Tubao
Sign in to saveTubao, officially the Municipality of Tubao (; ), is a landlocked municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
Key facts
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- Tubao Municipal Hall, Saint Isidore the Farmer Parish Church and Tubao Civic Center
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- Flag_of_Tubao,_La_Union.png
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_seal
- Tubao La Union.png
- Settlement.seal_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
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- Philippines
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- left
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- Location within the
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- Country
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- Philippines
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- Region
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- Province
- Settlement.other_name
- San Isidro de Tubao
- Settlement.motto
- Ti Panagkaykaysa Isu ti Bileg
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- District
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- Founded
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- 1886
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Philippines
- Official name
- Municipality of Tubao
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- La Union
- Population
- 31868
- Area
- 50.75
- Elevation
- 91
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Shares border with
- Santo Tomas
- Official website
- www.tubao.gov.ph
- Image
- Tubao3.jpg
- Households
- 7618
- Dialing code
- 72
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- Commons category
- Tubao
- postal code
- 2509
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical monsoon climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- inception
- 1886-00-00
- poverty incidence
- 10.75
- electorate
- 20457
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 189865054.78
- total assets
- 387409625.24
- total expenditure
- 816247431.52
- total liabilities
- 47996551.98
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Encyclopedic overview
47 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Early history
- Spanish Colonial Era
- Establishment of Municipality of Tubao
- Tubao Parish and the legacy of the Belgian missionaries
- 1896 (Heritage) St. Isidore the Farmer Parish Church
- American Colonial Era
- Japanese Occupation
- Philippine Independence
- Geography
- Topography
- Slope
- Soil type
- Barangay
- Climate
- Demographics
- Population by Barangay
- Sex Ratio
- Median Age
- Birth Registration
- Dependency Ratio
- Marital Status
- Household Size
- Voting Population
- Ethnicity and language
- Religion
- Education
- Primary and elementary schools
- Secondary schools
- Economy
- Agriculture
- Livestock
- Cottage Industries
- Small Enterprises
- Tourism
- Government
- Local Government
- Elected officials
- List of Former Chief Executives
- Municipal Town Halls
- Politics
- 2012 assassination attempt
- Gallery
- Notable personalities
- References
- External links
Tubao, officially the Municipality of Tubao (; ), is a landlocked municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
Historically, it is known as the "Home of the Native Tobacco" given its thriving tobacco industry. For several decades, the municipality played a significant role in the tobacco trade, with its town center featuring numerous large warehouses and trading posts dedicated to tobacco. In recent years however, corn has emerged as the town's primary agricultural product, with chichacorn being one of its most notable by-products.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tubao” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.