Barangay Dionela

Situated in Pandan, Antique, Barangay Dionela is one of 34 barangays that make up the municipality within Western Visayas.

According to the 2020 Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority, Barangay Dionela had a population of 920. This made it the 19th largest of 34 barangays in Pandan by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Dionela accounted for approximately 2.56% of the total population of Pandan, which stood at 35,965 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Dionela changed from 886 to 920, a shift of +3.8% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Pandan. The Philippine Statistics Authority classifies Barangay Dionela as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Pandan is a municipality comprising 34 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Dionela, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Antique, which contains 590 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Dionela ranks 241st by 2020 population. Antique 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.