The Atlas

Barangays in Southern 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 Southern Leyte

Barangays in Southern Leyte, at a glance

Barangays: 500^[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: 434,372^[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: 21 urban^[4]; 479 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Combado^[5]; Maasin City, Southern Leyte; 5,342 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: Catmon^[6]; Silago, Southern Leyte; about 47.47 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: Asuncion^{[5, 7]}; Maasin City, Southern Leyte; −0.09% 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: 185 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Combado, −2.17% 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.

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

Barangays in Southern Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
351	BahayLiloan, Southern Leyte	489	about 113	about 4.34 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
352	SalvacionHinunangan, Southern Leyte	487	about 140	about 3.49 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
353	CaagaMalitbog, Southern Leyte	485	about 433	about 1.12 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
354	PangiBontoc, Southern Leyte	484	about 384	about 1.26 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
355	ToptopHinunangan, Southern Leyte	481	about 1,134	about 0.424 km²	3.84% a year	Rural
356	PamigsianBontoc, Southern Leyte	477	about 64	about 7.44 km²	2.86% a year	Rural
357	MahayahayMalitbog, Southern Leyte	475	about 781	about 0.608 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
358	Nueva Estrella NortePintuyan, Southern Leyte	475	about 71	about 6.67 km²	3.65% a year	Rural
359	Santo NiñoMalitbog, Southern Leyte	473	about 174	about 2.72 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
360	San Pablo IslandHinunangan, Southern Leyte	471	about 511	about 0.921 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
361	LibasHinunangan, Southern Leyte	467	about 84	about 5.56 km²	1.94% a year	Rural
362	BuenavistaPintuyan, Southern Leyte	464	about 206	about 2.25 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
363	Son-ok IIPintuyan, Southern Leyte	463	about 167	about 2.77 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
364	BanahaoBontoc, Southern Leyte	459	about 73	about 6.29 km²	4.18% a year	Rural
365	MapgapTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	459	about 1,145	about 0.401 km²	1.86% a year	Rural
366	San Pedro IslandHinunangan, Southern Leyte	459	about 302	about 1.52 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
367	CanlabianAnahawan, Southern Leyte	458	about 260	about 1.76 km²	0.32% a year	Rural
368	AmagaLiloan, Southern Leyte	456	about 353	about 1.29 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
369	Malapoc SurMaasin City, Southern Leyte	456	about 281	about 1.62 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
370	CabadianganMaasin City, Southern Leyte	453	about 113	about 4.02 km²	0.70% a year	Rural
371	AtuyanSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	451	about 235	about 1.92 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
372	PamahawanBontoc, Southern Leyte	450	about 89	about 5.05 km²	4.94% a year	Rural
373	San AntonioMalitbog, Southern Leyte	450	about 745	about 0.604 km²	−3.45% a year	Rural
374	BandayTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	449	about 1,095	about 0.41 km²	−5.48% a year	Rural
375	Pociano D. EquipilagPintuyan, Southern Leyte	447	about 261	about 1.71 km²	2.95% a year	Rural
376	HimakiloBontoc, Southern Leyte	444	about 267	about 1.66 km²	5.51% a year	Rural
377	HibagwanBontoc, Southern Leyte	442	about 163	about 2.72 km²	3.37% a year	Rural
378	Iniguihan Pob.Tomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	442	about 1,590	about 0.278 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
379	LibasSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	442	about 208	about 2.13 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
380	UnionHinunangan, Southern Leyte	438	about 619	about 0.708 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
381	CarnagaTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	437	about 117	about 3.73 km²	−0.49% a year	Rural
382	HabaySan Francisco, Southern Leyte	437	about 532	about 0.822 km²	−5.85% a year	Rural
383	CabutanSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	436	about 1,298	about 0.336 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
384	San AgustinMaasin City, Southern Leyte	436	about 252	about 1.73 km²	−1.53% a year	Rural
385	Bobon ASan Juan, Southern Leyte	427	about 262	about 1.63 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
386	LambonaoMalitbog, Southern Leyte	425	about 211	about 2.01 km²	−5.91% a year	Rural
387	Cadaruhan SurMalitbog, Southern Leyte	419	about 895	about 0.468 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
388	IbaMalitbog, Southern Leyte	419	about 221	about 1.90 km²	−1.27% a year	Rural
389	SalogHinunangan, Southern Leyte	419	about 3,407	about 0.123 km²	3.16% a year	Rural
390	San Vicente PoblacionMacrohon, Southern Leyte	419	about 526	about 0.796 km²	−2.67% a year	Rural
391	CabascanTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	418	about 394	about 1.06 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
392	CagnituanMaasin City, Southern Leyte	414	about 22	about 19.06 km²	3.69% a year	Rural
393	BenitMalitbog, Southern Leyte	413	about 164	about 2.52 km²	−1.72% a year	Rural
394	CandayumanLiloan, Southern Leyte	412	about 303	about 1.36 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
395	San MiguelTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	412	about 181	about 2.28 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
396	GarridoSan Juan, Southern Leyte	410	about 141	about 2.90 km²	−1.52% a year	Rural
397	Pong-onBontoc, Southern Leyte	410	about 118	about 3.48 km²	0.71% a year	Rural
398	KauswaganSogod, Southern Leyte	409	about 27	about 14.98 km²	−1.74% a year	Rural
399	CadaruhanMalitbog, Southern Leyte	407	about 778	about 0.523 km²	−4.45% a year	Rural
400	AnahawanTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	405	about 541	about 0.749 km²	−1.15% 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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