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Barangays in Northern 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 Northern Samar

Barangays in Northern Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 569^[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: 645,789^[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: 33 urban^[4]; 536 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Dalakit^[5]; Catarman, Northern Samar; 12,781 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 Jose^[6]; Mondragon, Northern Samar; about 110.04 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: 252 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Baybay, −1.55% 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.

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

Barangays in Northern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
301	SangayPalapag, Northern Samar	772	about 160	about 4.83 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
302	BonifacioAllen, Northern Samar	764	about 168	about 4.56 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
303	San AntonioMondragon, Northern Samar	760	about 59	about 12.80 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
304	CababayoganSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	759	about 199	about 3.82 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
305	CandawidLaoang, Northern Samar	759	about 234	about 3.25 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
306	HiparayanCatubig, Northern Samar	759	about 205	about 3.70 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
307	FredericAllen, Northern Samar	758	about 238	about 3.18 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
308	BongliwLaoang, Northern Samar	749	about 170	about 4.41 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
309	G. M. OsiasGamay, Northern Samar	741	about 306	about 2.42 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
310	ManrayaSan Antonio, Northern Samar	741	about 382	about 1.94 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
311	Tan-awanLaoang, Northern Samar	737	about 163	about 4.53 km²	−1.08% a year	Rural
312	GebulwanganCatarman, Northern Samar	736	about 105	about 6.99 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
313	ArogangaLaoang, Northern Samar	733	about 439	about 1.67 km²	3.62% a year	Rural
314	Lumala-ogLas Navas, Northern Samar	726	about 298	about 2.44 km²	2.16% a year	Rural
315	SubaLaoang, Northern Samar	725	about 911	about 0.796 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
316	VictoryLas Navas, Northern Samar	725	about 142	about 5.10 km²	−5.13% a year	Rural
317	VinisitahanSan Antonio, Northern Samar	723	about 235	about 3.08 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
318	Ge-adgawanPambujan, Northern Samar	721	about 153	about 4.71 km²	−2.43% a year	Rural
319	OpongCatubig, Northern Samar	721	about 63	about 11.51 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
320	E. J. DulayLaoang, Northern Samar	718	about 106	about 6.78 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
321	Geparayan De TuragSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	716	about 24	about 30.23 km²	−4.25% a year	Rural
322	PopontonLas Navas, Northern Samar	716	about 102	about 7.03 km²	2.46% a year	Rural
323	BawangLaoang, Northern Samar	714	about 206	about 3.46 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
324	CagbugnaCatubig, Northern Samar	712	about 454	about 1.57 km²	2.63% a year	Rural
325	General MalvarCatarman, Northern Samar	711	about 53	about 13.32 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
326	Del SurMapanas, Northern Samar	704	about 652	about 1.08 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
327	La TrinidadMondragon, Northern Samar	704	about 80	about 8.84 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
328	Ward IISan Antonio, Northern Samar	704	about 222	about 3.17 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
329	JangtudPalapag, Northern Samar	700	about 99	about 7.09 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
330	NagoocanCatubig, Northern Samar	696	about 100	about 6.98 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
331	SimoraPalapag, Northern Samar	694	about 196	about 3.54 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
332	OsmeñaLope De Vega, Northern Samar	693	about 56	about 12.31 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
333	Poblacion Barangay 1Capul, Northern Samar	693	about 254	about 2.73 km²	−1.01% a year	Rural
334	San FranciscoLas Navas, Northern Samar	689	about 79	about 8.67 km²	1.26% a year	Rural
335	San AgustinLavezares, Northern Samar	687	about 209	about 3.29 km²	2.22% a year	Rural
336	LuisitaVictoria, Northern Samar	682	about 22	about 30.81 km²	3.12% a year	Rural
337	BantolinaoRosario, Northern Samar	681	about 130	about 5.23 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
338	Deit De SubaSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	680	about 60	about 11.39 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
339	Oriental IIGamay, Northern Samar	680	about 5,037	about 0.135 km²	−1.26% a year	Rural
340	De MariaMondragon, Northern Samar	677	about 70	about 9.62 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
341	ImeldaLapinig, Northern Samar	675	about 271	about 2.49 km²	1.32% a year	Rural
342	YnaguingayanPambujan, Northern Samar	672	about 31	about 21.58 km²	−6.96% a year	Rural
343	RebongLas Navas, Northern Samar	667	about 243	about 2.74 km²	−2.40% a year	Rural
344	BonglasSan Jose, Northern Samar	662	about 139	about 4.76 km²	2.30% a year	Rural
345	YabyabanLaoang, Northern Samar	657	about 138	about 4.76 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
346	San LorenzoSan Jose, Northern Samar	653	about 269	about 2.43 km²	−4.84% a year	Rural
347	PilarSan Antonio, Northern Samar	650	about 279	about 2.33 km²	−1.42% a year	Rural
348	RizalLas Navas, Northern Samar	643	about 86	about 7.52 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
349	LangobLaoang, Northern Samar	641	about 334	about 1.92 km²	2.47% a year	Rural
350	Alang-alangLapinig, Northern Samar	638	about 226	about 2.82 km²	4.55% 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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