Barangay Santa Clara

Barangay Santa Clara is a small barangay in the municipality of Cuyapo, located in the province of Nueva Ecija, in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Santa Clara had a population of 1,740. This made it the 9th largest of 51 barangays in Cuyapo by population, placing it in the upper half of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Santa Clara accounted for approximately 2.56% of the total population of Cuyapo, which stood at 68,066 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Santa Clara changed from 1,678 to 1,740, a shift of +3.7% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Cuyapo. Barangay Santa Clara is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Cuyapo is a municipality comprising 51 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Santa Clara, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Nueva Ecija, which contains 849 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Santa Clara ranks 512th by 2020 population. Nueva Ecija is classified as a 1st by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

Barangay Santa Clara 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.