Barangay Owayan

Classified as a very small barangay, Barangay Owayan is one of the administrative divisions of City of Tangub in Misamis Occidental, Northern Mindanao, Philippines.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Owayan had a population of 374. This made it the 54th largest of 55 barangays in City of Tangub by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the city. Residents of Barangay Owayan accounted for approximately 0.55% of the total population of City of Tangub, which stood at 68,389 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Owayan changed from 330 to 374, a shift of +13.3% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in City of Tangub. Barangay Owayan is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

City of Tangub is a city comprising 55 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Owayan, 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 Owayan ranks 444th 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.