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Barangays in Saint Bernard

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 Saint Bernard, at a glance

Barangays: 30^[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: 28,131^[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]; 30 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Himbangan^[5]; Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte; 2,504 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: Lipanto^[6]; Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte; about 6.84 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: 13 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.

30 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in Saint Bernard, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	HimbanganSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	2,504	about 540	about 4.64 km²	−1.45% a year	Rural
2	CatmonSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	2,294	about 1,349	about 1.70 km²	−2.49% a year	Rural
3	MagbagacaySaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	2,201	about 1,084	about 2.03 km²	−2.45% a year	Rural
4	San IsidroSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,974	about 1,430	about 1.38 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
5	MahayahaySaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,799	about 392	about 4.59 km²	1.35% a year	Rural
6	HimatagonSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,653	about 3,601	about 0.459 km²	−1.33% a year	Rural
7	Hindag-anSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,587	about 350	about 4.54 km²	−0.27% a year	Rural
8	PanianSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,336	about 343	about 3.90 km²	0.02% a year	Rural
9	LipantoSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,281	about 187	about 6.84 km²	0.09% a year	Rural
10	CabagawanSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,266	about 418	about 3.03 km²	0.04% a year	Rural
11	BolodbolodSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,157	about 395	about 2.93 km²	−2.30% a year	Rural
12	MalibagoSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	1,034	about 1,190	about 0.869 km²	−9.35% a year	Rural
13	Tambis IISaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	991	about 806	about 1.23 km²	1.28% a year	Rural
14	AyahagSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	983	about 410	about 2.40 km²	22.83% a year	Rural
15	Tambis ISaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	863	about 564	about 1.53 km²	−0.52% a year	Rural
16	CarnagaSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	819	about 267	about 3.07 km²	−2.83% a year	Rural
17	Himos-onanSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	761	about 390	about 1.95 km²	1.95% a year	Rural
18	MahayagSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	660	about 156	about 4.23 km²	−0.07% a year	Rural
19	AtuyanSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	451	about 235	about 1.92 km²	−0.83% a year	Rural
20	LibasSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	442	about 208	about 2.13 km²	1.76% a year	Rural
21	TabontabonSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	319	about 84	about 3.78 km²	0.53% a year	Rural
22	Santa CruzSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	310	about 50	about 6.14 km²	−0.23% a year	Rural
23	Sug-angonSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	286	about 83	about 3.44 km²	−6.71% a year	Rural
24	MagatasSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	242	about 123	about 1.97 km²	27.46% a year	Rural
25	BantawonSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	238	about 180	about 1.32 km²	1.03% a year	Rural
26	Nueva EsperanzaSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	200	about 66	about 3.02 km²	16.18% a year	Rural
27	HinabianSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	174	about 116	about 1.50 km²	14.48% a year	Rural
28	MalinaoSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	153	about 50	about 3.08 km²	36.35% a year	Rural
29	GuinsaugonSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	115	about 110	about 1.05 km²	23.93% a year	Rural
30	KauswaganSaint Bernard, Southern Leyte	38	about 6	about 6.57 km²	7.60% 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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