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Barangays in Dolores

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 Dolores, at a glance

Barangays: 46^[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: 45,314^[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: 0 urban^[4]; 46 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Barangay 2^[5]; Dolores, Eastern Samar; 3,642 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: Magongbong^[6]; Dolores, Eastern Samar; about 34.57 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: 22 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.

46 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Dolores, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Barangay 2Dolores, Eastern Samar	3,642	about 3,404	about 1.07 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
2	DapdapDolores, Eastern Samar	3,152	about 637	about 4.95 km²	1.73% a year	Rural
3	Barangay 15Dolores, Eastern Samar	2,894	about 1,929	about 1.50 km²	2.01% a year	Rural
4	Barangay 13Dolores, Eastern Samar	2,512	about 15,700	about 0.16 km²	1.86% a year	Rural
5	HilabaanDolores, Eastern Samar	2,411	about 1,137	about 2.12 km²	0.81% a year	Rural
6	Barangay 12Dolores, Eastern Samar	1,516	about 4,875	about 0.311 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
7	JicontolDolores, Eastern Samar	1,460	about 118	about 12.39 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
8	Barangay 14Dolores, Eastern Samar	1,454	about 3,260	about 0.446 km²	0.57% a year	Rural
9	DampiganDolores, Eastern Samar	1,441	about 174	about 8.28 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
10	MalaintosDolores, Eastern Samar	1,433	about 378	about 3.79 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
11	ArogangaDolores, Eastern Samar	1,270	about 99	about 12.88 km²	5.60% a year	Rural
12	HinolasoDolores, Eastern Samar	1,238	about 150	about 8.23 km²	−1.42% a year	Rural
13	MalobagoDolores, Eastern Samar	1,171	about 143	about 8.19 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
14	DenigpianDolores, Eastern Samar	1,118	about 42	about 26.48 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
15	Caglao-anDolores, Eastern Samar	1,102	about 75	about 14.69 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
16	Santo NiñoDolores, Eastern Samar	1,043	about 117	about 8.88 km²	1.86% a year	Rural
17	BonghonDolores, Eastern Samar	1,016	about 170	about 5.96 km²	2.62% a year	Rural
18	JapitanDolores, Eastern Samar	975	about 443	about 2.20 km²	3.82% a year	Rural
19	Gap-angDolores, Eastern Samar	961	about 64	about 15.07 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
20	VillahermosaDolores, Eastern Samar	840	about 82	about 10.30 km²	−1.40% a year	Rural
21	Barangay 1Dolores, Eastern Samar	811	about 11,720	about 0.0692 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
22	LibertadDolores, Eastern Samar	811	about 147	about 5.53 km²	4.46% a year	Rural
23	RizalDolores, Eastern Samar	797	about 136	about 5.87 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
24	BuenavistaDolores, Eastern Samar	793	about 79	about 10.04 km²	−5.20% a year	Rural
25	TanauanDolores, Eastern Samar	715	about 461	about 1.55 km²	2.39% a year	Rural
26	Cabago-anDolores, Eastern Samar	693	about 46	about 15.22 km²	2.31% a year	Rural
27	MagongbongDolores, Eastern Samar	678	about 20	about 34.57 km²	−4.60% a year	Rural
28	MagsaysayDolores, Eastern Samar	660	about 84	about 7.84 km²	4.93% a year	Rural
29	TiklingDolores, Eastern Samar	613	about 848	about 0.723 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
30	OsmeñaDolores, Eastern Samar	573	about 22	about 25.83 km²	−0.25% a year	Rural
31	San PascualDolores, Eastern Samar	505	about 31	about 16.39 km²	−5.87% a year	Rural
32	CagtabonDolores, Eastern Samar	492	about 51	about 9.71 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
33	San RoqueDolores, Eastern Samar	483	about 63	about 7.64 km²	−0.39% a year	Rural
34	Barangay 10Dolores, Eastern Samar	476	about 8,799	about 0.0541 km²	−7.34% a year	Rural
35	Santa CruzDolores, Eastern Samar	468	about 66	about 7.07 km²	−3.46% a year	Rural
36	San IsidroDolores, Eastern Samar	452	about 77	about 5.90 km²	−1.38% a year	Rural
37	San VicenteDolores, Eastern Samar	452	about 71	about 6.34 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
38	Del PilarDolores, Eastern Samar	386	about 127	about 3.03 km²	2.38% a year	Rural
39	Barangay 11Dolores, Eastern Samar	372	about 4,222	about 0.0881 km²	−8.30% a year	Rural
40	Barangay 4Dolores, Eastern Samar	368	about 4,477	about 0.0822 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
41	Barangay 9Dolores, Eastern Samar	274	about 3,329	about 0.0823 km²	−6.27% a year	Rural
42	Barangay 3Dolores, Eastern Samar	256	about 14,798	about 0.0173 km²	−3.66% a year	Rural
43	Barangay 5Dolores, Eastern Samar	176	about 11,812	about 0.0149 km²	−3.70% a year	Rural
44	Barangay 8Dolores, Eastern Samar	126	about 12,990	about 0.0097 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
45	Barangay 7Dolores, Eastern Samar	118	about 992	about 0.119 km²	−5.13% a year	Rural
46	Barangay 6Dolores, Eastern Samar	117	about 1,731	about 0.0676 km²	−2.31% 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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