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, 2,801 to 2,850 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,801	BorongCalbiga, Samar	557	about 96	about 5.79 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
2,802	San BenitoDagami, Leyte	557	about 530	about 1.05 km²	−0.76% a year	Rural
2,803	Victory IslandGuiuan, Eastern Samar	557	about 19,964	about 0.0279 km²	−1.69% a year	Rural
2,804	GawisanMaasin City, Southern Leyte	556	about 158	about 3.51 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
2,805	LogeroMarabut, Samar	556	about 85	about 6.53 km²	1.67% a year	Rural
2,806	MaliwaliwDagami, Leyte	556	about 381	about 1.46 km²	−1.41% a year	Rural
2,807	PinamanaganAbuyog, Leyte	556	about 71	about 7.82 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
2,808	Poblacion Ward 4-AGuiuan, Eastern Samar	556	about 4,520	about 0.123 km²	−2.77% a year	Urban
2,809	PinarigusanSan Miguel, Leyte	555	about 1,212	about 0.458 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
2,810	Santa FeCarigara, Leyte	555	about 356	about 1.56 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
2,811	TagaytayMahaplag, Leyte	555	about 77	about 7.20 km²	8.56% a year	Rural
2,812	BungaPadre Burgos, Southern Leyte	554	about 573	about 0.966 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
2,813	ButiganBaybay City, Leyte	553	about 507	about 1.09 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
2,814	San Francisco WestAlangalang, Leyte	553	about 207	about 2.67 km²	0.17% a year	Rural
2,815	VillahermosaCalbayog City, Samar	553	about 89	about 6.23 km²	−4.46% a year	Rural
2,816	GuindalitanMaydolong, Eastern Samar	552	about 248	about 2.23 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
2,817	MaitumAbuyog, Leyte	552	about 179	about 3.09 km²	−3.01% a year	Rural
2,818	BenitonBontoc, Southern Leyte	551	about 244	about 2.26 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
2,819	Lam-awanVillareal, Samar	551	about 248	about 2.22 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
2,820	ParilMahaplag, Leyte	551	about 306	about 1.80 km²	5.83% a year	Rural
2,821	HenogaweGamay, Northern Samar	550	about 106	about 5.20 km²	3.11% a year	Rural
2,822	MagsaysayMapanas, Northern Samar	550	about 22	about 24.77 km²	−2.98% a year	Rural
2,823	MahagnaAbuyog, Leyte	550	about 169	about 3.25 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
2,824	Matin-aoHinunangan, Southern Leyte	550	about 53	about 10.45 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
2,825	Poblacion Barangay 6General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	550	about 9,786	about 0.0562 km²	−4.35% a year	Rural
2,826	San JoseLlorente, Eastern Samar	550	about 95	about 5.76 km²	−6.66% a year	Rural
2,827	BahayPastrana, Leyte	549	about 331	about 1.66 km²	1.54% a year	Rural
2,828	Barangay 68Tacloban City, Leyte	549	about 4,575	about 0.12 km²	−12.05% a year	Urban
2,829	Cansamada EastDagami, Leyte	549	about 495	about 1.11 km²	6.57% a year	Rural
2,830	DingleAbuyog, Leyte	549	about 255	about 2.15 km²	−0.77% a year	Rural
2,831	HiparayanGandara, Samar	549	about 78	about 7.02 km²	−2.46% a year	Rural
2,832	LimaPastrana, Leyte	549	about 255	about 2.15 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
2,833	NapoPalapag, Northern Samar	549	about 167	about 3.28 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
2,834	BaganitoKawayan, Biliran	547	about 117	about 4.69 km²	1.22% a year	Rural
2,835	CagngaranLa Paz, Leyte	547	about 610	about 0.896 km²	17.62% a year	Rural
2,836	CalampongPinabacdao, Samar	547	about 272	about 2.01 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
2,837	GuibuanganGamay, Northern Samar	546	about 316	about 1.73 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
2,838	MataludSan Jorge, Samar	546	about 46	about 11.97 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
2,839	MoguingBurauen, Leyte	546	about 618	about 0.884 km²	12.59% a year	Rural
2,840	Poblacion DTarangnan, Samar	546	about 272	about 2.01 km²	1.51% a year	Rural
2,841	Barangay 23Tacloban City, Leyte	545	about 37,075	about 0.0147 km²	4.64% a year	Rural
2,842	CantamuacMalitbog, Southern Leyte	545	about 51	about 10.75 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,843	CantariwisTolosa, Leyte	545	about 849	about 0.642 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
2,844	Barangay 7Calbiga, Samar	544	about 2,667	about 0.204 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
2,845	BunacanSan Julian, Eastern Samar	544	about 63	about 8.64 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
2,846	GallegoTarangnan, Samar	544	about 145	about 3.76 km²	5.33% a year	Rural
2,847	GuintampilanDaram, Samar	544	about 240	about 2.27 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
2,848	PulangbatoTagapul-An, Samar	544	about 269	about 2.02 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
2,849	San BernardoLimasawa, Southern Leyte	543	about 522	about 1.04 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
2,850	SerranoDulag, Leyte	543	about 3,311	about 0.164 km²	1.47% 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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