Tubungan, officially the Municipality of Tubungan (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
Geography Tubungan is from Iloilo City. With a land area of found a hundred feet above sea level, the municipality's topography is dominated mostly by gentle rolling hills and idyllic mountains. The slope gradient ranges to as high as 25 per cent in most areas giving it an almost mountainous terrain.
Barangays Tubungan is politically subdivided into 48 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
BarangayPopulation2020 Area in hectaresDistance fromPoblacion in kmAdgao 1,177 263.5533 3.75Ago 231 134.6556 4Ambarihon 273 362.4647 6Ayubo 319 10.7356 4.50Bacan 433 144.6238 4.50Badiang 298 64. 2792 7Bagunanay 193 141.2059 9Balicua 345 69.0866 2Bantayanan 386 75.2724 10Batga 272 83.5902 7.50Bato 447 282.0997 9Bikil 324 149.7564 7.50Boloc 577 225.7735 10Bondoc/Sto. Niño 233 75. 3194 4Borong 149 48.7467 5Buenavista 360 120.1394 5Cadabdab 1,112 340.4416 7Daga-ay 280 38. 6136 6Desposorio 233 78.9817 5.50Igdampog Norte 175 70. 8441 8Igdampog Sur 384 277.7922 7Igpaho 775 1,563.2170 18Igtuble 1,313 121.1785 11Ingay 693 213.4378 3Isauan 225 140.6981 3Jolason 667 160.5097 4Jona 473 223.7646 6.50Laag/San Vicente 165 28.7530 6Lanag Norte 701 293.4966 6.25Lanag Sur 565 110.7174 1Male 268 53.3632 5Mayang 841 245.3520 1.75Molina 449 346.1199 11Morcillas 516 318.2281 7.50Nagba 531 288.9616 7.50Navillan 580 201.5377 9.50Pinamacalan 223 52.8525 6San Jose 344 91.2392 2.50Sibucauan 483 61.2110 2.0Singon 569 71.8367 3Tabat 555 272.9474 4.50Tagpu-an 848 208.7732 4.50Talento 315 77.2322 4Teniente Benito 1,081 181.8797 0.30Victoria 449 163.4862 12Zone I Pob. 406 10.0108 n/aZone II Pob. 424 12.6017 n/aZone III Pob. 361 10.5951 n/a
Climate
Demographics
In the 2024 census, the population of Tubungan was 23,083 people, with a density of .
Economy
Government Social welfare services Tubungan embarks on several social development programs to better the lives of its people. At present, there are 26 Day Care Service Programs that serve close to a thousand-day care pre-schoolers. To provide for the needs of malnourished young children ages 0–5 years old, the supplemental feeding program in 13 barangays at the moment is aiming to restore the health 391 toddlers suffering from 2nd degree of malnourishment.
Infrastructure
Water Supply Municipal water supplies are sourced from deep wells, jetmatic pump wells, rivers, and mountain springs. In some areas with insufficient water supply, several families share water from a communal deep well. However, despite its being land locked, residents of Tubungan still are adequately supplied with clean potable water for their household and agricultural needs.
In some barangays, a large percentage of their Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA), sometimes as high as 20 per cent, is allotted for the expansion of their water supply system. Nevertheless, these projects are limited only to residents living within the barangay centers.
With a daily combined water consumption of roughly 1.6 million liters, the municipality's existing water sources will be sufficient for the entire population ten years from the present. Moreover, the local government unit eyes to tap other potential water sources to provide more water as answer to the growing population demand and increasing economic growth.
Power In year 2000, Iloilo Electric Company (ILECO) I reported that almost half of the total household in the municipality have electrical installations. This covers 27 barangays; in addition, 7 barangays already have electrical connections but still unenergized. The remaining of the residents makes use of kerosene, battery cells, and generators for their power sources. These, however, are located in far-flung barangays not yet reached by ILECO I.
Nonetheless, a plan to energize the entire municipality is already on its way since it is the priority program of the National Government as endorsed by the Local Government Unit of Tubungan.
Education As of 2000, a substantial number of Tubungan's young populations are enrolled in both primary and intermediate levels reaching to as high as 3000.
The municipality has 12 complete elementary schools and one national high school. Tubungan National High School serves not only Tubungan residents, but also secondary school students from the nearby towns of Igbaras, Tigbauan, and Leon. Almost all public elementary schools, as well as two existing private kindergartens, provide pre-elementary education.
Tubungan requires additional class rooms and personnel to provide for the needs of its ever-increasing student population. In addition to this, a proposal for the institution of another secondary school to be located in Barangay Lanag Norte is already underway to serve the students living in far-flung barangays.
References
External links [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code] Philippine Census Information Local Governance Performance Management System