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, 2,901 to 2,950 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,901	Barangay 3Catubig, Northern Samar	527	about 10,253	about 0.0514 km²	−1.57% a year	Rural
2,902	CabagnganLaoang, Northern Samar	527	about 147	about 3.59 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
2,903	IwayanOras, Eastern Samar	527	about 71	about 7.38 km²	−2.31% a year	Rural
2,904	JusonCalubian, Leyte	527	about 536	about 0.984 km²	7.22% a year	Rural
2,905	VeteranosAlangalang, Leyte	527	about 83	about 6.35 km²	−3.82% a year	Rural
2,906	An-anHinundayan, Southern Leyte	526	about 64	about 8.17 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,907	CaroyocanCalubian, Leyte	526	about 262	about 2.01 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
2,908	Tuba-onSilago, Southern Leyte	526	about 87	about 6.03 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
2,909	SocsoconPastrana, Leyte	525	about 330	about 1.59 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
2,910	TinaanSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	525	about 140	about 3.76 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,911	CaduhaanPalompon, Leyte	524	about 146	about 3.59 km²	−1.83% a year	Rural
2,912	LimarayonCalbayog City, Samar	524	about 263	about 1.99 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
2,913	Purok D1Borongan City, Eastern Samar	524	about 8,719	about 0.0601 km²	−4.75% a year	Urban
2,914	Central 1Palompon, Leyte	523	about 6,731	about 0.0777 km²	−2.65% a year	Rural
2,915	GutosanCalubian, Leyte	522	about 1,621	about 0.322 km²	−1.71% a year	Rural
2,916	San JuanMahaplag, Leyte	522	about 53	about 9.92 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
2,917	BaguaGuiuan, Eastern Samar	521	about 192	about 2.71 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
2,918	BinukyahanMarabut, Samar	521	about 116	about 4.48 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
2,919	MalaguinabotBurauen, Leyte	521	about 162	about 3.22 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
2,920	PangdanZumarraga, Samar	521	about 461	about 1.13 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
2,921	PasabuenaVictoria, Northern Samar	521	about 16	about 33.16 km²	5.42% a year	Rural
2,922	Buenavista IISan Jorge, Samar	520	about 132	about 3.94 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
2,923	District III Pob.Tabontabon, Leyte	520	about 949	about 0.548 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
2,924	VictoryJiabong, Samar	520	about 299	about 1.74 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
2,925	Can-aponteSan Jose De Buan, Samar	519	about 83	about 6.29 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
2,926	CulasiGuiuan, Eastern Samar	519	about 135	about 3.84 km²	3.70% a year	Rural
2,927	Barangay 8Giporlos, Eastern Samar	518	about 4,427	about 0.117 km²	−5.16% a year	Rural
2,928	Cabunga-anSanta Rita, Samar	518	about 222	about 2.33 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
2,929	SampaguitaDagami, Leyte	518	about 428	about 1.21 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
2,930	Villa CorazonBurauen, Leyte	518	about 63	about 8.27 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
2,931	Don Potenciano LarrazabalOrmoc City, Leyte	517	about 219	about 2.36 km²	−9.72% a year	Rural
2,932	GuinadionganCapoocan, Leyte	517	about 304	about 1.70 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
2,933	ImeldaTolosa, Leyte	517	about 2,228	about 0.232 km²	−3.00% a year	Rural
2,934	PitogoBarugo, Leyte	517	about 174	about 2.97 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
2,935	Poblacion Zone 20Baybay City, Leyte	517	about 15,251	about 0.0339 km²	−5.72% a year	Rural
2,936	RawisGandara, Samar	517	about 89	about 5.81 km²	−4.67% a year	Rural
2,937	San RoqueBarugo, Leyte	517	about 529	about 0.977 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
2,938	Agay-aySan Juan, Southern Leyte	516	about 218	about 2.37 km²	−3.40% a year	Rural
2,939	CatooganSanta Fe, Leyte	516	about 267	about 1.93 km²	−5.77% a year	Rural
2,940	GeraliGandara, Samar	516	about 182	about 2.84 km²	5.24% a year	Rural
2,941	San AndresLas Navas, Northern Samar	516	about 78	about 6.61 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
2,942	TulaParanas, Samar	516	about 8	about 68.68 km²	5.42% a year	Rural
2,943	BatoMaripipi, Biliran	515	about 252	about 2.04 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
2,944	BuntayZumarraga, Samar	515	about 1,846	about 0.279 km²	−0.64% a year	Rural
2,945	CamansiMayorga, Leyte	515	about 373	about 1.38 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
2,946	ParinaJiabong, Samar	515	about 57	about 9.05 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
2,947	SoledadVillareal, Samar	515	about 2,464	about 0.209 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
2,948	TanvalCalbayog City, Samar	515	about 68	about 7.56 km²	2.43% a year	Rural
2,949	BanayonDagami, Leyte	514	about 418	about 1.23 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
2,950	CatagbacanVillaba, Leyte	514	about 99	about 5.20 km²	−1.95% 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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