The Atlas

Barangays in Eastern Samar

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 Samar

Barangays in Eastern Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 597^[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: 472,683^[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: 19 urban^[4]; 578 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Songco^[5]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; 4,684 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: San Gabriel^[6]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; about 179.23 km²
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: 345 barangays^[7]

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.

597 barangays, 251 to 300 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
251	BaybaySulat, Eastern Samar	686	about 1,786	about 0.384 km²	−0.92% a year	Rural
252	MalinaoTaft, Eastern Samar	684	about 21	about 32.32 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
253	PayaGiporlos, Eastern Samar	683	about 159	about 4.30 km²	−2.25% a year	Rural
254	BatangHernani, Eastern Samar	682	about 533	about 1.28 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
255	SabangOras, Eastern Samar	679	about 175	about 3.88 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
256	MagongbongDolores, Eastern Samar	678	about 20	about 34.57 km²	−4.60% a year	Rural
257	CaisawanBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	676	about 135	about 4.99 km²	−1.63% a year	Rural
258	BarukCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	673	about 82	about 8.20 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
259	HamorawonGuiuan, Eastern Samar	670	about 236	about 2.84 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
260	BuyayawonMercedes, Eastern Samar	668	about 309	about 2.16 km²	14.70% a year	Rural
261	So-ongLlorente, Eastern Samar	667	about 203	about 3.29 km²	−3.62% a year	Rural
262	NagajaHernani, Eastern Samar	666	about 424	about 1.57 km²	4.83% a year	Rural
263	San RoqueJipapad, Eastern Samar	664	about 60	about 11.00 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
264	AnislagQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	662	about 64	about 10.39 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
265	Barangay No. 5Quinapondan, Eastern Samar	662	about 181	about 3.66 km²	−4.44% a year	Rural
266	MagsaysayDolores, Eastern Samar	660	about 84	about 7.84 km²	4.93% a year	Rural
267	BuenavistaGuiuan, Eastern Samar	658	about 201	about 3.27 km²	−2.17% a year	Rural
268	Barangay No. 1Quinapondan, Eastern Samar	653	about 3,110	about 0.21 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
269	LomatudTaft, Eastern Samar	653	about 85	about 7.64 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
270	AbucaySulat, Eastern Samar	651	about 1,259	about 0.517 km²	−1.56% a year	Rural
271	NatividadSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	649	about 222	about 2.93 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
272	Poblacion Ward 9Guiuan, Eastern Samar	648	about 29,455	about 0.022 km²	−1.01% a year	Rural
273	Punta MariaBorongan City, Eastern Samar	648	about 240	about 2.70 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
274	PagnamitanGuiuan, Eastern Samar	643	about 463	about 1.39 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
275	Poblacion Barangay 4Taft, Eastern Samar	638	about 3,239	about 0.197 km²	1.77% a year	Rural
276	CanjawayBorongan City, Eastern Samar	637	about 373	about 1.71 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
277	BayobayBorongan City, Eastern Samar	636	about 275	about 2.31 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
278	KalawOras, Eastern Samar	636	about 65	about 9.83 km²	4.66% a year	Rural
279	Poblacion Barangay 1Taft, Eastern Samar	636	about 11,932	about 0.0533 km²	−4.48% a year	Rural
280	CampakeritMaydolong, Eastern Samar	633	about 428	about 1.48 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
281	TalangdawanSalcedo, Eastern Samar	632	about 137	about 4.63 km²	−4.69% a year	Rural
282	MabuhayCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	631	about 62	about 10.21 km²	−2.42% a year	Rural
283	San RoqueLlorente, Eastern Samar	631	about 544	about 1.16 km²	−5.42% a year	Rural
284	Barangay No. 6Quinapondan, Eastern Samar	628	about 298	about 2.11 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
285	Santa MargaritaQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	627	about 231	about 2.71 km²	−1.79% a year	Rural
286	MabuhayJipapad, Eastern Samar	626	about 82	about 7.61 km²	4.21% a year	Rural
287	San IsidroGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	620	about 136	about 4.56 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
288	Barangay Poblacion 9Lawaan, Eastern Samar	619	about 873	about 0.709 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
289	RiversideSulat, Eastern Samar	618	about 182	about 3.39 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
290	Santa CruzGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	617	about 401	about 1.54 km²	3.62% a year	Rural
291	BacjaoBalangiga, Eastern Samar	615	about 162	about 3.79 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
292	AmantacopBorongan City, Eastern Samar	614	about 41	about 15.07 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
293	CagbongaBorongan City, Eastern Samar	614	about 202	about 3.04 km²	3.73% a year	Rural
294	TiklingDolores, Eastern Samar	613	about 848	about 0.723 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
295	SauganOras, Eastern Samar	611	about 158	about 3.87 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
296	CagpileOras, Eastern Samar	609	about 152	about 4.00 km²	−2.88% a year	Rural
297	Barangay Poblacion 2Maydolong, Eastern Samar	606	about 1,007	about 0.602 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
298	Casili-onSalcedo, Eastern Samar	600	about 259	about 2.32 km²	−3.70% a year	Rural
299	PinganGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	600	about 182	about 3.29 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
300	BalingasagOras, Eastern Samar	596	about 45	about 13.16 km²	0.86% 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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