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Barangays in Catarman

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 Catarman, at a glance

Barangays: 55^[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: 97,738^[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: 19 urban^[4]; 36 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: Mckinley^[6]; Catarman, Northern Samar; about 35.38 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: Dalakit^{[5, 7]}; Catarman, Northern Samar; 1.37% 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: 25 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.

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

Barangays in Catarman, 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	PolangiCatarman, Northern Samar	4,238	about 176	about 24.10 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
4	CawayanCatarman, Northern Samar	4,116	about 2,961	about 1.39 km²	−0.66% a year	Urban
5	CervantesCatarman, Northern Samar	3,626	about 218	about 16.64 km²	2.45% a year	Rural
6	MacagtasCatarman, Northern Samar	3,376	about 264	about 12.77 km²	−5.47% a year	Urban
7	Old RizalCatarman, Northern Samar	2,962	about 782	about 3.79 km²	4.76% a year	Urban
8	NarraCatarman, Northern Samar	2,927	about 20,907	about 0.14 km²	−1.74% a year	Urban
9	DaganasCatarman, Northern Samar	2,924	about 750	about 3.90 km²	0.36% a year	Urban
10	UEP IIICatarman, Northern Samar	2,906	about 1,358	about 2.14 km²	−1.67% a year	Rural
11	MckinleyCatarman, Northern Samar	2,697	about 76	about 35.38 km²	0.77% a year	Rural
12	YakalCatarman, Northern Samar	2,509	about 21,084	about 0.119 km²	−1.43% a year	Urban
13	BangkerohanCatarman, Northern Samar	2,468	about 1,246	about 1.98 km²	−0.81% a year	Urban
14	Ipil-ipilCatarman, Northern Samar	2,342	about 8,218	about 0.285 km²	−0.48% a year	Rural
15	LibjoCatarman, Northern Samar	2,316	about 253	about 9.15 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
16	MolaveCatarman, Northern Samar	2,231	about 3,192	about 0.699 km²	6.60% a year	Urban
17	GalutanCatarman, Northern Samar	2,116	about 585	about 3.62 km²	2.86% a year	Rural
18	WashingtonCatarman, Northern Samar	2,088	about 178	about 11.73 km²	0.45% a year	Rural
19	Jose Abad SantosCatarman, Northern Samar	1,983	about 21,073	about 0.0941 km²	−2.89% a year	Rural
20	Doña PulqueriaCatarman, Northern Samar	1,796	about 440	about 4.08 km²	8.18% a year	Rural
21	Cag-abacaCatarman, Northern Samar	1,786	about 169	about 10.54 km²	−1.61% a year	Rural
22	Airport VillageCatarman, Northern Samar	1,685	about 15,896	about 0.106 km²	−5.30% a year	Urban
23	UEP ICatarman, Northern Samar	1,675	about 594	about 2.82 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
24	SomogeCatarman, Northern Samar	1,535	about 105	about 14.63 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
25	UEP IICatarman, Northern Samar	1,497	about 5,586	about 0.268 km²	3.14% a year	Rural
26	CalachuchiCatarman, Northern Samar	1,455	about 16,367	about 0.0889 km²	−1.34% a year	Urban
27	HinatadCatarman, Northern Samar	1,428	about 257	about 5.55 km²	3.44% a year	Rural
28	TalisayCatarman, Northern Samar	1,408	about 17,087	about 0.0824 km²	−3.00% a year	Rural
29	New RizalCatarman, Northern Samar	1,300	about 196	about 6.62 km²	1.04% a year	Rural
30	Cal-igangCatarman, Northern Samar	1,224	about 163	about 7.51 km²	2.80% a year	Rural
31	MabiniCatarman, Northern Samar	1,179	about 97	about 12.14 km²	−1.82% a year	Rural
32	PaticuaCatarman, Northern Samar	1,098	about 143	about 7.69 km²	−3.15% a year	Rural
33	ImeldaCatarman, Northern Samar	980	about 167	about 5.86 km²	0.80% a year	Rural
34	QuezonCatarman, Northern Samar	894	about 148	about 6.03 km²	3.74% a year	Rural
35	KasoyCatarman, Northern Samar	814	about 19,243	about 0.0423 km²	−12.74% a year	Urban
36	GebulwanganCatarman, Northern Samar	736	about 105	about 6.99 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
37	General MalvarCatarman, Northern Samar	711	about 53	about 13.32 km²	2.36% a year	Rural
38	LibertyCatarman, Northern Samar	621	about 157	about 3.96 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
39	TinowaranCatarman, Northern Samar	608	about 139	about 4.37 km²	1.99% a year	Rural
40	TrangueCatarman, Northern Samar	596	about 72	about 8.33 km²	0.28% a year	Rural
41	BocsolCatarman, Northern Samar	572	about 158	about 3.63 km²	−2.69% a year	Rural
42	AguinaldoCatarman, Northern Samar	503	about 227	about 2.22 km²	2.27% a year	Rural
43	SalvacionCatarman, Northern Samar	493	about 136	about 3.63 km²	−1.00% a year	Rural
44	MaboloCatarman, Northern Samar	471	about 11,716	about 0.0402 km²	−0.60% a year	Urban
45	GubaCatarman, Northern Samar	469	about 100	about 4.70 km²	−2.13% a year	Rural
46	SampaguitaCatarman, Northern Samar	455	about 12,853	about 0.0354 km²	0.48% a year	Urban
47	San PascualCatarman, Northern Samar	406	about 37	about 11.10 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
48	AcaciaCatarman, Northern Samar	389	about 3,740	about 0.104 km²	14.27% a year	Urban
49	Lapu-lapuCatarman, Northern Samar	384	about 13,474	about 0.0285 km²	1.22% a year	Urban
50	CularimaCatarman, Northern Samar	383	about 108	about 3.54 km²	6.55% 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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