The Atlas

Barangays in Eastern Samar

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 Samar

Barangays in Eastern Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 597^[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: 472,683^[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: 19 urban^[4]; 578 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Songco^[5]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; 4,684 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: San Gabriel^[6]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; about 179.23 km²
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: 345 barangays^[7]

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.

597 barangays, 351 to 400 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
351	TabiSulat, Eastern Samar	482	about 10,410	about 0.0463 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
352	Barangay 1 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	481	about 20,381	about 0.0236 km²	−1.85% a year	Rural
353	Barangay 6Giporlos, Eastern Samar	481	about 319	about 1.51 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
354	Poblacion Ward 9-AGuiuan, Eastern Samar	481	about 4,042	about 0.119 km²	−3.91% a year	Rural
355	GuinpoliranBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	478	about 159	about 3.00 km²	−3.14% a year	Rural
356	Poblacion IBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	478	about 488	about 0.979 km²	−2.22% a year	Rural
357	BanahaoGuiuan, Eastern Samar	477	about 322	about 1.48 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
358	Barangay 10Dolores, Eastern Samar	476	about 8,799	about 0.0541 km²	−7.34% a year	Rural
359	MaramaraSulat, Eastern Samar	476	about 8,655	about 0.055 km²	−4.11% a year	Rural
360	RecareJipapad, Eastern Samar	476	about 77	about 6.18 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
361	Barangay 12Salcedo, Eastern Samar	474	about 845	about 0.561 km²	12.69% a year	Rural
362	San JoseGuiuan, Eastern Samar	473	about 367	about 1.29 km²	−1.08% a year	Rural
363	CaridadSalcedo, Eastern Samar	470	about 155	about 3.04 km²	2.50% a year	Rural
364	Poblacion Barangay 3Taft, Eastern Samar	469	about 2,202	about 0.213 km²	1.77% a year	Rural
365	Barangay Poblacion IIBalangiga, Eastern Samar	468	about 6,518	about 0.0718 km²	−2.58% a year	Rural
366	Santa CruzDolores, Eastern Samar	468	about 66	about 7.07 km²	−3.46% a year	Rural
367	Barangay Poblacion 6Lawaan, Eastern Samar	466	about 23,417	about 0.0199 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
368	CagtoogOras, Eastern Samar	465	about 71	about 6.57 km²	−2.87% a year	Rural
369	San IsidroHernani, Eastern Samar	462	about 60	about 7.72 km²	2.97% a year	Rural
370	MacarthurArteche, Eastern Samar	460	about 104	about 4.44 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
371	Barangay No. 2San Policarpo, Eastern Samar	458	about 3,444	about 0.133 km²	3.30% a year	Rural
372	BanuyoMercedes, Eastern Samar	456	about 599	about 0.761 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
373	CamangaSalcedo, Eastern Samar	456	about 131	about 3.47 km²	−3.89% a year	Rural
374	PalactadQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	453	about 126	about 3.60 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
375	San RoqueMercedes, Eastern Samar	453	about 749	about 0.605 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
376	A-etSulat, Eastern Samar	452	about 80	about 5.67 km²	−2.99% a year	Rural
377	CanawayonGuiuan, Eastern Samar	452	about 50	about 9.07 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
378	Mina-anodLlorente, Eastern Samar	452	about 660	about 0.685 km²	1.49% a year	Rural
379	San IsidroDolores, Eastern Samar	452	about 77	about 5.90 km²	−1.38% a year	Rural
380	San VicenteDolores, Eastern Samar	452	about 71	about 6.34 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
381	Barangay 1Salcedo, Eastern Samar	450	about 460	about 0.978 km²	−4.82% a year	Rural
382	Barangay 4Hernani, Eastern Samar	447	about 2,180	about 0.205 km²	−2.79% a year	Rural
383	HagnaGuiuan, Eastern Samar	445	about 136	about 3.28 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
384	BanaagGuiuan, Eastern Samar	443	about 111	about 3.99 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
385	San GabrielMaydolong, Eastern Samar	442	about 86	about 5.15 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
386	Santo NiñoGuiuan, Eastern Samar	442	about 345	about 1.28 km²	8.13% a year	Rural
387	CandorosLlorente, Eastern Samar	439	about 15	about 28.89 km²	−6.42% a year	Rural
388	BitauganGuiuan, Eastern Samar	437	about 50	about 8.80 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
389	TimalaGuiuan, Eastern Samar	435	about 357	about 1.22 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
390	Can-atoLlorente, Eastern Samar	434	about 42	about 10.34 km²	−8.41% a year	Rural
391	AsgadSalcedo, Eastern Samar	433	about 141	about 3.08 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
392	CamparangGuiuan, Eastern Samar	433	about 297	about 1.46 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
393	Barangay 2Jipapad, Eastern Samar	431	about 310	about 1.39 km²	−3.03% a year	Rural
394	PacoQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	431	about 179	about 2.41 km²	−0.60% a year	Rural
395	Santa CruzSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	428	about 57	about 7.45 km²	3.55% a year	Rural
396	MalingonOras, Eastern Samar	427	about 174	about 2.45 km²	4.67% a year	Rural
397	PalamragMercedes, Eastern Samar	425	about 208	about 2.04 km²	−7.26% a year	Rural
398	Loyola HeightsSulat, Eastern Samar	422	about 1,476	about 0.286 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
399	CamangaOras, Eastern Samar	420	about 1,424	about 0.295 km²	−2.61% a year	Rural
400	Barangay Poblacion 7Lawaan, Eastern Samar	417	about 903	about 0.462 km²	−3.70% 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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