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Barangays in Paranas

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 Paranas, at a glance

Barangays: 44^[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: 35,281^[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: 1 urban^[4]; 43 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Tenani^[5]; Paranas, Samar; 2,477 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: Anagasi^[6]; Paranas, Samar; about 102.05 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: 8 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.

44 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Paranas, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	TenaniParanas, Samar	2,477	about 75	about 32.87 km²	3.25% a year	Rural
2	PabanogParanas, Samar	2,187	about 206	about 10.60 km²	3.92% a year	Rural
3	BurayParanas, Samar	1,956	about 530	about 3.69 km²	−1.05% a year	Rural
4	LipataParanas, Samar	1,623	about 788	about 2.06 km²	−0.35% a year	Rural
5	Lawaan IParanas, Samar	1,600	about 129	about 12.41 km²	1.97% a year	Rural
6	Casandig IIParanas, Samar	1,364	about 70	about 19.54 km²	1.61% a year	Rural
7	TigbawonParanas, Samar	1,291	about 439	about 2.94 km²	4.82% a year	Rural
8	TutubiganParanas, Samar	1,278	about 145	about 8.79 km²	1.99% a year	Rural
9	Poblacion 6Paranas, Samar	1,223	about 577	about 2.12 km²	0.86% a year	Urban
10	Poblacion 3Paranas, Samar	1,154	about 22,539	about 0.0512 km²	2.01% a year	Rural
11	PequitParanas, Samar	1,139	about 575	about 1.98 km²	1.53% a year	Rural
12	San IsidroParanas, Samar	1,102	about 28	about 39.49 km²	−0.45% a year	Rural
13	Casandig IParanas, Samar	1,030	about 131	about 7.84 km²	10.74% a year	Rural
14	BatoParanas, Samar	965	about 435	about 2.22 km²	1.39% a year	Rural
15	Poblacion 5Paranas, Samar	957	about 16,303	about 0.0587 km²	−1.59% a year	Rural
16	LokilokonParanas, Samar	955	about 150	about 6.36 km²	2.89% a year	Rural
17	PatagParanas, Samar	837	about 132	about 6.32 km²	1.89% a year	Rural
18	CantatoParanas, Samar	716	about 56	about 12.85 km²	4.84% a year	Rural
19	ConcepcionParanas, Samar	676	about 32	about 20.82 km²	3.57% a year	Rural
20	ApoloniaParanas, Samar	664	about 92	about 7.19 km²	0.33% a year	Rural
21	SalayParanas, Samar	652	about 267	about 2.44 km²	0.79% a year	Rural
22	Poblacion 4Paranas, Samar	637	about 909	about 0.701 km²	−1.17% a year	Rural
23	Poblacion 1Paranas, Samar	633	about 781	about 0.811 km²	3.61% a year	Rural
24	Poblacion 2Paranas, Samar	597	about 13,150	about 0.0454 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
25	MinarogParanas, Samar	588	about 264	about 2.23 km²	4.93% a year	Rural
26	SulopanParanas, Samar	559	about 132	about 4.24 km²	4.57% a year	Rural
27	TulaParanas, Samar	516	about 8	about 68.68 km²	5.42% a year	Rural
28	TapulParanas, Samar	492	about 47	about 10.50 km²	4.05% a year	Rural
29	Pagsa-oganParanas, Samar	451	about 313	about 1.44 km²	2.07% a year	Rural
30	TabucanParanas, Samar	440	about 103	about 4.29 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
31	NawiParanas, Samar	437	about 117	about 3.72 km²	5.98% a year	Rural
32	CawayanParanas, Samar	434	about 266	about 1.63 km²	5.58% a year	Rural
33	MangcalParanas, Samar	414	about 73	about 5.64 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
34	Jose RoñoParanas, Samar	408	about 87	about 4.68 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
35	Lawaan IIParanas, Samar	394	about 26	about 15.13 km²	1.98% a year	Rural
36	MaylobeParanas, Samar	387	about 57	about 6.76 km²	3.08% a year	Rural
37	Cantao-anParanas, Samar	311	about 63	about 4.91 km²	1.44% a year	Rural
38	BagsaParanas, Samar	298	about 75	about 3.97 km²	2.76% a year	Rural
39	CantaguicParanas, Samar	285	about 32	about 8.91 km²	2.90% a year	Rural
40	BalbaganParanas, Samar	270	about 30	about 8.92 km²	2.66% a year	Rural
41	PagsanjanParanas, Samar	237	about 17	about 13.57 km²	−2.29% a year	Rural
42	PacoParanas, Samar	232	about 95	about 2.44 km²	−1.20% a year	Rural
43	Santo NiñoParanas, Samar	224	about 6	about 37.81 km²	2.39% a year	Rural
44	AnagasiParanas, Samar	191	about 2	about 102.05 km²	−1.45% 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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