Barangay Lapi

Barangay Lapi is a mid-sized barangay in the municipality of Peñablanca, located in the province of Cagayan, in the Cagayan Valley region of the Philippines.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Lapi had a population of 3,083. This made it the 5th largest of 24 barangays in Peñablanca by population, placing it in the upper half of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Lapi accounted for approximately 6.13% of the total population of Peñablanca, which stood at 50,300 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Lapi changed from 2,879 to 3,083, a shift of +7.1% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Peñablanca. Barangay Lapi is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Peñablanca is a municipality comprising 24 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Lapi, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Cagayan, which contains 820 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Lapi ranks 75th by 2020 population. Cagayan 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.