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Barangays in Matalom

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 Matalom, at a glance

Barangays: 30^[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: 32,604^[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]; 30 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Santa Fe^[5]; Matalom, Leyte; 2,515 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: Lowan^[6]; Matalom, Leyte; about 23.63 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: 13 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.

30 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Matalom, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Santa FeMatalom, Leyte	2,515	about 1,066	about 2.36 km²	0.11% a year	Rural
2	CahagnaanMatalom, Leyte	2,018	about 444	about 4.54 km²	1.09% a year	Rural
3	ZaragozaMatalom, Leyte	1,854	about 487	about 3.81 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
4	Santa PazMatalom, Leyte	1,739	about 193	about 9.03 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
5	ElevadoMatalom, Leyte	1,690	about 241	about 7.02 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
6	Caridad NorteMatalom, Leyte	1,462	about 2,339	about 0.625 km²	−0.65% a year	Rural
7	San SalvadorMatalom, Leyte	1,382	about 428	about 3.23 km²	−0.03% a year	Rural
8	Caridad SurMatalom, Leyte	1,356	about 1,520	about 0.892 km²	2.49% a year	Rural
9	TemplanzaMatalom, Leyte	1,340	about 229	about 5.84 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
10	Tag-osMatalom, Leyte	1,321	about 423	about 3.12 km²	−0.50% a year	Rural
11	AgbangaMatalom, Leyte	1,320	about 695	about 1.90 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
12	Santo NiñoMatalom, Leyte	1,166	about 9,636	about 0.121 km²	−0.59% a year	Rural
13	TigbaoMatalom, Leyte	1,162	about 221	about 5.25 km²	1.66% a year	Rural
14	PunongMatalom, Leyte	1,125	about 1,202	about 0.936 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
15	ItumMatalom, Leyte	1,064	about 630	about 1.69 km²	−0.56% a year	Rural
16	President GarciaMatalom, Leyte	985	about 87	about 11.34 km²	3.54% a year	Rural
17	San PedroMatalom, Leyte	974	about 2,691	about 0.362 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
18	CalumpangMatalom, Leyte	942	about 167	about 5.65 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
19	EsperanzaMatalom, Leyte	839	about 129	about 6.48 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
20	Bagong LipunanMatalom, Leyte	745	about 174	about 4.27 km²	−2.13% a year	Rural
21	HitoogMatalom, Leyte	701	about 143	about 4.89 km²	−3.06% a year	Rural
22	AltavistaMatalom, Leyte	690	about 211	about 3.27 km²	1.07% a year	Rural
23	San IsidroMatalom, Leyte	665	about 7,879	about 0.0844 km²	−2.81% a year	Rural
24	San VicenteMatalom, Leyte	609	about 107	about 5.67 km²	0.44% a year	Rural
25	San JuanMatalom, Leyte	602	about 112	about 5.39 km²	−1.46% a year	Rural
26	Taglibas ImeldaMatalom, Leyte	590	about 333	about 1.77 km²	1.61% a year	Rural
27	Monte AlegreMatalom, Leyte	572	about 164	about 3.48 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
28	LowanMatalom, Leyte	488	about 21	about 23.63 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
29	WaterlooMatalom, Leyte	399	about 400	about 0.997 km²	−7.29% a year	Rural
30	CaningagMatalom, Leyte	289	about 75	about 3.87 km²	0.08% 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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