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, 3,251 to 3,300 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
3,251	NawiParanas, Samar	437	about 117	about 3.72 km²	5.98% a year	Rural
3,252	Sto. DomingoDagami, Leyte	437	about 213	about 2.05 km²	6.51% a year	Rural
3,253	CabaohanPastrana, Leyte	436	about 190	about 2.30 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
3,254	CabutanSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	436	about 1,298	about 0.336 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
3,255	San AgustinMaasin City, Southern Leyte	436	about 252	about 1.73 km²	−1.53% a year	Rural
3,256	Barangay 103-ATacloban City, Leyte	435	about 46	about 9.40 km²	3.89% a year	Rural
3,257	San JuanTalalora, Samar	435	about 343	about 1.27 km²	4.37% a year	Rural
3,258	SaputanCalbayog City, Samar	435	about 249	about 1.75 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
3,259	TimalaGuiuan, Eastern Samar	435	about 357	about 1.22 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
3,260	ArongGandara, Samar	434	about 152	about 2.86 km²	7.02% a year	Rural
3,261	Can-atoLlorente, Eastern Samar	434	about 42	about 10.34 km²	−8.41% a year	Rural
3,262	CawayanParanas, Samar	434	about 266	about 1.63 km²	5.58% a year	Rural
3,263	HimaySan Jorge, Samar	434	about 83	about 5.20 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
3,264	AsgadSalcedo, Eastern Samar	433	about 141	about 3.08 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
3,265	CamparangGuiuan, Eastern Samar	433	about 297	about 1.46 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
3,266	SibunotLaoang, Northern Samar	433	about 99	about 4.37 km²	−1.02% a year	Rural
3,267	CagbigajoPambujan, Northern Samar	432	about 57	about 7.58 km²	−6.67% a year	Rural
3,268	Los MartiresDagami, Leyte	432	about 248	about 1.74 km²	17.57% a year	Rural
3,269	PlaridelBato, Leyte	432	about 277	about 1.56 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
3,270	San JoseLope De Vega, Northern Samar	432	about 52	about 8.27 km²	2.11% a year	Rural
3,271	Barangay 2Jipapad, Eastern Samar	431	about 310	about 1.39 km²	−3.03% a year	Rural
3,272	Hita-asan IISan Sebastian, Samar	431	about 327	about 1.32 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
3,273	PacoQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	431	about 179	about 2.41 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
3,274	TinoblanLaoang, Northern Samar	431	about 210	about 2.05 km²	−1.39% a year	Rural
3,275	BantaganTanauan, Leyte	430	about 387	about 1.11 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
3,276	Barangay 20Tacloban City, Leyte	430	about 14,777	about 0.0291 km²	0.51% a year	Urban
3,277	HilabagoDagami, Leyte	430	about 303	about 1.42 km²	−2.75% a year	Rural
3,278	Mabini IICalbayog City, Samar	430	about 184	about 2.34 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
3,279	YapasLaoang, Northern Samar	430	about 127	about 3.38 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
3,280	ImeldaAlmagro, Samar	429	about 606	about 0.708 km²	−1.71% a year	Rural
3,281	Barangay 2Tacloban City, Leyte	428	about 3,170	about 0.135 km²	2.64% a year	Rural
3,282	PizarroGandara, Samar	428	about 169	about 2.53 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
3,283	Santa CruzSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	428	about 57	about 7.45 km²	3.55% a year	Rural
3,284	Bobon ASan Juan, Southern Leyte	427	about 262	about 1.63 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
3,285	CasapaJiabong, Samar	427	about 66	about 6.46 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
3,286	MalingonOras, Eastern Samar	427	about 174	about 2.45 km²	4.67% a year	Rural
3,287	CanbañezLa Paz, Leyte	425	about 182	about 2.33 km²	−6.72% a year	Rural
3,288	Culaba CentralCulaba, Biliran	425	about 4,250	about 0.10 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
3,289	Gecbo-anSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	425	about 29	about 14.41 km²	−2.23% a year	Rural
3,290	LambonaoMalitbog, Southern Leyte	425	about 211	about 2.01 km²	−5.91% a year	Rural
3,291	PalamragMercedes, Eastern Samar	425	about 208	about 2.04 km²	−7.26% a year	Rural
3,292	SalawadCabucgayan, Biliran	425	about 426	about 0.997 km²	−2.08% a year	Rural
3,293	H. JolejoleLas Navas, Northern Samar	424	about 48	about 8.80 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
3,294	RealDaram, Samar	424	about 326	about 1.30 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
3,295	San JuanCarigara, Leyte	424	about 331	about 1.28 km²	2.99% a year	Rural
3,296	Barangay 5-ATacloban City, Leyte	423	about 17,552	about 0.0241 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
3,297	GuinbarucanTagapul-An, Samar	423	about 225	about 1.88 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
3,298	MasabaMatag-Ob, Leyte	423	about 45	about 9.47 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
3,299	Loyola HeightsSulat, Eastern Samar	422	about 1,476	about 0.286 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
3,300	MabuhayAlmagro, Samar	422	about 228	about 1.85 km²	−2.50% 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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