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Barangays in Lawaan

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 Lawaan, at a glance

Barangays: 16^[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: 13,063^[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]; 16 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Barangay Poblacion 8^[5]; Lawaan, 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: Bolusao^[6]; Lawaan, Eastern Samar; about 35.45 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: 7 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.

16 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Lawaan, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Barangay Poblacion 8Lawaan, Eastern Samar	1,943	about 793	about 2.45 km²	−1.18% a year	Rural
2	BolusaoLawaan, Eastern Samar	1,711	about 48	about 35.45 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
3	MaslogLawaan, Eastern Samar	1,609	about 512	about 3.14 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
4	Barangay Poblacion 10Lawaan, Eastern Samar	1,231	about 609	about 2.02 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
5	TaguiteLawaan, Eastern Samar	1,230	about 80	about 15.34 km²	0.37% a year	Rural
6	Barangay Poblacion 1Lawaan, Eastern Samar	1,168	about 4,970	about 0.235 km²	1.78% a year	Rural
7	Guinob-anLawaan, Eastern Samar	1,068	about 34	about 31.04 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
8	BetaogLawaan, Eastern Samar	811	about 37	about 22.19 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
9	Barangay Poblacion 9Lawaan, Eastern Samar	619	about 873	about 0.709 km²	0.75% a year	Rural
10	Barangay Poblacion 6Lawaan, Eastern Samar	466	about 23,417	about 0.0199 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
11	Barangay Poblacion 7Lawaan, Eastern Samar	417	about 903	about 0.462 km²	−3.70% a year	Rural
12	Barangay Poblacion 5Lawaan, Eastern Samar	209	about 18,496	about 0.0113 km²	−0.90% a year	Rural
13	San IsidroLawaan, Eastern Samar	185	about 6	about 33.42 km²	−1.97% a year	Rural
14	Barangay Poblacion 4Lawaan, Eastern Samar	163	about 9,760	about 0.0167 km²	3.89% a year	Rural
15	Barangay Poblacion 3Lawaan, Eastern Samar	122	about 15,288	about 0.00798 km²	−1.51% a year	Rural
16	Barangay Poblacion 2Lawaan, Eastern Samar	111	about 7,817	about 0.0142 km²	3.03% 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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