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Barangays in Palo

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 Palo, at a glance

Barangays: 33^[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: 80,291^[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: 9 urban^[4]; 24 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Guindapunan^[5]; Palo, Leyte; 6,420 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: Barayong^[6]; Palo, Leyte; about 17.03 km²
Fastest growing, 5,000 people or moreGrowth 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: San Jose^{[5, 7]}; Palo, Leyte; 3.37% a year, 2020 to 2024
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: 5 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Guindapunan, −4.31% a year.

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.

33 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Palo, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	GuindapunanPalo, Leyte	6,420	about 3,178	about 2.02 km²	−4.31% a year	Urban
2	San JosePalo, Leyte	5,870	about 2,348	about 2.50 km²	3.37% a year	Urban
3	PawingPalo, Leyte	4,480	about 2,422	about 1.85 km²	0.76% a year	Urban
4	LibertadPalo, Leyte	4,272	about 884	about 4.83 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
5	BarasPalo, Leyte	3,725	about 2,719	about 1.37 km²	13.03% a year	Urban
6	CampetikPalo, Leyte	3,695	about 1,593	about 2.32 km²	0.19% a year	Urban
7	GacaoPalo, Leyte	3,534	about 947	about 3.73 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
8	CastillaPalo, Leyte	3,198	about 732	about 4.37 km²	9.55% a year	Rural
9	BarayongPalo, Leyte	3,005	about 176	about 17.03 km²	7.08% a year	Rural
10	CogonPalo, Leyte	2,974	about 1,729	about 1.72 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
11	San JoaquinPalo, Leyte	2,845	about 849	about 3.35 km²	0.01% a year	Rural
12	SalvacionPalo, Leyte	2,753	about 2,526	about 1.09 km²	1.38% a year	Urban
13	Naga-nagaPalo, Leyte	2,674	about 9,350	about 0.286 km²	0.12% a year	Rural
14	AradoPalo, Leyte	2,624	about 1,761	about 1.49 km²	0.71% a year	Urban
15	Cavite EastPalo, Leyte	2,592	about 9,159	about 0.283 km²	−1.80% a year	Urban
16	CandahugPalo, Leyte	2,109	about 1,528	about 1.38 km²	13.74% a year	Rural
17	TacurangaPalo, Leyte	2,100	about 739	about 2.84 km²	1.48% a year	Rural
18	Cavite WestPalo, Leyte	2,020	about 8,016	about 0.252 km²	0.43% a year	Rural
19	CapirawanPalo, Leyte	1,980	about 446	about 4.44 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
20	TerazaPalo, Leyte	1,899	about 711	about 2.67 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
21	San FernandoPalo, Leyte	1,767	about 11,327	about 0.156 km²	−3.28% a year	Rural
22	San MiguelPalo, Leyte	1,655	about 6,293	about 0.263 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
23	AnahawayPalo, Leyte	1,620	about 410	about 3.95 km²	1.91% a year	Rural
24	San IsidroPalo, Leyte	1,469	about 769	about 1.91 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
25	CangumbangPalo, Leyte	1,334	about 435	about 3.07 km²	0.07% a year	Rural
26	BuriPalo, Leyte	1,283	about 13,548	about 0.0947 km²	0.36% a year	Rural
27	CanhidocPalo, Leyte	1,268	about 593	about 2.14 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
28	San AntonioPalo, Leyte	1,202	about 347	about 3.46 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
29	San AgustinPalo, Leyte	1,171	about 697	about 1.68 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
30	Santa CruzPalo, Leyte	1,046	about 6,927	about 0.151 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
31	Cabarasan DakuPalo, Leyte	924	about 592	about 1.56 km²	3.00% a year	Rural
32	LuntadPalo, Leyte	453	about 6,398	about 0.0708 km²	−0.05% a year	Urban
33	Cabarasan GutiPalo, Leyte	330	about 103	about 3.19 km²	−4.96% 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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