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, 3,501 to 3,550 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
3,501	AlingarogGuiuan, Eastern Samar	375	about 361	about 1.04 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
3,502	Cabonga-anTanauan, Leyte	375	about 466	about 0.805 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
3,503	InawanganJulita, Leyte	375	about 378	about 0.991 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
3,504	TubigdanaoSan Jose, Northern Samar	375	about 207	about 1.81 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
3,505	BoblaranZumarraga, Samar	374	about 256	about 1.46 km²	−1.24% a year	Rural
3,506	CantomcoLlorente, Eastern Samar	374	about 32	about 11.66 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
3,507	GuinabonanMalitbog, Southern Leyte	374	about 118	about 3.16 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
3,508	San IsidroSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	374	about 43	about 8.79 km²	−1.89% a year	Rural
3,509	San JulianCatarman, Northern Samar	374	about 94	about 3.99 km²	−1.36% a year	Rural
3,510	AnislagonSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	373	about 81	about 4.59 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
3,511	De VictoriaCalbayog City, Samar	373	about 116	about 3.22 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
3,512	GuibuanganCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	373	about 67	about 5.58 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
3,513	PangdanBurauen, Leyte	373	about 713	about 0.523 km²	−3.62% a year	Rural
3,514	PoroZumarraga, Samar	373	about 1,727	about 0.216 km²	−4.80% a year	Rural
3,515	San AntonioHilongos, Leyte	373	about 7	about 54.48 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
3,516	AlcazarTarangnan, Samar	372	about 691	about 0.538 km²	−1.55% a year	Rural
3,517	Barangay 11Dolores, Eastern Samar	372	about 4,222	about 0.0881 km²	−8.30% a year	Rural
3,518	Zone IVSogod, Southern Leyte	372	about 6,515	about 0.0571 km²	−2.08% a year	Urban
3,519	HilumotSan Jose De Buan, Samar	371	about 13	about 28.28 km²	2.19% a year	Rural
3,520	HitomnogDagami, Leyte	371	about 189	about 1.96 km²	−7.04% a year	Rural
3,521	San RoqueCulaba, Biliran	371	about 106	about 3.50 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
3,522	BagacayLapinig, Northern Samar	370	about 111	about 3.33 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
3,523	BalicuatroLavezares, Northern Samar	370	about 150	about 2.47 km²	2.49% a year	Rural
3,524	Barangay 4Calbiga, Samar	370	about 5,286	about 0.070 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
3,525	GusaSan Jose De Buan, Samar	370	about 8	about 49.13 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
3,526	San IsidroCarigara, Leyte	370	about 209	about 1.77 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
3,527	Cabolo-anBarugo, Leyte	369	about 122	about 3.02 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
3,528	Barangay 4Dolores, Eastern Samar	368	about 4,477	about 0.0822 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
3,529	BurabodVillareal, Samar	368	about 441	about 0.835 km²	−3.23% a year	Rural
3,530	CaluyahanMotiong, Samar	368	about 112	about 3.30 km²	3.18% a year	Rural
3,531	PandaDagami, Leyte	368	about 273	about 1.35 km²	−2.27% a year	Rural
3,532	RaneraSan Jorge, Samar	368	about 35	about 10.53 km²	2.72% a year	Rural
3,533	SalvacionCulaba, Biliran	367	about 41	about 8.92 km²	2.14% a year	Rural
3,534	SuarezTagapul-An, Samar	367	about 280	about 1.31 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
3,535	TimbanganCalbiga, Samar	367	about 195	about 1.88 km²	−5.07% a year	Rural
3,536	BangahonGandara, Samar	366	about 417	about 0.878 km²	7.76% a year	Rural
3,537	Barangay 38Tacloban City, Leyte	366	about 15,187	about 0.0241 km²	2.66% a year	Urban
3,538	Bobon BSan Juan, Southern Leyte	366	about 399	about 0.917 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
3,539	MagtinoLlorente, Eastern Samar	366	about 33	about 10.97 km²	−2.11% a year	Rural
3,540	San RamonSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	366	about 80	about 4.59 km²	−3.14% a year	Rural
3,541	BalanteJulita, Leyte	365	about 344	about 1.06 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
3,542	Barangay 1Calbiga, Samar	365	about 6,553	about 0.0557 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
3,543	Barangay 4Catubig, Northern Samar	365	about 8,924	about 0.0409 km²	−1.33% a year	Rural
3,544	CaparangasanGandara, Samar	365	about 192	about 1.90 km²	−4.74% a year	Rural
3,545	CogonPintuyan, Southern Leyte	365	about 385	about 0.949 km²	−2.23% a year	Rural
3,546	GebalagnanCatarman, Northern Samar	365	about 30	about 12.14 km²	−3.47% a year	Rural
3,547	AcedilloVictoria, Northern Samar	364	about 101	about 3.60 km²	2.38% a year	Rural
3,548	CagmanabaMondragon, Northern Samar	364	about 29	about 12.68 km²	2.23% a year	Rural
3,549	CarapdapanSalcedo, Eastern Samar	364	about 110	about 3.30 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
3,550	San AndresBorongan City, Eastern Samar	364	about 3	about 112.56 km²	−1.40% 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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