The Atlas

Barangays in 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]

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Barangays in Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 951^[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: 806,179^[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]; 918 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Mercedes^[5]; Catbalogan City, Samar; 12,964 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: Maulong^{[5, 7]}; Catbalogan City, Samar; 1.42% 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: 349 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Canlapwas, −1.50% 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.

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

Barangays in Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
351	LipataMarabut, Samar	752	about 537	about 1.40 km²	−1.32% a year	Rural
352	CampelipaDaram, Samar	751	about 1,211	about 0.62 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
353	RosalimSan Jorge, Samar	750	about 93	about 8.05 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
354	BagongonCatbalogan City, Samar	747	about 931	about 0.802 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
355	BasiaoCatbalogan City, Samar	747	about 575	about 1.30 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
356	ArtecheZumarraga, Samar	745	about 909	about 0.82 km²	−0.94% a year	Rural
357	TugasDaram, Samar	744	about 311	about 2.39 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
358	Santo NiñoGandara, Samar	742	about 353	about 2.10 km²	3.88% a year	Rural
359	Oeste - BTarangnan, Samar	736	about 1,223	about 0.602 km²	1.38% a year	Rural
360	BarobaybayCalbiga, Samar	735	about 264	about 2.78 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
361	BontodSan Sebastian, Samar	735	about 208	about 3.54 km²	4.41% a year	Rural
362	InaladMotiong, Samar	733	about 87	about 8.41 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
363	Valles-BelloDaram, Samar	733	about 482	about 1.52 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
364	SalvacionSanta Rita, Samar	732	about 176	about 4.15 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
365	Poblacion 2Zumarraga, Samar	731	about 731	about 1.00 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
366	HimalandrogCalbayog City, Samar	727	about 33	about 22.18 km²	−1.15% a year	Rural
367	Santa CruzTarangnan, Samar	726	about 161	about 4.51 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
368	BotocPinabacdao, Samar	725	about 157	about 4.63 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
369	CatadmanBasey, Samar	724	about 44	about 16.44 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
370	Santan Pob.Santa Rita, Samar	723	about 191	about 3.79 km²	−0.26% a year	Rural
371	UnionSanta Rita, Samar	722	about 110	about 6.58 km²	no 2020 count	Rural
372	Villahermosa OccidentalPagsanghan, Samar	721	about 379	about 1.90 km²	3.69% a year	Rural
373	NipaDaram, Samar	720	about 310	about 2.32 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
374	Barangay IPinabacdao, Samar	718	about 294	about 2.44 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
375	PelitBasey, Samar	718	about 79	about 9.05 km²	−2.09% a year	Rural
376	CantatoParanas, Samar	716	about 56	about 12.85 km²	4.84% a year	Rural
377	Darahuway GoteCatbalogan City, Samar	716	about 6,509	about 0.11 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
378	LunaTagapul-An, Samar	715	about 210	about 3.40 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
379	PanlayahanCalbayog City, Samar	713	about 52	about 13.60 km²	1.65% a year	Rural
380	Oeste - ATarangnan, Samar	709	about 627	about 1.13 km²	−5.93% a year	Rural
381	Bo. IndependenciaTalalora, Samar	708	about 478	about 1.48 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
382	CamanhagaySan Sebastian, Samar	705	about 246	about 2.87 km²	−2.81% a year	Rural
383	DapdapTarangnan, Samar	700	about 105	about 6.64 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
384	CabicahanCalbayog City, Samar	699	about 278	about 2.51 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
385	CagbilwangCalbayog City, Samar	699	about 207	about 3.38 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
386	LongsobCalbayog City, Samar	699	about 64	about 10.86 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
387	JimautanCalbayog City, Samar	698	about 215	about 3.24 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
388	Poblacion Barangay 1San Sebastian, Samar	696	about 689	about 1.01 km²	−1.10% a year	Rural
389	BuenavistaDaram, Samar	695	about 840	about 0.827 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
390	CabugawanCalbayog City, Samar	695	about 214	about 3.25 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
391	SamoyaoGandara, Samar	691	about 215	about 3.22 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
392	San JoseDaram, Samar	691	about 308	about 2.24 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
393	New San AgustinBasey, Samar	689	about 141	about 4.87 km²	−4.20% a year	Rural
394	CambaguioVillareal, Samar	688	about 262	about 2.63 km²	−1.31% a year	Rural
395	PacaoVillareal, Samar	687	about 264	about 2.60 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
396	PanugmononBasey, Samar	687	about 303	about 2.27 km²	−1.15% a year	Rural
397	San RafaelHinabangan, Samar	685	about 60	about 11.36 km²	4.24% a year	Rural
398	DoloresSan Sebastian, Samar	682	about 151	about 4.51 km²	−2.81% a year	Rural
399	MacalunodZumarraga, Samar	680	about 557	about 1.22 km²	1.43% a year	Rural
400	ConcepcionParanas, Samar	676	about 32	about 20.82 km²	3.57% 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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