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Barangays in Northern 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 Northern Samar

Barangays in Northern Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 569^[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: 645,789^[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: 33 urban^[4]; 536 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Dalakit^[5]; Catarman, Northern Samar; 12,781 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 Jose^[6]; Mondragon, Northern Samar; about 110.04 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: 252 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Baybay, −1.55% 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.

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

Barangays in Northern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
351	CanjumadalPambujan, Northern Samar	637	about 109	about 5.85 km²	−0.95% a year	Rural
352	MatambagPalapag, Northern Samar	637	about 59	about 10.79 km²	7.02% a year	Rural
353	LawaanSan Roque, Northern Samar	632	about 45	about 14.18 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
354	MandugangSan Jose, Northern Samar	632	about 22	about 28.60 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
355	BinayPalapag, Northern Samar	631	about 337	about 1.87 km²	−1.32% a year	Rural
356	D. MercaderCatubig, Northern Samar	629	about 384	about 1.64 km²	2.13% a year	Rural
357	Cagdara-oLaoang, Northern Samar	622	about 172	about 3.61 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
358	LibertyCatarman, Northern Samar	621	about 157	about 3.96 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
359	MualbualLaoang, Northern Samar	620	about 332	about 1.87 km²	1.61% a year	Rural
360	SinalaranPalapag, Northern Samar	620	about 477	about 1.30 km²	−2.97% a year	Rural
361	AtipoloLaoang, Northern Samar	619	about 220	about 2.82 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
362	MabiniLapinig, Northern Samar	619	about 236	about 2.62 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
363	San JoseMapanas, Northern Samar	619	about 19	about 31.95 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
364	CahagwayanLapinig, Northern Samar	617	about 269	about 2.29 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
365	NaparasanMapanas, Northern Samar	615	about 61	about 10.05 km²	4.06% a year	Rural
366	RoxasLas Navas, Northern Samar	615	about 71	about 8.71 km²	−3.16% a year	Rural
367	Guin-arawayanAllen, Northern Samar	609	about 309	about 1.97 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
368	TinowaranCatarman, Northern Samar	608	about 139	about 4.37 km²	1.99% a year	Rural
369	SagudsuronCatubig, Northern Samar	606	about 308	about 1.97 km²	1.27% a year	Rural
370	JamoogRosario, Northern Samar	603	about 945	about 0.638 km²	2.68% a year	Rural
371	TangboCatubig, Northern Samar	596	about 166	about 3.60 km²	1.90% a year	Rural
372	TrangueCatarman, Northern Samar	596	about 72	about 8.33 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
373	BinatiklanLaoang, Northern Samar	594	about 521	about 1.14 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
374	Deit De TuragSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	592	about 45	about 13.18 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
375	E. LaodenioMapanas, Northern Samar	591	about 11,088	about 0.0533 km²	3.79% a year	Rural
376	San RamonPambujan, Northern Samar	590	about 188	about 3.13 km²	−1.14% a year	Rural
377	L. EmponLas Navas, Northern Samar	589	about 231	about 2.55 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
378	NagbobtacPalapag, Northern Samar	589	about 143	about 4.13 km²	−1.30% a year	Rural
379	Barangay 8Catubig, Northern Samar	583	about 6,717	about 0.0868 km²	−1.99% a year	Rural
380	VictorySilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	583	about 192	about 3.04 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
381	Zone IIVictoria, Northern Samar	583	about 17,097	about 0.0341 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
382	MaxvillaVictoria, Northern Samar	581	about 110	about 5.28 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
383	San JoseMondragon, Northern Samar	581	about 5	about 110.04 km²	−13.58% a year	Rural
384	Can MariaLapinig, Northern Samar	580	about 129	about 4.51 km²	−2.41% a year	Rural
385	To-ogLavezares, Northern Samar	578	about 64	about 9.04 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
386	San IsidroMondragon, Northern Samar	574	about 26	about 22.11 km²	−1.79% a year	Rural
387	GusaranSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	573	about 103	about 5.56 km²	−2.65% a year	Rural
388	BocsolCatarman, Northern Samar	572	about 158	about 3.63 km²	−2.69% a year	Rural
389	CagaasanLaoang, Northern Samar	571	about 279	about 2.05 km²	−2.40% a year	Rural
390	JubangCapul, Northern Samar	570	about 589	about 0.968 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
391	NatawoPalapag, Northern Samar	568	about 213	about 2.67 km²	4.70% a year	Rural
392	San MiguelVictoria, Northern Samar	560	about 132	about 4.24 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
393	VillahermosaLavezares, Northern Samar	560	about 318	about 1.76 km²	2.51% a year	Rural
394	HenogaweGamay, Northern Samar	550	about 106	about 5.20 km²	3.11% a year	Rural
395	MagsaysayMapanas, Northern Samar	550	about 22	about 24.77 km²	−2.98% a year	Rural
396	NapoPalapag, Northern Samar	549	about 167	about 3.28 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
397	GuibuanganGamay, Northern Samar	546	about 316	about 1.73 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
398	GebonawanLope De Vega, Northern Samar	542	about 19	about 28.44 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
399	FlorminaMondragon, Northern Samar	540	about 82	about 6.59 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
400	MacArthurBiri, Northern Samar	539	about 238	about 2.26 km²	−0.35% 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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