The Atlas

Barangays in Southern 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 Southern Leyte

Barangays in Southern Leyte, at a glance

Barangays: 500^[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: 434,372^[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: 21 urban^[4]; 479 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Combado^[5]; Maasin City, Southern Leyte; 5,342 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: Catmon^[6]; Silago, Southern Leyte; about 47.47 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: Asuncion^{[5, 7]}; Maasin City, Southern Leyte; −0.09% 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: 185 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Combado, −2.17% 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.

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

Barangays in Southern Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
201	BasakMaasin City, Southern Leyte	833	about 208	about 4.00 km²	1.59% a year	Rural
202	CabulihanLimasawa, Southern Leyte	833	about 661	about 1.26 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
203	BungaBontoc, Southern Leyte	830	about 149	about 5.56 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
204	EsperanzaBontoc, Southern Leyte	828	about 213	about 3.89 km²	2.30% a year	Rural
205	Nonok SurMaasin City, Southern Leyte	824	about 213	about 3.86 km²	4.79% a year	Rural
206	Santa CruzPintuyan, Southern Leyte	821	about 896	about 0.916 km²	6.68% a year	Rural
207	CarnagaSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	819	about 267	about 3.07 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
208	MalinaoSogod, Southern Leyte	815	about 837	about 0.974 km²	3.86% a year	Rural
209	MaujoMalitbog, Southern Leyte	812	about 752	about 1.08 km²	−2.41% a year	Rural
210	TimbaMalitbog, Southern Leyte	810	about 648	about 1.25 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
211	CawayanTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	797	about 315	about 2.53 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
212	Buac GamaySogod, Southern Leyte	794	about 908	about 0.874 km²	2.34% a year	Rural
213	HantagMaasin City, Southern Leyte	793	about 352	about 2.25 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
214	CamboocMaasin City, Southern Leyte	788	about 286	about 2.76 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
215	PanalaronHinunangan, Southern Leyte	780	about 1,232	about 0.633 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
216	MagaupasLiloan, Southern Leyte	779	about 216	about 3.61 km²	−5.01% a year	Rural
217	BongbongSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	777	about 322	about 2.41 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
218	SuaSan Juan, Southern Leyte	776	about 240	about 3.23 km²	4.00% a year	Rural
219	DinahuganPadre Burgos, Southern Leyte	775	about 206	about 3.77 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
220	PatongHinunangan, Southern Leyte	775	about 473	about 1.64 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
221	MarayagSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	773	about 239	about 3.23 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
222	SalvacionSilago, Southern Leyte	770	about 163	about 4.72 km²	4.07% a year	Rural
223	SangahonMalitbog, Southern Leyte	770	about 365	about 2.11 km²	−2.09% a year	Rural
224	TabugonLiloan, Southern Leyte	767	about 365	about 2.10 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
225	BenitSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	764	about 230	about 3.32 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
226	GuinsangaanBontoc, Southern Leyte	763	about 474	about 1.61 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
227	Himos-onanSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	761	about 390	about 1.95 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
228	CambiteTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	757	about 2,074	about 0.365 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
229	San AntonioSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	750	about 1,227	about 0.611 km²	4.79% a year	Rural
230	San JoseSan Juan, Southern Leyte	750	about 4,261	about 0.176 km²	−5.13% a year	Rural
231	Santo NiñoMaasin City, Southern Leyte	749	about 423	about 1.77 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
232	BagticanMaasin City, Southern Leyte	748	about 392	about 1.91 km²	2.49% a year	Rural
233	Nueva EsperanzaHinunangan, Southern Leyte	748	about 188	about 3.98 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
234	SabangHinundayan, Southern Leyte	747	about 377	about 1.98 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
235	LabradorHinunangan, Southern Leyte	745	about 1,693	about 0.44 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
236	MilagrosoSogod, Southern Leyte	744	about 124	about 6.01 km²	2.58% a year	Rural
237	SindanganMacrohon, Southern Leyte	742	about 167	about 4.45 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
238	PonodPintuyan, Southern Leyte	741	about 1,534	about 0.483 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
239	NasaugMaasin City, Southern Leyte	740	about 825	about 0.897 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
240	Bato IMaasin City, Southern Leyte	737	about 251	about 2.94 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
241	SalvacionSogod, Southern Leyte	734	about 2,128	about 0.345 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
242	Santa Paz NorteSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	734	about 312	about 2.35 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
243	President RoxasLiloan, Southern Leyte	729	about 231	about 3.16 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
244	SampongonBontoc, Southern Leyte	729	about 241	about 3.03 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
245	MalbagoBontoc, Southern Leyte	726	about 208	about 3.49 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
246	PoblacionSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	726	about 1,206	about 0.602 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
247	San VicenteAnahawan, Southern Leyte	726	about 1,631	about 0.445 km²	−4.03% a year	Rural
248	ManlicoHinunangan, Southern Leyte	725	about 173	about 4.20 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
249	NapantaoSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	723	about 391	about 1.85 km²	−7.12% a year	Rural
250	KatipunanSilago, Southern Leyte	721	about 50	about 14.40 km²	−0.23% 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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