Tungawan


Tungawan, officially the Municipality of Tungawan, is a municipality in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 46,497 people.
It has an area of of land, the largest in the province, as well as of coastal waters.
It was declared as a municipality on May 24, 1960, and started functioning as a Local Government Unit on January 29, 1961, by virtue of Executive Order No. 395. Its name was coined from the minute leech generally known as tungaw of the Hirudo family.
Tungawan's economy is primarily based on agriculture, producing rubber, coconut, corn, rice, and seaweeds. It is home to the 880 hectares Bangaan Marine Sanctuary at Barangays Linguisan and Tigbucay.
WWW tungawansibugay.gov.ph

Geography

Barangays

Tungawan is politically subdivided into 25 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
  • Baluran
  • Batungan
  • Cayamcam
  • Datu Tumanggong
  • Gaycon
  • Langon
  • Libertad
  • Linguisan
  • Little Margos
  • Loboc
  • Looc-Labuan
  • Lower Tungawan
  • Malungon
  • Masao
  • San Isidro
  • San Pedro
  • San Vicente
  • Santo Niño
  • Sisay
  • Taglibas
  • Tigbanuang
  • Tigbucay
  • Tigpalay
  • Timbabauan
  • Upper Tungawan

Demographics

The population of Tungawan is mostly Subanon and Cebuano who are Christian. However, there is also a significant minority of Tausug and Sama who are Muslim, most of whom live in coastal areas, especially in barangays Looc-Labuan, Linguisan, and Santo Niño. Then, Kolibugan people, a Muslim Subanon subgroup, mainly live in barangay Datu Tumanggong.