Barangay Acle

Situated in Tuy, Batangas, Barangay Acle is one of 22 barangays that make up the municipality within CALABARZON.

According to the 2020 Philippine census, Barangay Acle had a population of 1,172. This made it the 20th largest of 22 barangays in Tuy by population, placing it among the smaller barangays of the municipality. Residents of Barangay Acle accounted for approximately 2.52% of the total population of Tuy, which stood at 46,519 in the same census year.

Between the 2015 and 2020 censuses, the population of Barangay Acle changed from 1,131 to 1,172, a shift of +3.6% over the five-year period. This places the barangay among those with growing populations in Tuy. Barangay Acle is officially classified as rural, a designation applied to barangays with lower population density and predominantly non-built-up land use.

Tuy is a municipality comprising 22 barangays, and serves as the governing unit directly responsible for local services in Barangay Acle, including public health, sanitation, peace and order, and civil registration. Within the wider province of Batangas, which contains 1,078 barangays across its component cities and municipalities, Barangay Acle ranks 813th by 2020 population. Batangas 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.