Tuy, Batangas

Tuy
Municipality of Tuy
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Tuy is located in Philippines
Tuy
Tuy
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°01′N 120°44′E / 14.02°N 120.73°E / 14.02; 120.73
CountryPhilippines
RegionCalabarzon
ProvinceBatangas
District 1st district
FoundedAugust 12, 1866
Annexation to BalayanMarch 28, 1903
ReestablishedJanuary 1, 1911
Named forTui, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Barangays22 (see Barangays)
Government
[1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorJose Jecerell C. Cerrado
 • Vice MayorArmando P. Afable
 • RepresentativeJoseph Eric R. Buhain
 • Municipal Council
Members
 • Electorate29,760 voters (2022)
Area
 • Total94.65 km2 (36.54 sq mi)
Elevation
143 m (469 ft)
Highest elevation
779 m (2,556 ft)
Lowest elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total46,519
 • Density490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
 • Households
11,448
Economy
 • Income class3rd municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence
11.88
% (2018)[4]
 • Revenue₱ 172.5 million (2020)
 • Assets₱ 448.2 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 136.9 million (2020)
 • Liabilities₱ 90.29 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityBatangas 1 Electric Cooperative (BATELEC 1)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
4214
PSGC
IDD:area code+63 (0)43
Native languagesTagalog

Tuy (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈtuj]), officially the Municipality of Tuy (Tagalog: Bayan ng Tuy), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 46,519 people.[3]

The patron of Tuy is Saint Vincent Ferrer, the patron of construction workers, whose feast day is celebrated on May 8.

Tuy is located between Balayan and Nasugbu. It is also situated between 2 rivers: in the north, Tuy town proper's boundary is the Mataywanac/Salipit River, while in the south, the Tuy town proper's boundary is the Obispo River.

Tuy has been producing bakery products of its own, like the jacobina biscuits and biscocho toasted bread, among other bakery products, since the 1960s.

  1. ^ Municipality of Tuy | (DILG)
  2. ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

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