Barangay Cabatianuhan

Situated in San Miguel, Leyte, Barangay Cabatianuhan is one of 21 barangays that make up the municipality within Eastern Visayas.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Cabatianuhan had a population of 1,368. This made it the 6th largest of 21 barangays in San Miguel by population, placing it in the upper half of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Cabatianuhan accounted for approximately 6.93% of the total population of San Miguel, which stood at 19,753 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Cabatianuhan changed from 1,434 to 1,368, a shift of -4.6% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with contracting populations in San Miguel. Barangay Cabatianuhan is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

San Miguel is a municipality comprising 21 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Cabatianuhan, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Leyte, which contains 1,641 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Cabatianuhan ranks 397th by 2020 population. Leyte 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.