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, 251 to 300 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
251	BinulhoJavier, Leyte	2,774	about 156	about 17.78 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
252	LoocCabucgayan, Biliran	2,771	about 376	about 7.36 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
253	HiluctoganKananga, Leyte	2,767	about 87	about 31.72 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
254	CabadianganLaoang, Northern Samar	2,764	about 261	about 10.57 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
255	Poblacion Barangay 5Capul, Northern Samar	2,759	about 399	about 6.91 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
256	SalvacionPalo, Leyte	2,753	about 2,526	about 1.09 km²	1.38% a year	Urban
257	MaypangdanBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,752	about 1,390	about 1.98 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
258	BalaquidCabucgayan, Biliran	2,751	about 171	about 16.11 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
259	GabasBaybay City, Leyte	2,741	about 887	about 3.09 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
260	LunaOrmoc City, Leyte	2,737	about 1,185	about 2.31 km²	6.93% a year	Urban
261	CabintanOrmoc City, Leyte	2,729	about 51	about 53.79 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
262	PolahongonMahaplag, Leyte	2,729	about 323	about 8.46 km²	−0.98% a year	Rural
263	Poblacion 1Hindang, Leyte	2,725	about 3,104	about 0.878 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
264	SacmeTanauan, Leyte	2,725	about 1,919	about 1.42 km²	6.84% a year	Rural
265	Barangay 39Tacloban City, Leyte	2,720	about 31,776	about 0.0856 km²	−2.53% a year	Rural
266	MagsaysayBobon, Northern Samar	2,711	about 928	about 2.92 km²	7.92% a year	Urban
267	San IsidroBiliran, Biliran	2,710	about 1,030	about 2.63 km²	−1.54% a year	Rural
268	San AntonioDulag, Leyte	2,704	about 1,733	about 1.56 km²	44.06% a year	Rural
269	LemonCapoocan, Leyte	2,700	about 879	about 3.07 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
270	MckinleyCatarman, Northern Samar	2,697	about 76	about 35.38 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
271	CanhanduganJaro, Leyte	2,680	about 553	about 4.85 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
272	Naga-nagaPalo, Leyte	2,674	about 9,350	about 0.286 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
273	VictoryAbuyog, Leyte	2,672	about 29,492	about 0.0906 km²	−1.15% a year	Rural
274	PeñaCalbayog City, Samar	2,668	about 434	about 6.15 km²	−1.01% a year	Rural
275	DancalanBobon, Northern Samar	2,666	about 607	about 4.39 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
276	Barangay WestOrmoc City, Leyte	2,664	about 11,008	about 0.242 km²	−1.71% a year	Urban
277	Nula-tulaTacloban City, Leyte	2,663	about 9,511	about 0.28 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
278	BilwangIsabel, Leyte	2,660	about 3,205	about 0.83 km²	0.05% a year	Urban
279	CabatuanPalapag, Northern Samar	2,658	about 115	about 23.07 km²	3.70% a year	Rural
280	ErenasVictoria, Northern Samar	2,657	about 1,176	about 2.26 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
281	BaludCapoocan, Leyte	2,652	about 4,770	about 0.556 km²	−2.06% a year	Rural
282	BurabodBiliran, Biliran	2,650	about 833	about 3.18 km²	4.31% a year	Rural
283	TinampoPalapag, Northern Samar	2,646	about 2,708	about 0.977 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
284	BaludCalbayog City, Samar	2,636	about 21,967	about 0.12 km²	−4.03% a year	Urban
285	AradoPalo, Leyte	2,624	about 1,761	about 1.49 km²	0.71% a year	Urban
286	PontodHilongos, Leyte	2,616	about 11,474	about 0.228 km²	4.10% a year	Rural
287	CarmenCalbayog City, Samar	2,615	about 1,909	about 1.37 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
288	CalapiMotiong, Samar	2,613	about 159	about 16.42 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
289	MudboronAlangalang, Leyte	2,613	about 421	about 6.21 km²	0.75% a year	Urban
290	Cavite EastPalo, Leyte	2,592	about 9,159	about 0.283 km²	−1.80% a year	Urban
291	Monte AlegreKananga, Leyte	2,588	about 796	about 3.25 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
292	PalaraoLeyte, Leyte	2,585	about 236	about 10.96 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
293	ConcepcionHilongos, Leyte	2,581	about 462	about 5.59 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
294	TongonanOrmoc City, Leyte	2,579	about 141	about 18.27 km²	3.55% a year	Urban
295	Barangay 95-ATacloban City, Leyte	2,574	about 2,076	about 1.24 km²	−2.22% a year	Urban
296	Guintigui-anOrmoc City, Leyte	2,574	about 398	about 6.46 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
297	DaleSan Roque, Northern Samar	2,569	about 492	about 5.22 km²	8.39% a year	Rural
298	BulodSanta Fe, Leyte	2,564	about 1,806	about 1.42 km²	26.85% a year	Rural
299	San RoqueSanta Fe, Leyte	2,563	about 869	about 2.95 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
300	LibtongSan Miguel, Leyte	2,559	about 1,609	about 1.59 km²	3.56% 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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