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Municipality

Tandubas

Tandubas is a municipality in Tawi-Tawi, Bangsamoro (BARMM), Philippines. Its population was 34,702 in the 2024 census, and it has 20 barangays.

  • Population: 2024 Census
  • Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
  • Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
  • Page updated: October 9, 2026
Colour byColours the map of Tandubas by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
LanguyanPanglima SugalaSapa-SapaBaliungan: 1,936 people, 14 per km², 2.37% a yearKakoong: 2,082 people, 1,232 per km², 0.68% a yearKepeng: 1,699 people, 2,970 per km², 2.92% a yearLahay-lahay: 902 people, 32 per km², 0.24% a yearNaungan: 1,455 people, 127 per km², 2.91% a yearSallangan: 2,115 people, 5,084 per km², 0.11% a yearSapa: 2,596 people, 2,810 per km², 0.03% a yearSilantup: 3,952 people, 2,906 per km², 1.23% a yearTapian: 1,750 people, 2,215 per km², 3.75% a yearTongbangkaw: 1,894 people, 2,936 per km², 0.25% a yearTangngah: 1,877 people, 1,877 per km², −3.10% a yearBallak: 806 people, 1,004 per km², −2.45% a yearButun: 1,802 people, 1,430 per km², 0.32% a yearHimbah: 2,165 people, 451 per km², −7.96% a yearKalang-kalang: 810 people, 1,069 per km², 0.12% a yearSalamat: 874 people, 168 per km², −0.16% a yearSibakloon: 1,307 people, 2,171 per km², 0.22% a yearTandubato: 1,850 people, 94 per km², 2.89% a yearTapian Sukah: 1,525 people, 1,574 per km², 2.09% a yearTaruk: 1,305 people, 244 per km², 3.71% a year

People · 2024 Census

  • Under 690
  • 690 to 1,100
  • 1,100 to 1,800
  • 1,800 to 3,100
  • 3,100 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Density · people per km², 2024

  • Under 160
  • 160 to 340
  • 340 to 700
  • 700 to 2,600
  • 2,600 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Growth a year · 2020–2024

  • Fell by more than 1% a year
  • Fell, by up to 1% a year
  • Grew, by under 1% a year
  • Grew by 1 to 2% a year
  • Grew by 2% a year or more

Each place's yearly change between the 2020 and 2024 censuses, on the same steps as every map in the Atlas.

Borders from UN OCHA (PSA and NAMRIA), a guide and not the legal boundary[3]Open in OpenStreetMap

  • PeopleSources

    34,702

    people counted in the 2024 censusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary

    Up 25.1% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    8th

    of the 11 cities and municipalities of Tawi-Tawi by population, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary

    About 7 of every 100 people in Tawi-Tawi lived in Tandubas in 2024 (7.19%)

  • Inside itSources

    20

    barangays

  • LandSources

    180.60 km²

    of land, 2019 masterlistLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.Explained by Scene: Tandubas's land would fill a square about 13.4 km on each side. That is only a way to picture its size: its real shape is on the map.More in the glossary

    Average density, 2024: 192 people per km²Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.Explained by Scene: About 2 people per hectare if everyone were spread evenly across the land. In fact people live closer together in towns and farther apart in the countryside.More in the glossary

  • HomesSources

    6,302

    households in 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary

    5.5 people in each, on average, in 2024

  • Town or countrySources

    0%

    Fewer than 1 of every 1,000 people lived in urban barangays in 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary

PSGC codePSGC codeThe code the Philippine Statistics Authority gives every place, so each one is known exactly, even when two share a name.More in the glossary
1907007000[4]Formerly 157007000
ZIP code
7502[18]

People

Tandubas had 34,702 people in the 2024 census, up 25.1% from 2010.
People at each census since 1960

Counts from 2000 on are on today’s borders; earlier counts are as the place was then, so the line may step where a border moved.

