Barangay Upper Potongan

Situated in Concepcion, Misamis Occidental, Barangay Upper Potongan is one of 18 barangays that make up the municipality within Northern Mindanao.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Upper Potongan had a population of 643. This made it the 5th largest of 18 barangays in Concepcion by population, placing it in the upper half of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Upper Potongan accounted for approximately 6.90% of the total population of Concepcion, which stood at 9,324 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Upper Potongan changed from 693 to 643, a shift of -7.2% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with contracting populations in Concepcion. Barangay Upper Potongan is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Concepcion is a municipality comprising 18 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Upper Potongan, 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 Upper Potongan ranks 329th 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.

Barangay Upper Potongan 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.