Barangay Cabugao

Situated in Calinog, Iloilo, Barangay Cabugao is one of 59 barangays that make up the municipality within Western Visayas.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Cabugao had a population of 1,154. This made it the 19th largest of 59 barangays in Calinog by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Cabugao accounted for approximately 1.84% of the total population of Calinog, which stood at 62,853 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Cabugao changed from 912 to 1,154, a shift of +26.5% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Calinog. Barangay Cabugao is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Calinog is a municipality comprising 59 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Cabugao, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Iloilo, which contains 1,901 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Cabugao ranks 655th by 2020 population. Iloilo 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.