The town of Zamboanguita was considered as one of the smallest town in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines and rated as a 4th class town of the region. It has a number of 23,338 people in 4,691 household living in the place recorded in the 2000 Census.

The municipality was divided into different political barangays which governed by their respective barangay captain. Here is the list of 15 barangays that were under in the municipality of Zamboanguita:

Basac
Calango
Lotuban
Malongcay Diot
Maluay
Mayabon
Nabago
Nasig-id
Najandig
Poblacion