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Barangays in Santa Margarita

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 Santa Margarita, at a glance

Barangays: 36^[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: 27,012^[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]; 36 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Cautod^[5]; Santa Margarita, Samar; 3,769 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: Nabulo^[6]; Santa Margarita, Samar; about 10.95 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: 12 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.

36 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Santa Margarita, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	CautodSanta Margarita, Samar	3,769	about 2,447	about 1.54 km²	0.84% a year	Rural
2	MonbonSanta Margarita, Samar	3,033	about 2,370	about 1.28 km²	−2.28% a year	Rural
3	BaludSanta Margarita, Samar	2,033	about 417	about 4.87 km²	−0.88% a year	Rural
4	SolsogonSanta Margarita, Samar	1,987	about 864	about 2.30 km²	−1.91% a year	Rural
5	InoraguiaoSanta Margarita, Samar	1,940	about 507	about 3.83 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
6	BurabodSanta Margarita, Samar	1,864	about 519	about 3.59 km²	0.05% a year	Rural
7	NapuroSanta Margarita, Samar	1,541	about 407	about 3.79 km²	−0.35% a year	Rural
8	PalaleSanta Margarita, Samar	1,413	about 476	about 2.97 km²	0.34% a year	Rural
9	LambaoSanta Margarita, Samar	1,270	about 418	about 3.04 km²	0.63% a year	Rural
10	Napuro IISanta Margarita, Samar	1,172	about 365	about 3.21 km²	1.58% a year	Rural
11	IloSanta Margarita, Samar	1,125	about 276	about 4.07 km²	0.54% a year	Rural
12	CagsumjiSanta Margarita, Samar	780	about 661	about 1.18 km²	5.66% a year	Rural
13	CincoSanta Margarita, Samar	479	about 96	about 4.98 km²	−2.40% a year	Rural
14	CurrySanta Margarita, Samar	465	about 127	about 3.65 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
15	AvelinoSanta Margarita, Samar	339	about 75	about 4.52 km²	7.47% a year	Rural
16	Can-ipulanSanta Margarita, Samar	308	about 205	about 1.50 km²	1.37% a year	Rural
17	PanabatanSanta Margarita, Samar	286	about 58	about 4.93 km²	−1.30% a year	Rural
18	ArapisonSanta Margarita, Samar	263	about 175	about 1.50 km²	4.37% a year	Rural
19	NabuloSanta Margarita, Samar	250	about 23	about 10.95 km²	0.10% a year	Rural
20	Bana-aoSanta Margarita, Samar	236	about 28	about 8.56 km²	−1.09% a year	Rural
21	GajoSanta Margarita, Samar	233	about 42	about 5.55 km²	7.40% a year	Rural
22	CamperitoSanta Margarita, Samar	221	about 83	about 2.65 km²	−2.06% a year	Rural
23	SalvacionSanta Margarita, Samar	192	about 59	about 3.26 km²	7.14% a year	Rural
24	AgrupacionSanta Margarita, Samar	191	about 131	about 1.46 km²	2.40% a year	Rural
25	CanmorosSanta Margarita, Samar	190	about 71	about 2.68 km²	−2.81% a year	Rural
26	MahayagSanta Margarita, Samar	183	about 41	about 4.44 km²	6.27% a year	Rural
27	ImeldaSanta Margarita, Samar	181	about 39	about 4.67 km²	5.46% a year	Rural
28	PanaruanSanta Margarita, Samar	154	about 55	about 2.79 km²	6.59% a year	Rural
29	MatayonasSanta Margarita, Samar	150	about 118	about 1.27 km²	5.50% a year	Rural
30	SundaraSanta Margarita, Samar	131	about 29	about 4.46 km²	−6.84% a year	Rural
31	RoxasSanta Margarita, Samar	121	about 32	about 3.80 km²	5.97% a year	Rural
32	MabuhaySanta Margarita, Samar	113	about 36	about 3.13 km²	4.78% a year	Rural
33	BahaySanta Margarita, Samar	112	about 43	about 2.61 km²	−2.60% a year	Rural
34	JolacaoSanta Margarita, Samar	103	about 43	about 2.37 km²	−0.69% a year	Rural
35	HindangSanta Margarita, Samar	94	about 33	about 2.83 km²	3.33% a year	Rural
36	CampeigSanta Margarita, Samar	90	about 34	about 2.61 km²	1.96% 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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