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Tabuk
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| Country | Philippines | ||
| Region | Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) | ||
| Province | Kalinga | ||
| District | Lone District | ||
| Founded | June 16, 1950 | ||
| Cityhood | June 23, 2007 | ||
| Barangays | 42 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Engr. Ferdinand B. Tubban | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 700.25 km2 (270.4 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| • Total | 87,912 | ||
| • Density | 125.5/km2 (325.2/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | PHT (UTC+8) | ||
| ZIP Code | 3800 | ||
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| Website | tabuk.gov.ph | ||
| Population Census of Tabuk | |||
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| Census | Pop. | Rate | |
| 1995 | 63,507 |
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| 2000 | 78,633 | 4.69% | |
| 2007 | 87,912 | 1.55% | |
Tabuk is a city and the capital of the province of Kalinga in the Philippines. It borders with the town of Pinukpuk in the north and the town of Rizal in the northeast. On its westernmost section it shares border with the towns of Pasil and Lubuagan. On the southwest it borders with the town of Tanudan. Tabuk City is a border city of Kalinga with the provinces of Isabela and Mountain Province. In the east, it is bordered by the town of Quezon, Isabela which is about 20 kilometers from the city center and the town of Paracelis, Mountain Province on the south.
According to the latest census made in 2007, it has a population of 87,912 people.
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The former municipal district of Tabuk was transformed into a regular municipality by Republic Act No. 533, approved June 16, 1950.[1]
Tabuk became the Cordillera’s second city after Baguio on June 23, 2007, when 17,060 voters ratified Republic Act No. 9404, An Act Converting the Municipality of Tabuk into a Component City of the Province of Kalinga to be Known as the City of Tabuk. [2] In November 2008, the full bench of the Supreme Court of the Philippines declared Republic Act 9404 unconstitutional, reverting Tabuk to the status of a municipality.[3]
On December 10, 2008, Tabuk and the other 15 cities affected, informally known as the League of 16, filed a motion for reconsideration with the Supreme Court. More than a year later, on December 22, 2009, acting on said appeal, the Court reversed its earlier ruling as it ruled that "at the end of the day, the passage of the amendatory law (regarding the criteria for cityhood as set by Congress) is no different from the enactment of a law, i.e., the cityhood laws specifically exempting a particular political subdivision from the criteria earlier mentioned. Congress, in enacting the exempting law/s, effectively decreased the already codified indicators."[4] As such, the cityhood status of Tabuk is effectively restored.
But on August 24, 2010, in a 16-page resolution, the Supreme Court reinstated its November 18, 2008 decision striking down the Cityhood laws[5] making Tabuk a municipality again.
Voting 7-6, with two justices not taking part, the SC reinstated its Nov. 18, 2008 decision declaring as unconstitutional the Republic Acts (RAs) converting 16 municipalities into cities again.
On February 15, 2011, the supreme court upheld for the 3rd time the cityhood of Tabuk and 15 other towns in the Philippines. [6]
Tabuk is politically subdivided into 42 barangays.
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