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, 3,301 to 3,350 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
3,301	Poblacion Zone 11Baybay City, Leyte	422	about 8,356	about 0.0505 km²	−5.57% a year	Urban
3,302	San AntonioGandara, Samar	422	about 35	about 12.05 km²	−7.07% a year	Rural
3,303	HapunanBurauen, Leyte	421	about 141	about 2.99 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
3,304	MandoyucanDaram, Samar	421	about 199	about 2.12 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
3,305	CamangaOras, Eastern Samar	420	about 1,424	about 0.295 km²	−2.61% a year	Rural
3,306	CanloboPinabacdao, Samar	420	about 30	about 13.78 km²	2.30% a year	Rural
3,307	ImeldaBato, Leyte	420	about 350	about 1.20 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
3,308	Cadaruhan SurMalitbog, Southern Leyte	419	about 895	about 0.468 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
3,309	CagtutuloTarangnan, Samar	419	about 162	about 2.58 km²	3.98% a year	Rural
3,310	IbaMalitbog, Southern Leyte	419	about 221	about 1.90 km²	−1.27% a year	Rural
3,311	PepitaAlangalang, Leyte	419	about 355	about 1.18 km²	9.23% a year	Rural
3,312	PerezLas Navas, Northern Samar	419	about 90	about 4.67 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
3,313	SalogHinunangan, Southern Leyte	419	about 3,407	about 0.123 km²	3.16% a year	Rural
3,314	San Vicente PoblacionMacrohon, Southern Leyte	419	about 526	about 0.796 km²	−2.67% a year	Rural
3,315	AbatonLaoang, Northern Samar	418	about 86	about 4.84 km²	−4.79% a year	Rural
3,316	CabascanTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	418	about 394	about 1.06 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
3,317	DulaoCalubian, Leyte	418	about 187	about 2.24 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
3,318	P. RebadullaCatubig, Northern Samar	418	about 25	about 16.78 km²	−2.22% a year	Rural
3,319	AradoDulag, Leyte	417	about 326	about 1.28 km²	−2.17% a year	Rural
3,320	Barangay Poblacion 7Lawaan, Eastern Samar	417	about 903	about 0.462 km²	−3.70% a year	Rural
3,321	CandomacolMotiong, Samar	417	about 164	about 2.55 km²	1.81% a year	Rural
3,322	Vienna MariaCatubig, Northern Samar	417	about 41	about 10.06 km²	7.54% a year	Rural
3,323	AnquianaSan Jorge, Samar	416	about 180	about 2.31 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
3,324	BarasBorongan City, Eastern Samar	416	about 20	about 21.23 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
3,325	San MiguelGandara, Samar	416	about 102	about 4.09 km²	1.94% a year	Rural
3,326	CantomojaSalcedo, Eastern Samar	415	about 131	about 3.18 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
3,327	LobelobeSanto Niño, Samar	415	about 371	about 1.12 km²	2.33% a year	Rural
3,328	Sampao West Pob.Dagami, Leyte	415	about 1,487	about 0.279 km²	5.65% a year	Rural
3,329	TaruganLa Paz, Leyte	415	about 78	about 5.33 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
3,330	CabarasanGamay, Northern Samar	414	about 137	about 3.03 km²	−3.39% a year	Rural
3,331	CagnituanMaasin City, Southern Leyte	414	about 22	about 19.06 km²	3.69% a year	Rural
3,332	GeracdoLas Navas, Northern Samar	414	about 246	about 1.68 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
3,333	HinagbuanPalompon, Leyte	414	about 85	about 4.88 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
3,334	MangcalParanas, Samar	414	about 73	about 5.64 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
3,335	BenitMalitbog, Southern Leyte	413	about 164	about 2.52 km²	−1.72% a year	Rural
3,336	CalutanDagami, Leyte	413	about 505	about 0.818 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
3,337	DaculTaft, Eastern Samar	413	about 40	about 10.45 km²	−3.20% a year	Rural
3,338	Barangay 60-ATacloban City, Leyte	412	about 11,476	about 0.0359 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
3,339	Cag-olangoBalangiga, Eastern Samar	412	about 22	about 18.36 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
3,340	CandayumanLiloan, Southern Leyte	412	about 303	about 1.36 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
3,341	CansaganayDaram, Samar	412	about 278	about 1.48 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
3,342	Lawa-anAbuyog, Leyte	412	about 242	about 1.70 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
3,343	San MiguelTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	412	about 181	about 2.28 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
3,344	Barangay 13Salcedo, Eastern Samar	411	about 343	about 1.20 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
3,345	MaraganoPalapag, Northern Samar	411	about 36	about 11.48 km²	5.40% a year	Rural
3,346	Panjobjoban IAlmagro, Samar	411	about 1,054	about 0.39 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
3,347	San IsidroLavezares, Northern Samar	411	about 105	about 3.90 km²	2.29% a year	Rural
3,348	AslumJulita, Leyte	410	about 943	about 0.435 km²	4.37% a year	Rural
3,349	BaludSalcedo, Eastern Samar	410	about 200	about 2.05 km²	4.67% a year	Rural
3,350	GarridoSan Juan, Southern Leyte	410	about 141	about 2.90 km²	−1.52% 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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