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Barangays in Jaro

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 Jaro, 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: 44,643^[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: Canhandugan^[5]; Jaro, Leyte; 2,680 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: Tinambacan^[6]; Jaro, Leyte; about 21.12 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: 12 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 Jaro, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	CanhanduganJaro, Leyte	2,680	about 553	about 4.85 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
2	District IJaro, Leyte	2,126	about 3,894	about 0.546 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
3	HiagsamJaro, Leyte	2,120	about 363	about 5.84 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
4	District IIIJaro, Leyte	2,062	about 11,330	about 0.182 km²	0.97% a year	Rural
5	BuenavistaJaro, Leyte	1,888	about 758	about 2.49 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
6	MacanipJaro, Leyte	1,682	about 490	about 3.43 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
7	Santa CruzJaro, Leyte	1,629	about 857	about 1.90 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
8	KalinawanJaro, Leyte	1,604	about 508	about 3.16 km²	0.06% a year	Rural
9	OlotanJaro, Leyte	1,419	about 654	about 2.17 km²	0.38% a year	Rural
10	District IVJaro, Leyte	1,407	about 13,529	about 0.104 km²	1.82% a year	Rural
11	KaglawaanJaro, Leyte	1,402	about 525	about 2.67 km²	−3.89% a year	Rural
12	District IIJaro, Leyte	1,376	about 2,414	about 0.57 km²	0.71% a year	Rural
13	Crossing RubasJaro, Leyte	1,359	about 102	about 13.32 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
14	PitogoJaro, Leyte	1,347	about 561	about 2.40 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
15	MacopaJaro, Leyte	1,253	about 399	about 3.14 km²	−1.22% a year	Rural
16	UguiaoJaro, Leyte	1,247	about 312	about 4.00 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
17	MalobagoJaro, Leyte	1,168	about 570	about 2.05 km²	7.77% a year	Rural
18	San AgustinJaro, Leyte	1,090	about 317	about 3.44 km²	−1.64% a year	Rural
19	TinambacanJaro, Leyte	1,038	about 49	about 21.12 km²	−4.99% a year	Rural
20	BurabodJaro, Leyte	1,034	about 232	about 4.46 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
21	DaroJaro, Leyte	1,000	about 86	about 11.65 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
22	HibucawanJaro, Leyte	941	about 563	about 1.67 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
23	TubaJaro, Leyte	870	about 145	about 5.99 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
24	Mag-asoJaro, Leyte	837	about 203	about 4.12 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
25	Santo NiñoJaro, Leyte	792	about 296	about 2.68 km²	10.92% a year	Rural
26	San RoqueJaro, Leyte	740	about 292	about 2.53 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
27	AnibonganJaro, Leyte	619	about 344	about 1.80 km²	7.05% a year	Rural
28	BukidJaro, Leyte	607	about 295	about 2.06 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
29	PangeJaro, Leyte	607	about 379	about 1.60 km²	2.53% a year	Rural
30	ParasanJaro, Leyte	602	about 247	about 2.44 km²	2.37% a year	Rural
31	CanapuanJaro, Leyte	534	about 228	about 2.34 km²	−3.52% a year	Rural
32	HibunawonJaro, Leyte	507	about 130	about 3.90 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
33	San PedroJaro, Leyte	500	about 153	about 3.27 km²	7.56% a year	Rural
34	LikodJaro, Leyte	472	about 213	about 2.22 km²	0.94% a year	Rural
35	BuriJaro, Leyte	463	about 204	about 2.27 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
36	BadiangJaro, Leyte	448	about 112	about 4.01 km²	0.99% a year	Rural
37	Bias ZabalaJaro, Leyte	403	about 160	about 2.52 km²	−1.32% a year	Rural
38	BatugJaro, Leyte	396	about 137	about 2.90 km²	−2.71% a year	Rural
39	La PazJaro, Leyte	356	about 260	about 1.37 km²	1.69% a year	Rural
40	Sari-sariJaro, Leyte	350	about 150	about 2.33 km²	8.09% a year	Rural
41	VillagonzoiloJaro, Leyte	340	about 18	about 18.44 km²	3.72% a year	Rural
42	SagkahanJaro, Leyte	324	about 174	about 1.86 km²	−11.13% a year	Rural
43	PalanogJaro, Leyte	319	about 236	about 1.35 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
44	AlahagJaro, Leyte	254	about 138	about 1.84 km²	10.42% a year	Rural
45	Villa PazJaro, Leyte	237	about 65	about 3.64 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
46	AtipoloJaro, Leyte	194	about 12	about 15.68 km²	−0.49% 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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