The Atlas

Barangays in Eastern Samar

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 Samar

Barangays in Eastern Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 597^[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: 472,683^[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: 19 urban^[4]; 578 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Songco^[5]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; 4,684 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: San Gabriel^[6]; Borongan City, Eastern Samar; about 179.23 km²
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: 345 barangays^[7]

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.

597 barangays, 401 to 450 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
401	BarasBorongan City, Eastern Samar	416	about 20	about 21.23 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
402	CantomojaSalcedo, Eastern Samar	415	about 131	about 3.18 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
403	DaculTaft, Eastern Samar	413	about 40	about 10.45 km²	−3.20% a year	Rural
404	Cag-olangoBalangiga, Eastern Samar	412	about 22	about 18.36 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
405	Barangay 13Salcedo, Eastern Samar	411	about 343	about 1.20 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
406	BaludSalcedo, Eastern Samar	410	about 200	about 2.05 km²	4.67% a year	Rural
407	Poblacion Barangay 5General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	410	about 4,958	about 0.0827 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
408	LapgapMaydolong, Eastern Samar	409	about 70	about 5.88 km²	1.84% a year	Rural
409	NagaOras, Eastern Samar	409	about 67	about 6.07 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
410	Del RemediosTaft, Eastern Samar	407	about 27	about 14.85 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
411	BusayMercedes, Eastern Samar	405	about 225	about 1.80 km²	1.22% a year	Rural
412	PandolCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	405	about 7	about 57.59 km²	−2.60% a year	Rural
413	San RoqueSalcedo, Eastern Samar	404	about 140	about 2.89 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
414	Barangay 2Giporlos, Eastern Samar	403	about 15,804	about 0.0255 km²	−2.97% a year	Rural
415	Barangay 2Hernani, Eastern Samar	403	about 1,041	about 0.387 km²	−4.39% a year	Rural
416	San RafaelTaft, Eastern Samar	403	about 6	about 73.14 km²	−5.89% a year	Rural
417	CentralArteche, Eastern Samar	402	about 9,415	about 0.0427 km²	1.55% a year	Rural
418	TrinidadGuiuan, Eastern Samar	402	about 579	about 0.694 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
419	BigoArteche, Eastern Samar	399	about 94	about 4.26 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
420	CanlarayBorongan City, Eastern Samar	397	about 668	about 0.594 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
421	Poblacion Ward 12Guiuan, Eastern Samar	397	about 1,504	about 0.264 km²	−7.28% a year	Rural
422	ObongCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	395	about 41	about 9.75 km²	−1.12% a year	Rural
423	WasoLlorente, Eastern Samar	394	about 34	about 11.48 km²	−2.98% a year	Rural
424	CamadaBorongan City, Eastern Samar	389	about 71	about 5.50 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
425	NadacpanOras, Eastern Samar	387	about 105	about 3.69 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
426	Del PilarDolores, Eastern Samar	386	about 127	about 3.03 km²	2.38% a year	Rural
427	CagsalayArteche, Eastern Samar	385	about 47	about 8.22 km²	−2.67% a year	Rural
428	SohutanBorongan City, Eastern Samar	383	about 143	about 2.67 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
429	HuknanGiporlos, Eastern Samar	381	about 16	about 24.36 km²	−6.93% a year	Rural
430	MagsaysayJipapad, Eastern Samar	379	about 41	about 9.24 km²	3.38% a year	Rural
431	MaputiMaslog, Eastern Samar	378	about 33	about 11.58 km²	−1.11% a year	Rural
432	President RoxasGiporlos, Eastern Samar	378	about 23	about 16.56 km²	3.84% a year	Rural
433	Minap-osOras, Eastern Samar	377	about 67	about 5.66 km²	−4.86% a year	Rural
434	MaliwaliwSalcedo, Eastern Samar	376	about 222	about 1.69 km²	−0.99% a year	Rural
435	AlingarogGuiuan, Eastern Samar	375	about 361	about 1.04 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
436	CantomcoLlorente, Eastern Samar	374	about 32	about 11.66 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
437	GuibuanganCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	373	about 67	about 5.58 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
438	Barangay 11Dolores, Eastern Samar	372	about 4,222	about 0.0881 km²	−8.30% a year	Rural
439	Barangay 4Dolores, Eastern Samar	368	about 4,477	about 0.0822 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
440	MagtinoLlorente, Eastern Samar	366	about 33	about 10.97 km²	−2.11% a year	Rural
441	CarapdapanSalcedo, Eastern Samar	364	about 110	about 3.30 km²	0.88% a year	Rural
442	San AndresBorongan City, Eastern Samar	364	about 3	about 112.56 km²	−1.40% a year	Rural
443	TagaslianMaydolong, Eastern Samar	364	about 25	about 14.56 km²	3.77% a year	Rural
444	Barangay 4 PoblacionMercedes, Eastern Samar	362	about 436	about 0.83 km²	1.51% a year	Rural
445	Barangay No. 4 PoblacionSan Julian, Eastern Samar	358	about 3,034	about 0.118 km²	−1.61% a year	Rural
446	San PabloBorongan City, Eastern Samar	357	about 67	about 5.30 km²	3.85% a year	Rural
447	Barangay Poblacion IVBalangiga, Eastern Samar	356	about 14,355	about 0.0248 km²	−2.81% a year	Rural
448	Barangay No. 1 PoblacionSan Julian, Eastern Samar	355	about 440	about 0.806 km²	−0.33% a year	Rural
449	Poblacion Barangay 3General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	355	about 9,944	about 0.0357 km²	−2.65% a year	Rural
450	Barangay No. 2Quinapondan, Eastern Samar	354	about 1,388	about 0.255 km²	−4.66% 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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