Barangay Mesalipit

Situated in Bacolor, Pampanga, Barangay Mesalipit is one of 21 barangays that make up the municipality within Central Luzon.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Mesalipit had a population of 75. This made it the 21st largest of 21 barangays in Bacolor by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Mesalipit accounted for approximately 0.16% of the total population of Bacolor, which stood at 48,066 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Mesalipit changed from 191 to 75, a shift of -60.7% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with contracting populations in Bacolor. Barangay Mesalipit is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Bacolor is a municipality comprising 21 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Mesalipit, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Pampanga, which contains 538 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Mesalipit ranks 505th by 2020 population. Pampanga 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.