Barangay Amaga

Situated in Liloan, Southern Leyte, Barangay Amaga is one of 24 barangays that make up the municipality within Eastern Visayas.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Amaga had a population of 452. This made it the 21st largest of 24 barangays in Liloan by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Amaga accounted for approximately 1.82% of the total population of Liloan, which stood at 24,800 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Amaga changed from 382 to 452, a shift of +18.3% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Liloan. Barangay Amaga is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Liloan is a municipality comprising 24 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Amaga, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Southern Leyte, which contains 500 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Amaga ranks 362nd by 2020 population. Southern Leyte is classified as a 3rd by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

Like every Philippine barangay, Barangay Amaga is led by an elected Punong Barangay (barangay captain) supported by seven Sangguniang Barangay members (kagawads), an SK Chairperson, a Barangay Secretary, and a Barangay Treasurer. The next Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) are scheduled for Monday, November 2, 2026, with officials serving four-year terms under Republic Act No. 12232.