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, 3,651 to 3,700 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
3,651	SagaosawanCapul, Northern Samar	338	about 147	about 2.30 km²	4.44% a year	Rural
3,652	Santa LuciaAbuyog, Leyte	338	about 21	about 16.21 km²	−1.37% a year	Rural
3,653	AlbalateCatbalogan City, Samar	337	about 40	about 8.41 km²	3.41% a year	Rural
3,654	Bono-anonDaram, Samar	337	about 109	about 3.10 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
3,655	LumbogHinunangan, Southern Leyte	337	about 29	about 11.78 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
3,656	Poblacion Ward 7Guiuan, Eastern Samar	337	about 6,172	about 0.0546 km²	−2.47% a year	Urban
3,657	VelosoAlmagro, Samar	337	about 486	about 0.693 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
3,658	Cag-anahawCalbayog City, Samar	336	about 25	about 13.71 km²	−4.88% a year	Rural
3,659	MercadoBasey, Samar	336	about 11,313	about 0.0297 km²	−1.38% a year	Rural
3,660	MiramarVillareal, Samar	336	about 8,528	about 0.0394 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
3,661	PalmeraLaoang, Northern Samar	336	about 39	about 8.67 km²	1.25% a year	Rural
3,662	PusonganMotiong, Samar	336	about 85	about 3.96 km²	2.92% a year	Rural
3,663	MaybogCalbayog City, Samar	335	about 148	about 2.27 km²	5.12% a year	Rural
3,664	PalanyogonCatbalogan City, Samar	335	about 66	about 5.10 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
3,665	San RoqueMaslog, Eastern Samar	335	about 18	about 19.04 km²	0.51% a year	Rural
3,666	AltavistaBaybay City, Leyte	334	about 43	about 7.69 km²	−2.80% a year	Rural
3,667	GayamTaft, Eastern Samar	334	about 77	about 4.31 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
3,668	Jose A. RoñoCalbayog City, Samar	334	about 304	about 1.10 km²	−6.70% a year	Rural
3,669	NagaQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	334	about 127	about 2.63 km²	−4.00% a year	Rural
3,670	San Francisco MabuhaySogod, Southern Leyte	334	about 19	about 17.82 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
3,671	CanvaisMotiong, Samar	333	about 51	about 6.49 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
3,672	Gamay Occidental IGamay, Northern Samar	333	about 6,782	about 0.0491 km²	−2.37% a year	Rural
3,673	PalambragGandara, Samar	333	about 38	about 8.83 km²	6.81% a year	Rural
3,674	Barangay No. 5 PoblacionSan Julian, Eastern Samar	332	about 7,849	about 0.0423 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
3,675	LanawanMacarthur, Leyte	332	about 148	about 2.25 km²	−0.85% a year	Rural
3,676	Poblacion Ward 1Guiuan, Eastern Samar	332	about 14,955	about 0.0222 km²	−5.64% a year	Rural
3,677	Purok EBorongan City, Eastern Samar	332	about 9,623	about 0.0345 km²	−2.44% a year	Urban
3,678	BadiangPintuyan, Southern Leyte	331	about 240	about 1.38 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
3,679	BughoJiabong, Samar	331	about 105	about 3.16 km²	4.36% a year	Rural
3,680	CagdineOras, Eastern Samar	331	about 91	about 3.62 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
3,681	JapayOras, Eastern Samar	331	about 32	about 10.20 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
3,682	May-igotLapinig, Northern Samar	331	about 55	about 6.01 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
3,683	Poblacion Ward 3Guiuan, Eastern Samar	331	about 21,776	about 0.0152 km²	−1.99% a year	Rural
3,684	AslumTabontabon, Leyte	330	about 467	about 0.707 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
3,685	Barangay No. 2 PoblacionSan Julian, Eastern Samar	330	about 4,985	about 0.0662 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
3,686	Cabarasan GutiPalo, Leyte	330	about 103	about 3.19 km²	−4.96% a year	Rural
3,687	San JoseMercedes, Eastern Samar	330	about 186	about 1.77 km²	−4.57% a year	Rural
3,688	Cogtoto-ogSan Jorge, Samar	329	about 57	about 5.74 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
3,689	JepacoCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	329	about 23	about 14.26 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
3,690	PiliwayLa Paz, Leyte	329	about 145	about 2.27 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
3,691	Barangay 4Giporlos, Eastern Samar	328	about 18,427	about 0.0178 km²	−2.01% a year	Rural
3,692	Barangay 44-ATacloban City, Leyte	328	about 7,681	about 0.0427 km²	15.48% a year	Urban
3,693	CalaghusanLa Paz, Leyte	327	about 107	about 3.05 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
3,694	CaranasGandara, Samar	327	about 92	about 3.55 km²	6.45% a year	Rural
3,695	PatagCalubian, Leyte	327	about 108	about 3.02 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
3,696	PurogGandara, Samar	327	about 49	about 6.64 km²	−7.81% a year	Rural
3,697	RoxasJipapad, Eastern Samar	327	about 71	about 4.60 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
3,698	San FranciscoAbuyog, Leyte	327	about 44	about 7.45 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
3,699	BayabasDagami, Leyte	326	about 261	about 1.25 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
3,700	Tagan-ayanLas Navas, Northern Samar	326	about 31	about 10.50 km²	−0.86% 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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