Barangay Santo Niño I

Situated in Hinunangan, Southern Leyte, Barangay Santo Niño I is one of 40 barangays that make up the municipality within Eastern Visayas.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Santo Niño I had a population of 513. This made it the 27th largest of 40 barangays in Hinunangan by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Santo Niño I accounted for approximately 1.76% of the total population of Hinunangan, which stood at 29,149 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Santo Niño I changed from 552 to 513, a shift of -7.1% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with contracting populations in Hinunangan. Barangay Santo Niño I is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Hinunangan is a municipality comprising 40 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Santo Niño I, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Southern Leyte, which contains 500 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Santo Niño I ranks 332nd by 2020 population. Southern Leyte is classified as a 3rd 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.