Tubungan, Iloilo

Tubungan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 20,631 people.

Profile Tubungan is a municipality of mostly rolling hills and mountains with very limited plains. It is located at the southwestern portion of Iloilo province, more or less 42 kilometers from Iloilo City.

There are 48 barangays including the three zones in the Poblacion that comprise the town’s political jurisdiction.

Among the main assets of Tubungan are its supportive legislative body, untapped sources of revenue and a strategically located market. It is also boasts of potentials like its abundant of natural resources, adequate labor force and availability of raw materials for agro-industrial purposes.

As to peace and order, it has greatly improved compared with the previous years. This is attributed to Amnesty Program of the government and the people desire for lasting peace and progress.

Its municipal organizational chart shows 13 offices created pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Code. Along with these is the presence of devolved national agencies and those locally based personnel of national offices that altogether work to deliver basic services.

Strategic Direcion

On November 1994, a three-day Visioning and Strategic Planning Workshop was conducted at Punta Villa in Iloilo City, where Municipal Development Council (MDC) representatives and Local Government Unit (LGU) personnel participated. In the said workshop, the participants were able to formulate a vision for the municipality, a mission that supports the vision and draw up six (6) strategic thrusts that gear towards town’s development goals

Location

The Municipality of Tubungan is situated at the southern part of Iloilo Province, roughly 40 kilometers away from Iloilo City. With a land area of 8,518 hectares 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 of 25 per cent in most areas giving it an almost mountainous terrain.

Education

As of year 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 a national high school. Tubungan National High School not only accommodates students from Tubungan itself but also to the secondary school students coming from the nearby towns of Igbaras, Tigbauan, and Leon.Pre-elementary education is offered by almost all of the public elementary schools including two existing private kindergarten schools.

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.

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.

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.

Barangays

BARANGAY DATA

Barangays	Punong Barangay	Population 2007 Census	Area in Hectares	Distance from Poblacion	Transportation
Adgao	Lupo Ticao	1,128	263.5533	3.75 km	PUJ
Ago	Federico Tacardon	227	134.6556	4 km	PUJ
Ambarihon	Alejandro De La Villa	303	362.4647	6 km	PUJ
Ayubo	Camilo Calllot	246	10.7356	4.50 km	PUJ
Bacan	Jeffrey Tanilon	407	144.6238	4.50 km	PUJ
Badiang	Felix Candedeir	276	64. 2792	7 km	PUJ
Bagunanay	Remedios Ta-ala	201	141.2059	9 km	Motorcycle
Balicua	Enrique Tagat	338	69.0866	2 km	PUJ
Bantayan	Serafin Tabalina	371	75.2724	10 km	Motrocycle
Batga	Leopoldo Tabilona	317	83.5902	7.50 km	PUJ
Bato	Ledina Taguibe	321	282.0997	9 km	Motorcycle
Bikil	Edgar Tagong	282	149.7564	7.50 km	PUJ
Boloc	Alejo Capio	498	225.7735	10 km	PUJ
Bondoc/Sto. Niño	Andres Tacadao	196	75. 3194	4 km	PUJ
Borong	Bernardita Taala	151	48.7467	5 km	PUJ
Buenavista	Perla Tacadao	349	120.1394	5 km	PUJ
Cadabdab	Jupeter Tabasin	926	340.4416	7 km	PUJ
Daga-ay	Jose Tabasundra	233	38. 6136	6 km	PUJ
Desposorio	Patricio Talaman	227	78.9817	5.50 km	PUJ
Igdampog Norte	Dionic Borja	177	70. 8441	8 km	PUJ
Igdampog Sur	Richard Cabarles	381	277. 7922	7 km	PUJ
Igpaho	Edwin Terania	550	1,563.2170	18 km	Motorcycle
Igtuble	Patricia Estember	1,235	121.1785	11 km	PUJ
Ingay	Hilario Tamises	666	213. 4378	3 km	PUJ
Isauan	Ireneo Tacuyan	239	140.6981	3 km	PUJ
Jolason	Visitacion Tagabi	659	160.5097	4 km	PUJ
Jona	Domingo Elizarde	459	223.7646	6. 50 km	PUJ
Laag/San Vicente	Amalia Tapulgo	186	28.7530	6km	PUJ
Lanag Norte	Enrique Tabion	644	293.4966	6.25 km	PUJ
Lanag Sur	Melania Tacsagon	479	110. 7174	1km	PUJ
Male	Beinvenido Tanallon	189	53. 3632	5 km	PUJ
Mayang	Alejandro Tabaquirao	669	245.3520	1.75km	PUJ
Molina	Rodolfo Tahum	355	346.1199	11km	Motorcycle
Morcillas	Benito Estopido	447	318.2281	7.50km	PUJ
Nagba	Serafin Tabunggao	474	288.9616	7.50km	PUJ
Navillan	Rodolfo Tabuloc,Sr.	547	201.5377	9.50km	PUJ
Pinamacalan	Ronald Talabon	249	52.8525	6km	Motorcycle
San Jose	Gaudencio Tabsing	277	91.2392	2.50km	PUJ
Sibucauan	Ruben Tabingo	426	61.2110	2.0km	PUJ
Singon	Renato Tanque	415	71.8367	3km	PUJ
Tabat	John Mark Tanangonan	480	272.9474	4.50km	PUJ
Tagpu-an	Wilmar Tabucuran	675	208.7732	4.50km	PUJ
Talento	Ma. Fe Tacloban	221	77.2322	4km	PUJ
Ten. Benito	Marcos Tacadao	852	181.8797	0.30km	PUJ
Victoria	Rodrigo Caballero	420	163.4862	12km	Motorcycle
Zone I Pob.	Charlito Taclobos	458	10.0108	0.30km	PUJ
Zone II Pob.	Arlynn Tacsagon	460	12.6017	0.22km	PUJ
Zone III Pob.	Rustom Taladua	345	10.5951	0.400km	PUJ

External links

* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information]