Barangay Catalina

Situated in Jiabong, Samar, Barangay Catalina is one of 34 barangays that make up the municipality within Eastern Visayas.

According to the 2020 Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority, Barangay Catalina had a population of 649. This made it the 10th largest of 34 barangays in Jiabong by population, placing it in the upper half of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Catalina accounted for approximately 3.38% of the total population of Jiabong, which stood at 19,205 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Catalina changed from 647 to 649, a shift of +0.3% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with slowly expanding populations in Jiabong. The Philippine Statistics Authority classifies Barangay Catalina as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Jiabong is a municipality comprising 34 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Catalina, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Samar, which contains 951 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Catalina ranks 407th by 2020 population. Samar is classified as a 1st 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.