Barangay Caputatan Norte

Situated in Medellin, Cebu, Barangay Caputatan Norte is one of 19 barangays that make up the municipality within Central Visayas.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Caputatan Norte had a population of 2,932. This made it the 7th largest of 19 barangays in Medellin by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Caputatan Norte accounted for approximately 4.92% of the total population of Medellin, which stood at 59,605 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Caputatan Norte changed from 2,890 to 2,932, a shift of +1.5% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with slowly expanding populations in Medellin. Barangay Caputatan Norte is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Medellin is a municipality comprising 19 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Caputatan Norte, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Cebu, which contains 1,203 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Caputatan Norte ranks 347th by 2020 population. Cebu 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.