The Atlas

Barangays in Basey

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 Basey, at a glance

Barangays: 51^[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: 57,645^[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: 0 urban^[4]; 51 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Tingib^[5]; Basey, Samar; 4,910 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: Mabini^[6]; Basey, Samar; about 149.98 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: 27 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.

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

Barangays in Basey, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	TingibBasey, Samar	4,910	about 1,453	about 3.38 km²	7.50% a year	Rural
2	San AntonioBasey, Samar	3,262	about 2,812	about 1.16 km²	2.20% a year	Rural
3	MabiniBasey, Samar	2,904	about 19	about 149.98 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
4	GuirangBasey, Samar	2,838	about 52	about 54.72 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
5	SawaBasey, Samar	1,874	about 677	about 2.77 km²	6.84% a year	Rural
6	Old San AgustinBasey, Samar	1,804	about 123	about 14.68 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
7	RoxasBasey, Samar	1,736	about 638	about 2.72 km²	4.60% a year	Rural
8	PalaypayBasey, Samar	1,728	about 1,796	about 0.962 km²	3.79% a year	Rural
9	San FernandoBasey, Samar	1,725	about 35	about 48.62 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
10	LoogBasey, Samar	1,504	about 35	about 43.11 km²	0.78% a year	Rural
11	SalvacionBasey, Samar	1,491	about 1,073	about 1.39 km²	−0.32% a year	Rural
12	Can-abayBasey, Samar	1,469	about 1,516	about 0.969 km²	−6.35% a year	Rural
13	BasiaoBasey, Samar	1,437	about 90	about 15.92 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
14	CogonBasey, Samar	1,429	about 440	about 3.25 km²	3.14% a year	Rural
15	BulaoBasey, Samar	1,387	about 21	about 64.65 km²	1.14% a year	Rural
16	BacubacBasey, Samar	1,375	about 1,273	about 1.08 km²	−1.28% a year	Rural
17	CanmanilaBasey, Samar	1,340	about 1,175	about 1.14 km²	−3.24% a year	Rural
18	TinaoganBasey, Samar	1,323	about 319	about 4.15 km²	−2.03% a year	Rural
19	Villa AuroraBasey, Samar	1,220	about 63	about 19.48 km²	0.62% a year	Rural
20	DolonganBasey, Samar	1,219	about 385	about 3.17 km²	−3.50% a year	Rural
21	Nouvelas OccidentalBasey, Samar	1,201	about 327	about 3.67 km²	−1.77% a year	Rural
22	Del PilarBasey, Samar	1,126	about 299	about 3.77 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
23	AmandayehanBasey, Samar	1,115	about 549	about 2.03 km²	−3.79% a year	Rural
24	SerumBasey, Samar	1,010	about 416	about 2.43 km²	−1.44% a year	Rural
25	LoyoBasey, Samar	981	about 6,288	about 0.156 km²	−4.85% a year	Rural
26	BurgosBasey, Samar	884	about 819	about 1.08 km²	−0.51% a year	Rural
27	BuscadaBasey, Samar	779	about 994	about 0.784 km²	−2.93% a year	Rural
28	BuenavistaBasey, Samar	756	about 74	about 10.27 km²	−0.22% a year	Rural
29	CatadmanBasey, Samar	724	about 44	about 16.44 km²	1.88% a year	Rural
30	PelitBasey, Samar	718	about 79	about 9.05 km²	−2.09% a year	Rural
31	New San AgustinBasey, Samar	689	about 141	about 4.87 km²	−4.20% a year	Rural
32	PanugmononBasey, Samar	687	about 303	about 2.27 km²	−1.15% a year	Rural
33	InuntanBasey, Samar	656	about 115	about 5.70 km²	0.56% a year	Rural
34	May-itBasey, Samar	655	about 281	about 2.33 km²	1.60% a year	Rural
35	CancaiyasBasey, Samar	646	about 25	about 26.21 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
36	BalanteBasey, Samar	619	about 69	about 8.91 km²	0.08% a year	Rural
37	Lawa-anBasey, Samar	615	about 1,916	about 0.321 km²	−2.24% a year	Rural
38	IbaBasey, Samar	571	about 128	about 4.47 km²	−1.92% a year	Rural
39	MagallanesBasey, Samar	571	about 281	about 2.03 km²	−1.34% a year	Rural
40	SulodBasey, Samar	561	about 18,515	about 0.0303 km²	−3.47% a year	Rural
41	CambayanBasey, Samar	559	about 341	about 1.64 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
42	AnglitBasey, Samar	495	about 315	about 1.57 km²	−2.41% a year	Rural
43	Binongtu-anBasey, Samar	487	about 487	about 0.999 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
44	Guintigui-anBasey, Samar	451	about 267	about 1.69 km²	−0.11% a year	Rural
45	BaybayBasey, Samar	406	about 8,638	about 0.047 km²	−2.23% a year	Rural
46	MongabongBasey, Samar	383	about 46	about 8.30 km²	2.82% a year	Rural
47	MercadoBasey, Samar	336	about 11,313	about 0.0297 km²	−1.38% a year	Rural
48	ManlilinabBasey, Samar	315	about 11	about 29.60 km²	2.52% a year	Rural
49	SugpononBasey, Samar	299	about 132	about 2.26 km²	−0.71% a year	Rural
50	SugcaBasey, Samar	229	about 91	about 2.53 km²	−5.51% 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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