The Atlas

Barangays in Southern Leyte

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]

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Barangays in Southern Leyte, at a glance

Barangays: 500^[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: 434,372^[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: 21 urban^[4]; 479 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Combado^[5]; Maasin City, Southern Leyte; 5,342 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: Catmon^[6]; Silago, Southern Leyte; about 47.47 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: Asuncion^{[5, 7]}; Maasin City, Southern Leyte; −0.09% 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: 185 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Combado, −2.17% 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.

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

Barangays in Southern Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
251	LonoyMaasin City, Southern Leyte	720	about 110	about 6.53 km²	−1.41% a year	Rural
252	SomojeSan Juan, Southern Leyte	718	about 121	about 5.91 km²	0.68% a year	Rural
253	Sap-angSilago, Southern Leyte	717	about 105	about 6.84 km²	2.38% a year	Rural
254	PinamudlanSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	713	about 137	about 5.20 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
255	San JuanSogod, Southern Leyte	713	about 52	about 13.72 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
256	LacaPadre Burgos, Southern Leyte	709	about 132	about 5.38 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
257	AbgaoMalitbog, Southern Leyte	708	about 339	about 2.09 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
258	CanlupaoTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	705	about 255	about 2.76 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
259	San AntonioTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	695	about 243	about 2.86 km²	3.42% a year	Rural
260	CanyuomMaasin City, Southern Leyte	694	about 166	about 4.18 km²	2.00% a year	Rural
261	San VicenteSan Juan, Southern Leyte	693	about 315	about 2.20 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
262	BadiangonHinunangan, Southern Leyte	692	about 793	about 0.873 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
263	Pres. QuezonLiloan, Southern Leyte	685	about 86	about 7.92 km²	−3.94% a year	Rural
264	AguinaldoMacrohon, Southern Leyte	681	about 423	about 1.61 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
265	BiasongHinunangan, Southern Leyte	680	about 660	about 1.03 km²	1.01% a year	Rural
266	AmbaconHinunangan, Southern Leyte	667	about 1,672	about 0.399 km²	1.97% a year	Rural
267	JubasLibagon, Southern Leyte	666	about 245	about 2.72 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
268	Matin-aoMaasin City, Southern Leyte	661	about 106	about 6.25 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
269	MahayagSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	660	about 156	about 4.23 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
270	TalisayHinunangan, Southern Leyte	658	about 1,578	about 0.417 km²	−0.18% a year	Rural
271	SaubSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	655	about 404	about 1.62 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
272	BuscayanMacrohon, Southern Leyte	654	about 574	about 1.14 km²	−1.31% a year	Rural
273	ManglitPintuyan, Southern Leyte	653	about 276	about 2.37 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
274	RizalTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	651	about 513	about 1.27 km²	−3.28% a year	Rural
275	ConcepcionMalitbog, Southern Leyte	649	about 375	about 1.73 km²	−0.47% a year	Rural
276	InolinanSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	649	about 464	about 1.40 km²	−0.18% a year	Rural
277	Son-ok IPintuyan, Southern Leyte	644	about 330	about 1.95 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
278	San RoqueMalitbog, Southern Leyte	643	about 585	about 1.10 km²	3.06% a year	Rural
279	TaytaganBontoc, Southern Leyte	643	about 564	about 1.14 km²	3.41% a year	Rural
280	San AgustinTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	642	about 3,194	about 0.201 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
281	PinascohanMaasin City, Southern Leyte	640	about 287	about 2.23 km²	3.61% a year	Rural
282	San AgustinLimasawa, Southern Leyte	640	about 303	about 2.11 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
283	PangiLibagon, Southern Leyte	639	about 72	about 8.82 km²	3.89% a year	Rural
284	TawogHinunangan, Southern Leyte	637	about 569	about 1.12 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
285	District IHinundayan, Southern Leyte	635	about 3,470	about 0.183 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
286	PoblacionHinunangan, Southern Leyte	633	about 3,576	about 0.177 km²	−0.19% a year	Urban
287	TunoSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	629	about 83	about 7.55 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
288	BaugoBontoc, Southern Leyte	627	about 99	about 6.32 km²	4.93% a year	Rural
289	TuburanHinunangan, Southern Leyte	625	about 152	about 4.12 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
290	HinapoTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	619	about 91	about 6.77 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
291	Cat-iwingHinundayan, Southern Leyte	614	about 243	about 2.53 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
292	PandanLiloan, Southern Leyte	614	about 125	about 4.91 km²	−4.87% a year	Rural
293	MaanyagTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	613	about 341	about 1.80 km²	1.42% a year	Rural
294	AmagusanAnahawan, Southern Leyte	610	about 351	about 1.74 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
295	Bactul IMaasin City, Southern Leyte	609	about 274	about 2.22 km²	2.38% a year	Rural
296	San RoquePintuyan, Southern Leyte	608	about 828	about 0.734 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
297	TaaBontoc, Southern Leyte	608	about 1,025	about 0.593 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
298	San IsidroMaasin City, Southern Leyte	604	about 221	about 2.73 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
299	MauylabBontoc, Southern Leyte	602	about 485	about 1.24 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
300	Santo NiñoMacrohon, Southern Leyte	600	about 733	about 0.818 km²	2.24% 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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