Barangay Cambooc

Situated in City of Maasin, Southern Leyte, Barangay Cambooc is one of 70 barangays that make up the city within Eastern Visayas.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Cambooc had a population of 767. This made it the 43rd largest of 70 barangays in City of Maasin by population, placing it in the middle tier of the city. Residents of Barangay Cambooc accounted for approximately 0.88% of the total population of City of Maasin, which stood at 87,446 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Cambooc changed from 757 to 767, a shift of +1.3% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with slowly expanding populations in City of Maasin. Barangay Cambooc is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

City of Maasin is a city comprising 70 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Cambooc, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Southern Leyte, which contains 500 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Cambooc ranks 216th by 2020 population. Southern Leyte is classified as a 3rd 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.