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, 3,201 to 3,250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
3,201	San MiguelLope De Vega, Northern Samar	450	about 179	about 2.51 km²	4.20% a year	Rural
3,202	BandayTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	449	about 1,095	about 0.41 km²	−5.48% a year	Rural
3,203	CalsadahayBurauen, Leyte	449	about 226	about 1.99 km²	4.89% a year	Rural
3,204	VictoriaDagami, Leyte	449	about 244	about 1.84 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
3,205	BadiangJaro, Leyte	448	about 112	about 4.01 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
3,206	Barangay 102Tacloban City, Leyte	448	about 390	about 1.15 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
3,207	HinabanganMondragon, Northern Samar	448	about 73	about 6.14 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
3,208	New MinarogMotiong, Samar	448	about 191	about 2.34 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
3,209	Barangay 4Hernani, Eastern Samar	447	about 2,180	about 0.205 km²	−2.79% a year	Rural
3,210	BidlinanBaybay City, Leyte	447	about 162	about 2.76 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
3,211	CanejaCalubian, Leyte	447	about 494	about 0.904 km²	3.39% a year	Rural
3,212	Pociano D. EquipilagPintuyan, Southern Leyte	447	about 261	about 1.71 km²	2.95% a year	Rural
3,213	RizalGamay, Northern Samar	447	about 140	about 3.20 km²	−1.69% a year	Rural
3,214	San AgustinBato, Leyte	447	about 207	about 2.16 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
3,215	TolosahayJulita, Leyte	446	about 262	about 1.70 km²	2.71% a year	Rural
3,216	CagogobnganCatubig, Northern Samar	445	about 170	about 2.61 km²	−3.44% a year	Rural
3,217	HagnaGuiuan, Eastern Samar	445	about 136	about 3.28 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
3,218	Hita-asan ISan Sebastian, Samar	445	about 271	about 1.64 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
3,219	HimakiloBontoc, Southern Leyte	444	about 267	about 1.66 km²	5.51% a year	Rural
3,220	BanaagGuiuan, Eastern Samar	443	about 111	about 3.99 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
3,221	Cag-aguingayLope De Vega, Northern Samar	442	about 46	about 9.66 km²	6.34% a year	Rural
3,222	CalayaanCalbiga, Samar	442	about 299	about 1.48 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
3,223	HibagwanBontoc, Southern Leyte	442	about 163	about 2.72 km²	3.37% a year	Rural
3,224	Iniguihan Pob.Tomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	442	about 1,590	about 0.278 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
3,225	LibasSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	442	about 208	about 2.13 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
3,226	NagpapacaoMatuguinao, Samar	442	about 402	about 1.10 km²	2.55% a year	Rural
3,227	PetrolioCalubian, Leyte	442	about 178	about 2.49 km²	−1.81% a year	Rural
3,228	San GabrielMaydolong, Eastern Samar	442	about 86	about 5.15 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
3,229	Santo NiñoGuiuan, Eastern Samar	442	about 345	about 1.28 km²	8.13% a year	Rural
3,230	Barangay 59-BTacloban City, Leyte	441	about 7,136	about 0.0618 km²	−9.70% a year	Rural
3,231	CampedicoPalapag, Northern Samar	441	about 187	about 2.36 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
3,232	ElcanoGandara, Samar	441	about 108	about 4.10 km²	4.57% a year	Rural
3,233	Poblacion 2Hinabangan, Samar	441	about 2,346	about 0.188 km²	−3.06% a year	Rural
3,234	Bougainvilla Pob.Santa Rita, Samar	440	about 284	about 1.55 km²	−4.02% a year	Rural
3,235	Santa RitaAllen, Northern Samar	440	about 202	about 2.18 km²	3.58% a year	Rural
3,236	TabucanParanas, Samar	440	about 103	about 4.29 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
3,237	CandorosLlorente, Eastern Samar	439	about 15	about 28.89 km²	−6.42% a year	Rural
3,238	PinamitinanMarabut, Samar	439	about 16,140	about 0.0272 km²	−4.20% a year	Rural
3,239	San AndresJulita, Leyte	439	about 466	about 0.943 km²	1.65% a year	Rural
3,240	YabonHinabangan, Samar	439	about 23	about 19.32 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
3,241	CaanislaganDagami, Leyte	438	about 350	about 1.25 km²	3.14% a year	Rural
3,242	JasminezGandara, Samar	438	about 71	about 6.16 km²	2.89% a year	Rural
3,243	MacugoGandara, Samar	438	about 56	about 7.87 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
3,244	MarceloBato, Leyte	438	about 239	about 1.83 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
3,245	San RomanVictoria, Northern Samar	438	about 162	about 2.71 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
3,246	UnionHinunangan, Southern Leyte	438	about 619	about 0.708 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
3,247	BitauganGuiuan, Eastern Samar	437	about 50	about 8.80 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
3,248	CamporogVillaba, Leyte	437	about 111	about 3.95 km²	0.33% a year	Urban
3,249	CarnagaTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	437	about 117	about 3.73 km²	−0.49% a year	Rural
3,250	HabaySan Francisco, Southern Leyte	437	about 532	about 0.822 km²	−5.85% 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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