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, 2,951 to 3,000 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
2,951	Del CarmenDulag, Leyte	514	about 248	about 2.07 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
2,952	San JuanGuiuan, Eastern Samar	514	about 375	about 1.37 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
2,953	San MiguelMaslog, Eastern Samar	514	about 42	about 12.23 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
2,954	AmbacanBaybay City, Leyte	513	about 266	about 1.93 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
2,955	MaypangeMotiong, Samar	513	about 176	about 2.91 km²	6.79% a year	Rural
2,956	PansaanMaasin City, Southern Leyte	513	about 446	about 1.15 km²	−1.31% a year	Rural
2,957	SantolAlangalang, Leyte	513	about 120	about 4.28 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
2,958	EfeCalubian, Leyte	512	about 1,759	about 0.291 km²	2.34% a year	Rural
2,959	MagdawatPinabacdao, Samar	512	about 91	about 5.60 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
2,960	PalanasCalbayog City, Samar	512	about 1,118	about 0.458 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
2,961	TalahidAlmagro, Samar	512	about 388	about 1.32 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
2,962	Tan-awanSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	512	about 72	about 7.13 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
2,963	Buenos AiresPagsanghan, Samar	511	about 100	about 5.10 km²	−3.23% a year	Rural
2,964	CogonAnahawan, Southern Leyte	511	about 396	about 1.29 km²	4.58% a year	Rural
2,965	OsmeñaHinabangan, Samar	511	about 217	about 2.35 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
2,966	PalongpongHinunangan, Southern Leyte	511	about 112	about 4.58 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
2,967	Del PilarMaydolong, Eastern Samar	510	about 27	about 18.88 km²	3.95% a year	Rural
2,968	IlayaHinunangan, Southern Leyte	510	about 31	about 16.46 km²	2.67% a year	Rural
2,969	Cabul-anonanMalitbog, Southern Leyte	509	about 672	about 0.757 km²	−1.45% a year	Rural
2,970	DomogdogBarugo, Leyte	509	about 1,203	about 0.423 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
2,971	PunongTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	509	about 312	about 1.63 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
2,972	Santa CatalinaMondragon, Northern Samar	509	about 41	about 12.29 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
2,973	Barangay 75Tacloban City, Leyte	508	about 3,409	about 0.149 km²	0.33% a year	Urban
2,974	Dan-anPintuyan, Southern Leyte	508	about 117	about 4.35 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
2,975	TimbaSan Juan, Southern Leyte	508	about 201	about 2.53 km²	2.20% a year	Rural
2,976	HibunawonJaro, Leyte	507	about 130	about 3.90 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
2,977	Barangay 2Catubig, Northern Samar	506	about 1,807	about 0.28 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
2,978	HinabuyanDagami, Leyte	506	about 256	about 1.98 km²	−7.86% a year	Rural
2,979	MagongonCatubig, Northern Samar	506	about 43	about 11.77 km²	3.07% a year	Rural
2,980	Poblacion Barangay 2Capul, Northern Samar	506	about 1,259	about 0.402 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
2,981	RoñoMarabut, Samar	506	about 2,543	about 0.199 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
2,982	LulugayanJiabong, Samar	505	about 145	about 3.49 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
2,983	San PascualDolores, Eastern Samar	505	about 31	about 16.39 km²	−5.87% a year	Rural
2,984	MalpagSan Miguel, Leyte	504	about 205	about 2.46 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
2,985	PalanasGandara, Samar	504	about 467	about 1.08 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
2,986	PansaganBaybay City, Leyte	504	about 155	about 3.26 km²	−1.60% a year	Rural
2,987	AguinaldoCatarman, Northern Samar	503	about 227	about 2.22 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
2,988	Cabunga-anTarangnan, Samar	503	about 222	about 2.27 km²	−5.44% a year	Rural
2,989	LibertyBato, Leyte	503	about 107	about 4.69 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
2,990	Manuel Barral, Sr.Calbayog City, Samar	503	about 64	about 7.83 km²	4.24% a year	Rural
2,991	Nonok NorteMaasin City, Southern Leyte	503	about 163	about 3.08 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
2,992	Poblacion UbosPintuyan, Southern Leyte	503	about 6,716	about 0.0749 km²	−2.50% a year	Rural
2,993	BugtosanLas Navas, Northern Samar	502	about 203	about 2.47 km²	4.31% a year	Rural
2,994	Cadac-anAbuyog, Leyte	502	about 230	about 2.18 km²	2.39% a year	Rural
2,995	PangdanLaoang, Northern Samar	502	about 153	about 3.28 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
2,996	AnibongonAbuyog, Leyte	501	about 36	about 14.06 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
2,997	Lower HiraanCarigara, Leyte	501	about 592	about 0.846 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
2,998	OlisihanSogod, Southern Leyte	501	about 257	about 1.95 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
2,999	PacoLas Navas, Northern Samar	501	about 113	about 4.42 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
3,000	San AndresSan Miguel, Leyte	501	about 305	about 1.64 km²	0.39% 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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