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, 4,201 to 4,250 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
4,201	Can-agaBorongan City, Eastern Samar	169	about 115	about 1.47 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
4,202	GayondatoSan Jorge, Samar	168	about 6	about 29.23 km²	−8.92% a year	Rural
4,203	TebalawonArteche, Eastern Samar	168	about 45	about 3.71 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
4,204	Barangay 11Salcedo, Eastern Samar	167	about 503	about 0.332 km²	−15.01% a year	Rural
4,205	Barangay 3 PoblacionMercedes, Eastern Samar	166	about 175	about 0.948 km²	−2.69% a year	Rural
4,206	GasdoCalbayog City, Samar	166	about 44	about 3.76 km²	4.35% a year	Rural
4,207	HelinoCalbayog City, Samar	166	about 21	about 7.74 km²	−18.01% a year	Rural
4,208	LimbujanGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	166	about 43	about 3.90 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
4,209	ManguehayCatbalogan City, Samar	166	about 14	about 12.14 km²	5.08% a year	Rural
4,210	MarcosGandara, Samar	166	about 92	about 1.81 km²	3.64% a year	Rural
4,211	MagsaysayGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	165	about 3	about 52.37 km²	2.81% a year	Rural
4,212	TaytayMaslog, Eastern Samar	165	about 2	about 72.17 km²	−5.18% a year	Rural
4,213	BinanggaranCalbiga, Samar	164	about 9	about 19.12 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
4,214	Barangay 17Tacloban City, Leyte	163	about 7,581	about 0.0215 km²	2.51% a year	Urban
4,215	Barangay Poblacion 4Lawaan, Eastern Samar	163	about 9,760	about 0.0167 km²	3.89% a year	Rural
4,216	Sag-odLas Navas, Northern Samar	163	about 8	about 21.57 km²	−4.21% a year	Rural
4,217	CaliBurauen, Leyte	162	about 57	about 2.84 km²	2.03% a year	Rural
4,218	Poblacion Zone 13Baybay City, Leyte	161	about 6,970	about 0.0231 km²	−6.70% a year	Rural
4,219	TuburanBontoc, Southern Leyte	161	about 100	about 1.61 km²	0.91% a year	Rural
4,220	Barangay 6 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	160	about 13,559	about 0.0118 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
4,221	LinonobanMotiong, Samar	159	about 66	about 2.42 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
4,222	MalayogGandara, Samar	159	about 85	about 1.88 km²	4.19% a year	Rural
4,223	HindanganSogod, Southern Leyte	158	about 22	about 7.04 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
4,224	SomoroyLope De Vega, Northern Samar	158	about 19	about 8.43 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
4,225	GitablaJulita, Leyte	157	about 150	about 1.05 km²	−6.31% a year	Rural
4,226	InoburanCatubig, Northern Samar	157	about 88	about 1.78 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
4,227	San AntonioSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	157	about 29	about 5.33 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
4,228	Tandang SoraGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	157	about 63	about 2.51 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
4,229	CatmonSilago, Southern Leyte	156	about 3	about 47.47 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
4,230	BesligGandara, Samar	155	about 67	about 2.30 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
4,231	RoñoAlmagro, Samar	155	about 361	about 0.429 km²	−9.77% a year	Rural
4,232	KandalakitSulat, Eastern Samar	154	about 10	about 15.31 km²	4.53% a year	Rural
4,233	Lum-anSogod, Southern Leyte	154	about 30	about 5.14 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
4,234	MahayagMatuguinao, Samar	154	about 45	about 3.41 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
4,235	PanaruanSanta Margarita, Samar	154	about 55	about 2.79 km²	6.59% a year	Rural
4,236	LibertadMaslog, Eastern Samar	153	about 10	about 15.54 km²	−2.50% a year	Rural
4,237	MalinaoSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	153	about 50	about 3.08 km²	36.35% a year	Rural
4,238	Bagong SilangMacrohon, Southern Leyte	150	about 37	about 4.01 km²	0.82% a year	Rural
4,239	Barangay 29Tacloban City, Leyte	150	about 10,791	about 0.0139 km²	0.16% a year	Urban
4,240	MatayonasSanta Margarita, Samar	150	about 118	about 1.27 km²	5.50% a year	Rural
4,241	SampaguitaLope De Vega, Northern Samar	150	about 18	about 8.17 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
4,242	Bangon GoteTarangnan, Samar	149	about 75	about 2.00 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
4,243	CangomaodCalbayog City, Samar	149	about 17	about 8.84 km²	−6.93% a year	Rural
4,244	MabuhayMahaplag, Leyte	149	about 82	about 1.81 km²	−31.58% a year	Rural
4,245	San MiguelJiabong, Samar	147	about 11	about 12.82 km²	−2.45% a year	Rural
4,246	San VicenteMacarthur, Leyte	147	about 37	about 3.94 km²	4.78% a year	Rural
4,247	SaraoMotiong, Samar	147	about 62	about 2.39 km²	0.83% a year	Rural
4,248	BaloogBasey, Samar	146	about 21	about 6.87 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
4,249	Bay-angSan Jorge, Samar	144	about 37	about 3.91 km²	−1.60% a year	Rural
4,250	HagbaySan Jose De Buan, Samar	143	about 17	about 8.22 km²	−4.60% 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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