Barangay Santo Niño

Situated in Sominot, Zamboanga Del Sur, Barangay Santo Niño is one of 18 barangays that make up the municipality within Zamboanga Peninsula.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Santo Niño had a population of 1,182. This made it the 7th largest of 18 barangays in Sominot by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Santo Niño accounted for approximately 6.20% of the total population of Sominot, which stood at 19,061 in the same census year.

Census comparisons between 2015 and 2020 show Barangay Santo Niño moving from 1,163 residents to 1,182 residents, an intercensal change of +1.6%. The trajectory indicates a slowly expanding community. Barangay Santo Niño is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Sominot is a municipality comprising 18 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Santo Niño, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Zamboanga Del Sur, which contains 779 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Santo Niño ranks 314th by 2020 population. Zamboanga Del Sur 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.