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, 3,101 to 3,150 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
3,101	MahayahayMalitbog, Southern Leyte	475	about 781	about 0.608 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
3,102	Nueva Estrella NortePintuyan, Southern Leyte	475	about 71	about 6.67 km²	3.65% a year	Rural
3,103	Barangay 12Salcedo, Eastern Samar	474	about 845	about 0.561 km²	12.69% a year	Rural
3,104	San JoseGuiuan, Eastern Samar	473	about 367	about 1.29 km²	−1.08% a year	Rural
3,105	Santo NiñoMalitbog, Southern Leyte	473	about 174	about 2.72 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
3,106	AgutayMaripipi, Biliran	472	about 141	about 3.35 km²	−2.39% a year	Rural
3,107	District 3Pastrana, Leyte	472	about 4,411	about 0.107 km²	−5.78% a year	Rural
3,108	GeragaanCalbayog City, Samar	472	about 113	about 4.19 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
3,109	LikodJaro, Leyte	472	about 213	about 2.22 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
3,110	CabugaoDaram, Samar	471	about 325	about 1.45 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
3,111	HinabayInopacan, Leyte	471	about 137	about 3.43 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
3,112	MaboloCatarman, Northern Samar	471	about 11,716	about 0.0402 km²	−0.60% a year	Urban
3,113	San Pablo IslandHinunangan, Southern Leyte	471	about 511	about 0.921 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
3,114	TagkipDagami, Leyte	471	about 98	about 4.79 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
3,115	AnahawHindang, Leyte	470	about 172	about 2.74 km²	4.58% a year	Rural
3,116	CaridadSalcedo, Eastern Samar	470	about 155	about 3.04 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
3,117	San VicenteDaram, Samar	470	about 435	about 1.08 km²	−4.64% a year	Rural
3,118	GubaCatarman, Northern Samar	469	about 100	about 4.70 km²	−2.13% a year	Rural
3,119	IgotPambujan, Northern Samar	469	about 43	about 10.91 km²	−12.51% a year	Rural
3,120	Poblacion Barangay 3Taft, Eastern Samar	469	about 2,202	about 0.213 km²	1.77% a year	Rural
3,121	Barangay Poblacion IIBalangiga, Eastern Samar	468	about 6,518	about 0.0718 km²	−2.58% a year	Rural
3,122	Can-angayInopacan, Leyte	468	about 179	about 2.61 km²	−7.88% a year	Rural
3,123	Santa CruzDolores, Eastern Samar	468	about 66	about 7.07 km²	−3.46% a year	Rural
3,124	LibasHinunangan, Southern Leyte	467	about 84	about 5.56 km²	1.94% a year	Rural
3,125	Tin-aoDagami, Leyte	467	about 217	about 2.15 km²	−3.97% a year	Rural
3,126	VictoriaSanta Fe, Leyte	467	about 261	about 1.79 km²	−9.59% a year	Rural
3,127	BadiangaySanta Fe, Leyte	466	about 385	about 1.21 km²	−10.73% a year	Rural
3,128	Barangay Poblacion 6Lawaan, Eastern Samar	466	about 23,417	about 0.0199 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
3,129	CancarajaPastrana, Leyte	466	about 152	about 3.06 km²	−1.44% a year	Rural
3,130	CandaoDulag, Leyte	466	about 5,438	about 0.0857 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
3,131	HinapolanAlangalang, Leyte	466	about 317	about 1.47 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
3,132	CagtoogOras, Eastern Samar	465	about 71	about 6.57 km²	−2.87% a year	Rural
3,133	CauswaganMacarthur, Leyte	465	about 237	about 1.96 km²	−1.63% a year	Rural
3,134	CurrySanta Margarita, Samar	465	about 127	about 3.65 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
3,135	KawayanonCaibiran, Biliran	465	about 148	about 3.14 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
3,136	BuenavistaPintuyan, Southern Leyte	464	about 206	about 2.25 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
3,137	Lusad Pob.Dagami, Leyte	464	about 4,218	about 0.11 km²	−8.04% a year	Rural
3,138	San AntonioCatubig, Northern Samar	464	about 98	about 4.74 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
3,139	BuriJaro, Leyte	463	about 204	about 2.27 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
3,140	CambuhayDaram, Samar	463	about 324	about 1.43 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
3,141	CaybagoCalbayog City, Samar	463	about 122	about 3.80 km²	4.26% a year	Rural
3,142	GiguimitanSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	463	about 162	about 2.86 km²	2.42% a year	Rural
3,143	HalabaPastrana, Leyte	463	about 151	about 3.07 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
3,144	Son-ok IIPintuyan, Southern Leyte	463	about 167	about 2.77 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
3,145	San IsidroHernani, Eastern Samar	462	about 60	about 7.72 km²	2.97% a year	Rural
3,146	MatalotoLeyte, Leyte	461	about 91	about 5.07 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
3,147	San AntonioDaram, Samar	461	about 209	about 2.21 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
3,148	San IgnacioKananga, Leyte	461	about 145	about 3.18 km²	4.81% a year	Rural
3,149	TizonTarangnan, Samar	461	about 214	about 2.15 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
3,150	IquiranDaram, Samar	460	about 284	about 1.62 km²	0.21% 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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