Barangay Baclayan

Barangay Baclayan is a small barangay in the municipality of Daram, located in the province of Samar, in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Baclayan had a population of 609. This made it the 30th largest of 58 barangays in Daram by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Baclayan accounted for approximately 1.46% of the total population of Daram, which stood at 41,608 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Baclayan changed from 598 to 609, a shift of +1.8% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with slowly expanding populations in Daram. Barangay Baclayan is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Daram is a municipality comprising 58 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Baclayan, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Samar, which contains 951 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Baclayan ranks 447th by 2020 population. Samar is classified as a 1st by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

The barangay's legislative and executive affairs are handled by a Punong Barangay and the Sangguniang Barangay, elected nationwide during the Barangay and SK Elections. The next BSKE is scheduled for Monday, November 2, 2026, following the synchronized election schedule set by COMELEC Resolution No. 11191.