Barangay Cabanbanan

Barangay Cabanbanan forms part of City of Himamaylan, a city in Negros Occidental, and is classified as a mid-sized barangay.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Cabanbanan had a population of 2,758. This made it the 18th largest of 19 barangays in City of Himamaylan by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the city. Residents of Barangay Cabanbanan accounted for approximately 2.37% of the total population of City of Himamaylan, which stood at 116,240 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Cabanbanan changed from 2,274 to 2,758, a shift of +21.3% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in City of Himamaylan. Barangay Cabanbanan is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

City of Himamaylan is a city comprising 19 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Cabanbanan, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Negros Occidental, which contains 662 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Cabanbanan ranks 361st by 2020 population. Negros Occidental is classified as a 1st by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

Barangay Cabanbanan 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.