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Tubao
San Isidro de Tubao | |
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| Municipality of Tubao | |
 Tubao Municipal Hall | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto: Ti Panagkaykaysa Isu ti Bileg | |
 Map of La Union with Tubao highlighted | |
OpenStreetMap  | |
.svg)  Tubao Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 16°21′N 120°25′E / 16.35°N 120.42°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Ilocos Region |
| Province | La Union |
| District | 2nd district |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Barangays | 18 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • mayor of Tubao[*] | Jonalyn G. Fontanilla-Piayas |
| • Vice Mayor | Wilfredo S. Garcia |
| • Representative | Dante S. Garcia |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 20,469 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 50.75 km2 (19.59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 91 m (299 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 392 m (1,286 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 31,763 |
| • Density | 630/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| • Households | 7,618 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 10.75 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 108.8 million (2020) |
| • Assets | ₱ 179 million (2020) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 111.2 million (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 33.81 million (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | La Union Electric Cooperative (LUELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 2509 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)72 |
| Native languages | Ilocano Pangasinan Tagalog |
| Website | www |
Tubao, officially the Municipality of Tubao (Ilocano: Ili ti Tubao; Filipino: Bayan ng Tubao), is a 4th class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 31,763 people.[3]
Formerly known as the "Home of the Native Tobacco", Tubao was famous for its tobacco leaf and cigars. It had a tobacco trade for decades where its town center was littered by huge tobacco warehouses and trading posts for tobacco. Today, corn is its prime agricultural output where Chichacorn is among its by-products.
The town has an average annual income of PHP 42,803,624 pesos.
- ^ Municipality of Tubao | (DILG)
- ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.