Tandubas had the 8th most people of the 11 cities and municipalities of Tawi-Tawi in 2024[1]
  1. 5Sibutu38,070
  2. 6Sapa-Sapa37,129
  3. 7Simunul35,616
  4. 8Tandubas34,702
  5. 9South Ubian31,942
  6. 10Mapun29,218
  7. 11Turtle Islands7,665
All 11 cities and municipalities of Tawi-Tawi
In 2024, the 10 barangays with the most people held about 64 of every 100 of its people[2]
  1. Silantup3,95211 in 100
  2. Sapa2,5967 in 100
  3. Himbah2,1656 in 100
  4. Sallangan2,1156 in 100
  5. Kakoong2,0826 in 100
  6. Baliungan1,9366 in 100
  7. Tongbangkaw1,8945 in 100
  8. Tangngah1,8775 in 100
  9. Tandubato1,8505 in 100
  10. Butun1,8025 in 100
See all 20 barangays of Tandubas
Age structure · 2020 Census[36]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 38 of every 100 are children under 15 (37.9%)
  • About 59 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (59.3%)
  • About 3 of every 100 are 65 or older (2.7%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
0 - 44,6602,3782,282
5 - 94,1932,1202,073
10 - 144,1562,0042,152
15 - 193,9531,9332,020
20 - 243,4961,6831,813
25 - 292,9671,4091,558
30 - 342,3681,1711,197
35 - 392,0521,0011,051
40 - 441,844970874
45 - 491,480795685
50 - 54997564433
55 - 59691383308
60 - 64501258243
65 - 69405226179
70 - 74274138136
75 - 791195861
80 years and over1395980

Every figure, census by census

People, 2024 CensusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary
34,702[1, 2]
Households, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary
6,302[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
5.5 on average[1, 2]
Share of Tawi-Tawi, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary
7.19%[1]
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary
0% (0 people)[5]
Men and women, 2020
17,150 men, 17,145 women[36]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 202434,702[1, 2]0.27% a year6,3025.5
2020as of May 1, 202034,316[1]3.31% a year——
2015as of August 1, 201529,390[1]1.10% a year——
2010as of May 1, 201027,748[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then33,037[34]3.97% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders24,900[34, 35]4.09% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then20,646[34]1.07% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then19,505[34]−0.23% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then19,968[34]−11.79% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then37,421[34]6.71% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then27,069[34]2.98% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then20,038[34]———

Barangays

Tandubas is made up of 20 barangays.
Barangays of Tandubas. Each column heading sorts the table.
[2, 3, 5, 6, 7]Share (2024)Urban or rural
Baliungan1,9365.58%2.37% a yearabout 135.20 km²Rural
Ballak8062.32%−2.45% a yearabout 0.803 km²Rural
Butun1,8025.19%0.32% a yearabout 1.26 km²Rural
Himbah2,1656.24%−7.96% a yearabout 4.80 km²Rural
Kakoong2,0826%0.68% a yearabout 1.69 km²Rural
Kalang-kalang8102.33%0.12% a yearabout 0.758 km²Rural
Kepeng1,6994.9%2.92% a yearabout 0.572 km²Rural
Lahay-lahay9022.6%0.24% a yearabout 28.59 km²Rural
Naungan1,4554.19%2.91% a yearabout 11.43 km²Rural
Salamat8742.52%−0.16% a yearabout 5.21 km²Rural
Sallangan2,1156.09%0.11% a yearabout 0.416 km²Rural
Sapa2,5967.48%0.03% a yearabout 0.924 km²Rural
Sibakloon1,3073.77%0.22% a yearabout 0.602 km²Rural
Silantup3,95211.39%1.23% a yearabout 1.36 km²Rural
Tandubato1,8505.33%2.89% a yearabout 19.78 km²Rural
Tangngah1,8775.41%−3.10% a yearabout 1.00 km²Rural
Tapian1,7505.04%3.75% a yearabout 0.79 km²Rural
Tapian Sukah1,5254.39%2.09% a yearabout 0.969 km²Rural
Taruk1,3053.76%3.71% a yearabout 5.34 km²Rural
Tongbangkaw1,8945.46%0.25% a yearabout 0.645 km²Rural

Areas are approximate: each is measured inside the barangay's border on UN OCHA's map, which is a guide, not the legal boundary.

