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, 2,601 to 2,650 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,601	ManaulHilongos, Leyte	614	about 630	about 0.975 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,602	PandanLiloan, Southern Leyte	614	about 125	about 4.91 km²	−4.87% a year	Rural
2,603	PiloroCarigara, Leyte	614	about 252	about 2.44 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
2,604	BaclayanDaram, Samar	613	about 621	about 0.987 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
2,605	CaraycaraySan Miguel, Leyte	613	about 57	about 10.79 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
2,606	MaanyagTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	613	about 341	about 1.80 km²	1.42% a year	Rural
2,607	TiklingDolores, Eastern Samar	613	about 848	about 0.723 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
2,608	BayoCalbayog City, Samar	612	about 72	about 8.52 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,609	Mat-eMerida, Leyte	612	about 572	about 1.07 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
2,610	Dumalo-ongGandara, Samar	611	about 9,792	about 0.0624 km²	4.43% a year	Rural
2,611	General RoxasDulag, Leyte	611	about 286	about 2.14 km²	−1.90% a year	Rural
2,612	SauganOras, Eastern Samar	611	about 158	about 3.87 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
2,613	AmagusanAnahawan, Southern Leyte	610	about 351	about 1.74 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,614	BanawangTunga, Leyte	610	about 379	about 1.61 km²	4.39% a year	Rural
2,615	Limbuhan DakuTanauan, Leyte	610	about 765	about 0.797 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
2,616	RiversideMatag-Ob, Leyte	610	about 2,111	about 0.289 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
2,617	Bactul IMaasin City, Southern Leyte	609	about 274	about 2.22 km²	2.38% a year	Rural
2,618	CagpileOras, Eastern Samar	609	about 152	about 4.00 km²	−2.88% a year	Rural
2,619	Guin-arawayanAllen, Northern Samar	609	about 309	about 1.97 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
2,620	LibertadTacloban City, Leyte	609	about 1,620	about 0.376 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
2,621	San VicenteMatalom, Leyte	609	about 107	about 5.67 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
2,622	ZacaritoBaybay City, Leyte	609	about 198	about 3.07 km²	3.96% a year	Rural
2,623	AmpihanonBaybay City, Leyte	608	about 143	about 4.24 km²	−0.81% a year	Rural
2,624	BangonPagsanghan, Samar	608	about 623	about 0.976 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
2,625	San RoquePintuyan, Southern Leyte	608	about 828	about 0.734 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
2,626	TaaBontoc, Southern Leyte	608	about 1,025	about 0.593 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
2,627	TinowaranCatarman, Northern Samar	608	about 139	about 4.37 km²	1.99% a year	Rural
2,628	BalaoBaybay City, Leyte	607	about 194	about 3.13 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
2,629	Barangay 42Tacloban City, Leyte	607	about 32,460	about 0.0187 km²	−4.95% a year	Rural
2,630	BukidJaro, Leyte	607	about 295	about 2.06 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
2,631	Palale 1Macarthur, Leyte	607	about 613	about 0.991 km²	−4.36% a year	Rural
2,632	PangeJaro, Leyte	607	about 379	about 1.60 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
2,633	Barangay Poblacion 2Maydolong, Eastern Samar	606	about 1,007	about 0.602 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
2,634	LukayBabatngon, Leyte	606	about 279	about 2.17 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
2,635	SagudsuronCatubig, Northern Samar	606	about 308	about 1.97 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
2,636	Rizal IICalbayog City, Samar	605	about 300	about 2.02 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
2,637	LourdesPastrana, Leyte	604	about 525	about 1.15 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
2,638	MaghulodTanauan, Leyte	604	about 689	about 0.876 km²	3.04% a year	Rural
2,639	NagaBato, Leyte	604	about 313	about 1.93 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
2,640	RawisCalbiga, Samar	604	about 516	about 1.17 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
2,641	San IsidroMaasin City, Southern Leyte	604	about 221	about 2.73 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
2,642	JamoogRosario, Northern Samar	603	about 945	about 0.638 km²	2.68% a year	Rural
2,643	Lower SogodCarigara, Leyte	603	about 585	about 1.03 km²	−0.74% a year	Rural
2,644	Navatas DakuTalalora, Samar	603	about 789	about 0.764 km²	4.75% a year	Rural
2,645	TubiganZumarraga, Samar	603	about 450	about 1.34 km²	1.15% a year	Rural
2,646	Barangay 58Tacloban City, Leyte	602	about 20,407	about 0.0295 km²	1.84% a year	Rural
2,647	CombisAbuyog, Leyte	602	about 119	about 5.08 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
2,648	MauylabBontoc, Southern Leyte	602	about 485	about 1.24 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
2,649	ParasanJaro, Leyte	602	about 247	about 2.44 km²	2.37% a year	Rural
2,650	San JuanMatalom, Leyte	602	about 112	about 5.39 km²	−1.46% 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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