The Atlas

Barangays in Gamay

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 Gamay, at a glance

Barangays: 26^[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: 21,546^[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: 1 urban^[4]; 25 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Anito^[5]; Gamay, Northern Samar; 1,978 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: Libertad^[6]; Gamay, Northern Samar; about 7.46 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: 22 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.

26 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Gamay, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	AnitoGamay, Northern Samar	1,978	about 482	about 4.10 km²	−1.21% a year	Rural
2	Baybay DistrictGamay, Northern Samar	1,689	about 2,416	about 0.699 km²	−5.53% a year	Rural
3	BurabodGamay, Northern Samar	1,647	about 293	about 5.63 km²	−0.40% a year	Rural
4	Cagamutan del NorteGamay, Northern Samar	1,509	about 237	about 6.36 km²	−0.72% a year	Rural
5	LibertadGamay, Northern Samar	1,248	about 167	about 7.46 km²	−0.06% a year	Rural
6	Gamay Oriental IGamay, Northern Samar	1,150	about 10,648	about 0.108 km²	−4.48% a year	Rural
7	BatoGamay, Northern Samar	1,128	about 173	about 6.51 km²	0.58% a year	Rural
8	BangonGamay, Northern Samar	1,089	about 237	about 4.60 km²	−2.22% a year	Rural
9	DaoGamay, Northern Samar	969	about 193	about 5.03 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
10	Cagamutan del SurGamay, Northern Samar	921	about 430	about 2.14 km²	−7.03% a year	Rural
11	Cadac-anGamay, Northern Samar	859	about 135	about 6.37 km²	−0.58% a year	Rural
12	Gamay CentralGamay, Northern Samar	826	about 486	about 1.70 km²	−0.85% a year	Urban
13	Occidental IIGamay, Northern Samar	809	about 13,620	about 0.0594 km²	−0.67% a year	Rural
14	G. M. OsiasGamay, Northern Samar	741	about 306	about 2.42 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
15	Oriental IIGamay, Northern Samar	680	about 5,037	about 0.135 km²	−1.26% a year	Rural
16	HenogaweGamay, Northern Samar	550	about 106	about 5.20 km²	3.11% a year	Rural
17	GuibuanganGamay, Northern Samar	546	about 316	about 1.73 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
18	Cade-anGamay, Northern Samar	496	about 382	about 1.30 km²	−1.97% a year	Rural
19	MalidongGamay, Northern Samar	478	about 96	about 4.98 km²	−2.31% a year	Rural
20	RizalGamay, Northern Samar	447	about 140	about 3.20 km²	−1.69% a year	Rural
21	CabarasanGamay, Northern Samar	414	about 137	about 3.03 km²	−3.39% a year	Rural
22	BonifacioGamay, Northern Samar	361	about 262	about 1.38 km²	−6.37% a year	Rural
23	San AntonioGamay, Northern Samar	349	about 120	about 2.91 km²	−2.87% a year	Rural
24	Gamay Occidental IGamay, Northern Samar	333	about 6,782	about 0.0491 km²	−2.37% a year	Rural
25	LunetaGamay, Northern Samar	222	about 45	about 4.88 km²	−6.59% a year	Rural
26	LonoyGamay, Northern Samar	107	about 34	about 3.17 km²	−6.87% 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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