The Atlas

Barangays in Northern Samar

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 Northern Samar

Barangays in Northern Samar, at a glance

Barangays: 569^[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: 645,789^[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: 33 urban^[4]; 536 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Dalakit^[5]; Catarman, Northern Samar; 12,781 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: San Jose^[6]; Mondragon, Northern Samar; about 110.04 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: Zone 3^{[5, 7]}; San Roque, Northern Samar; 17.12% 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: 252 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Baybay, −1.55% 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.

569 barangays, 1 to 50 shown, most people first.

Barangays in Northern Samar, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	DalakitCatarman, Northern Samar	12,781	about 6,423	about 1.99 km²	1.37% a year	Urban
2	BaybayCatarman, Northern Samar	5,997	about 10,747	about 0.558 km²	−1.55% a year	Urban
3	MakiwaloMondragon, Northern Samar	5,956	about 950	about 6.27 km²	1.36% a year	Urban
4	BantayanSan Roque, Northern Samar	5,504	about 311	about 17.71 km²	1.37% a year	Urban
5	Zone 3San Roque, Northern Samar	5,406	about 555	about 9.74 km²	17.12% a year	Urban
6	BugkoMondragon, Northern Samar	4,986	about 469	about 10.64 km²	1.34% a year	Rural
7	Poblacion District 8Pambujan, Northern Samar	4,963	about 1,260	about 3.94 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
8	RawisLaoang, Northern Samar	4,813	about 1,621	about 2.97 km²	0.52% a year	Urban
9	Poblacion District 1Pambujan, Northern Samar	4,259	about 6,172	about 0.69 km²	2.88% a year	Rural
10	PolangiCatarman, Northern Samar	4,238	about 176	about 24.10 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
11	Sabang Zone IIAllen, Northern Samar	4,169	about 2,573	about 1.62 km²	1.96% a year	Urban
12	Santa ClaraBobon, Northern Samar	4,147	about 5,256	about 0.789 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
13	CawayanCatarman, Northern Samar	4,116	about 2,961	about 1.39 km²	−0.66% a year	Urban
14	Lope De VegaLope De Vega, Northern Samar	3,932	about 480	about 8.20 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
15	ChitongcoMondragon, Northern Samar	3,922	about 1,226	about 3.20 km²	0.31% a year	Rural
16	ImeldaMondragon, Northern Samar	3,758	about 1,278	about 2.94 km²	1.64% a year	Rural
17	SalvacionBobon, Northern Samar	3,697	about 1,104	about 3.35 km²	−1.07% a year	Rural
18	CervantesCatarman, Northern Samar	3,626	about 218	about 16.64 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
19	NenitaMondragon, Northern Samar	3,611	about 162	about 22.35 km²	0.71% a year	Urban
20	JubasanAllen, Northern Samar	3,473	about 1,173	about 2.96 km²	3.38% a year	Rural
21	AlegriaSan Isidro, Northern Samar	3,412	about 7,153	about 0.477 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
22	MacagtasCatarman, Northern Samar	3,376	about 264	about 12.77 km²	−5.47% a year	Urban
23	BaliteSan Isidro, Northern Samar	3,316	about 6,292	about 0.527 km²	−1.51% a year	Rural
24	PalanitSan Isidro, Northern Samar	3,225	about 68	about 47.10 km²	−1.33% a year	Rural
25	PoblacionBiri, Northern Samar	3,191	about 1,793	about 1.78 km²	−1.51% a year	Rural
26	Kinabranan Zone IIAllen, Northern Samar	3,132	about 2,303	about 1.36 km²	−0.05% a year	Urban
27	Little VeniceLaoang, Northern Samar	3,121	about 18,577	about 0.168 km²	−2.79% a year	Rural
28	LibasLavezares, Northern Samar	3,028	about 405	about 7.48 km²	2.22% a year	Rural
29	EcoMondragon, Northern Samar	2,999	about 2,654	about 1.13 km²	−0.21% a year	Rural
30	Old RizalCatarman, Northern Samar	2,962	about 782	about 3.79 km²	4.76% a year	Urban
31	NarraCatarman, Northern Samar	2,927	about 20,907	about 0.14 km²	−1.74% a year	Urban
32	DaganasCatarman, Northern Samar	2,924	about 750	about 3.90 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
33	UEP IIICatarman, Northern Samar	2,906	about 1,358	about 2.14 km²	−1.67% a year	Rural
34	San Miguel HeightsLaoang, Northern Samar	2,838	about 2,289	about 1.24 km²	−0.15% a year	Rural
35	Cababto-anPambujan, Northern Samar	2,833	about 323	about 8.77 km²	3.54% a year	Rural
36	CabadianganLaoang, Northern Samar	2,764	about 261	about 10.57 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
37	Poblacion Barangay 5Capul, Northern Samar	2,759	about 399	about 6.91 km²	0.29% a year	Rural
38	MagsaysayBobon, Northern Samar	2,711	about 928	about 2.92 km²	7.92% a year	Urban
39	MckinleyCatarman, Northern Samar	2,697	about 76	about 35.38 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
40	DancalanBobon, Northern Samar	2,666	about 607	about 4.39 km²	1.71% a year	Rural
41	CabatuanPalapag, Northern Samar	2,658	about 115	about 23.07 km²	3.70% a year	Rural
42	ErenasVictoria, Northern Samar	2,657	about 1,176	about 2.26 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
43	TinampoPalapag, Northern Samar	2,646	about 2,708	about 0.977 km²	−1.84% a year	Rural
44	DaleSan Roque, Northern Samar	2,569	about 492	about 5.22 km²	8.39% a year	Rural
45	San JoseCatubig, Northern Samar	2,514	about 469	about 5.36 km²	−1.70% a year	Rural
46	YakalCatarman, Northern Samar	2,509	about 21,084	about 0.119 km²	−1.43% a year	Urban
47	BangkerohanCatarman, Northern Samar	2,468	about 1,246	about 1.98 km²	−0.81% a year	Urban
48	San IsidroLas Navas, Northern Samar	2,436	about 225	about 10.82 km²	−1.25% a year	Rural
49	UrdanetaLavezares, Northern Samar	2,415	about 447	about 5.40 km²	0.20% a year	Rural
50	Poblacion NorteSan Isidro, Northern Samar	2,372	about 641	about 3.70 km²	1.60% a year	Urban

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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