Barangay Guingawan

Situated in Tabontabon, Leyte, Barangay Guingawan is one of 16 barangays that make up the municipality within Eastern Visayas.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Guingawan had a population of 693. This made it the 9th largest of 16 barangays in Tabontabon by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Guingawan accounted for approximately 5.82% of the total population of Tabontabon, which stood at 11,902 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Guingawan changed from 580 to 693, a shift of +19.5% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Tabontabon. Barangay Guingawan is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Tabontabon is a municipality comprising 16 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Guingawan, 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 Guingawan ranks 921st 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.