Land & Environment

Tandubas covers 180.60 km² of land, 192 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 313 m above the sea and it has 383.2 km of coast.
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary
180.60 km²[6]As listed in the 2019 Masterlist of Land Areas (LMB, DENR)
Average density, 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary
192 people per km²[6]
Coordinates
5.24471° N, 120.20878° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[31]
Lowest
Sea level
Average
20 m
Highest
313 m

Heights from the Copernicus DEM, a 30 m model of the surface: it reads the tops of trees and roofs, not the bare ground, over the land inside the border, the sea left out. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Water, coast and peaks

383.2 km of coastline[32]

Peaks[32]

  1. Tandubasvolcano0 m

Named rivers, lakes and peaks as OpenStreetMap mapped them on 30 September 2026, and the coast within 150 m of the border. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Climate

Climate typeClimate typePAGASA sorts the country's climate into four types by when the rain falls. Type I has a dry season from November to April and a wet one for the rest of the year; Type II has no dry season, with the most rain from December to February; Type III has a short dry season; Type IV has rain spread through the year.More in the glossary

Type IV[33]

Rain spread fairly evenly through the year, with no dry season.

Covers about 85 of every 100 parts of its land. Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

Life & Economy

About 42 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2021.
Poverty, 2021Poverty incidenceHow many of every 100 people live in families whose income is below the poverty line: what a person needs in a year for food and other basic needs, as the PSA sets it for each province. It is an estimate, from a survey or, for a town, a statistical model, so the PSA gives a range it is likely to fall in.More in the glossary
41.6% of people[21]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's estimate for every town.
Income classIncome classThe Department of Finance sorts provinces, cities and municipalities into classes by their average yearly income over recent years: 1st class has the most. It measures the local government's income, not how well off its people are.More in the glossary
1st class[4]
About 42 of every 100 people in Tandubas lived below the poverty line in 2021 (41.6%)[21]

The PSA's model for every town puts it between 36.3% and 46.8%, with 90% confidence.

Public places

  • 2hospitals and health centres
  • 16schools

Counted from OpenStreetMap[3, 8]. Schools, places of worship, barangay halls and places known only by a common name, such as a chapel, are listed on each barangay's page.

As OpenStreetMap maps them on September 30, 2026. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads Tandubas. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Bayan (the municipal council), led by the vice mayor. The mayor, the vice mayor and the council's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.[16, 17]

Legislative districtLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary
Lone district of Tawi-Tawi[19, 20]

Leaders

The mayor and vice mayor elected at each election since 2001, as COMELEC's lists of the elected name them, and those in office now, as the DILG's directory lists them.

  1. 2025–2028In office as of February 2026

    Mayor
    Al-Shalid Asdala Salih[22]
    Vice mayor
    Hja. Rahiema Asdala Salih[22]

  2. 2022–2025

    Mayor
    Al-Shalid Asdala Salih[23]
    Vice mayor
    Rahiema Asdala Salih[23]

  3. 2019–2022

    Mayor
    Rahiema Asdala Salih[24]
    Vice mayor
    Fatima Saida Abubakar Maing[24]

  4. 2016–2019

    Mayor
    Rahiema Asdala Salih[25]
    Vice mayor
    Fatima Saida Abubakar Maing[25]

  5. 2013–2016

    Mayor
    Rahiema Asdala Salih[26]
    Vice mayor
    Alano Haula Salih[26]

  6. 2010–2013

    Mayor
    Pendatun Hula Salih[27]
    Vice mayor
    Rahiema Asdala Salih[27]

  7. 2007–2010

    Mayor
    Not named in COMELEC's list
    Vice mayor
    Tahir Julaile Sulayman[28]

  8. 2004–2007

    Mayor
    Pendatun Salih[29]
    Vice mayor
    Tahir Sulayman[29]

