Barangay Buenavista

Situated in Tubungan, Iloilo, Barangay Buenavista is one of 48 barangays that make up the municipality within Western Visayas.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Buenavista had a population of 360. This made it the 29th largest of 48 barangays in Tubungan by population, placing it in the middle tier of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Buenavista accounted for approximately 1.56% of the total population of Tubungan, which stood at 23,021 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Buenavista changed from 344 to 360, a shift of +4.7% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Tubungan. Barangay Buenavista is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Tubungan is a municipality comprising 48 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Buenavista, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Iloilo, which contains 1,901 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Buenavista ranks 1499th by 2020 population. Iloilo 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.