The Atlas

Barangays in Eastern Samar

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 Samar

Barangays in Eastern Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 597^[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: 472,683^[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: 19 urban^[4]; 578 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Songco^[5]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; 4,684 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: San Gabriel^[6]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; about 179.23 km²
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: 345 barangays^[7]

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.

597 barangays, 301 to 350 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
301	BanuyoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	591	about 66	about 8.96 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
302	San PedroGuiuan, Eastern Samar	587	about 559	about 1.05 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
303	PagbabangnanGuiuan, Eastern Samar	582	about 23	about 25.52 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
304	MayanaGuiuan, Eastern Samar	575	about 700	about 0.821 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
305	OsmeñaDolores, Eastern Samar	573	about 22	about 25.83 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
306	GarawonHernani, Eastern Samar	572	about 369	about 1.55 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
307	TaboSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	572	about 175	about 3.26 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
308	AgsamanJipapad, Eastern Samar	568	about 60	about 9.39 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
309	BinalayanOras, Eastern Samar	565	about 109	about 5.17 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
310	FactoriaOras, Eastern Samar	562	about 299	about 1.88 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
311	Barangay 7Salcedo, Eastern Samar	558	about 2,906	about 0.192 km²	−2.23% a year	Rural
312	Barangay Poblacion VBalangiga, Eastern Samar	557	about 13,652	about 0.0408 km²	−3.78% a year	Rural
313	Victory IslandGuiuan, Eastern Samar	557	about 19,964	about 0.0279 km²	−1.69% a year	Rural
314	Poblacion Ward 4-AGuiuan, Eastern Samar	556	about 4,520	about 0.123 km²	−2.77% a year	Urban
315	GuindalitanMaydolong, Eastern Samar	552	about 248	about 2.23 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
316	Poblacion Barangay 6General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	550	about 9,786	about 0.0562 km²	−4.35% a year	Rural
317	San JoseLlorente, Eastern Samar	550	about 95	about 5.76 km²	−6.66% a year	Rural
318	BunacanSan Julian, Eastern Samar	544	about 63	about 8.64 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
319	MaybacongBorongan City, Eastern Samar	540	about 378	about 1.43 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
320	Barangay 7Llorente, Eastern Samar	539	about 5,827	about 0.0925 km²	−2.18% a year	Rural
321	RizalQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	538	about 247	about 2.18 km²	1.72% a year	Rural
322	MalobagoMaydolong, Eastern Samar	537	about 52	about 10.35 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
323	Barangay 3Hernani, Eastern Samar	535	about 1,115	about 0.48 km²	−2.04% a year	Rural
324	TawaganArteche, Eastern Samar	535	about 50	about 10.79 km²	−4.39% a year	Rural
325	Cagdara-oGuiuan, Eastern Samar	533	about 860	about 0.62 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
326	Poblacion IIIBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	533	about 736	about 0.724 km²	4.14% a year	Rural
327	AbejaoSalcedo, Eastern Samar	530	about 74	about 7.16 km²	−2.06% a year	Rural
328	IwayanOras, Eastern Samar	527	about 71	about 7.38 km²	−2.31% a year	Rural
329	Purok D1Borongan City, Eastern Samar	524	about 8,719	about 0.0601 km²	−4.75% a year	Urban
330	BaguaGuiuan, Eastern Samar	521	about 192	about 2.71 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
331	CulasiGuiuan, Eastern Samar	519	about 135	about 3.84 km²	3.70% a year	Rural
332	Barangay 8Giporlos, Eastern Samar	518	about 4,427	about 0.117 km²	−5.16% a year	Rural
333	San JuanGuiuan, Eastern Samar	514	about 375	about 1.37 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
334	San MiguelMaslog, Eastern Samar	514	about 42	about 12.23 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
335	Tan-awanSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	512	about 72	about 7.13 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
336	Del PilarMaydolong, Eastern Samar	510	about 27	about 18.88 km²	3.95% a year	Rural
337	San PascualDolores, Eastern Samar	505	about 31	about 16.39 km²	−5.87% a year	Rural
338	SalvacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	500	about 24	about 20.67 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
339	RizalOras, Eastern Samar	495	about 44	about 11.26 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
340	San MateoSulat, Eastern Samar	494	about 110	about 4.50 km²	1.94% a year	Rural
341	BalacdasBorongan City, Eastern Samar	492	about 65	about 7.53 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
342	CagtabonDolores, Eastern Samar	492	about 51	about 9.71 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
343	BuenavistaArteche, Eastern Samar	489	about 208	about 2.35 km²	1.74% a year	Rural
344	Calico-anBorongan City, Eastern Samar	489	about 103	about 4.75 km²	3.60% a year	Rural
345	CanloterioMaydolong, Eastern Samar	488	about 27	about 18.17 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
346	InapulanganGuiuan, Eastern Samar	488	about 33	about 14.91 km²	−2.74% a year	Rural
347	BocoCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	484	about 14	about 35.76 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
348	PiliwLlorente, Eastern Samar	483	about 225	about 2.15 km²	−5.37% a year	Rural
349	San RoqueDolores, Eastern Samar	483	about 63	about 7.64 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
350	Sung-anMercedes, Eastern Samar	483	about 189	about 2.56 km²	−1.11% 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.

See something wrong on this page? Write to hello@scene.ph with the page address. We check every report against the source.