The Atlas

Barangays in Merida

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]

Open Merida

Barangays in Merida, at a glance

Barangays: 22^[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: 32,373^[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]; 22 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Puerto Bello^[5]; Merida, Leyte; 4,378 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: Mahayag^[6]; Merida, Leyte; about 15.76 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: 4 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.

22 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Merida, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Puerto BelloMerida, Leyte	4,378	about 756	about 5.79 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
2	PoblacionMerida, Leyte	4,152	about 893	about 4.65 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
3	LibasMerida, Leyte	2,377	about 552	about 4.31 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
4	CasildaMerida, Leyte	2,202	about 610	about 3.61 km²	−0.89% a year	Rural
5	LamanocMerida, Leyte	2,145	about 440	about 4.88 km²	−0.19% a year	Rural
6	LibjoMerida, Leyte	1,661	about 639	about 2.60 km²	1.52% a year	Rural
7	MahalitMerida, Leyte	1,542	about 1,101	about 1.40 km²	0.14% a year	Rural
8	BinabayeMerida, Leyte	1,442	about 661	about 2.18 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
9	CanbantugMerida, Leyte	1,267	about 145	about 8.72 km²	0.19% a year	Rural
10	MacarioMerida, Leyte	1,248	about 343	about 3.64 km²	0.59% a year	Rural
11	Can-unzoMerida, Leyte	1,163	about 373	about 3.12 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
12	CabaliwanMerida, Leyte	1,118	about 96	about 11.69 km²	4.51% a year	Rural
13	CalunanganMerida, Leyte	1,072	about 387	about 2.77 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
14	CambalongMerida, Leyte	992	about 258	about 3.85 km²	7.88% a year	Rural
15	MasumbangMerida, Leyte	850	about 173	about 4.90 km²	3.82% a year	Rural
16	MahayagMerida, Leyte	805	about 51	about 15.76 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
17	LundagMerida, Leyte	795	about 312	about 2.55 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
18	San IsidroMerida, Leyte	727	about 93	about 7.78 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
19	CalunasanMerida, Leyte	657	about 211	about 3.12 km²	−2.20% a year	Rural
20	San JoseMerida, Leyte	625	about 195	about 3.21 km²	0.35% a year	Rural
21	Mat-eMerida, Leyte	612	about 572	about 1.07 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
22	TubodMerida, Leyte	543	about 97	about 5.58 km²	1.85% 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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