| Flag Size: | 120x80px |
| Seal Size: | 100x80px |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Pushpin Map: | Philippines |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Philippines |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
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| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | December 4, 1929 |
| Established Title1: | Renamed |
| Established Date1: | November 30, 1930[1] (as Tangub) |
| Established Title2: | Cityhood |
| Established Date2: | June 17, 1967 |
| Parts Type: | Barangays |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | (see Barangays) |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Sabiniano S. Canama (ASPIN) |
| Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Tito B. Decina (ASPIN) |
| Leader Name2: | Sancho Fernando F. Oaminal (Lakas) |
| Leader Title3: | City Council |
| Leader Title4: | Electorate |
| Leader Name4: | voters (electorate_point_in_time}}|) |
| Elevation Max M: | 2421 |
| Elevation Min M: | 0 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Households |
| Population Demonym: | Tangubanon |
| Timezone: | PST |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Demographics Type1: | Economy |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 3rd city income class |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Poverty incidence |
| Demographics1 Info2: | % |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Revenue |
| Demographics1 Title4: | Revenue rank |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Assets |
| Demographics1 Title6: | Assets rank |
| Demographics1 Title7: | IRA |
| Demographics1 Title8: | IRA rank |
| Demographics1 Title9: | Expenditure |
| Demographics1 Title10: | Liabilities |
| Demographics Type2: | Service provider |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Electricity |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Water |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Telecommunications |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Cable TV |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Native languages |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Crime index |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Major religions |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Feast date |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | September 29 |
| Blank3 Name Sec2: | Catholic diocese |
| Blank3 Info Sec2: | Archdiocese of Ozamis |
| Blank4 Name Sec2: | Patron saint |
| Blank4 Info Sec2: | Michael the Archangel |
Tangub, officially the City of Tangub (ceb|Dakbayan sa Tangub; fil|Lungsod ng Tangub), is a component city in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 68,419 people.
Tangub City is also where the Panguil Bay Bridge is situated. The 3.77 km (2.34 mi) bridge connects Tangub, Misamis Occidental to Tubod, Lanao del Norte.
During the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines, Tangub was recorded in Spanish maps as the barrio of Tan͠go.[2] In the early 1900s, the name Tango is also recorded in maps and publications during the Philippine-American War.[3] [4]
The book A Pronouncing Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary of the Philippine Islands (1902) by the Bureau of Insular Affairs records Tan͠gó as a "hamlet on northwestern shore of Panguil Bay, 3 miles southwest of Misamis, Misamis, Mindanao." The book also records its pronunciation as having a final glottal stop (tahng-oh').[5]
The 1918 Philippine census records it as "Tangob," a barrio in the municipality of Misamis in the former province of Misamis.[6]
The etymology of the name Tangub is unknown. According to local folk etymology, it came from the Subanen word "Tangkub", a rice container made of tree bark woven together by rattan strips,[7] but this has no academic evidence.
By the 1920s, there was increasing support for the independence of Tangob from Misamis as its own municipality, advocated in particular by a local group, the Aspiracion Committee.[7]
The municipality of Regidor (with its seat of government in the barrio of Tangob) was created through Executive Order (EO) No. 220, issued by Governor General Dwight F. Davis on December 4, 1929, which organized 14 barrios—separated from Misamis—into the 21st municipality of the once undivided Misamis province.[8] [9] The municipality was named after, a lawyer and reformist who supported the Secularization movement against the Spanish colonial regime. Similar new municipalities created during the same period were also named after prominent revolutionaries, including Lopez Jaena and General Luna.[7] [10]
However, its organization only took effect on January 1, 1930, the same day the province of Occidental Misamis was established following the split of Misamis.[11] By Act No. 3701 dated November 20, the municipality was renamed Tangub.[12]
In 1940, six of its barrios were organized into the separate municipality of Bonifacio by the virtue of EO No. 242.[13]
See main article: Cities of the Philippines. On June 17, 1967, under Republic Act No. 5131, Tangub became a chartered city,[14] the second in Misamis Occidental.
Tangub is close to Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte provinces, while across the bay is Lanao del Norte. Tangub is 77.1 km (77,100 mi) from Maria Cristina Falls, the main source of hydroelectric power in Mindanao.
Tangub is politically subdivided into 55 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
In the 2024 census, the population of Tangub was 68,419 people, with a density of NaNPD/km2NaNPD/km2.
Tangub, through its Sinanduloy Cultural Troupe, was a regular participant of the Sinulog Festival, a festival held in Cebu City. This festival is the pageantry of sights, sounds and colors as it honors and pays homage to Sr. Santo Niño, the child Jesus. The highlights of the festival is from January 9–18, yearly. Tangub City has won a record of twelve grand champion streak in the Sinulog-Based Category of the festival.
The city also has a festival called the Dalit Cultural Festival. It is held in honor of the city's patron saint, Saint Michael the Archangel. It is celebrated every September 29-the feast day of Michaelmas. It is participated by the city's barangays through clusters represented by local schools.
The Harvest Festival showcases various agricultural products for selling and promotion. The festival is a venue to promote the agri-tourism program of the city, creating business-matching opportunities for the people of Tangub City.
Through the recent years, Tangub has been popularly dubbed as the Christmas Symbols Capital of the Philippines. Every year, the city will celebrate Christmas through the Tangub City Christmas Festival of Lights. During the month-long festival, the city fills with a delightful array of illuminated holiday decor, bathing the streets in a most enticing glow.
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