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, 201 to 250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
201	Barangay 88Tacloban City, Leyte	3,050	about 1,255	about 2.43 km²	−3.92% a year	Urban
202	Santo NiñoOrmoc City, Leyte	3,037	about 1,077	about 2.82 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
203	MonbonSanta Margarita, Samar	3,033	about 2,370	about 1.28 km²	−2.28% a year	Rural
204	LibasLavezares, Northern Samar	3,028	about 405	about 7.48 km²	2.22% a year	Rural
205	PuntaOrmoc City, Leyte	3,025	about 7,051	about 0.429 km²	−8.73% a year	Urban
206	PolangiCalbiga, Samar	3,020	about 581	about 5.20 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
207	Eastern BarangayHilongos, Leyte	3,015	about 1,984	about 1.52 km²	0.06% a year	Urban
208	BarayongPalo, Leyte	3,005	about 176	about 17.03 km²	7.08% a year	Rural
209	Poblacion 3Catbalogan City, Samar	3,002	about 41,811	about 0.0718 km²	−0.78% a year	Urban
210	EcoMondragon, Northern Samar	2,999	about 2,654	about 1.13 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
211	Barangay 87Tacloban City, Leyte	2,997	about 3,538	about 0.847 km²	−1.54% a year	Rural
212	Barangay 83-BTacloban City, Leyte	2,991	about 5,078	about 0.589 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
213	CrossingSan Isidro, Leyte	2,991	about 619	about 4.83 km²	5.13% a year	Rural
214	Barangay 12Tacloban City, Leyte	2,985	about 3,508	about 0.851 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
215	CapiñahanNaval, Biliran	2,978	about 415	about 7.18 km²	1.45% a year	Rural
216	CogonPalo, Leyte	2,974	about 1,729	about 1.72 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
217	MatapayHilongos, Leyte	2,969	about 3,464	about 0.857 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
218	PalhiBaybay City, Leyte	2,969	about 1,258	about 2.36 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
219	Old RizalCatarman, Northern Samar	2,962	about 782	about 3.79 km²	4.76% a year	Urban
220	ConcepcionOrmoc City, Leyte	2,954	about 698	about 4.23 km²	10.75% a year	Rural
221	AgpangiNaval, Biliran	2,935	about 1,075	about 2.73 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
222	NarraCatarman, Northern Samar	2,927	about 20,907	about 0.14 km²	−1.74% a year	Urban
223	DaganasCatarman, Northern Samar	2,924	about 750	about 3.90 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
224	DaoOras, Eastern Samar	2,907	about 345	about 8.42 km²	−2.44% a year	Rural
225	UEP IIICatarman, Northern Samar	2,906	about 1,358	about 2.14 km²	−1.67% a year	Rural
226	BungaBaybay City, Leyte	2,905	about 161	about 18.04 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
227	MabiniBasey, Samar	2,904	about 19	about 149.98 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
228	Santo NiñoAbuyog, Leyte	2,904	about 3,877	about 0.749 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
229	CulasianCapoocan, Leyte	2,902	about 636	about 4.56 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
230	LonoyKananga, Leyte	2,899	about 437	about 6.64 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
231	Barangay 15Dolores, Eastern Samar	2,894	about 1,929	about 1.50 km²	2.01% a year	Rural
232	LibongaoKananga, Leyte	2,879	about 466	about 6.18 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
233	Barangay 104Tacloban City, Leyte	2,876	about 432	about 6.65 km²	4.98% a year	Rural
234	Barangay 83Tacloban City, Leyte	2,865	about 8,093	about 0.354 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
235	NatubganKananga, Leyte	2,862	about 436	about 6.57 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
236	Santo NiñoNaval, Biliran	2,857	about 2,116	about 1.35 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
237	SilangaCatbalogan City, Samar	2,856	about 1,690	about 1.69 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
238	San JoaquinPalo, Leyte	2,845	about 849	about 3.35 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
239	BitanhuanBaybay City, Leyte	2,844	about 276	about 10.30 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
240	GuirangBasey, Samar	2,838	about 52	about 54.72 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
241	San Miguel HeightsLaoang, Northern Samar	2,838	about 2,289	about 1.24 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
242	TalisayanAlbuera, Leyte	2,835	about 1,112	about 2.55 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
243	Cababto-anPambujan, Northern Samar	2,833	about 323	about 8.77 km²	3.54% a year	Rural
244	CagbuhanginOrmoc City, Leyte	2,821	about 873	about 3.23 km²	9.49% a year	Rural
245	Can-untogOrmoc City, Leyte	2,813	about 1,372	about 2.05 km²	2.59% a year	Rural
246	Barangay SouthOrmoc City, Leyte	2,811	about 6,599	about 0.426 km²	4.87% a year	Urban
247	PangasunganBaybay City, Leyte	2,801	about 185	about 15.17 km²	5.56% a year	Rural
248	BiasongSan Isidro, Leyte	2,795	about 468	about 5.97 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
249	Danao ICalbayog City, Samar	2,784	about 561	about 4.96 km²	−1.50% a year	Rural
250	TagbubungaVillaba, Leyte	2,778	about 465	about 5.97 km²	0.85% 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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