Barangay Bangan

Situated in Sanchez-Mira, Cagayan, Barangay Bangan is one of 18 barangays that make up the municipality within Cagayan Valley.

According to the 2020 Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority, Barangay Bangan had a population of 1,963. This made it the 6th largest of 18 barangays in Sanchez-Mira by population, placing it in the upper half of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Bangan accounted for approximately 7.50% of the total population of Sanchez-Mira, which stood at 26,164 in the same census year.

Census comparisons between 2015 and 2020 show Barangay Bangan moving from 1,938 residents to 1,963 residents, an intercensal change of +1.3%. The trajectory indicates a slowly expanding community. The Philippine Statistics Authority classifies Barangay Bangan as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Sanchez-Mira is a municipality comprising 18 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Bangan, 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 Bangan ranks 194th 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.