South Ubian, officially the Municipality of South Ubian (), is a municipality in the province of Tawi-Tawi, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
The municipality is home to the sacred island-village of Tabawan, which is currently being enlisted by the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines in the country's tentative list for future UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription.
A number of tangible and intangible properties in the municipality, mostly in Tabawan, was declared by Ordinance No. 14-2020, effectively protecting these cultural heritage or "pusaka’ kambo’an" in the Sama language. Properties protected include numerous ancestral heritage houses in Tabawan as well as numerous cultural practices of intangible heritage.
Geography
Barangays South Ubian is politically subdivided into 31 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Babagan Bengkol Bintawlan Boheh Bubuan Bunay Bunay Tong Bunay Bunay Lookan Bunay Bunay Center Lahad Dampong East Talisay Laitan Lambi-lambian Laud Likud Dampong Likud Egang Nunuk Nusa-nusa Nusa Pampang Putat Sollogan Tampakan Dampong Tangngah Tinda-tindahan Tong Tampakan Tubig Dayang Center Tubig Dayang Riverside Tubig Dayang Tukkai West Talisay Unas-unas
Climate
Demographics
Economy Poverty Incidence of
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority
References
External links South Ubian Profile at PhilAtlas.com [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code] South Ubian Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index Philippine Census Information