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, 3,901 to 3,950 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
3,901	BuenavistaBurauen, Leyte	270	about 29	about 9.37 km²	3.18% a year	Rural
3,902	CambanteMercedes, Eastern Samar	270	about 248	about 1.09 km²	−0.53% a year	Rural
3,903	CambucaoTabontabon, Leyte	270	about 295	about 0.914 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
3,904	HigosoanTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	270	about 262	about 1.03 km²	−5.71% a year	Rural
3,905	PoblacionAlmagro, Samar	270	about 299	about 0.904 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
3,906	Poblacion Ward 5Guiuan, Eastern Samar	270	about 12,273	about 0.022 km²	−6.91% a year	Rural
3,907	Bino-onganVillareal, Samar	269	about 256	about 1.05 km²	2.57% a year	Rural
3,908	CapacuhanAnahawan, Southern Leyte	269	about 37	about 7.18 km²	3.61% a year	Rural
3,909	LogsonganBurauen, Leyte	269	about 11	about 25.33 km²	−1.71% a year	Rural
3,910	PongsoBarugo, Leyte	269	about 151	about 1.78 km²	−3.19% a year	Rural
3,911	CanatuanMotiong, Samar	268	about 88	about 3.03 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
3,912	ManahaoPambujan, Northern Samar	268	about 51	about 5.28 km²	−10.67% a year	Rural
3,913	Barangay 8Tacloban City, Leyte	267	about 17,338	about 0.0154 km²	0.09% a year	Urban
3,914	Bon-otHilongos, Leyte	267	about 141	about 1.90 km²	10.81% a year	Rural
3,915	Cagda-oSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	267	about 37	about 7.20 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
3,916	GebonawanSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	267	about 38	about 6.94 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
3,917	LiberacionMahaplag, Leyte	267	about 173	about 1.54 km²	−5.76% a year	Rural
3,918	Santo Niño Pob.Marabut, Samar	267	about 11,609	about 0.023 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
3,919	Barangay 2 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	266	about 15,740	about 0.0169 km²	−5.31% a year	Rural
3,920	CuencoLas Navas, Northern Samar	266	about 30	about 8.99 km²	−3.68% a year	Rural
3,921	HigasaanCalbayog City, Samar	266	about 10	about 26.92 km²	10.11% a year	Rural
3,922	Maria PlanaSogod, Southern Leyte	266	about 58	about 4.60 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
3,923	PagatpatCalubian, Leyte	266	about 1,132	about 0.235 km²	−2.45% a year	Rural
3,924	GeregananGandara, Samar	265	about 381	about 0.695 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
3,925	Poblacion Ward 2Guiuan, Eastern Samar	265	about 6,795	about 0.039 km²	−3.62% a year	Rural
3,926	Tunga Pob.Dagami, Leyte	265	about 4,749	about 0.0558 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
3,927	Barangay 5 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	264	about 13,469	about 0.0196 km²	−5.55% a year	Rural
3,928	CapillaPastrana, Leyte	264	about 395	about 0.668 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
3,929	DanaoMacrohon, Southern Leyte	264	about 144	about 1.83 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
3,930	ImeldaSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	264	about 9	about 30.84 km²	5.64% a year	Rural
3,931	ArapisonSanta Margarita, Samar	263	about 175	about 1.50 km²	4.37% a year	Rural
3,932	CambayePagsanghan, Samar	263	about 260	about 1.01 km²	−2.40% a year	Rural
3,933	CabaywaSan Sebastian, Samar	262	about 124	about 2.12 km²	6.06% a year	Rural
3,934	Barangay 61Tacloban City, Leyte	261	about 4,136	about 0.0631 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
3,935	CampacionArteche, Eastern Samar	261	about 72	about 3.63 km²	1.73% a year	Rural
3,936	DorilloJipapad, Eastern Samar	261	about 17	about 15.81 km²	2.13% a year	Rural
3,937	KalilihanCalbayog City, Samar	261	about 34	about 7.58 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
3,938	Poblacion Zone 7Baybay City, Leyte	261	about 6,658	about 0.0392 km²	−4.55% a year	Urban
3,939	Sixto T. Balanguit, Sr.Pambujan, Northern Samar	261	about 12	about 20.98 km²	−7.97% a year	Rural
3,940	CatmonanDulag, Leyte	260	about 1,300	about 0.20 km²	−17.33% a year	Rural
3,941	DatagLavezares, Northern Samar	260	about 92	about 2.83 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
3,942	MalobagoMotiong, Samar	260	about 56	about 4.67 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
3,943	San Roque Pob.Dagami, Leyte	260	about 9,665	about 0.0269 km²	−0.72% a year	Rural
3,944	BangonBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	259	about 42	about 6.24 km²	−3.07% a year	Rural
3,945	BatoOras, Eastern Samar	259	about 30	about 8.56 km²	−1.77% a year	Rural
3,946	Lawa-anVillareal, Samar	259	about 95	about 2.74 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
3,947	San AntonioCalbayog City, Samar	259	about 36	about 7.19 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
3,948	TawiranGandara, Samar	259	about 74	about 3.49 km²	2.05% a year	Rural
3,949	BucalanHinabangan, Samar	258	about 42	about 6.15 km²	−1.86% a year	Rural
3,950	CabayhanCatarman, Northern Samar	258	about 31	about 8.21 km²	1.55% 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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