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Barangays in Northern 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 Northern Samar

Barangays in Northern Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 569^[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: 645,789^[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: 33 urban^[4]; 536 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Dalakit^[5]; Catarman, Northern Samar; 12,781 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 Jose^[6]; Mondragon, Northern Samar; about 110.04 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: 252 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Baybay, −1.55% 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.

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

Barangays in Northern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
401	CataoganLavezares, Northern Samar	535	about 14,538	about 0.0368 km²	2.28% a year	Rural
402	Claro M. RectoCatubig, Northern Samar	534	about 66	about 8.15 km²	2.85% a year	Rural
403	SangcolLaoang, Northern Samar	533	about 239	about 2.23 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
404	Zone 4San Roque, Northern Samar	532	about 12,881	about 0.0413 km²	−3.94% a year	Rural
405	TasvillaAllen, Northern Samar	531	about 555	about 0.957 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
406	GibatanganLaoang, Northern Samar	530	about 111	about 4.76 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
407	Barangay 3Catubig, Northern Samar	527	about 10,253	about 0.0514 km²	−1.57% a year	Rural
408	CabagnganLaoang, Northern Samar	527	about 147	about 3.59 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
409	PasabuenaVictoria, Northern Samar	521	about 16	about 33.16 km²	5.42% a year	Rural
410	San AndresLas Navas, Northern Samar	516	about 78	about 6.61 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
411	Santa CatalinaMondragon, Northern Samar	509	about 41	about 12.29 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
412	Barangay 2Catubig, Northern Samar	506	about 1,807	about 0.28 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
413	MagongonCatubig, Northern Samar	506	about 43	about 11.77 km²	3.07% a year	Rural
414	Poblacion Barangay 2Capul, Northern Samar	506	about 1,259	about 0.402 km²	−0.28% a year	Rural
415	AguinaldoCatarman, Northern Samar	503	about 227	about 2.22 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
416	BugtosanLas Navas, Northern Samar	502	about 203	about 2.47 km²	4.31% a year	Rural
417	PangdanLaoang, Northern Samar	502	about 153	about 3.28 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
418	PacoLas Navas, Northern Samar	501	about 113	about 4.42 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
419	San JoseLavezares, Northern Samar	500	about 182	about 2.75 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
420	CanyomanaoLaoang, Northern Samar	497	about 407	about 1.22 km²	−1.57% a year	Rural
421	Poblacion Barangay 3Capul, Northern Samar	497	about 1,373	about 0.362 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
422	San NicolasSan Antonio, Northern Samar	497	about 189	about 2.63 km²	−0.80% a year	Rural
423	Cade-anGamay, Northern Samar	496	about 382	about 1.30 km²	−1.97% a year	Rural
424	San AntonioLaoang, Northern Samar	496	about 109	about 4.57 km²	−0.67% a year	Rural
425	MabiniLas Navas, Northern Samar	493	about 122	about 4.04 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
426	SalvacionCatarman, Northern Samar	493	about 136	about 3.63 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
427	CaghilotSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	490	about 51	about 9.67 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
428	LenoyahanCatubig, Northern Samar	490	about 170	about 2.89 km²	6.15% a year	Rural
429	GeguintaLas Navas, Northern Samar	486	about 150	about 3.23 km²	4.41% a year	Rural
430	SalvacionLavezares, Northern Samar	486	about 88	about 5.55 km²	−0.96% a year	Rural
431	BuenasuerteVictoria, Northern Samar	484	about 18	about 27.14 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
432	SilaSan Vicente, Northern Samar	480	about 384	about 1.25 km²	1.61% a year	Rural
433	MalidongGamay, Northern Samar	478	about 96	about 4.98 km²	−2.31% a year	Rural
434	MaboloCatarman, Northern Samar	471	about 11,716	about 0.0402 km²	−0.60% a year	Urban
435	GubaCatarman, Northern Samar	469	about 100	about 4.70 km²	−2.13% a year	Rural
436	IgotPambujan, Northern Samar	469	about 43	about 10.91 km²	−12.51% a year	Rural
437	San AntonioCatubig, Northern Samar	464	about 98	about 4.74 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
438	GiguimitanSilvino Lobos, Northern Samar	463	about 162	about 2.86 km²	2.42% a year	Rural
439	GuibwanganCatubig, Northern Samar	459	about 323	about 1.42 km²	0.42% a year	Rural
440	KailinganRosario, Northern Samar	455	about 31	about 14.63 km²	7.39% a year	Rural
441	SampaguitaCatarman, Northern Samar	455	about 12,853	about 0.0354 km²	0.48% a year	Urban
442	Poblacion Barangay 4Capul, Northern Samar	451	about 2,127	about 0.212 km²	−3.09% a year	Rural
443	San MiguelLope De Vega, Northern Samar	450	about 179	about 2.51 km²	4.20% a year	Rural
444	HinabanganMondragon, Northern Samar	448	about 73	about 6.14 km²	−0.05% a year	Rural
445	RizalGamay, Northern Samar	447	about 140	about 3.20 km²	−1.69% a year	Rural
446	CagogobnganCatubig, Northern Samar	445	about 170	about 2.61 km²	−3.44% a year	Rural
447	Cag-aguingayLope De Vega, Northern Samar	442	about 46	about 9.66 km²	6.34% a year	Rural
448	CampedicoPalapag, Northern Samar	441	about 187	about 2.36 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
449	Santa RitaAllen, Northern Samar	440	about 202	about 2.18 km²	3.58% a year	Rural
450	San RomanVictoria, Northern Samar	438	about 162	about 2.71 km²	0.05% 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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