Barangay Bolaoen

Situated in San Fabian, Pangasinan, Barangay Bolaoen is one of 34 barangays that make up the municipality within Ilocos Region.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Bolaoen had a population of 1,519. This made it the 27th largest of 34 barangays in San Fabian by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Bolaoen accounted for approximately 1.74% of the total population of San Fabian, which stood at 87,428 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Bolaoen changed from 1,159 to 1,519, a shift of +31.1% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in San Fabian. Barangay Bolaoen is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

San Fabian is a municipality comprising 34 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Bolaoen, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Pangasinan, which contains 1,364 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Bolaoen ranks 882nd by 2020 population. Pangasinan 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.