Barangay Alang-Salacsac

Situated in Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya, Barangay Alang-Salacsac is one of 30 barangays that make up the municipality within Cagayan Valley.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Alang-Salacsac had a population of 626. This made it the 22nd largest of 30 barangays in Kayapa by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Alang-Salacsac accounted for approximately 2.37% of the total population of Kayapa, which stood at 26,469 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Alang-Salacsac changed from 590 to 626, a shift of +6.1% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Kayapa. Barangay Alang-Salacsac is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Kayapa is a municipality comprising 30 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Alang-Salacsac, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Nueva Vizcaya, which contains 275 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Alang-Salacsac ranks 246th by 2020 population. Nueva Vizcaya is classified as a 2nd by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

Barangay Alang-Salacsac 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.