 89	about 11.13 km²	−3.57% a year	Rural
227	Zone IVictoria, Northern Samar	995	about 6,461	about 0.154 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
228	CatigbianLaoang, Northern Samar	993	about 211	about 4.70 km²	3.08% a year	Rural
229	MagsaysayLope De Vega, Northern Samar	992	about 26	about 37.99 km²	14.21% a year	Rural
230	Poblacion District 2Pambujan, Northern Samar	990	about 15,542	about 0.0637 km²	−3.51% a year	Rural
231	BurabodSan Antonio, Northern Samar	984	about 325	about 3.03 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
232	GuindaulanRosario, Northern Samar	980	about 71	about 13.77 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
233	ImeldaCatarman, Northern Samar	980	about 167	about 5.86 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
234	LondresAllen, Northern Samar	980	about 289	about 3.39 km²	−2.24% a year	Rural
235	San LazaroVictoria, Northern Samar	977	about 444	about 2.20 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
236	DaoGamay, Northern Samar	969	about 193	about 5.03 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
237	Poblacion IISilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	966	about 123	about 7.83 km²	2.97% a year	Rural
238	Cabago-anLaoang, Northern Samar	965	about 182	about 5.31 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
239	BurabudLaoang, Northern Samar	961	about 183	about 5.24 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
240	CurryLope De Vega, Northern Samar	960	about 137	about 7.00 km²	2.03% a year	Rural
241	OcadLavezares, Northern Samar	959	about 466	about 2.06 km²	−3.32% a year	Rural
242	Destacado Pob.San Vicente, Northern Samar	951	about 1,072	about 0.887 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
243	AguinCapul, Northern Samar	947	about 218	about 4.35 km²	4.47% a year	Rural
244	BaludSan Roque, Northern Samar	947	about 92	about 10.26 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
245	QuezonMapanas, Northern Samar	942	about 147	about 6.40 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
246	MabuhaySan Isidro, Northern Samar	938	about 55	about 16.91 km²	−2.69% a year	Rural
247	MagsaysayLavezares, Northern Samar	937	about 339	about 2.76 km²	−2.13% a year	Rural
248	JubasanMapanas, Northern Samar	935	about 55	about 17.08 km²	1.86% a year	Rural
249	E. DuranBobon, Northern Samar	934	about 33	about 28.22 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
250	MagsaysayPalapag, Northern Samar	929	about 170	about 5.46 km²	1.28% 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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