Barangay Guia

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

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Guia had a population of 1,533. This made it the 10th largest of 34 barangays in Pandan by population, placing it in the upper half of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Guia accounted for approximately 4.26% of the total population of Pandan, which stood at 35,965 in the same census year.

Census comparisons between 2015 and 2020 show Barangay Guia moving from 1,017 residents to 1,533 residents, an intercensal change of +50.7%. The trajectory indicates a growing community. Barangay Guia is officially classified 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 Guia, 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 Guia ranks 112th 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.