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Barangays in Villaba

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 Villaba, 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: 42,981^[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: 4 urban^[4]; 31 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Cagnocot^[5]; Villaba, Leyte; 3,211 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: Sambulawan^[6]; Villaba, Leyte; about 13.49 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: 15 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 Villaba, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	CagnocotVillaba, Leyte	3,211	about 484	about 6.63 km²	−0.57% a year	Rural
2	TagbubungaVillaba, Leyte	2,778	about 465	about 5.97 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
3	Cabunga-anVillaba, Leyte	2,546	about 238	about 10.72 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
4	SubaVillaba, Leyte	2,507	about 2,180	about 1.15 km²	1.25% a year	Urban
5	HinabuyanVillaba, Leyte	2,161	about 669	about 3.23 km²	−4.48% a year	Rural
6	AbijaoVillaba, Leyte	1,708	about 367	about 4.65 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
7	BaliteVillaba, Leyte	1,597	about 795	about 2.01 km²	1.97% a year	Rural
8	HibulanganVillaba, Leyte	1,473	about 373	about 3.95 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
9	LibagongVillaba, Leyte	1,465	about 356	about 4.12 km²	2.64% a year	Rural
10	TabunokVillaba, Leyte	1,445	about 220	about 6.58 km²	−2.04% a year	Rural
11	Santa CruzVillaba, Leyte	1,415	about 203	about 6.98 km²	2.74% a year	Rural
12	SiladVillaba, Leyte	1,407	about 813	about 1.73 km²	−3.30% a year	Urban
13	PayaoVillaba, Leyte	1,398	about 485	about 2.88 km²	6.94% a year	Rural
14	Poblacion SurVillaba, Leyte	1,248	about 2,695	about 0.463 km²	0.59% a year	Urban
15	Casili-onVillaba, Leyte	1,222	about 292	about 4.18 km²	−2.89% a year	Rural
16	CabungahanVillaba, Leyte	1,186	about 129	about 9.18 km²	3.98% a year	Rural
17	IligayVillaba, Leyte	1,137	about 153	about 7.43 km²	18.31% a year	Rural
18	FatimaVillaba, Leyte	1,128	about 652	about 1.73 km²	−8.16% a year	Rural
19	Poblacion NorteVillaba, Leyte	1,097	about 2,416	about 0.454 km²	2.87% a year	Rural
20	CalbugosVillaba, Leyte	1,089	about 232	about 4.69 km²	−3.75% a year	Rural
21	SambulawanVillaba, Leyte	991	about 73	about 13.49 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
22	CahiganVillaba, Leyte	955	about 175	about 5.47 km²	3.30% a year	Rural
23	CanquiasonVillaba, Leyte	941	about 649	about 1.45 km²	3.75% a year	Rural
24	JordanVillaba, Leyte	893	about 726	about 1.23 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
25	CapinyahanVillaba, Leyte	821	about 94	about 8.78 km²	2.49% a year	Rural
26	New BalanacVillaba, Leyte	752	about 195	about 3.86 km²	1.63% a year	Rural
27	TinghubVillaba, Leyte	743	about 223	about 3.33 km²	0.76% a year	Rural
28	BugabugaVillaba, Leyte	599	about 137	about 4.36 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
29	SulpaVillaba, Leyte	539	about 257	about 2.10 km²	−9.60% a year	Rural
30	CatagbacanVillaba, Leyte	514	about 99	about 5.20 km²	−1.95% a year	Rural
31	San FranciscoVillaba, Leyte	479	about 159	about 3.02 km²	−3.47% a year	Rural
32	CamporogVillaba, Leyte	437	about 111	about 3.95 km²	0.33% a year	Urban
33	San VicenteVillaba, Leyte	390	about 215	about 1.81 km²	2.84% a year	Rural
34	JalasVillaba, Leyte	363	about 87	about 4.19 km²	−5.67% a year	Rural
35	BangcalVillaba, Leyte	346	about 262	about 1.32 km²	−0.28% 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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