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, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Eastern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	SongcoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	4,684	about 5,378	about 0.871 km²	−0.45% a year	Urban
2	CampesaoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	4,633	about 1,609	about 2.88 km²	0.03% a year	Urban
3	SulanganGuiuan, Eastern Samar	3,937	about 609	about 6.46 km²	0.64% a year	Urban
4	BatoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	3,816	about 315	about 12.11 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
5	Barangay 2Dolores, Eastern Samar	3,642	about 3,404	about 1.07 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
6	BaludBorongan City, Eastern Samar	3,605	about 2,670	about 1.35 km²	−2.86% a year	Urban
7	CogonGuiuan, Eastern Samar	3,599	about 3,695	about 0.974 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
8	PaypayonOras, Eastern Samar	3,236	about 1,458	about 2.22 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
9	DapdapDolores, Eastern Samar	3,152	about 637	about 4.95 km²	1.73% a year	Rural
10	DaoOras, Eastern Samar	2,907	about 345	about 8.42 km²	−2.44% a year	Rural
11	Barangay 15Dolores, Eastern Samar	2,894	about 1,929	about 1.50 km²	2.01% a year	Rural
12	MaypangdanBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,752	about 1,390	about 1.98 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
13	Barangay 13Dolores, Eastern Samar	2,512	about 15,700	about 0.16 km²	1.86% a year	Rural
14	LupokGuiuan, Eastern Samar	2,452	about 5,014	about 0.489 km²	−2.13% a year	Rural
15	CabayBalangkayan, Eastern Samar	2,420	about 506	about 4.78 km²	−0.17% a year	Rural
16	San EduardoOras, Eastern Samar	2,413	about 473	about 5.10 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
17	HilabaanDolores, Eastern Samar	2,411	about 1,137	about 2.12 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
18	GardenArteche, Eastern Samar	2,399	about 245	about 9.78 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
19	Can-abongBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,338	about 713	about 3.28 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
20	Barangay 1Llorente, Eastern Samar	2,329	about 619	about 3.76 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
21	Barangay 4 PoblacionCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	2,288	about 1,378	about 1.66 km²	2.18% a year	Rural
22	AluganSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	2,278	about 327	about 6.96 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
23	LalawiganBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,269	about 1,745	about 1.30 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
24	NaparaanSalcedo, Eastern Samar	2,264	about 246	about 9.21 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
25	TabunanBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,234	about 818	about 2.73 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
26	San RoqueOras, Eastern Samar	2,209	about 531	about 4.16 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
27	TabocBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,207	about 1,187	about 1.86 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
28	Poblacion Ward 8Guiuan, Eastern Samar	2,203	about 7,570	about 0.291 km²	−0.85% a year	Urban
29	BugasBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,183	about 578	about 3.78 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
30	Santa RosaBalangiga, Eastern Samar	2,183	about 93	about 23.47 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
31	NenaSan Julian, Eastern Samar	2,140	about 153	about 14.02 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
32	San MiguelBalangiga, Eastern Samar	2,133	about 179	about 11.89 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
33	San IsidroSulat, Eastern Samar	2,045	about 763	about 2.68 km²	−0.16% a year	Rural
34	MantangTaft, Eastern Samar	2,040	about 158	about 12.94 km²	−0.62% a year	Rural
35	Barangay 1Giporlos, Eastern Samar	2,032	about 744	about 2.73 km²	6.69% a year	Rural
36	CarapdapanArteche, Eastern Samar	1,977	about 212	about 9.31 km²	0.98% a year	Rural
37	CampoyongGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,963	about 5,020	about 0.391 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
38	Barangay Poblacion 8Lawaan, Eastern Samar	1,943	about 793	about 2.45 km²	−1.18% a year	Rural
39	ViganGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	1,943	about 294	about 6.62 km²	9.83% a year	Rural
40	Barangay Poblacion 4Maydolong, Eastern Samar	1,904	about 1,147	about 1.66 km²	2.44% a year	Rural
41	Barangay 2Maslog, Eastern Samar	1,889	about 2,734	about 0.691 km²	3.95% a year	Rural
42	CansumangcayBalangiga, Eastern Samar	1,869	about 128	about 14.62 km²	16.46% a year	Rural
43	MaybocogMaydolong, Eastern Samar	1,841	about 180	about 10.22 km²	−0.70% a year	Rural
44	CabongBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,823	about 564	about 3.23 km²	0.45% a year	Urban
45	Barangay Poblacion IBalangiga, Eastern Samar	1,812	about 1,662	about 1.09 km²	−0.85% a year	Rural
46	Barangay 4Jipapad, Eastern Samar	1,790	about 220	about 8.13 km²	0.89% a year	Rural
47	BagtongSalcedo, Eastern Samar	1,754	about 327	about 5.36 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
48	TagporoGuiuan, Eastern Samar	1,753	about 1,169	about 1.50 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
49	BinogawanSan Policarpo, Eastern Samar	1,716	about 216	about 7.95 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
50	CarolinaCan-Avid, Eastern Samar	1,715	about 310	about 5.54 km²	2.33% 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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