The Atlas

Barangays in Southern Leyte

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]

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Barangays in Southern Leyte, at a glance

Barangays: 500^[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: 434,372^[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: 21 urban^[4]; 479 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Combado^[5]; Maasin City, Southern Leyte; 5,342 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: Catmon^[6]; Silago, Southern Leyte; about 47.47 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: Asuncion^{[5, 7]}; Maasin City, Southern Leyte; −0.09% 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: 185 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Combado, −2.17% 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.

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

Barangays in Southern Leyte, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
401	KanangkaanSogod, Southern Leyte	400	about 90	about 4.46 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
402	CambaroMacrohon, Southern Leyte	398	about 56	about 7.05 km²	1.24% a year	Rural
403	LibertadMaasin City, Southern Leyte	393	about 206	about 1.91 km²	−2.24% a year	Rural
404	TimbaSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	390	about 269	about 1.45 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
405	PuntanaSilago, Southern Leyte	389	about 23	about 17.24 km²	4.64% a year	Rural
406	Poblacion IbabaoPintuyan, Southern Leyte	386	about 7,910	about 0.0488 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
407	Tigbawan IIMalitbog, Southern Leyte	386	about 62	about 6.18 km²	−2.66% a year	Rural
408	CamansiTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	385	about 209	about 1.84 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
409	Gud-anLiloan, Southern Leyte	382	about 332	about 1.15 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
410	MohonMacrohon, Southern Leyte	382	about 347	about 1.10 km²	−4.70% a year	Rural
411	HitawosBontoc, Southern Leyte	377	about 48	about 7.92 km²	−2.67% a year	Rural
412	CahayagSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	376	about 418	about 0.90 km²	2.52% a year	Rural
413	PancilMalitbog, Southern Leyte	376	about 118	about 3.18 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
414	GuinabonanMalitbog, Southern Leyte	374	about 118	about 3.16 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
415	AnislagonSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	373	about 81	about 4.59 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
416	Zone IVSogod, Southern Leyte	372	about 6,515	about 0.0571 km²	−2.08% a year	Urban
417	Bobon BSan Juan, Southern Leyte	366	about 399	about 0.917 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
418	San RamonSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	366	about 80	about 4.59 km²	−3.14% a year	Rural
419	CogonPintuyan, Southern Leyte	365	about 385	about 0.949 km²	−2.23% a year	Rural
420	AuroraMalitbog, Southern Leyte	363	about 140	about 2.59 km²	−1.83% a year	Rural
421	PlaridelHinundayan, Southern Leyte	361	about 278	about 1.30 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
422	CaubangPintuyan, Southern Leyte	357	about 184	about 1.94 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
423	CabulisanHinundayan, Southern Leyte	355	about 59	about 5.97 km²	3.07% a year	Rural
424	San RoqueTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	354	about 125	about 2.84 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
425	TautagPintuyan, Southern Leyte	353	about 143	about 2.46 km²	1.85% a year	Rural
426	BitoonSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	350	about 137	about 2.56 km²	4.44% a year	Rural
427	CatooganBontoc, Southern Leyte	348	about 152	about 2.29 km²	4.38% a year	Rural
428	CanlawisPintuyan, Southern Leyte	344	about 381	about 0.902 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
429	AcasiaMaasin City, Southern Leyte	343	about 170	about 2.02 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
430	Santa Paz SurSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	342	about 531	about 0.644 km²	−6.42% a year	Rural
431	NatiMaasin City, Southern Leyte	340	about 175	about 1.94 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
432	San IsidroMacrohon, Southern Leyte	340	about 213	about 1.60 km²	−1.16% a year	Rural
433	LumbogHinunangan, Southern Leyte	337	about 29	about 11.78 km²	0.21% a year	Rural
434	San Francisco MabuhaySogod, Southern Leyte	334	about 19	about 17.82 km²	1.80% a year	Rural
435	BadiangPintuyan, Southern Leyte	331	about 240	about 1.38 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
436	CatmonBontoc, Southern Leyte	325	about 111	about 2.92 km²	−1.42% a year	Rural
437	HinagtikanTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	321	about 95	about 3.37 km²	−4.80% a year	Rural
438	TabontabonSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	319	about 84	about 3.78 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
439	HugpaTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	316	about 48	about 6.62 km²	−1.60% a year	Rural
440	MainitPintuyan, Southern Leyte	311	about 358	about 0.869 km²	1.94% a year	Rural
441	Santa CruzSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	310	about 50	about 6.14 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
442	MalicoSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	309	about 286	about 1.08 km²	−1.06% a year	Rural
443	AmagaHinundayan, Southern Leyte	307	about 175	about 1.75 km²	2.14% a year	Rural
444	DaoBontoc, Southern Leyte	307	about 169	about 1.82 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
445	Mag-ataTomas Oppus, Southern Leyte	307	about 254	about 1.21 km²	−1.65% a year	Rural
446	Tigbawan IMalitbog, Southern Leyte	306	about 169	about 1.81 km²	−5.94% a year	Rural
447	KagingkinganAnahawan, Southern Leyte	300	about 62	about 4.82 km²	2.93% a year	Rural
448	LoocSan Ricardo, Southern Leyte	299	about 104	about 2.88 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
449	San VicenteMacrohon, Southern Leyte	299	about 249	about 1.20 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
450	CanlusayMacrohon, Southern Leyte	296	about 313	about 0.945 km²	0.66% 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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