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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, 3,351 to 3,400 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
3,351	Himokilan IslandHindang, Leyte	410	about 506	about 0.811 km²	−5.67% a year	Rural
3,352	Poblacion Barangay 5General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	410	about 4,958	about 0.0827 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
3,353	Pong-onBontoc, Southern Leyte	410	about 118	about 3.48 km²	0.71% a year	Rural
3,354	ImeldaMatag-Ob, Leyte	409	about 755	about 0.542 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
3,355	KauswaganSogod, Southern Leyte	409	about 27	about 14.98 km²	−1.74% a year	Rural
3,356	LapgapMaydolong, Eastern Samar	409	about 70	about 5.88 km²	1.84% a year	Rural
3,357	NagaOras, Eastern Samar	409	about 67	about 6.07 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
3,358	So-ongDaram, Samar	409	about 433	about 0.944 km²	−3.86% a year	Rural
3,359	Jose RoñoParanas, Samar	408	about 87	about 4.68 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
3,360	Cabarasan GutiTanauan, Leyte	407	about 295	about 1.38 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
3,361	CadaruhanMalitbog, Southern Leyte	407	about 778	about 0.523 km²	−4.45% a year	Rural
3,362	Del RemediosTaft, Eastern Samar	407	about 27	about 14.85 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
3,363	IbagBarugo, Leyte	407	about 77	about 5.26 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
3,364	PatongPastrana, Leyte	407	about 230	about 1.77 km²	0.48% a year	Rural
3,365	Bag-otanMatuguinao, Samar	406	about 195	about 2.08 km²	9.99% a year	Rural
3,366	BaybayBasey, Samar	406	about 8,638	about 0.047 km²	−2.23% a year	Rural
3,367	CanbagticCalbiga, Samar	406	about 96	about 4.23 km²	−0.92% a year	Rural
3,368	MontericoBaybay City, Leyte	406	about 39	about 10.40 km²	−3.15% a year	Rural
3,369	Old TaligueAbuyog, Leyte	406	about 38	about 10.71 km²	−2.23% a year	Rural
3,370	Poblacion Zone 15Baybay City, Leyte	406	about 12,192	about 0.0333 km²	−13.69% a year	Urban
3,371	SabangNaval, Biliran	406	about 462	about 0.878 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
3,372	San PascualCatarman, Northern Samar	406	about 37	about 11.10 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
3,373	AguadaRosario, Northern Samar	405	about 161	about 2.52 km²	4.88% a year	Rural
3,374	AnahawanTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	405	about 541	about 0.749 km²	−1.15% a year	Rural
3,375	BusayMercedes, Eastern Samar	405	about 225	about 1.80 km²	1.22% a year	Rural
3,376	MahangcaoCalbiga, Samar	405	about 26	about 15.53 km²	3.49% a year	Rural
3,377	PandolCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	405	about 7	about 57.59 km²	−2.60% a year	Rural
3,378	TarusanLaoang, Northern Samar	405	about 85	about 4.78 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
3,379	AradoTanauan, Leyte	404	about 277	about 1.46 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
3,380	BagacayAbuyog, Leyte	404	about 57	about 7.07 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
3,381	San RoqueSalcedo, Eastern Samar	404	about 140	about 2.89 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
3,382	AdaTanauan, Leyte	403	about 711	about 0.567 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
3,383	Barangay 2Giporlos, Eastern Samar	403	about 15,804	about 0.0255 km²	−2.97% a year	Rural
3,384	Barangay 2Hernani, Eastern Samar	403	about 1,041	about 0.387 km²	−4.39% a year	Rural
3,385	Barangay 45Tacloban City, Leyte	403	about 11,041	about 0.0365 km²	12.02% a year	Rural
3,386	Bias ZabalaJaro, Leyte	403	about 160	about 2.52 km²	−1.32% a year	Rural
3,387	BuaoGandara, Samar	403	about 83	about 4.87 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
3,388	HilagpadTanauan, Leyte	403	about 562	about 0.717 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
3,389	San RafaelTaft, Eastern Samar	403	about 6	about 73.14 km²	−5.89% a year	Rural
3,390	CanhumadacCalbayog City, Samar	402	about 57	about 7.11 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
3,391	CentralArteche, Eastern Samar	402	about 9,415	about 0.0427 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
3,392	MarapilitZumarraga, Samar	402	about 523	about 0.769 km²	−2.88% a year	Rural
3,393	TrinidadGuiuan, Eastern Samar	402	about 579	about 0.694 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
3,394	NaliwatanJavier, Leyte	401	about 119	about 3.38 km²	−3.49% a year	Rural
3,395	Panan-awanMarabut, Samar	401	about 190	about 2.11 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
3,396	KanangkaanSogod, Southern Leyte	400	about 90	about 4.46 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
3,397	TomabeVillareal, Samar	400	about 78	about 5.16 km²	−0.12% a year	Rural
3,398	BigoArteche, Eastern Samar	399	about 94	about 4.26 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
3,399	Market SiteDulag, Leyte	399	about 5,051	about 0.079 km²	−0.24% a year	Urban
3,400	WaterlooMatalom, Leyte	399	about 400	about 0.997 km²	−7.29% 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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