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, 2,651 to 2,700 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,651	Villahermosa OrientalPagsanghan, Samar	602	about 271	about 2.22 km²	2.60% a year	Rural
2,652	BulakMatag-Ob, Leyte	601	about 185	about 3.24 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
2,653	BurgosDaram, Samar	601	about 406	about 1.48 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
2,654	Casili-onSalcedo, Eastern Samar	600	about 259	about 2.32 km²	−3.70% a year	Rural
2,655	MahagnaoBurauen, Leyte	600	about 33	about 18.06 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
2,656	PinganGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	600	about 182	about 3.29 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
2,657	Santo NiñoMacrohon, Southern Leyte	600	about 733	about 0.818 km²	2.24% a year	Rural
2,658	BugabugaVillaba, Leyte	599	about 137	about 4.36 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
2,659	CagbungalonLiloan, Southern Leyte	599	about 352	about 1.70 km²	−1.58% a year	Rural
2,660	Poblacion Dist. IIIBarugo, Leyte	599	about 2,178	about 0.275 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
2,661	TigbaoCarigara, Leyte	599	about 248	about 2.42 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
2,662	HimyanganVillareal, Samar	597	about 640	about 0.933 km²	−1.65% a year	Rural
2,663	KikiloAbuyog, Leyte	597	about 35	about 16.88 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
2,664	Poblacion 2Paranas, Samar	597	about 13,150	about 0.0454 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
2,665	San JoseTagapul-An, Samar	597	about 412	about 1.45 km²	1.90% a year	Rural
2,666	BalingasagOras, Eastern Samar	596	about 45	about 13.16 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
2,667	BaugoMaasin City, Southern Leyte	596	about 343	about 1.74 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
2,668	Guindapunan WestCarigara, Leyte	596	about 9,356	about 0.0637 km²	−2.98% a year	Rural
2,669	MapgapBaybay City, Leyte	596	about 183	about 3.26 km²	−2.63% a year	Rural
2,670	PalanoganCalbayog City, Samar	596	about 161	about 3.70 km²	6.02% a year	Rural
2,671	Santa CruzSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	596	about 141	about 4.22 km²	−1.58% a year	Rural
2,672	TangboCatubig, Northern Samar	596	about 166	about 3.60 km²	1.90% a year	Rural
2,673	TrangueCatarman, Northern Samar	596	about 72	about 8.33 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
2,674	AgutayanHilongos, Leyte	595	about 123	about 4.83 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
2,675	CentralCalbayog City, Samar	595	about 2,172	about 0.274 km²	3.67% a year	Urban
2,676	Hibod-hibodSogod, Southern Leyte	595	about 589	about 1.01 km²	8.34% a year	Rural
2,677	PlaridelPalompon, Leyte	595	about 447	about 1.33 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
2,678	San AntonioMacarthur, Leyte	595	about 290	about 2.05 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
2,679	BinatiklanLaoang, Northern Samar	594	about 521	about 1.14 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
2,680	San PelayoGandara, Samar	594	about 178	about 3.33 km²	2.18% a year	Rural
2,681	Bato IIMaasin City, Southern Leyte	593	about 243	about 2.44 km²	3.44% a year	Rural
2,682	Deit De TuragSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	592	about 45	about 13.18 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
2,683	OtamaHinunangan, Southern Leyte	592	about 200	about 2.96 km²	3.93% a year	Rural
2,684	PanoypoyCalbayog City, Samar	592	about 315	about 1.88 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
2,685	BanuyoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	591	about 66	about 8.96 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
2,686	CaluctoganDagami, Leyte	591	about 422	about 1.40 km²	−2.47% a year	Rural
2,687	E. LaodenioMapanas, Northern Samar	591	about 11,088	about 0.0533 km²	3.79% a year	Rural
2,688	San IsidroHilongos, Leyte	591	about 97	about 6.07 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,689	BuluanCalbiga, Samar	590	about 50	about 11.74 km²	−1.64% a year	Rural
2,690	Poblacion Zone 17Baybay City, Leyte	590	about 15,526	about 0.038 km²	−1.78% a year	Rural
2,691	San RamonPambujan, Northern Samar	590	about 188	about 3.13 km²	−1.14% a year	Rural
2,692	Taglibas ImeldaMatalom, Leyte	590	about 333	about 1.77 km²	1.61% a year	Rural
2,693	Bactul IIMaasin City, Southern Leyte	589	about 147	about 4.02 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
2,694	L. EmponLas Navas, Northern Samar	589	about 231	about 2.55 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
2,695	NagbobtacPalapag, Northern Samar	589	about 143	about 4.13 km²	−1.30% a year	Rural
2,696	Upper IchonMacrohon, Southern Leyte	589	about 577	about 1.02 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
2,697	BagolibasSanta Rita, Samar	588	about 46	about 12.78 km²	−3.90% a year	Rural
2,698	CagbobotoDaram, Samar	588	about 252	about 2.33 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
2,699	IbolCatbalogan City, Samar	588	about 916	about 0.642 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
2,700	MinarogParanas, Samar	588	about 264	about 2.23 km²	4.93% 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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