  9. 2001–2004

    Mayor
    Pendatun H. Salih[30]
    Vice mayor
    Tahir J. Sulayman[30]
Mayors and vice mayors of Tandubas, by term
TermMayorVice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Al-Shalid Asdala Salih[22]Hja. Rahiema Asdala Salih[22]
2022–2025Al-Shalid Asdala Salih[23]Rahiema Asdala Salih[23]
2019–2022Rahiema Asdala Salih[24]Fatima Saida Abubakar Maing[24]
2016–2019Rahiema Asdala Salih[25]Fatima Saida Abubakar Maing[25]
2013–2016Rahiema Asdala Salih[26]Alano Haula Salih[26]
2010–2013Pendatun Hula Salih[27]Rahiema Asdala Salih[27]
2007–2010Not named in COMELEC's listTahir Julaile Sulayman[28]
2004–2007Pendatun Salih[29]Tahir Sulayman[29]
2001–2004Pendatun H. Salih[30]Tahir J. Sulayman[30]

History & Identity

Created
Tandubas was a municipal district of Sulu province. Executive Order No. 355, dated 26 August 1959, converted it into a municipality, effective 1 July 1958.[9]

Its story

Tandubas is named among the low, flat islands of the southern division of the Tawi-Tawi group in Saleeby's 1908 history of Sulu.[10]

The provincial government states that, from 1465 to 1898, Tawi-Tawi belonged to the Sultanate of Sulu and held seven principalities, with Sapa-Sapa and Tandubas counting as a single one.[11]

In 1959 an executive order classified the municipal district of Tandubas, in Sulu province, as first class.[12]

Executive Order No. 355 made it a municipality, counting from 1 July 1958.[9]

A 1973 decree removed Tandubas and seven other municipalities from Sulu and formed the Province of Tawi-Tawi.[13]

In 1977 two decrees took barangays from Tandubas to form the new municipalities of Languyan and Sapa-Sapa, and left Tandubas in existence.[14, 15]

Timeline

  1. 1908

    Saleeby's history of Sulu lists Tandubas among the islands of the southern Tawi-Tawi group.[10]

  2. 4 August 1959

    Executive Order No. 348 classifies the municipal district of Tandubas as first class.[12]

  3. 26 August 1959 (effective 1 July 1958)

    Executive Order No. 355 converts the municipal district of Tandubas into a municipality.[9]

  4. 27 September 1973

    Presidential Decree No. 302 puts Tandubas in the new Province of Tawi-Tawi, removed from Sulu.[13]

  5. 4 February 1977

    Barangays of Tandubas are detached to form the municipality of Sapa-Sapa (Presidential Decree No. 1087), and others to form Languyan (No. 1086).[14, 15]

Nearby

Tandubas shares a border with Languyan, Panglima Sugala and Sapa-Sapa.

How it compares

Tandubas beside Tawi-Tawi, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of Tawi-Tawi.

Tandubas beside Tawi-Tawi
FigureTandubasTawi-TawiRank among the cities and municipalities of Tawi-Tawi
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary34,702[1, 2]482,6458th of 11
Growth a year, 2020–2024Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary0.27% a year[1, 2]slower2.23% a year10th of 11
People per km², 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary192[6]less crowded36110th of 11
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary180.60 km²[6]1,335.72 km²3rd of 11
People in each household, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary5.5[1, 2]lower5.8not ranked
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary0%[5]lower27.8%not ranked

How far, in a straight line[3]

Bongao, the capital of Tawi-Tawi
37.8 km west
Manila
1,044.1 km north

In a straight line between the points inside each place farthest from its edges, not by road.

The nearest towns and cities[3]

  1. Sapa-SapaTawi-Tawi10.7 km south
  2. LanguyanTawi-Tawi24.5 km west
  3. Panglima SugalaTawi-Tawi32.2 km southwest
  4. BongaoTawi-Tawi37.8 km west
  5. South UbianTawi-Tawi45.7 km northeast
  6. SimunulTawi-Tawi59.3 km southwest

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