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Barangays in Borongan City

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 Borongan City, at a glance

Barangays: 61^[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: 71,431^[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: 10 urban^[4]; 51 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: 28 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.

61 barangays, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Borongan City, 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	BatoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	3,816	about 315	about 12.11 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
4	BaludBorongan City, Eastern Samar	3,605	about 2,670	about 1.35 km²	−2.86% a year	Urban
5	MaypangdanBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,752	about 1,390	about 1.98 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
6	Can-abongBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,338	about 713	about 3.28 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
7	LalawiganBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,269	about 1,745	about 1.30 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
8	TabunanBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,234	about 818	about 2.73 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
9	TabocBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,207	about 1,187	about 1.86 km²	−0.13% a year	Rural
10	BugasBorongan City, Eastern Samar	2,183	about 578	about 3.78 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
11	CabongBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,823	about 564	about 3.23 km²	0.45% a year	Urban
12	San SaturninoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,715	about 969	about 1.77 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
13	Alang-alangBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,693	about 2,593	about 0.653 km²	−1.75% a year	Urban
14	CalingatnganBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,569	about 777	about 2.02 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
15	Locso-onBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,554	about 245	about 6.35 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
16	Purok BBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,530	about 9,053	about 0.169 km²	−0.25% a year	Urban
17	Sabang SouthBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,466	about 1,533	about 0.956 km²	−7.66% a year	Rural
18	San MateoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,421	about 105	about 13.57 km²	−0.68% a year	Rural
19	SuribaoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,309	about 635	about 2.06 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
20	Santa FeBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,303	about 383	about 3.40 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
21	San GabrielBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,157	about 6	about 179.23 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
22	Sabang NorthBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,105	about 1,597	about 0.692 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
23	LibutonBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,077	about 1,086	about 0.992 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
24	PepelitanBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,073	about 1,621	about 0.662 km²	3.15% a year	Rural
25	SihaBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,065	about 71	about 14.94 km²	−1.99% a year	Rural
26	San JoseBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,054	about 214	about 4.92 km²	2.73% a year	Rural
27	BenowanganBorongan City, Eastern Samar	1,043	about 131	about 7.96 km²	4.13% a year	Rural
28	TamosoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	971	about 316	about 3.07 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
29	Pinanag-anBorongan City, Eastern Samar	967	about 9	about 104.71 km²	−1.01% a year	Rural
30	SurokBorongan City, Eastern Samar	887	about 187	about 4.74 km²	2.79% a year	Rural
31	HindangBorongan City, Eastern Samar	880	about 478	about 1.84 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
32	AndoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	875	about 742	about 1.18 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
33	Purok HBorongan City, Eastern Samar	794	about 15,240	about 0.0521 km²	−1.81% a year	Rural
34	DivinuboBorongan City, Eastern Samar	702	about 1,045	about 0.672 km²	−3.57% a year	Rural
35	Purok CBorongan City, Eastern Samar	695	about 9,957	about 0.0698 km²	−5.22% a year	Urban
36	Punta MariaBorongan City, Eastern Samar	648	about 240	about 2.70 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
37	CanjawayBorongan City, Eastern Samar	637	about 373	about 1.71 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
38	BayobayBorongan City, Eastern Samar	636	about 275	about 2.31 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
39	AmantacopBorongan City, Eastern Samar	614	about 41	about 15.07 km²	0.64% a year	Rural
40	CagbongaBorongan City, Eastern Samar	614	about 202	about 3.04 km²	3.73% a year	Rural
41	BanuyoBorongan City, Eastern Samar	591	about 66	about 8.96 km²	1.83% a year	Rural
42	MaybacongBorongan City, Eastern Samar	540	about 378	about 1.43 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
43	Purok D1Borongan City, Eastern Samar	524	about 8,719	about 0.0601 km²	−4.75% a year	Urban
44	BalacdasBorongan City, Eastern Samar	492	about 65	about 7.53 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
45	Calico-anBorongan City, Eastern Samar	489	about 103	about 4.75 km²	3.60% a year	Rural
46	BarasBorongan City, Eastern Samar	416	about 20	about 21.23 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
47	CanlarayBorongan City, Eastern Samar	397	about 668	about 0.594 km²	1.12% a year	Rural
48	CamadaBorongan City, Eastern Samar	389	about 71	about 5.50 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
49	SohutanBorongan City, Eastern Samar	383	about 143	about 2.67 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
50	San AndresBorongan City, Eastern Samar	364	about 3	about 112.56 km²	−1.40% 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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