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, 3,701 to 3,750 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
3,701	CatmonBontoc, Southern Leyte	325	about 111	about 2.92 km²	−1.42% a year	Rural
3,702	BajaCalbayog City, Samar	324	about 67	about 4.87 km²	−1.70% a year	Rural
3,703	GamotOras, Eastern Samar	324	about 82	about 3.96 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
3,704	SagkahanJaro, Leyte	324	about 174	about 1.86 km²	−11.13% a year	Rural
3,705	TrinidadTagapul-An, Samar	324	about 268	about 1.21 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
3,706	CalsadahayDagami, Leyte	323	about 357	about 0.906 km²	2.70% a year	Rural
3,707	TinocolanAbuyog, Leyte	323	about 37	about 8.75 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
3,708	ArabunogPastrana, Leyte	322	about 252	about 1.28 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
3,709	Barangay SouthSan Jose, Northern Samar	322	about 899	about 0.358 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
3,710	MoroboroLa Paz, Leyte	322	about 135	about 2.38 km²	−1.71% a year	Rural
3,711	RizalSan Antonio, Northern Samar	322	about 115	about 2.80 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
3,712	Balonga-asTarangnan, Samar	321	about 133	about 2.41 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
3,713	HinagtikanTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	321	about 95	about 3.37 km²	−4.80% a year	Rural
3,714	PaulaCalubian, Leyte	321	about 251	about 1.28 km²	−5.31% a year	Rural
3,715	Tacla-onSalcedo, Eastern Samar	321	about 96	about 3.35 km²	−0.37% a year	Rural
3,716	Barangay 46Tacloban City, Leyte	320	about 18,182	about 0.0176 km²	1.40% a year	Urban
3,717	OsmeñaCatubig, Northern Samar	320	about 113	about 2.82 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
3,718	San FranciscoGandara, Samar	320	about 79	about 4.07 km²	−2.26% a year	Rural
3,719	TabayHinabangan, Samar	320	about 4	about 76.03 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
3,720	VictoriaAllen, Northern Samar	320	about 408	about 0.785 km²	−8.85% a year	Rural
3,721	Barangay 16Tacloban City, Leyte	319	about 29,000	about 0.011 km²	2.14% a year	Urban
3,722	BiasongBabatngon, Leyte	319	about 67	about 4.74 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
3,723	CanuctanCatubig, Northern Samar	319	about 235	about 1.36 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
3,724	Gen. LunaLope De Vega, Northern Samar	319	about 29	about 10.85 km²	−3.18% a year	Rural
3,725	ManeringCatubig, Northern Samar	319	about 18	about 17.38 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
3,726	PaguiteLope De Vega, Northern Samar	319	about 22	about 14.56 km²	−6.91% a year	Rural
3,727	PalanogJaro, Leyte	319	about 236	about 1.35 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
3,728	TabontabonSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	319	about 84	about 3.78 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
3,729	Poblacion Zone 3Baybay City, Leyte	317	about 12,530	about 0.0253 km²	−1.03% a year	Rural
3,730	CasibangMaripipi, Biliran	316	about 104	about 3.05 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
3,731	HugpaTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	316	about 48	about 6.62 km²	−1.60% a year	Rural
3,732	ImpoSan Miguel, Leyte	316	about 91	about 3.48 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
3,733	CaridadJulita, Leyte	315	about 411	about 0.766 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
3,734	ManlilinabBasey, Samar	315	about 11	about 29.60 km²	2.52% a year	Rural
3,735	Santo NiñoAlangalang, Leyte	315	about 7,955	about 0.0396 km²	−4.52% a year	Urban
3,736	TuburanCalubian, Leyte	315	about 93	about 3.37 km²	−2.29% a year	Rural
3,737	BalatsonBurauen, Leyte	314	about 137	about 2.30 km²	−1.75% a year	Rural
3,738	HugpaLlorente, Eastern Samar	314	about 16	about 19.46 km²	2.44% a year	Rural
3,739	AntolCalbiga, Samar	313	about 56	about 5.60 km²	5.24% a year	Rural
3,740	BangonPalapag, Northern Samar	313	about 50	about 6.30 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
3,741	Barangay 3Giporlos, Eastern Samar	313	about 15,419	about 0.0203 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
3,742	Barangay 48Tacloban City, Leyte	313	about 27,217	about 0.0115 km²	−0.38% a year	Rural
3,743	BatuanOrmoc City, Leyte	313	about 12,085	about 0.0259 km²	−16.68% a year	Rural
3,744	BongdoTaft, Eastern Samar	313	about 73	about 4.29 km²	3.70% a year	Rural
3,745	San RoqueSanta Rita, Samar	313	about 157	about 2.00 km²	13.59% a year	Rural
3,746	CanunghanTarangnan, Samar	312	about 217	about 1.44 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
3,747	San MauricioCalbiga, Samar	312	about 107	about 2.92 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
3,748	Barangay 9Salcedo, Eastern Samar	311	about 354	about 0.879 km²	1.11% a year	Rural
3,749	Cantao-anParanas, Samar	311	about 63	about 4.91 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
3,750	MainitPintuyan, Southern Leyte	311	about 358	about 0.869 km²	1.94% 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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