Barangay Santo Niño

Situated in Tuburan, Cebu, Barangay Santo Niño is one of 54 barangays that make up the municipality within Central Visayas.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Santo Niño had a population of 468. This made it the 44th largest of 54 barangays in Tuburan by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Santo Niño accounted for approximately 0.69% of the total population of Tuburan, which stood at 68,167 in the same census year.

The barangay recorded 450 residents in the 2015 intercensal count and 468 residents in the 2020 Census — a net change of +4.0%, consistent with a growing settlement. Barangay Santo Niño is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Tuburan is a municipality comprising 54 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 Cebu, which contains 1,203 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Santo Niño ranks 1038th by 2020 population. Cebu 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.