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, 4,101 to 4,150 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
4,101	SinantanCalbayog City, Samar	215	about 37	about 5.75 km²	−3.37% a year	Rural
4,102	Cabunga-anDagami, Leyte	214	about 36	about 5.99 km²	−0.44% a year	Rural
4,103	LaurelGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	214	about 10	about 21.15 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
4,104	Santo TomasLas Navas, Northern Samar	214	about 98	about 2.18 km²	7.22% a year	Rural
4,105	CabadbaranSogod, Southern Leyte	213	about 244	about 0.872 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
4,106	InubodMatuguinao, Samar	213	about 49	about 4.34 km²	−4.31% a year	Rural
4,107	MabuhayGandara, Samar	213	about 9	about 23.05 km²	−4.22% a year	Rural
4,108	San AndresJiabong, Samar	213	about 55	about 3.85 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
4,109	BayogDaram, Samar	210	about 191	about 1.10 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
4,110	Barangay Poblacion 5Lawaan, Eastern Samar	209	about 18,496	about 0.0113 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
4,111	PamamasanMotiong, Samar	209	about 183	about 1.14 km²	1.31% a year	Rural
4,112	Santa MariaSogod, Southern Leyte	209	about 97	about 2.16 km²	1.06% a year	Rural
4,113	CatigahanPalompon, Leyte	208	about 72	about 2.89 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
4,114	PanonongonCalbayog City, Samar	208	about 30	about 6.88 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
4,115	BasudLeyte, Leyte	207	about 132	about 1.57 km²	3.41% a year	Rural
4,116	InasudlanVillareal, Samar	207	about 10	about 19.94 km²	−3.19% a year	Rural
4,117	Poblacion 1Hinabangan, Samar	207	about 1,294	about 0.16 km²	−4.24% a year	Rural
4,118	Port KennedyMercedes, Eastern Samar	207	about 1,848	about 0.112 km²	0.95% a year	Rural
4,119	CagamesaragLope De Vega, Northern Samar	206	about 52	about 3.96 km²	6.41% a year	Rural
4,120	CarmonaGandara, Samar	206	about 23	about 8.93 km²	−8.62% a year	Rural
4,121	BoringCatubig, Northern Samar	204	about 281	about 0.725 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
4,122	LuanTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	204	about 196	about 1.04 km²	2.24% a year	Rural
4,123	Tabunan NorthKawayan, Biliran	204	about 261	about 0.781 km²	2.51% a year	Rural
4,124	Barangay 33Tacloban City, Leyte	203	about 14,818	about 0.0137 km²	1.22% a year	Rural
4,125	BawangJiabong, Samar	203	about 48	about 4.26 km²	1.09% a year	Rural
4,126	CentralVillareal, Samar	203	about 16,917	about 0.012 km²	−4.13% a year	Rural
4,127	De los SantosInopacan, Leyte	203	about 9	about 22.61 km²	2.65% a year	Rural
4,128	Poblacion Ward 6Guiuan, Eastern Samar	201	about 3,160	about 0.0636 km²	−29.33% a year	Rural
4,129	CapilihanSan Miguel, Leyte	200	about 19	about 10.43 km²	0.24% a year	Rural
4,130	KaparasananBurauen, Leyte	200	about 72	about 2.79 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
4,131	LoboCatbalogan City, Samar	200	about 31	about 6.49 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
4,132	Nueva EsperanzaSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	200	about 66	about 3.02 km²	16.18% a year	Rural
4,133	PatesCalubian, Leyte	200	about 103	about 1.94 km²	−1.94% a year	Rural
4,134	Barangay 51-ATacloban City, Leyte	198	about 11,786	about 0.0168 km²	15.65% a year	Rural
4,135	BurabodMaripipi, Biliran	198	about 68	about 2.90 km²	−3.63% a year	Rural
4,136	Burabod IGandara, Samar	198	about 59	about 3.38 km²	1.77% a year	Rural
4,137	San JoseLas Navas, Northern Samar	198	about 49	about 4.05 km²	−5.98% a year	Rural
4,138	TotoringonCatbalogan City, Samar	198	about 16	about 12.20 km²	1.51% a year	Rural
4,139	Barangay 3Llorente, Eastern Samar	197	about 11,387	about 0.0173 km²	−11.38% a year	Rural
4,140	CristinaJiabong, Samar	197	about 96	about 2.05 km²	−2.07% a year	Rural
4,141	Mobo-obSan Jorge, Samar	197	about 9	about 21.91 km²	1.92% a year	Rural
4,142	GuinbangaCalbiga, Samar	196	about 17	about 11.66 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
4,143	RoxasGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	196	about 42	about 4.62 km²	−7.56% a year	Rural
4,144	SalvacionMacarthur, Leyte	196	about 144	about 1.36 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
4,145	BalongbalongPintuyan, Southern Leyte	195	about 260	about 0.749 km²	7.90% a year	Rural
4,146	Camaya-anSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	195	about 34	about 5.74 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
4,147	Poblacion Zone 19Baybay City, Leyte	195	about 12,500	about 0.0156 km²	1.40% a year	Urban
4,148	AtipoloJaro, Leyte	194	about 12	about 15.68 km²	−0.49% a year	Rural
4,149	Barangay 35Tacloban City, Leyte	194	about 22,770	about 0.00852 km²	9.28% a year	Urban
4,150	QuezonGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	194	about 22	about 8.69 km²	2.79% 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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