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Barangays in General Macarthur

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 General Macarthur, at a glance

Barangays: 30^[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: 14,606^[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]; 30 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Vigan^[5]; General Macarthur, Eastern Samar; 1,943 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: Magsaysay^[6]; General Macarthur, Eastern Samar; about 52.37 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: 17 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.

30 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in General Macarthur, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	ViganGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	1,943	about 294	about 6.62 km²	9.83% a year	Rural
2	DomrogGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	1,384	about 201	about 6.88 km²	1.16% a year	Rural
3	AguinaldoGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	999	about 317	about 3.15 km²	3.09% a year	Rural
4	BinalayGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	936	about 285	about 3.28 km²	−0.78% a year	Rural
5	CalutanGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	929	about 357	about 2.60 km²	7.10% a year	Rural
6	Poblacion Barangay 1General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	831	about 9,719	about 0.0855 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
7	Poblacion Barangay 7General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	792	about 4,104	about 0.193 km²	−8.11% a year	Rural
8	Poblacion Barangay 2General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	732	about 14,214	about 0.0515 km²	−3.49% a year	Rural
9	San IsidroGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	620	about 136	about 4.56 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
10	Santa CruzGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	617	about 401	about 1.54 km²	3.62% a year	Rural
11	PinganGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	600	about 182	about 3.29 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
12	Poblacion Barangay 6General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	550	about 9,786	about 0.0562 km²	−4.35% a year	Rural
13	Poblacion Barangay 5General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	410	about 4,958	about 0.0827 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
14	Poblacion Barangay 3General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	355	about 9,944	about 0.0357 km²	−2.65% a year	Rural
15	OsmeñaGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	239	about 14	about 16.80 km²	−0.20% a year	Rural
16	Poblacion Barangay 4General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	226	about 5,622	about 0.0402 km²	−6.11% a year	Rural
17	CamcuevasGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	224	about 38	about 5.86 km²	−1.93% a year	Rural
18	Poblacion Barangay 8General Macarthur, Eastern Samar	220	about 609	about 0.361 km²	−2.64% a year	Rural
19	LaurelGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	214	about 10	about 21.15 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
20	RoxasGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	196	about 42	about 4.62 km²	−7.56% a year	Rural
21	QuezonGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	194	about 22	about 8.69 km²	2.79% a year	Rural
22	TugopGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	193	about 24	about 8.15 km²	−3.09% a year	Rural
23	Santa FeGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	187	about 67	about 2.78 km²	−2.52% a year	Rural
24	Alang-alangGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	179	about 35	about 5.15 km²	5.71% a year	Rural
25	LimbujanGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	166	about 43	about 3.90 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
26	MagsaysayGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	165	about 3	about 52.37 km²	2.81% a year	Rural
27	Tandang SoraGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	157	about 63	about 2.51 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
28	QuirinoGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	129	about 66	about 1.94 km²	−12.02% a year	Rural
29	MacapagalGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	123	about 9	about 14.14 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
30	San RoqueGeneral Macarthur, Eastern Samar	96	about 30	about 3.22 km²	−2.35% 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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