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Barangays in 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 Macarthur, at a glance

Barangays: 31^[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: 22,256^[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]; 31 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Tuyo^[5]; Macarthur, Leyte; 1,651 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: Kiling^[6]; Macarthur, Leyte; about 7.23 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: 11 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.

31 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Macarthur, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	TuyoMacarthur, Leyte	1,651	about 679	about 2.43 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
2	Poblacion District 2Macarthur, Leyte	1,471	about 4,086	about 0.36 km²	7.62% a year	Rural
3	San IsidroMacarthur, Leyte	1,448	about 724	about 2.00 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
4	CasuntinganMacarthur, Leyte	1,393	about 542	about 2.57 km²	1.41% a year	Rural
5	DanaoMacarthur, Leyte	1,325	about 613	about 2.16 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
6	LiwaywayMacarthur, Leyte	1,247	about 522	about 2.39 km²	2.35% a year	Rural
7	Palale 2Macarthur, Leyte	1,153	about 977	about 1.18 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
8	General LunaMacarthur, Leyte	861	about 371	about 2.32 km²	2.56% a year	Rural
9	TinawanMacarthur, Leyte	843	about 380	about 2.22 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
10	Poblacion District 3Macarthur, Leyte	826	about 892	about 0.926 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
11	Poblacion District 1Macarthur, Leyte	782	about 1,224	about 0.639 km²	−0.42% a year	Rural
12	OsmeñaMacarthur, Leyte	720	about 298	about 2.42 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
13	Santa IsabelMacarthur, Leyte	686	about 102	about 6.70 km²	−0.75% a year	Rural
14	RomualdezMacarthur, Leyte	671	about 447	about 1.50 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
15	MayaMacarthur, Leyte	661	about 505	about 1.31 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
16	BatugMacarthur, Leyte	643	about 399	about 1.61 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
17	Palale 1Macarthur, Leyte	607	about 613	about 0.991 km²	−4.36% a year	Rural
18	San AntonioMacarthur, Leyte	595	about 290	about 2.05 km²	0.74% a year	Rural
19	San PedroMacarthur, Leyte	575	about 504	about 1.14 km²	−0.29% a year	Rural
20	Villa ImeldaMacarthur, Leyte	570	about 176	about 3.23 km²	0.13% a year	Rural
21	PongonMacarthur, Leyte	563	about 254	about 2.22 km²	−2.81% a year	Rural
22	CapudlosanMacarthur, Leyte	494	about 176	about 2.80 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
23	CauswaganMacarthur, Leyte	465	about 237	about 1.96 km²	−1.63% a year	Rural
24	QuezonMacarthur, Leyte	348	about 204	about 1.71 km²	1.96% a year	Rural
25	BurabodMacarthur, Leyte	339	about 229	about 1.48 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
26	LanawanMacarthur, Leyte	332	about 148	about 2.25 km²	−0.85% a year	Rural
27	Doña JosefaMacarthur, Leyte	271	about 422	about 0.642 km²	−1.85% a year	Rural
28	KilingMacarthur, Leyte	233	about 32	about 7.23 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
29	SalvacionMacarthur, Leyte	196	about 144	about 1.36 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
30	San VicenteMacarthur, Leyte	147	about 37	about 3.94 km²	4.78% a year	Rural
31	OguisanMacarthur, Leyte	140	about 24	about 5.74 km²	−2.11% 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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