Barangay Matugas Alto

Situated in Jimenez, Misamis Occidental, Barangay Matugas Alto is one of 24 barangays that make up the municipality within Northern Mindanao.

According to the 2020 Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority, Barangay Matugas Alto had a population of 630. This made it the 19th largest of 24 barangays in Jimenez by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Matugas Alto accounted for approximately 2.18% of the total population of Jimenez, which stood at 28,909 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Matugas Alto changed from 621 to 630, a shift of +1.4% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with slowly expanding populations in Jimenez. The Philippine Statistics Authority classifies Barangay Matugas Alto as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Jimenez is a municipality comprising 24 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Matugas Alto, 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 Matugas Alto ranks 332nd 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.