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, 4,001 to 4,050 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
4,001	FatimaHinabangan, Samar	245	about 24	about 10.06 km²	2.17% a year	Rural
4,002	JagnayaSalcedo, Eastern Samar	245	about 59	about 4.18 km²	−2.30% a year	Rural
4,003	Barangay 1Hernani, Eastern Samar	244	about 2,369	about 0.103 km²	−4.14% a year	Rural
4,004	Barangay 14Tacloban City, Leyte	244	about 11,091	about 0.022 km²	1.85% a year	Urban
4,005	Barangay 2 PoblacionMercedes, Eastern Samar	244	about 553	about 0.441 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
4,006	RufinoLas Navas, Northern Samar	244	about 34	about 7.24 km²	2.07% a year	Rural
4,007	HabuhabCulaba, Biliran	243	about 48	about 5.07 km²	−2.23% a year	Rural
4,008	Villa PatriaBurauen, Leyte	243	about 66	about 3.66 km²	2.98% a year	Rural
4,009	Hinica-anMotiong, Samar	242	about 52	about 4.66 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
4,010	MagatasSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	242	about 123	about 1.97 km²	27.46% a year	Rural
4,011	MalipoonMahaplag, Leyte	241	about 65	about 3.70 km²	3.71% a year	Rural
4,012	SalvacionJiabong, Samar	240	about 31	about 7.86 km²	−1.16% a year	Rural
4,013	Barangay 5Calbiga, Samar	239	about 7,539	about 0.0317 km²	3.63% a year	Rural
4,014	GarganeraCalubian, Leyte	239	about 3,977	about 0.0601 km²	−1.73% a year	Rural
4,015	OsmeñaGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	239	about 14	about 16.80 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
4,016	San IsidroAlmagro, Samar	239	about 334	about 0.716 km²	−11.88% a year	Rural
4,017	BanlasMaripipi, Biliran	238	about 378	about 0.63 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
4,018	BantawonSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	238	about 180	about 1.32 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
4,019	Cabunga-anMercedes, Eastern Samar	238	about 168	about 1.42 km²	−4.31% a year	Rural
4,020	Barangay 28Tacloban City, Leyte	237	about 15,000	about 0.0158 km²	5.44% a year	Urban
4,021	CatigbianTanauan, Leyte	237	about 354	about 0.669 km²	2.59% a year	Rural
4,022	IberanSalcedo, Eastern Samar	237	about 74	about 3.22 km²	−2.99% a year	Rural
4,023	La PazSanta Rita, Samar	237	about 75	about 3.16 km²	2.14% a year	Rural
4,024	LahongTarangnan, Samar	237	about 141	about 1.68 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
4,025	PagsanjanParanas, Samar	237	about 17	about 13.57 km²	−2.29% a year	Rural
4,026	Villa PazJaro, Leyte	237	about 65	about 3.64 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
4,027	Bana-aoSanta Margarita, Samar	236	about 28	about 8.56 km²	−1.09% a year	Rural
4,028	BobonMercedes, Eastern Samar	236	about 280	about 0.842 km²	−5.52% a year	Rural
4,029	Poblacion CTarangnan, Samar	236	about 9,112	about 0.0259 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
4,030	Purok FBorongan City, Eastern Samar	236	about 8,973	about 0.0263 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
4,031	San IsidroMalitbog, Southern Leyte	236	about 88	about 2.68 km²	2.96% a year	Rural
4,032	G. B. TanLaoang, Northern Samar	235	about 55	about 4.27 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
4,033	Barangay No. 3Jiabong, Samar	234	about 38,235	about 0.00612 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
4,034	BocawonLa Paz, Leyte	234	about 12	about 19.52 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
4,035	Cag-olo-oloSan Jorge, Samar	234	about 82	about 2.87 km²	−1.57% a year	Rural
4,036	LibertadMatuguinao, Samar	234	about 167	about 1.40 km²	2.05% a year	Rural
4,037	Poblacion Zone 9Baybay City, Leyte	234	about 6,985	about 0.0335 km²	−8.57% a year	Rural
4,038	BulawanPintuyan, Southern Leyte	233	about 90	about 2.60 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
4,039	CaraatanMalitbog, Southern Leyte	233	about 64	about 3.64 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
4,040	GajoSanta Margarita, Samar	233	about 42	about 5.55 km²	7.40% a year	Rural
4,041	HenaronaganLope De Vega, Northern Samar	233	about 36	about 6.56 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
4,042	KilingMacarthur, Leyte	233	about 32	about 7.23 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
4,043	San VicenteSogod, Southern Leyte	233	about 16	about 14.81 km²	3.12% a year	Rural
4,044	CaulayananMotiong, Samar	232	about 80	about 2.90 km²	2.42% a year	Rural
4,045	PacoParanas, Samar	232	about 95	about 2.44 km²	−1.20% a year	Rural
4,046	CagbanayacaoCalbayog City, Samar	231	about 13	about 17.41 km²	−6.45% a year	Rural
4,047	MabarasPalapag, Northern Samar	231	about 46	about 5.00 km²	−3.67% a year	Rural
4,048	TalibZumarraga, Samar	231	about 196	about 1.18 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
4,049	BalocaweGandara, Samar	229	about 60	about 3.82 km²	−10.16% a year	Rural
4,050	Barangay No. 2Jiabong, Samar	229	about 24,105	about 0.0095 km²	1.19% 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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