Barangay Navaling

Situated in Magalang, Pampanga, Barangay Navaling is one of 27 barangays that make up the municipality within Central Luzon.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Navaling had a population of 1,474. This made it the 27th largest of 27 barangays in Magalang by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Navaling accounted for approximately 1.19% of the total population of Magalang, which stood at 124,188 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Navaling changed from 1,522 to 1,474, a shift of -3.2% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with contracting populations in Magalang. Barangay Navaling is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Magalang is a municipality comprising 27 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Navaling, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Pampanga, which contains 538 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Navaling ranks 443rd by 2020 population. Pampanga 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.