Barangay Cogon

Barangay Cogon is a small barangay in the City of Ozamiz, located in the province of Misamis Occidental, in the Northern Mindanao region of the Philippines.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Cogon had a population of 1,580. This made it the 26th largest of 51 barangays in City of Ozamiz by population, placing it in the middle tier of the city. Residents of Barangay Cogon accounted for approximately 1.13% of the total population of City of Ozamiz, which stood at 140,334 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Cogon changed from 1,417 to 1,580, a shift of +11.5% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in City of Ozamiz. Barangay Cogon is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

City of Ozamiz is a city comprising 51 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Cogon, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Misamis Occidental, which contains 490 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Cogon ranks 111th by 2020 population. Misamis Occidental is classified as a 2nd 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.