The Atlas

Barangays in Eastern Visayas

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 Visayas

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, at a glance

Barangays: 4,365^[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: 4,625,929^[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: 263 urban^[4]; 4,102 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: 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: 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: 1,723 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.

4,365 barangays, 351 to 400 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
351	ManlilinaoOrmoc City, Leyte	2,340	about 161	about 14.53 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
352	Can-abongBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,338	about 713	about 3.28 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
353	DampiganSanta Rita, Samar	2,334	about 314	about 7.43 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
354	CamparangaPambujan, Northern Samar	2,333	about 336	about 6.94 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
355	BorokOrmoc City, Leyte	2,332	about 400	about 5.83 km²	13.04% a year	Rural
356	BalinsasayaoAbuyog, Leyte	2,330	about 250	about 9.33 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
357	Barangay 1Llorente, Eastern Samar	2,329	about 619	about 3.76 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
358	JuatonOrmoc City, Leyte	2,322	about 812	about 2.86 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
359	RizalDulag, Leyte	2,320	about 712	about 3.26 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
360	Sabang BaoOrmoc City, Leyte	2,320	about 447	about 5.19 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
361	LibjoCatarman, Northern Samar	2,316	about 253	about 9.15 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
362	San JuanOrmoc City, Leyte	2,315	about 504	about 4.59 km²	−0.91% a year	Rural
363	CommonwealthRosario, Northern Samar	2,313	about 493	about 4.69 km²	2.94% a year	Rural
364	MilagroOrmoc City, Leyte	2,301	about 200	about 11.50 km²	−4.26% a year	Urban
365	SherwoodAlbuera, Leyte	2,297	about 365	about 6.29 km²	2.20% a year	Urban
366	CatmonSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	2,294	about 1,349	about 1.70 km²	−2.49% a year	Rural
367	OquendoCalbayog City, Samar	2,294	about 765	about 3.00 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
368	Barangay 4 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	2,288	about 1,378	about 1.66 km²	2.18% a year	Rural
369	Poblacion Zone ICapoocan, Leyte	2,287	about 5,761	about 0.397 km²	−1.01% a year	Rural
370	TagbibiHindang, Leyte	2,286	about 1,073	about 2.13 km²	2.59% a year	Rural
371	PagsulhugonBabatngon, Leyte	2,282	about 224	about 10.17 km²	2.81% a year	Rural
372	UngaleKawayan, Biliran	2,281	about 161	about 14.19 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
373	GeratagSan Jose, Northern Samar	2,280	about 426	about 5.35 km²	1.90% a year	Rural
374	AluganSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	2,278	about 327	about 6.96 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
375	RawisHinabangan, Samar	2,276	about 1,059	about 2.15 km²	2.25% a year	Rural
376	Santa PotencianaMapanas, Northern Samar	2,276	about 534	about 4.26 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
377	SabangPalompon, Leyte	2,274	about 818	about 2.78 km²	1.00% a year	Rural
378	TalustusanNaval, Biliran	2,270	about 339	about 6.69 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
379	LalawiganBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,269	about 1,745	about 1.30 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
380	BasudSan Isidro, Leyte	2,266	about 914	about 2.48 km²	−2.40% a year	Rural
381	NaparaanSalcedo, Eastern Samar	2,264	about 246	about 9.21 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
382	TagnipaMaasin City, Southern Leyte	2,263	about 9,162	about 0.247 km²	−8.42% a year	Urban
383	ParasanonPinabacdao, Samar	2,257	about 603	about 3.74 km²	1.77% a year	Rural
384	DivisoriaBontoc, Southern Leyte	2,255	about 1,168	about 1.93 km²	2.97% a year	Rural
385	VeriatoSan Isidro, Northern Samar	2,251	about 94	about 23.98 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
386	MacSogod, Southern Leyte	2,247	about 1,055	about 2.13 km²	1.51% a year	Rural
387	SawangCarigara, Leyte	2,245	about 8,346	about 0.269 km²	−0.91% a year	Urban
388	GuilaoangiLaoang, Northern Samar	2,241	about 6,024	about 0.372 km²	−1.78% a year	Rural
389	TabunanBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,234	about 818	about 2.73 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
390	MolaveCatarman, Northern Samar	2,231	about 3,192	about 0.699 km²	6.60% a year	Urban
391	San PedroSogod, Southern Leyte	2,225	about 2,602	about 0.855 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
392	San RoqueLiloan, Southern Leyte	2,225	about 1,474	about 1.51 km²	−1.77% a year	Rural
393	MahayagIsabel, Leyte	2,224	about 1,118	about 1.99 km²	−1.55% a year	Urban
394	SeguinonAlbuera, Leyte	2,221	about 372	about 5.97 km²	−2.17% a year	Rural
395	AguitingKananga, Leyte	2,218	about 180	about 12.33 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
396	HimayanganLiloan, Southern Leyte	2,217	about 429	about 5.17 km²	−0.63% a year	Rural
397	Barangay 1San Jose De Buan, Samar	2,212	about 166	about 13.31 km²	3.66% a year	Rural
398	Poblacion District IIIBurauen, Leyte	2,212	about 2,772	about 0.798 km²	−2.88% a year	Rural
399	San RoqueOras, Eastern Samar	2,209	about 531	about 4.16 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
400	TabocBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,207	about 1,187	about 1.86 km²	−0.13% 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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