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, 3,851 to 3,900 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
3,851	CausiSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	284	about 317	about 0.896 km²	−4.56% a year	Rural
3,852	LunangSan Julian, Eastern Samar	284	about 215	about 1.32 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
3,853	Barangay 67Tacloban City, Leyte	283	about 3,729	about 0.0759 km²	−15.88% a year	Rural
3,854	CantonghaoCalubian, Leyte	283	about 164	about 1.73 km²	3.52% a year	Rural
3,855	CatabunanCalbayog City, Samar	283	about 114	about 2.48 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
3,856	KauswaganMalitbog, Southern Leyte	283	about 170	about 1.66 km²	−4.44% a year	Rural
3,857	LibasCatbalogan City, Samar	283	about 31	about 9.11 km²	−3.26% a year	Rural
3,858	Lunang IIAlmagro, Samar	283	about 116	about 2.43 km²	−10.19% a year	Rural
3,859	AnahaoBontoc, Southern Leyte	282	about 75	about 3.77 km²	−3.56% a year	Rural
3,860	BucaoGuiuan, Eastern Samar	282	about 351	about 0.803 km²	3.53% a year	Rural
3,861	BughoPinabacdao, Samar	282	about 70	about 4.01 km²	1.05% a year	Rural
3,862	IbarraZumarraga, Samar	282	about 149	about 1.89 km²	−1.39% a year	Rural
3,863	CalantawanMotiong, Samar	281	about 99	about 2.83 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
3,864	Can OmanioLapinig, Northern Samar	281	about 54	about 5.21 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
3,865	MacagocoInopacan, Leyte	281	about 131	about 2.15 km²	−1.71% a year	Rural
3,866	Barangay 3Calbiga, Samar	280	about 8,642	about 0.0324 km²	−2.11% a year	Rural
3,867	MabiniSulat, Eastern Samar	280	about 5	about 58.83 km²	−0.67% a year	Rural
3,868	MacarthurLas Navas, Northern Samar	280	about 52	about 5.34 km²	−1.95% a year	Rural
3,869	MercadoVillareal, Samar	280	about 14,000	about 0.020 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
3,870	NagbacJiabong, Samar	280	about 86	about 3.25 km²	−1.88% a year	Rural
3,871	BalagonCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	279	about 13	about 21.78 km²	−2.34% a year	Rural
3,872	Catato Pob.Marabut, Samar	279	about 15,330	about 0.0182 km²	−2.27% a year	Rural
3,873	LayoPinabacdao, Samar	278	about 21	about 13.13 km²	2.78% a year	Rural
3,874	MararangsiMotiong, Samar	278	about 131	about 2.12 km²	3.80% a year	Rural
3,875	Barangay 2Llorente, Eastern Samar	277	about 16,012	about 0.0173 km²	−5.84% a year	Rural
3,876	Barangay 21Tacloban City, Leyte	277	about 16,294	about 0.017 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
3,877	Barangay 24Tacloban City, Leyte	277	about 11,260	about 0.0246 km²	4.56% a year	Urban
3,878	MalobagoAlmagro, Samar	277	about 772	about 0.359 km²	−2.51% a year	Rural
3,879	PangpangCalubian, Leyte	276	about 370	about 0.746 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
3,880	PolangiVillareal, Samar	276	about 45	about 6.08 km²	−2.75% a year	Rural
3,881	Barangay 1 PoblacionMercedes, Eastern Samar	275	about 524	about 0.525 km²	−2.61% a year	Rural
3,882	CacaoLa Paz, Leyte	275	about 107	about 2.57 km²	2.31% a year	Rural
3,883	CaculanganQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	275	about 54	about 5.07 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
3,884	AguinaldoArteche, Eastern Samar	274	about 43	about 6.37 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
3,885	Barangay 9Dolores, Eastern Samar	274	about 3,329	about 0.0823 km²	−6.27% a year	Rural
3,886	GarridoCalubian, Leyte	274	about 112	about 2.44 km²	−5.04% a year	Rural
3,887	HabagGuiuan, Eastern Samar	274	about 15	about 18.76 km²	−3.44% a year	Rural
3,888	BinalayanTarangnan, Samar	273	about 68	about 3.99 km²	1.08% a year	Rural
3,889	Can-andanIsabel, Leyte	273	about 157	about 1.74 km²	−4.79% a year	Rural
3,890	CaugbusanGandara, Samar	273	about 37	about 7.30 km²	−1.52% a year	Rural
3,891	LawaanPinabacdao, Samar	273	about 90	about 3.02 km²	−2.93% a year	Rural
3,892	LincoroSan Jorge, Samar	273	about 44	about 6.27 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
3,893	OdocMarabut, Samar	273	about 90	about 3.05 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
3,894	San AgustinHilongos, Leyte	273	about 153	about 1.78 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
3,895	BangonCatbalogan City, Samar	272	about 76	about 3.60 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
3,896	BungliwSan Jorge, Samar	272	about 8	about 32.47 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
3,897	DanaoTaft, Eastern Samar	272	about 43	about 6.27 km²	−2.32% a year	Rural
3,898	KatipunanDagami, Leyte	272	about 51	about 5.32 km²	1.56% a year	Rural
3,899	Doña JosefaMacarthur, Leyte	271	about 422	about 0.642 km²	−1.85% a year	Rural
3,900	BalbaganParanas, Samar	270	about 30	about 8.92 km²	2.66% 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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