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, 2,451 to 2,500 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,451	LomatudTaft, Eastern Samar	653	about 85	about 7.64 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
2,452	ManglitPintuyan, Southern Leyte	653	about 276	about 2.37 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
2,453	San LorenzoSan Jose, Northern Samar	653	about 269	about 2.43 km²	−4.84% a year	Rural
2,454	Villa HermosaJulita, Leyte	653	about 722	about 0.904 km²	1.29% a year	Rural
2,455	Villa Mag-asoBaybay City, Leyte	653	about 44	about 14.72 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
2,456	District II Pob.Tabontabon, Leyte	652	about 2,751	about 0.237 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
2,457	SalayParanas, Samar	652	about 267	about 2.44 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
2,458	San GuillermoMatag-Ob, Leyte	652	about 1,040	about 0.627 km²	1.45% a year	Rural
2,459	AbucaySulat, Eastern Samar	651	about 1,259	about 0.517 km²	−1.56% a year	Rural
2,460	Barangay 72Tacloban City, Leyte	651	about 5,813	about 0.112 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
2,461	RizalTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	651	about 513	about 1.27 km²	−3.28% a year	Rural
2,462	Bagong LipunanHilongos, Leyte	650	about 325	about 2.00 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
2,463	PadogaCalubian, Leyte	650	about 725	about 0.897 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
2,464	PilarSan Antonio, Northern Samar	650	about 279	about 2.33 km²	−1.42% a year	Rural
2,465	CapangihanTolosa, Leyte	649	about 191	about 3.39 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
2,466	ConcepcionMalitbog, Southern Leyte	649	about 375	about 1.73 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
2,467	InolinanSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	649	about 464	about 1.40 km²	−0.18% a year	Rural
2,468	MonbonZumarraga, Samar	649	about 168	about 3.87 km²	−0.87% a year	Rural
2,469	MongolbongolDaram, Samar	649	about 373	about 1.74 km²	1.46% a year	Rural
2,470	NatividadSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	649	about 222	about 2.93 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
2,471	Picas NorteJavier, Leyte	649	about 408	about 1.59 km²	0.87% a year	Rural
2,472	San RafaelVillareal, Samar	649	about 247	about 2.63 km²	−1.36% a year	Rural
2,473	Santa RitaMarabut, Samar	649	about 114	about 5.67 km²	4.19% a year	Rural
2,474	CatalinaJiabong, Samar	648	about 676	about 0.958 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
2,475	Poblacion Ward 9Guiuan, Eastern Samar	648	about 29,455	about 0.022 km²	−1.01% a year	Rural
2,476	Punta MariaBorongan City, Eastern Samar	648	about 240	about 2.70 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
2,477	SapinitSan Jorge, Samar	648	about 223	about 2.90 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
2,478	UlayanVillareal, Samar	648	about 415	about 1.56 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
2,479	BalingasagTabontabon, Leyte	647	about 283	about 2.29 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
2,480	TambukoBurauen, Leyte	647	about 404	about 1.60 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
2,481	VelosoMarabut, Samar	647	about 59	about 10.93 km²	1.26% a year	Rural
2,482	CancaiyasBasey, Samar	646	about 25	about 26.21 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
2,483	PatongCalbayog City, Samar	646	about 144	about 4.50 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
2,484	MaandaLeyte, Leyte	645	about 489	about 1.32 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
2,485	NavarroCalbayog City, Samar	645	about 134	about 4.80 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
2,486	Son-ok IPintuyan, Southern Leyte	644	about 330	about 1.95 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,487	BatugMacarthur, Leyte	643	about 399	about 1.61 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
2,488	DacayDulag, Leyte	643	about 338	about 1.90 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
2,489	La PazCalbayog City, Samar	643	about 139	about 4.64 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
2,490	Maga-anZumarraga, Samar	643	about 1,016	about 0.633 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
2,491	MahayagOrmoc City, Leyte	643	about 228	about 2.82 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
2,492	PagnamitanGuiuan, Eastern Samar	643	about 463	about 1.39 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
2,493	RizalLas Navas, Northern Samar	643	about 86	about 7.52 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
2,494	San RoqueVillareal, Samar	643	about 168	about 3.83 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
2,495	San RoqueMalitbog, Southern Leyte	643	about 585	about 1.10 km²	3.06% a year	Rural
2,496	TaytaganBontoc, Southern Leyte	643	about 564	about 1.14 km²	3.41% a year	Rural
2,497	San AgustinTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	642	about 3,194	about 0.201 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
2,498	Don LuisCalubian, Leyte	641	about 2,074	about 0.309 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
2,499	LangobLaoang, Northern Samar	641	about 334	about 1.92 km²	2.47% a year	Rural
2,500	Tib-oAbuyog, Leyte	641	about 144	about 4.46 km²	−0.73% 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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