Tubao

Tubao San Isidro de Tubao
Municipality
Tubao Municipal Hall
Seal
Motto: Ti Panagkaykaysa Isu ti Bileg
Location in the province of La Union
Tubao Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 16°21′N 120°25′E / 16.35°N 120.42°E / 16.35; 120.42Coordinates: 16°21′N 120°25′E / 16.35°N 120.42°E / 16.35; 120.42
Country	Philippines
Region	Ilocos (Region I)
Province	La Union
District	2nd District
Founded	1886
Barangays	18
Government
• Mayor	Jonalyn G. Fontanilla
Area
• Total	50.75 km2 (19.59 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)
• Total	28,729
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	2509
IDD : area code	+63 (0)72
Income class	4th class
Spoken languages	Ilocano, Tagalog, English]
Website	www.tubao.gov.ph

Tubao is a fourth class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 28,729 people.

Formerly known as the "Home of the Native Tobacco", Tubao was famous for its tobacco leaf and cigars. It had a tobacco trade for decades where its town center was littered by huge tobacco warehouses and trading posts for tobacco. Today, corn is its prime agricultural output where Chichacorn is among its by-products.

The town has an average annual income of PHP 42,803,624 pesos.

"Legend states that Tubao got its name when the Spaniards led by one Father Luis Gonzaga y Espinosa, in their desire to spread Christianity, headed towards the eastern parts of Agoo. At that time, these parts of Agoo were hinterlands and heavily forested. While the Spaniards were resting under the full-grown trees, they distributed manuscripts of the cartilla and catecismo to the natives. Suddenly, they heard a loud chorus of sound "TUAO, TUAO", emanating from the top of the trees. These sounds made by the birds locally known as kalaw, (the rufous hornbill, Buceros hydrocorax) attracted and bewildered the Spaniards. Even as the Spaniards went further east, the sound persisted. When Father Espinosa returned from their journey, he reported an area called "TUAO." However, due to inadvertent recordings made by the Spanish authorities, the word "TUAO" was written as "TUBAO", hence, the name of the place."

An inland land-locked town, Tubao is located in Region I lying along the south-eastern side of La Union province. It is bounded on the north by Aringay, on the east by Pugo, on the south-west by Santo Tomas, on the south by Rosario, and on the west by Agoo. It is 42 kilometres (26 mi) south of the capital city San Fernando, 243 kilometres (151 mi) north of Manila, and 44 kilometres (27 mi) west of Baguio City.