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Barangays in Catbalogan City

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 Catbalogan City, at a glance

Barangays: 57^[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: 107,896^[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: 14 urban^[4]; 43 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Mercedes^[5]; Catbalogan City, Samar; 12,964 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: Cagusipan^[6]; Catbalogan City, Samar; about 17.66 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: Maulong^{[5, 7]}; Catbalogan City, Samar; 1.42% 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: 15 barangays^[7]; Of those with 5,000 people or more, the steepest fall: Canlapwas, −1.50% 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.

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

Barangays in Catbalogan City, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	MercedesCatbalogan City, Samar	12,964	about 7,717	about 1.68 km²	1.31% a year	Urban
2	CanlapwasCatbalogan City, Samar	11,085	about 15,836	about 0.70 km²	−1.50% a year	Urban
3	MaulongCatbalogan City, Samar	6,314	about 1,315	about 4.80 km²	1.42% a year	Urban
4	San AndresCatbalogan City, Samar	6,042	about 1,038	about 5.82 km²	0.58% a year	Urban
5	Poblacion 13Catbalogan City, Samar	4,777	about 12,094	about 0.395 km²	2.75% a year	Urban
6	BunuananCatbalogan City, Samar	4,738	about 4,307	about 1.10 km²	−0.24% a year	Rural
7	GuinsoronganCatbalogan City, Samar	4,490	about 5,179	about 0.867 km²	1.30% a year	Rural
8	GuindaponanCatbalogan City, Samar	3,551	about 1,869	about 1.90 km²	−0.31% a year	Rural
9	PangdanCatbalogan City, Samar	3,391	about 955	about 3.55 km²	0.41% a year	Rural
10	Poblacion 9Catbalogan City, Samar	3,095	about 10,248	about 0.302 km²	0.85% a year	Rural
11	Poblacion 3Catbalogan City, Samar	3,002	about 41,811	about 0.0718 km²	−0.78% a year	Urban
12	SilangaCatbalogan City, Samar	2,856	about 1,690	about 1.69 km²	−0.97% a year	Rural
13	PayaoCatbalogan City, Samar	2,173	about 641	about 3.39 km²	0.90% a year	Rural
14	IguidCatbalogan City, Samar	1,999	about 263	about 7.59 km²	4.01% a year	Rural
15	Poblacion 10Catbalogan City, Samar	1,885	about 41,157	about 0.0458 km²	0.61% a year	Rural
16	SocorroCatbalogan City, Samar	1,802	about 4,818	about 0.374 km²	0.39% a year	Urban
17	RamaCatbalogan City, Samar	1,781	about 1,605	about 1.11 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
18	PupuaCatbalogan City, Samar	1,659	about 173	about 9.60 km²	0.96% a year	Rural
19	San RoqueCatbalogan City, Samar	1,589	about 1,660	about 0.957 km²	2.15% a year	Rural
20	MuñozCatbalogan City, Samar	1,522	about 11,029	about 0.138 km²	−2.78% a year	Rural
21	Old MahayagCatbalogan City, Samar	1,505	about 604	about 2.49 km²	1.17% a year	Rural
22	Poblacion 7Catbalogan City, Samar	1,456	about 12,552	about 0.116 km²	1.51% a year	Urban
23	New MahayagCatbalogan City, Samar	1,425	about 183	about 7.79 km²	0.55% a year	Rural
24	Poblacion 8Catbalogan City, Samar	1,266	about 28,773	about 0.044 km²	1.93% a year	Rural
25	CagutsanCatbalogan City, Samar	1,223	about 1,102	about 1.11 km²	0.16% a year	Rural
26	Poblacion 1Catbalogan City, Samar	1,222	about 26,336	about 0.0464 km²	−0.31% a year	Urban
27	EstakaCatbalogan City, Samar	1,161	about 2,268	about 0.512 km²	0.27% a year	Rural
28	San PabloCatbalogan City, Samar	1,136	about 25,414	about 0.0447 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
29	Poblacion 4Catbalogan City, Samar	1,094	about 15,878	about 0.0689 km²	1.27% a year	Urban
30	LagundiCatbalogan City, Samar	1,067	about 423	about 2.52 km²	1.02% a year	Rural
31	MombonCatbalogan City, Samar	983	about 723	about 1.36 km²	3.23% a year	Rural
32	CabugawanCatbalogan City, Samar	973	about 1,009	about 0.964 km²	0.22% a year	Rural
33	San VicenteCatbalogan City, Samar	943	about 189	about 4.99 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
34	Poblacion 11Catbalogan City, Samar	907	about 24,514	about 0.037 km²	−2.94% a year	Urban
35	Darahuway DacoCatbalogan City, Samar	849	about 2,358	about 0.36 km²	1.13% a year	Rural
36	CincoCatbalogan City, Samar	813	about 611	about 1.33 km²	−1.48% a year	Rural
37	Poblacion 2Catbalogan City, Samar	812	about 25,139	about 0.0323 km²	0.39% a year	Rural
38	BuluanCatbalogan City, Samar	797	about 1,949	about 0.409 km²	0.18% a year	Rural
39	BagongonCatbalogan City, Samar	747	about 931	about 0.802 km²	1.33% a year	Rural
40	BasiaoCatbalogan City, Samar	747	about 575	about 1.30 km²	1.57% a year	Rural
41	Darahuway GoteCatbalogan City, Samar	716	about 6,509	about 0.11 km²	0.93% a year	Rural
42	Poblacion 6Catbalogan City, Samar	635	about 7,987	about 0.0795 km²	−16.46% a year	Urban
43	Poblacion 12Catbalogan City, Samar	628	about 18,471	about 0.034 km²	0.31% a year	Urban
44	IbolCatbalogan City, Samar	588	about 916	about 0.642 km²	2.02% a year	Rural
45	Poblacion 5Catbalogan City, Samar	530	about 9,689	about 0.0547 km²	−0.31% a year	Urban
46	Canhawan GoteCatbalogan City, Samar	340	about 969	about 0.351 km²	2.48% a year	Rural
47	AlbalateCatbalogan City, Samar	337	about 40	about 8.41 km²	3.41% a year	Rural
48	PalanyogonCatbalogan City, Samar	335	about 66	about 5.10 km²	1.10% a year	Rural
49	LibasCatbalogan City, Samar	283	about 31	about 9.11 km²	−3.26% a year	Rural
50	BangonCatbalogan City, Samar	272	about 76	about 3.60 km²	0.00% 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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