The Atlas

Barangays in Leyte

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 Leyte

Barangays in Leyte, at a glance

Barangays: 1,616^[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: 2,082,811^[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: 150 urban^[4]; 1,466 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: Liberty^[6]; Ormoc City, Leyte; about 76.03 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: Dolores^{[5, 7]}; Ormoc City, Leyte; 8.30% 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: 539 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.

1,616 barangays, 351 to 400 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
351	Santo RosarioMatag-Ob, Leyte	1,699	about 545	about 3.12 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
352	Daja-diotSan Isidro, Leyte	1,694	about 596	about 2.84 km²	1.98% a year	Rural
353	ElevadoMatalom, Leyte	1,690	about 241	about 7.02 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
354	GimarcoTabango, Leyte	1,688	about 247	about 6.84 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
355	MaslugBaybay City, Leyte	1,683	about 221	about 7.63 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
356	MacanipJaro, Leyte	1,682	about 490	about 3.43 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
357	Can-adiengOrmoc City, Leyte	1,677	about 4,402	about 0.381 km²	−8.83% a year	Urban
358	LunangHilongos, Leyte	1,674	about 709	about 2.36 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
359	Bitaog Pob.Palompon, Leyte	1,673	about 30,199	about 0.0554 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
360	San AntonioOrmoc City, Leyte	1,672	about 2,600	about 0.643 km²	−3.33% a year	Rural
361	JugabanCarigara, Leyte	1,671	about 5,064	about 0.33 km²	−2.35% a year	Rural
362	QuilaoTolosa, Leyte	1,667	about 2,437	about 0.684 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
363	Barangay 94-ATacloban City, Leyte	1,664	about 1,034	about 1.61 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
364	LibjoMerida, Leyte	1,661	about 639	about 2.60 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
365	San MiguelPalo, Leyte	1,655	about 6,293	about 0.263 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
366	TuyoMacarthur, Leyte	1,651	about 679	about 2.43 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
367	AlejosBato, Leyte	1,647	about 403	about 4.09 km²	1.85% a year	Rural
368	NasunoganOrmoc City, Leyte	1,641	about 474	about 3.46 km²	−5.21% a year	Rural
369	MaybogBaybay City, Leyte	1,630	about 176	about 9.28 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
370	Bung-awHilongos, Leyte	1,629	about 395	about 4.12 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
371	Santa CruzJaro, Leyte	1,629	about 857	about 1.90 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
372	TabunokHilongos, Leyte	1,629	about 552	about 2.95 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
373	AnahawayPalo, Leyte	1,620	about 410	about 3.95 km²	1.91% a year	Rural
374	GuinciamanSan Miguel, Leyte	1,614	about 119	about 13.53 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
375	PilitSanta Fe, Leyte	1,611	about 479	about 3.36 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
376	San RoqueIsabel, Leyte	1,609	about 25,299	about 0.0636 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
377	BalocaweAbuyog, Leyte	1,607	about 502	about 3.20 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
378	HighwayDulag, Leyte	1,605	about 1,189	about 1.35 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
379	KalinawanJaro, Leyte	1,604	about 508	about 3.16 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
380	Nueva VistaOrmoc City, Leyte	1,600	about 366	about 4.37 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
381	San AgustinBaybay City, Leyte	1,598	about 137	about 11.65 km²	2.87% a year	Rural
382	BaliteVillaba, Leyte	1,597	about 795	about 2.01 km²	1.97% a year	Rural
383	Pinagdait Pob.Palompon, Leyte	1,592	about 12,635	about 0.126 km²	−1.38% a year	Rural
384	SantarinBarugo, Leyte	1,576	about 880	about 1.79 km²	4.90% a year	Rural
385	BontocHindang, Leyte	1,575	about 799	about 1.97 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
386	UguisMahaplag, Leyte	1,572	about 702	about 2.24 km²	16.69% a year	Rural
387	VisaresCapoocan, Leyte	1,571	about 83	about 18.98 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
388	MaganhanBaybay City, Leyte	1,569	about 853	about 1.84 km²	10.42% a year	Rural
389	BukidBarugo, Leyte	1,568	about 436	about 3.60 km²	1.68% a year	Rural
390	BuenavistaPalompon, Leyte	1,565	about 894	about 1.75 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
391	Poblacion District IIIBabatngon, Leyte	1,558	about 182	about 8.54 km²	−1.38% a year	Rural
392	AlegriaOrmoc City, Leyte	1,557	about 13,308	about 0.117 km²	11.82% a year	Urban
393	Barangay 25Tacloban City, Leyte	1,556	about 8,021	about 0.194 km²	−2.22% a year	Urban
394	CabatianuhanSan Miguel, Leyte	1,556	about 415	about 3.75 km²	3.14% a year	Rural
395	Rizal IIBabatngon, Leyte	1,554	about 152	about 10.22 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
396	MahalitMerida, Leyte	1,542	about 1,101	about 1.40 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
397	LunetaLa Paz, Leyte	1,540	about 421	about 3.66 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
398	Barangay 6Tacloban City, Leyte	1,520	about 13,103	about 0.116 km²	1.02% a year	Rural
399	PatocDagami, Leyte	1,516	about 309	about 4.91 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
400	BughoAlangalang, Leyte	1,513	about 338	about 4.47 km²	0.29% 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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