Tungawan, officially the Municipality of Tungawan ( ceb, Lungsod sa Tungawan;
Chavacano
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: ''Municipalidad de Tungawan''; tl, Bayan ng Tungawan), is a 2nd class
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
province
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of
Zamboanga Sibugay
Zamboanga Sibugay, officially the Province of Zamboanga Sibugay ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Zamboanga Sibugay; tl, Lalawigan ng Zamboanga Sibugay; Chavacano: ''Provincia de Zamboanga Sibugay''), is a province in the Philippines located in the Zamboanga ...
, 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, 1959, and started functioning as a Local Government Unit (LGU) 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
''Hirudo'' is a genus of leeches of the family Hirudinidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''.
The two well-accepted species within the genus are:
*''Hirudo medicinalis'' Linnaeus, 1758
...
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.
Geography
Barangays
Tungawan is politically subdivided into 25
barangay
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s.
Climate
Demographics
Economy
References
External links
Tungawan Profile at PhilAtlas.com*
Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>
Philippine Census Information
Municipalities of Zamboanga Sibugay
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