Tuba, Benguet
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| Nickname(s): Gateway to Baguio | ||
 Map of Benguet with Tuba highlighted |
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| Coordinates: 16°19′N 120°33′E / 16.32°N 120.55°ECoordinates: 16°19′N 120°33′E / 16.32°N 120.55°E | ||
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| Region | Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) | |
| Province | Benguet | |
| District | Lone District of Benguet | |
| Founded | 1911 | |
| Barangays | 13 (see Barangays) | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan | |
| • Mayor | Ignacio R. Rivera | |
| • Electorate | 23,210 voters (2016) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 295.97 km2 (114.27 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 47,648 | |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) | |
| • Voter (2016) | 23,210 | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 2603 | |
| PSGC | 141113000 | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)74 | |
| Income class | 1st municipal income class | |
| Website | www |
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Tuba, officially the Municipality of Tuba (Ilocano: Ili ti Tuba; Filipino: Bayan ng Tuba), is a municipality in the province of Benguet in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) of the Philippines. The population was 47,648 at the 2015 census. In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 23,210 registered voters.
Tuba is known as the "Gateway to Baguio", as the Ben Palispis Highway and Kennon Road, two main access highways of the adjacent city of Baguio, are largely traversed in the municipality.
Tuba was originally a barrio of the township of Baguio in the early 1900s under the American Occupation of the Philippines. It was separated from Baguio upon the latter's conversion into a chartered city on September 1, 1909, and became part of the township of Twin Peaks in Benguet.
Twin Peaks was abolished as a township on December 11, 1911 with the issuance of Executive Order No. 77 by American Governor General William Cameron Forbes, creating the township of Tuba.
On June 25, 1963, President Diosdado Macapagal issued Executive Order No. 42 and by operation of Section 2 of Republic Act No. 1515, the municipal District of Tuba was converted into a regular municipality.
Tuba is located at 16°19′N 120°33′E / 16.32°N 120.55°E, at the south-western tip of both Benguet and the Central Cordillera Mountain Range. South of the municipality lies the province of Pangasinan and to the west lies the Ilocos rolling hills of the province of La Union. It is bordered on the north by Sablan and La Trinidad; east by Baguio and Itogon; and south by Sison and San Manuel.
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