The Atlas

Barangays in 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 Samar

Barangays in Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 951^[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: 806,179^[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: 33 urban^[4]; 918 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Mercedes^[5]; Catbalogan City, Samar; 12,964 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: Maulong^{[5, 7]}; Catbalogan City, Samar; 1.42% 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: 349 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Canlapwas, −1.50% 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.

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

Barangays in Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
251	CabugawanCatbalogan City, Samar	973	about 1,009	about 0.964 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
252	LalePinabacdao, Samar	971	about 1,188	about 0.817 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
253	CabacunganCalbayog City, Samar	970	about 292	about 3.32 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
254	PelaonPinabacdao, Samar	967	about 60	about 16.12 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
255	BatoParanas, Samar	965	about 435	about 2.22 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
256	TambonganGandara, Samar	963	about 105	about 9.18 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
257	Poblacion 5Paranas, Samar	957	about 16,303	about 0.0587 km²	−1.59% a year	Rural
258	LokilokonParanas, Samar	955	about 150	about 6.36 km²	2.89% a year	Rural
259	Villarosa Pob.Villareal, Samar	950	about 1,059	about 0.897 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
260	LosaDaram, Samar	949	about 804	about 1.18 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
261	ErenasSan Jorge, Samar	948	about 1,413	about 0.671 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
262	San JoseGandara, Samar	946	about 52	about 18.26 km²	−2.80% a year	Rural
263	San VicenteCatbalogan City, Samar	943	about 189	about 4.99 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
264	Blanca AuroraSan Jorge, Samar	939	about 205	about 4.59 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
265	Barangay No. 1Jiabong, Samar	938	about 861	about 1.09 km²	3.28% a year	Rural
266	TinauganZumarraga, Samar	937	about 515	about 1.82 km²	−1.83% a year	Rural
267	SauganDaram, Samar	930	about 470	about 1.98 km²	−3.00% a year	Rural
268	CagbayangCalbayog City, Samar	929	about 460	about 2.02 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
269	CalingonanCalbiga, Samar	929	about 204	about 4.55 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
270	Poblacion ETarangnan, Samar	929	about 7,092	about 0.131 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
271	NagcaduhaVillareal, Samar	922	about 308	about 2.99 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
272	Calawan-anDaram, Samar	915	about 305	about 3.00 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
273	BirawanDaram, Samar	910	about 256	about 3.55 km²	−1.64% a year	Rural
274	Poblacion 11Catbalogan City, Samar	907	about 24,514	about 0.037 km²	−2.94% a year	Urban
275	SugodTarangnan, Samar	902	about 423	about 2.13 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
276	PagbalicanCalbayog City, Samar	900	about 811	about 1.11 km²	3.43% a year	Rural
277	CacaransanCalbayog City, Samar	898	about 243	about 3.70 km²	3.00% a year	Rural
278	CapacuhanCalbayog City, Samar	898	about 199	about 4.52 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
279	MalobagoJiabong, Samar	897	about 1,199	about 0.748 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
280	HamptonGandara, Samar	893	about 429	about 2.08 km²	11.56% a year	Rural
281	LaygayonPinabacdao, Samar	888	about 181	about 4.90 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
282	BurgosBasey, Samar	884	about 819	about 1.08 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
283	VillahermosaSanto Niño, Samar	884	about 316	about 2.80 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
284	PondangDaram, Samar	882	about 531	about 1.66 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
285	Roxas IICalbayog City, Samar	882	about 228	about 3.87 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
286	Guinbaoyan SurCalbayog City, Samar	881	about 305	about 2.89 km²	2.28% a year	Rural
287	SigoCalbayog City, Samar	879	about 77	about 11.38 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
288	CorocawayanSanto Niño, Samar	875	about 405	about 2.16 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
289	BarruzMatuguinao, Samar	874	about 51	about 17.20 km²	5.83% a year	Rural
290	MacaalanCalbiga, Samar	869	about 308	about 2.82 km²	−1.26% a year	Rural
291	CampiyakSan Sebastian, Samar	863	about 865	about 0.998 km²	3.82% a year	Rural
292	LibertadPagsanghan, Samar	858	about 609	about 1.41 km²	−1.91% a year	Rural
293	BalocaweTagapul-An, Samar	856	about 384	about 2.23 km²	3.22% a year	Rural
294	TulaySanta Rita, Samar	855	about 217	about 3.94 km²	−2.10% a year	Rural
295	TagacaySanta Rita, Samar	854	about 202	about 4.22 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
296	Poblacion 3Daram, Samar	853	about 493	about 1.73 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
297	CaranasMotiong, Samar	852	about 254	about 3.35 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
298	Darahuway DacoCatbalogan City, Samar	849	about 2,358	about 0.36 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
299	MadalunotPinabacdao, Samar	849	about 288	about 2.95 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
300	AmampacangCalbayog City, Samar	847	about 261	about 3.25 km²	0.00% 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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