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Tubod, Lanao del Norte

Tubod
Municipality
The welcome marker of the Provincial Capitol in Tubod, Lanao del Norte
The welcome marker of the Provincial Capitol in Tubod, Lanao del Norte
Official seal of Tubod
Seal
Map of Lanao del Norte with Tubod highlighted
Map of Lanao del Norte with Tubod highlighted
Tubod is located in Philippines
Tubod
Tubod
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 08°03′N 123°48′E / 8.050°N 123.800°E / 8.050; 123.800Coordinates: 08°03′N 123°48′E / 8.050°N 123.800°E / 8.050; 123.800
Country Philippines
Region Northern Mindanao (Region X)
Province Lanao del Norte
District 1st district of Lanao del Norte
Founded October 17, 1946
Barangays 24
Government
 • Mayor Leoncio Bagol
 • Vice Mayor Danny Yanoc Jr.
Area
 • Total 246.80 km2 (95.29 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)
 • Total 47,165
 • Density 190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 9209
IDD:area code +63 (0)63
Income class 2nd municipal income class
103522000
Electorate 25,493 voters as of 2016
Website www.tubodldn.gov.ph

Tubod (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Tubod; Filipino: Bayan ng Tubod) is a second class municipality and the capital of the province of Lanao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 47,165 people. It is strategically located along the South Eastern shores of Panguil Bay and is about 60 kilometers South West of Iligan City, 10 kilometers South of Ozamiz City and about 2 kilometers West of Tangub City.

It is bounded by Panguil bay and the Municipality of Kolambugan on the North, and Magsaysay on the North East, the municipality of Munai on the East, and the municipalities of Salvador and Nunungan on the South, and the municipality of Baroy on the South West. It has a regular terrain with low planes in the interior and undulating hills to rugged mountains along the Northern portion down to South Eastern portion of the municipality.

Tubod has 24 barangays and occupies a land area of 24,000 hectares. Rainfull prevent every month although it is outside the typhoon belt. It has an annual mean temperature of 26.67C and a mean monthly rainfall distribution of less than 74 millimeters. Of the total area of the municipality, 289.05 hectares as public lands both alienable and disposable and forestal land, 310 hectares rice land, 73.24 hectares as fishpond and swamp lands and 117.44 hectares as residential land.

Tubod derived its name from the spring located at Sitio Baybay in Barangay Poblacion. According to the old folks, even during the longest dry season, the spring will not drain. Tubod comes from the Cebuano language, meaning “the water source”. History pointed out that Christian immigrants from Luzon and Visayas settled in this part of the region.


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