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, 4,251 to 4,300 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Visayas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
4,251	Lobe-LobeDagami, Leyte	143	about 33	about 4.31 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
4,252	MalonoyMotiong, Samar	143	about 43	about 3.33 km²	−2.07% a year	Rural
4,253	GuadalupeSan Jorge, Samar	142	about 39	about 3.65 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
4,254	BarayongMotiong, Samar	141	about 38	about 3.72 km²	−4.52% a year	Rural
4,255	KagumayBaybay City, Leyte	141	about 41	about 3.41 km²	−27.56% a year	Rural
4,256	AwangTarangnan, Samar	140	about 44	about 3.17 km²	−2.86% a year	Rural
4,257	Barangay 30Tacloban City, Leyte	140	about 11,966	about 0.0117 km²	2.56% a year	Rural
4,258	CantenioQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	140	about 25	about 5.60 km²	5.50% a year	Rural
4,259	OguisanMacarthur, Leyte	140	about 24	about 5.74 km²	−2.11% a year	Rural
4,260	CapaysaganMotiong, Samar	139	about 46	about 3.00 km²	7.96% a year	Rural
4,261	San IsidroQuinapondan, Eastern Samar	139	about 18	about 7.90 km²	5.09% a year	Rural
4,262	Barangay 6Llorente, Eastern Samar	138	about 12,897	about 0.0107 km²	−7.15% a year	Rural
4,263	ChansvillaLavezares, Northern Samar	138	about 15	about 9.26 km²	27.57% a year	Rural
4,264	JacintoCalbayog City, Samar	138	about 33	about 4.24 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
4,265	LubangCalbiga, Samar	138	about 51	about 2.73 km²	−3.05% a year	Rural
4,266	PangabutanTaft, Eastern Samar	136	about 27	about 5.00 km²	−11.93% a year	Rural
4,267	San RoqueMatuguinao, Samar	136	about 15	about 9.07 km²	−8.50% a year	Rural
4,268	FatimaMalitbog, Southern Leyte	134	about 84	about 1.60 km²	−7.80% a year	Rural
4,269	Poblacion Zone 14Baybay City, Leyte	134	about 5,982	about 0.0224 km²	−6.33% a year	Urban
4,270	San EnriqueGandara, Samar	134	about 46	about 2.90 km²	2.68% a year	Rural
4,271	Del RosarioMatuguinao, Samar	133	about 10	about 13.10 km²	−3.30% a year	Rural
4,272	MagsaysayBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	133	about 16	about 8.35 km²	10.11% a year	Rural
4,273	San MiguelGiporlos, Eastern Samar	133	about 14	about 9.48 km²	−0.36% a year	Rural
4,274	TigbeCalbayog City, Samar	133	about 21	about 6.35 km²	−12.31% a year	Rural
4,275	MaybungaBalangiga, Eastern Samar	132	about 1	about 88.29 km²	−6.28% a year	Rural
4,276	MontalbanSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	132	about 6	about 22.22 km²	−4.22% a year	Rural
4,277	SundaraSanta Margarita, Samar	131	about 29	about 4.46 km²	−6.84% a year	Rural
4,278	CarolinaMatuguinao, Samar	130	about 20	about 6.62 km²	−3.53% a year	Rural
4,279	TigbawonGandara, Samar	130	about 24	about 5.46 km²	−14.27% a year	Rural
4,280	Barangay 26Tacloban City, Leyte	129	about 9,021	about 0.0143 km²	4.59% a year	Rural
4,281	QuirinoGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	129	about 66	about 1.94 km²	−12.02% a year	Rural
4,282	Sinit-anSan Jorge, Samar	129	about 16	about 8.22 km²	−5.32% a year	Rural
4,283	Senonogan de TubangSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	128	about 5	about 25.70 km²	−19.97% a year	Rural
4,284	Barangay 8Dolores, Eastern Samar	126	about 12,990	about 0.0097 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
4,285	Buac DakuSogod, Southern Leyte	125	about 27	about 4.63 km²	1.81% a year	Rural
4,286	MacapagalGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	123	about 9	about 14.14 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
4,287	TobgonSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	123	about 14	about 8.54 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
4,288	Barangay 8Salcedo, Eastern Samar	122	about 17,889	about 0.00682 km²	−5.43% a year	Rural
4,289	Barangay Poblacion 3Lawaan, Eastern Samar	122	about 15,288	about 0.00798 km²	−1.51% a year	Rural
4,290	JulagBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	122	about 22	about 5.57 km²	−5.43% a year	Rural
4,291	SinalangtanCalbiga, Samar	122	about 6	about 20.52 km²	−5.14% a year	Rural
4,292	Upper BantawonHinunangan, Southern Leyte	122	about 4	about 32.19 km²	−3.90% a year	Rural
4,293	Barangay 4Salcedo, Eastern Samar	121	about 15,963	about 0.00758 km²	−5.77% a year	Rural
4,294	Barangay 40Tacloban City, Leyte	121	about 10,522	about 0.0115 km²	−7.30% a year	Urban
4,295	Barangay 9Llorente, Eastern Samar	121	about 6,436	about 0.0188 km²	−3.44% a year	Rural
4,296	HindangCalbiga, Samar	121	about 25	about 4.93 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
4,297	RoxasSanta Margarita, Samar	121	about 32	about 3.80 km²	5.97% a year	Rural
4,298	Santo NiñoMotiong, Samar	121	about 19	about 6.23 km²	7.64% a year	Rural
4,299	BelenPalompon, Leyte	120	about 43	about 2.80 km²	−10.66% a year	Rural
4,300	General MalvarBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	120	about 1	about 116.75 km²	3.25% 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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