Barangay Sambat

Situated in Balayan, Batangas, Barangay Sambat is one of 48 barangays that make up the municipality within CALABARZON.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Sambat had a population of 3,078. This made it the 7th largest of 48 barangays in Balayan by population, placing it in the upper half of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Sambat accounted for approximately 3.21% of the total population of Balayan, which stood at 95,913 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Sambat changed from 2,544 to 3,078, a shift of +21.0% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Balayan. Barangay Sambat is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Balayan is a municipality comprising 48 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Sambat, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Batangas, which contains 1,078 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Sambat ranks 291st by 2020 population. Batangas 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.