Barangay Upper Mahaplag

Situated in Mahaplag, Leyte, Barangay Upper Mahaplag is one of 28 barangays that make up the municipality within Eastern Visayas.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Upper Mahaplag had a population of 1,396. This made it the 7th largest of 28 barangays in Mahaplag by population, placing it in the upper half of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Upper Mahaplag accounted for approximately 5.01% of the total population of Mahaplag, which stood at 27,865 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Upper Mahaplag changed from 1,371 to 1,396, a shift of +1.8% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with slowly expanding populations in Mahaplag. Barangay Upper Mahaplag is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Mahaplag is a municipality comprising 28 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Upper Mahaplag, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Leyte, which contains 1,641 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Upper Mahaplag ranks 381st by 2020 population. Leyte 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.