The Atlas

Barangays in La Paz

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 La Paz, at a glance

Barangays: 35^[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: 19,797^[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]; 35 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Luneta^[5]; La Paz, Leyte; 1,540 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: Bocawon^[6]; La Paz, Leyte; about 19.52 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: 14 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.

35 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in La Paz, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	LunetaLa Paz, Leyte	1,540	about 421	about 3.66 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
2	Poblacion District 3La Paz, Leyte	1,232	about 2,672	about 0.461 km²	−1.04% a year	Rural
3	Santa AnaLa Paz, Leyte	1,223	about 273	about 4.48 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
4	Poblacion District 4La Paz, Leyte	1,047	about 2,678	about 0.391 km²	−0.30% a year	Rural
5	Poblacion District 2La Paz, Leyte	931	about 7,107	about 0.131 km²	2.97% a year	Rural
6	Santa ElenaLa Paz, Leyte	848	about 442	about 1.92 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
7	DuyogLa Paz, Leyte	746	about 466	about 1.60 km²	6.40% a year	Rural
8	LimbaLa Paz, Leyte	728	about 707	about 1.03 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
9	RizalLa Paz, Leyte	724	about 726	about 0.997 km²	3.47% a year	Rural
10	Poblacion District 1La Paz, Leyte	693	about 4,358	about 0.159 km²	1.47% a year	Rural
11	Mag-asoLa Paz, Leyte	688	about 183	about 3.75 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
12	BuracanLa Paz, Leyte	656	about 300	about 2.19 km²	−0.93% a year	Rural
13	Bagacay EastLa Paz, Leyte	625	about 466	about 1.34 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
14	San VictorayLa Paz, Leyte	578	about 633	about 0.913 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
15	Gimiranat WestLa Paz, Leyte	564	about 289	about 1.95 km²	8.14% a year	Rural
16	CagngaranLa Paz, Leyte	547	about 610	about 0.896 km²	17.62% a year	Rural
17	Lubi-lubiLa Paz, Leyte	457	about 2,626	about 0.174 km²	−5.90% a year	Rural
18	BongtodLa Paz, Leyte	456	about 180	about 2.53 km²	−0.10% a year	Rural
19	Gimiranat EastLa Paz, Leyte	456	about 314	about 1.45 km²	−5.05% a year	Rural
20	CanbañezLa Paz, Leyte	425	about 182	about 2.33 km²	−6.72% a year	Rural
21	TaruganLa Paz, Leyte	415	about 78	about 5.33 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
22	CaltayanLa Paz, Leyte	382	about 150	about 2.54 km²	1.43% a year	Rural
23	PawaLa Paz, Leyte	362	about 130	about 2.78 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
24	PansudLa Paz, Leyte	354	about 46	about 7.76 km²	1.70% a year	Rural
25	CogonLa Paz, Leyte	352	about 113	about 3.12 km²	−0.67% a year	Rural
26	QuiongLa Paz, Leyte	352	about 116	about 3.04 km²	4.93% a year	Rural
27	CalabnianLa Paz, Leyte	343	about 363	about 0.944 km²	8.30% a year	Rural
28	PiliwayLa Paz, Leyte	329	about 145	about 2.27 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
29	CalaghusanLa Paz, Leyte	327	about 107	about 3.05 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
30	MoroboroLa Paz, Leyte	322	about 135	about 2.38 km²	−1.71% a year	Rural
31	CacaoLa Paz, Leyte	275	about 107	about 2.57 km²	2.31% a year	Rural
32	Bagacay WestLa Paz, Leyte	256	about 102	about 2.52 km²	4.16% a year	Rural
33	CaabanganLa Paz, Leyte	255	about 57	about 4.46 km²	0.67% a year	Rural
34	BocawonLa Paz, Leyte	234	about 12	about 19.52 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
35	TabangLa Paz, Leyte	75	about 89	about 0.843 km²	0.65% 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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