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Barangays in Jiabong

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 Jiabong, at a glance

Barangays: 34^[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: 19,482^[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]; 34 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Barangay No. 8^[5]; Jiabong, Samar; 2,415 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: San Miguel^[6]; Jiabong, Samar; about 12.82 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: 15 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.

34 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Jiabong, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	Barangay No. 8Jiabong, Samar	2,415	about 1,872	about 1.29 km²	0.72% a year	Rural
2	Jia-anJiabong, Samar	2,058	about 567	about 3.63 km²	1.79% a year	Rural
3	Camarobo-anJiabong, Samar	1,287	about 264	about 4.88 km²	−1.69% a year	Rural
4	Barangay No. 1Jiabong, Samar	938	about 861	about 1.09 km²	3.28% a year	Rural
5	MalobagoJiabong, Samar	897	about 1,199	about 0.748 km²	2.12% a year	Rural
6	TagbayaonJiabong, Samar	847	about 153	about 5.54 km²	2.93% a year	Rural
7	San FernandoJiabong, Samar	832	about 85	about 9.78 km²	0.03% a year	Rural
8	MalinoJiabong, Samar	809	about 191	about 4.23 km²	−1.35% a year	Rural
9	Barangay No. 5Jiabong, Samar	770	about 6,210	about 0.124 km²	3.47% a year	Rural
10	CatalinaJiabong, Samar	648	about 676	about 0.958 km²	−0.04% a year	Rural
11	MacabetasJiabong, Samar	562	about 229	about 2.45 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
12	CantongtongJiabong, Samar	528	about 186	about 2.84 km²	−3.33% a year	Rural
13	VictoryJiabong, Samar	520	about 299	about 1.74 km²	2.04% a year	Rural
14	ParinaJiabong, Samar	515	about 57	about 9.05 km²	1.20% a year	Rural
15	LulugayanJiabong, Samar	505	about 145	about 3.49 km²	−0.14% a year	Rural
16	Barangay No. 7Jiabong, Samar	490	about 785	about 0.624 km²	−4.32% a year	Rural
17	CasapaJiabong, Samar	427	about 66	about 6.46 km²	2.77% a year	Rural
18	DogonganJiabong, Samar	397	about 138	about 2.87 km²	−4.92% a year	Rural
19	GarciaJiabong, Samar	397	about 69	about 5.76 km²	−3.72% a year	Rural
20	MercedesJiabong, Samar	359	about 70	about 5.16 km²	1.97% a year	Rural
21	CandayaoJiabong, Samar	340	about 82	about 4.16 km²	4.59% a year	Rural
22	BughoJiabong, Samar	331	about 105	about 3.16 km²	4.36% a year	Rural
23	NagbacJiabong, Samar	280	about 86	about 3.25 km²	−1.88% a year	Rural
24	HinagaJiabong, Samar	251	about 70	about 3.61 km²	−3.00% a year	Rural
25	SalvacionJiabong, Samar	240	about 31	about 7.86 km²	−1.16% a year	Rural
26	Barangay No. 3Jiabong, Samar	234	about 38,235	about 0.00612 km²	0.52% a year	Rural
27	Barangay No. 2Jiabong, Samar	229	about 24,105	about 0.0095 km²	1.19% a year	Rural
28	JidanaoJiabong, Samar	226	about 54	about 4.16 km²	−4.01% a year	Rural
29	Barangay No. 6Jiabong, Samar	218	about 1,275	about 0.171 km²	3.09% a year	Rural
30	San AndresJiabong, Samar	213	about 55	about 3.85 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
31	BawangJiabong, Samar	203	about 48	about 4.26 km²	1.09% a year	Rural
32	CristinaJiabong, Samar	197	about 96	about 2.05 km²	−2.07% a year	Rural
33	Barangay No. 4Jiabong, Samar	172	about 544	about 0.316 km²	−2.36% a year	Rural
34	San MiguelJiabong, Samar	147	about 11	about 12.82 km²	−2.45% 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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