Barangay Sebasi

Barangay Sebasi forms part of Clarin, a municipality in Misamis Occidental, and is classified as a small barangay.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Sebasi had a population of 727. This made it the 22nd largest of 29 barangays in Clarin by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Sebasi accounted for approximately 1.85% of the total population of Clarin, which stood at 39,356 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Sebasi changed from 661 to 727, a shift of +10.0% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Clarin. Barangay Sebasi is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Clarin is a municipality comprising 29 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Sebasi, 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 Sebasi ranks 300th 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.