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Barangays in San Francisco

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]

Open San Francisco

Barangays in San Francisco, at a glance

Barangays: 22^[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: 12,897^[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]; 22 rural, as the PSA classes each barangay.
Most people: Central^[5]; San Francisco, Southern Leyte; 1,263 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: Tuno^[6]; San Francisco, Southern Leyte; about 7.55 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: 14 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.

22 barangays, most people first.

Barangays in San Francisco, most people
Rank	Name	People, 2024	People per km²	Area	Growth, 2020–2024	Urban or rural
1	CentralSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	1,263	about 5,155	about 0.245 km²	−0.41% a year	Rural
2	DakitSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	967	about 601	about 1.61 km²	−1.16% a year	Rural
3	UbosSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	944	about 2,175	about 0.434 km²	−1.49% a year	Rural
4	BongbongSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	777	about 322	about 2.41 km²	0.50% a year	Rural
5	MarayagSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	773	about 239	about 3.23 km²	−0.61% a year	Rural
6	Santa Paz NorteSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	734	about 312	about 2.35 km²	0.30% a year	Rural
7	NapantaoSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	723	about 391	about 1.85 km²	−7.12% a year	Rural
8	PinamudlanSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	713	about 137	about 5.20 km²	−0.79% a year	Rural
9	TunoSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	629	about 83	about 7.55 km²	−0.08% a year	Rural
10	Santa CruzSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	596	about 141	about 4.22 km²	−1.58% a year	Rural
11	BongawisanSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	577	about 791	about 0.729 km²	14.26% a year	Rural
12	SudmonSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	532	about 108	about 4.91 km²	−3.64% a year	Rural
13	TinaanSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	525	about 140	about 3.76 km²	0.00% a year	Rural
14	GabiSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	490	about 124	about 3.96 km²	1.90% a year	Rural
15	PasanonSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	490	about 299	about 1.64 km²	2.34% a year	Rural
16	HabaySan Francisco, Southern Leyte	437	about 532	about 0.822 km²	−5.85% a year	Rural
17	CahayagSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	376	about 418	about 0.90 km²	2.52% a year	Rural
18	AnislagonSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	373	about 81	about 4.59 km²	0.26% a year	Rural
19	Santa Paz SurSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	342	about 531	about 0.644 km²	−6.42% a year	Rural
20	MalicoSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	309	about 286	about 1.08 km²	−1.06% a year	Rural
21	CausiSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	284	about 317	about 0.896 km²	−4.56% a year	Rural
22	PuntaSan Francisco, Southern Leyte	43	about 16	about 2.74 km²	−18.13% 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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