Barangay Santa Catalina

Situated in Talugtug, Nueva Ecija, Barangay Santa Catalina is one of 28 barangays that make up the municipality within Central Luzon.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Santa Catalina had a population of 698. This made it the 21st largest of 28 barangays in Talugtug by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Santa Catalina accounted for approximately 2.77% of the total population of Talugtug, which stood at 25,236 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Santa Catalina changed from 622 to 698, a shift of +12.2% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Talugtug. Barangay Santa Catalina is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Talugtug is a municipality comprising 28 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Santa Catalina, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Nueva Ecija, which contains 849 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Santa Catalina ranks 790th by 2020 population. Nueva Ecija is classified as a 1st by the Bureau of Local Government Finance, a category that reflects the province's annual regular income.

Barangay Santa Catalina is governed by an elected Sangguniang Barangay composed of a Punong Barangay and seven kagawads, with the Sangguniang Kabataan representing the youth. The next BSKE, set for Monday, November 2, 2026, will elect officials to four-year terms as provided under Republic Act No. 12232.