Barangay Culing Centro

Barangay Culing Centro forms part of Cabatuan, a municipality in Isabela, and is classified as a small barangay.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Culing Centro had a population of 573. This made it the 21st largest of 22 barangays in Cabatuan by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Culing Centro accounted for approximately 1.43% of the total population of Cabatuan, which stood at 39,990 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Culing Centro changed from 527 to 573, a shift of +8.7% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Cabatuan. Barangay Culing Centro is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Cabatuan is a municipality comprising 22 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Culing Centro, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Isabela, which contains 1,055 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Culing Centro ranks 898th by 2020 population. Isabela is classified as a 1st by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

Barangay Culing Centro is governed by an elected Sangguniang Barangay composed of a Punong Barangay and seven kagawads, with the Sangguniang Kabataan representing the youth. The next BSKE, set for Monday, November 2, 2026, will elect officials to four-year terms as provided under Republic Act No. 12232.