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, 2,751 to 2,800 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,751	GarawonHernani, Eastern Samar	572	about 369	about 1.55 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
2,752	HiluctoganMahaplag, Leyte	572	about 38	about 15.23 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
2,753	InarumbacanVillareal, Samar	572	about 343	about 1.67 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
2,754	MasagongsongKawayan, Biliran	572	about 515	about 1.11 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
2,755	Monte AlegreMatalom, Leyte	572	about 164	about 3.48 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
2,756	San JuanSan Jorge, Samar	572	about 607	about 0.943 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
2,757	TaboSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	572	about 175	about 3.26 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
2,758	VictoryCalbayog City, Samar	572	about 123	about 4.64 km²	3.33% a year	Rural
2,759	Binongto-anTanauan, Leyte	571	about 261	about 2.19 km²	2.60% a year	Rural
2,760	CagaasanLaoang, Northern Samar	571	about 279	about 2.05 km²	−2.40% a year	Rural
2,761	IbaBasey, Samar	571	about 128	about 4.47 km²	−1.92% a year	Rural
2,762	MagallanesBasey, Samar	571	about 281	about 2.03 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
2,763	JubangCapul, Northern Samar	570	about 589	about 0.968 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
2,764	Villa ImeldaMacarthur, Leyte	570	about 176	about 3.23 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
2,765	Canha-ayonHindang, Leyte	569	about 162	about 3.52 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
2,766	HubasanHinundayan, Southern Leyte	569	about 143	about 3.98 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
2,767	MalaguiningTalalora, Samar	569	about 212	about 2.68 km²	4.01% a year	Rural
2,768	Poblacion District IJulita, Leyte	569	about 3,647	about 0.156 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
2,769	AgsamanJipapad, Eastern Samar	568	about 60	about 9.39 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
2,770	LanaoMaasin City, Southern Leyte	568	about 546	about 1.04 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
2,771	NatawoPalapag, Northern Samar	568	about 213	about 2.67 km²	4.70% a year	Rural
2,772	New TaligueAbuyog, Leyte	567	about 23	about 24.93 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
2,773	Barangay 36Tacloban City, Leyte	565	about 42,803	about 0.0132 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
2,774	BinalayanOras, Eastern Samar	565	about 109	about 5.17 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
2,775	Imelda MarcosHilongos, Leyte	565	about 360	about 1.57 km²	2.68% a year	Rural
2,776	KerikiteAlmagro, Samar	565	about 601	about 0.94 km²	−1.67% a year	Rural
2,777	ParasanDaram, Samar	565	about 232	about 2.44 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
2,778	CawayananBontoc, Southern Leyte	564	about 135	about 4.19 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
2,779	Gimiranat WestLa Paz, Leyte	564	about 289	about 1.95 km²	8.14% a year	Rural
2,780	PatongSan Miguel, Leyte	564	about 184	about 3.06 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
2,781	PongonMacarthur, Leyte	563	about 254	about 2.22 km²	−2.81% a year	Rural
2,782	San PedroPalompon, Leyte	563	about 205	about 2.75 km²	3.09% a year	Rural
2,783	EspinosaCalubian, Leyte	562	about 3,722	about 0.151 km²	8.05% a year	Rural
2,784	FactoriaOras, Eastern Samar	562	about 299	about 1.88 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
2,785	LewingAnahawan, Southern Leyte	562	about 525	about 1.07 km²	2.60% a year	Rural
2,786	MacabetasJiabong, Samar	562	about 229	about 2.45 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
2,787	PasigayCalbiga, Samar	562	about 296	about 1.90 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
2,788	CabungaanNaval, Biliran	561	about 120	about 4.66 km²	5.54% a year	Rural
2,789	SulodBasey, Samar	561	about 18,515	about 0.0303 km²	−3.47% a year	Rural
2,790	San MiguelVictoria, Northern Samar	560	about 132	about 4.24 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
2,791	VillahermosaLavezares, Northern Samar	560	about 318	about 1.76 km²	2.51% a year	Rural
2,792	Binongto-anMaripipi, Biliran	559	about 451	about 1.24 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
2,793	CambayanBasey, Samar	559	about 341	about 1.64 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
2,794	LoocCalbayog City, Samar	559	about 162	about 3.45 km²	4.73% a year	Rural
2,795	SulopanParanas, Samar	559	about 132	about 4.24 km²	4.57% a year	Rural
2,796	AmambucaleMarabut, Samar	558	about 186	about 3.00 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
2,797	Barangay 7Salcedo, Eastern Samar	558	about 2,906	about 0.192 km²	−2.23% a year	Rural
2,798	DalumpinesCalubian, Leyte	558	about 603	about 0.926 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
2,799	AuroraSan Jorge, Samar	557	about 384	about 1.45 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
2,800	Barangay Poblacion VBalangiga, Eastern Samar	557	about 13,652	about 0.0408 km²	−3.78% 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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