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Barangays in Oras

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 Oras, at a glance

Barangays: 42^[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: 35,997^[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: 1 urban^[4]; 41 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Paypayon^[5]; Oras, Eastern Samar; 3,236 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: Trinidad^[6]; Oras, Eastern Samar; about 35.58 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: 30 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.

42 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Oras, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PaypayonOras, Eastern Samar	3,236	about 1,458	about 2.22 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
2	DaoOras, Eastern Samar	2,907	about 345	about 8.42 km²	−2.44% a year	Rural
3	San EduardoOras, Eastern Samar	2,413	about 473	about 5.10 km²	−0.43% a year	Rural
4	San RoqueOras, Eastern Samar	2,209	about 531	about 4.16 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
5	TawaganOras, Eastern Samar	1,537	about 920	about 1.67 km²	−0.39% a year	Urban
6	Santa MonicaOras, Eastern Samar	1,478	about 864	about 1.71 km²	−0.46% a year	Rural
7	BurakOras, Eastern Samar	1,207	about 580	about 2.08 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
8	PangudtanOras, Eastern Samar	1,031	about 747	about 1.38 km²	0.47% a year	Rural
9	DalidOras, Eastern Samar	1,024	about 290	about 3.53 km²	−2.87% a year	Rural
10	CadianOras, Eastern Samar	1,014	about 119	about 8.55 km²	−3.82% a year	Rural
11	BalocaweOras, Eastern Samar	1,009	about 4,085	about 0.247 km²	−1.51% a year	Rural
12	AgsamOras, Eastern Samar	991	about 106	about 9.35 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
13	BantayanOras, Eastern Samar	893	about 107	about 8.31 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
14	RiversideOras, Eastern Samar	874	about 9,510	about 0.0919 km²	−4.50% a year	Rural
15	BatangOras, Eastern Samar	796	about 98	about 8.10 km²	−2.56% a year	Rural
16	SaurongOras, Eastern Samar	773	about 89	about 8.69 km²	0.60% a year	Rural
17	TrinidadOras, Eastern Samar	712	about 20	about 35.58 km²	−0.82% a year	Rural
18	MabuhayOras, Eastern Samar	708	about 108	about 6.54 km²	2.26% a year	Rural
19	TiguibOras, Eastern Samar	692	about 966	about 0.716 km²	−3.59% a year	Rural
20	BuntayOras, Eastern Samar	690	about 154	about 4.47 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
21	SabangOras, Eastern Samar	679	about 175	about 3.88 km²	−1.23% a year	Rural
22	KalawOras, Eastern Samar	636	about 65	about 9.83 km²	4.66% a year	Rural
23	SauganOras, Eastern Samar	611	about 158	about 3.87 km²	−0.84% a year	Rural
24	CagpileOras, Eastern Samar	609	about 152	about 4.00 km²	−2.88% a year	Rural
25	BalingasagOras, Eastern Samar	596	about 45	about 13.16 km²	0.86% a year	Rural
26	BinalayanOras, Eastern Samar	565	about 109	about 5.17 km²	2.06% a year	Rural
27	FactoriaOras, Eastern Samar	562	about 299	about 1.88 km²	0.65% a year	Rural
28	IwayanOras, Eastern Samar	527	about 71	about 7.38 km²	−2.31% a year	Rural
29	RizalOras, Eastern Samar	495	about 44	about 11.26 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
30	CagtoogOras, Eastern Samar	465	about 71	about 6.57 km²	−2.87% a year	Rural
31	MalingonOras, Eastern Samar	427	about 174	about 2.45 km²	4.67% a year	Rural
32	CamangaOras, Eastern Samar	420	about 1,424	about 0.295 km²	−2.61% a year	Rural
33	NagaOras, Eastern Samar	409	about 67	about 6.07 km²	−2.00% a year	Rural
34	NadacpanOras, Eastern Samar	387	about 105	about 3.69 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
35	Minap-osOras, Eastern Samar	377	about 67	about 5.66 km²	−4.86% a year	Rural
36	CagdineOras, Eastern Samar	331	about 91	about 3.62 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
37	JapayOras, Eastern Samar	331	about 32	about 10.20 km²	−1.66% a year	Rural
38	GamotOras, Eastern Samar	324	about 82	about 3.96 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
39	BagacayOras, Eastern Samar	302	about 85	about 3.55 km²	6.09% a year	Rural
40	ButngaOras, Eastern Samar	300	about 1,095	about 0.274 km²	−2.82% a year	Rural
41	BatoOras, Eastern Samar	259	about 30	about 8.56 km²	−1.77% a year	Rural
42	Alang-alangOras, Eastern Samar	191	about 85	about 2.25 km²	−3.01% 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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