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Barangays in Calbiga

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 Calbiga, at a glance

Barangays: 41^[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: 23,309^[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]; 41 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Polangi^[5]; Calbiga, Samar; 3,020 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: Sinalangtan^[6]; Calbiga, Samar; about 20.52 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: 17 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.

41 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Calbiga, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	PolangiCalbiga, Samar	3,020	about 581	about 5.20 km²	0.69% a year	Rural
2	CanticumCalbiga, Samar	1,477	about 147	about 10.05 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
3	PatongCalbiga, Samar	1,405	about 496	about 2.83 km²	0.66% a year	Rural
4	MalabalCalbiga, Samar	1,265	about 457	about 2.77 km²	0.23% a year	Rural
5	BacyaranCalbiga, Samar	1,131	about 444	about 2.55 km²	0.15% a year	Rural
6	TinagoCalbiga, Samar	981	about 456	about 2.15 km²	1.50% a year	Rural
7	CalingonanCalbiga, Samar	929	about 204	about 4.55 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
8	MacaalanCalbiga, Samar	869	about 308	about 2.82 km²	−1.26% a year	Rural
9	Barangay 6Calbiga, Samar	844	about 5,308	about 0.159 km²	0.40% a year	Rural
10	San IgnacioCalbiga, Samar	777	about 245	about 3.17 km²	−2.02% a year	Rural
11	BarobaybayCalbiga, Samar	735	about 264	about 2.78 km²	0.46% a year	Rural
12	RawisCalbiga, Samar	604	about 516	about 1.17 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
13	BuluanCalbiga, Samar	590	about 50	about 11.74 km²	−1.64% a year	Rural
14	PasigayCalbiga, Samar	562	about 296	about 1.90 km²	−0.34% a year	Rural
15	BorongCalbiga, Samar	557	about 96	about 5.79 km²	1.62% a year	Rural
16	Barangay 7Calbiga, Samar	544	about 2,667	about 0.204 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
17	PanayuranCalbiga, Samar	460	about 150	about 3.06 km²	−1.98% a year	Rural
18	CalayaanCalbiga, Samar	442	about 299	about 1.48 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
19	CanbagticCalbiga, Samar	406	about 96	about 4.23 km²	−0.92% a year	Rural
20	MahangcaoCalbiga, Samar	405	about 26	about 15.53 km²	3.49% a year	Rural
21	Barangay 4Calbiga, Samar	370	about 5,286	about 0.070 km²	−1.13% a year	Rural
22	TimbanganCalbiga, Samar	367	about 195	about 1.88 km²	−5.07% a year	Rural
23	Barangay 1Calbiga, Samar	365	about 6,553	about 0.0557 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
24	MinataCalbiga, Samar	362	about 41	about 8.75 km²	−1.59% a year	Rural
25	LiteronCalbiga, Samar	357	about 83	about 4.28 km²	0.96% a year	Rural
26	AntolCalbiga, Samar	313	about 56	about 5.60 km²	5.24% a year	Rural
27	San MauricioCalbiga, Samar	312	about 107	about 2.92 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
28	BeriCalbiga, Samar	300	about 72	about 4.15 km²	0.73% a year	Rural
29	Barangay 3Calbiga, Samar	280	about 8,642	about 0.0324 km²	−2.11% a year	Rural
30	CaamlonganCalbiga, Samar	257	about 34	about 7.51 km²	2.91% a year	Rural
31	OtocCalbiga, Samar	257	about 107	about 2.41 km²	−3.09% a year	Rural
32	BulaoCalbiga, Samar	249	about 180	about 1.38 km²	−9.64% a year	Rural
33	Barangay 5Calbiga, Samar	239	about 7,539	about 0.0317 km²	3.63% a year	Rural
34	GuinbangaCalbiga, Samar	196	about 17	about 11.66 km²	0.25% a year	Rural
35	DaliganCalbiga, Samar	186	about 15	about 12.25 km²	0.92% a year	Rural
36	HubasanCalbiga, Samar	178	about 66	about 2.69 km²	2.28% a year	Rural
37	Barangay 2Calbiga, Samar	173	about 8,009	about 0.0216 km²	−0.55% a year	Rural
38	BinanggaranCalbiga, Samar	164	about 9	about 19.12 km²	1.21% a year	Rural
39	LubangCalbiga, Samar	138	about 51	about 2.73 km²	−3.05% a year	Rural
40	SinalangtanCalbiga, Samar	122	about 6	about 20.52 km²	−5.14% a year	Rural
41	HindangCalbiga, Samar	121	about 25	about 4.93 km²	−0.39% 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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