Barangay Villa Mercedes

Classified as a small barangay, Barangay Villa Mercedes is one of the administrative divisions of San Quintin in Abra, CAR, Philippines.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Villa Mercedes had a population of 1,023. This made it the 3rd largest of 6 barangays in San Quintin by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Villa Mercedes accounted for approximately 17.93% of the total population of San Quintin, which stood at 5,705 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Villa Mercedes changed from 1,006 to 1,023, a shift of +1.7% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with slowly expanding populations in San Quintin. Barangay Villa Mercedes is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

San Quintin is a municipality comprising 6 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Villa Mercedes, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Abra, which contains 303 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Villa Mercedes ranks 80th by 2020 population. Abra is classified as a 3rd 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.