Tandubas
Tandubas is a municipality of Tawi-Tawi, in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. It is divided into 20 barangays, and had 34,702 residents at the 2024 census.
- Province
- Tawi-Tawi
- Classification
- Municipality
- Barangays
- 20
- PSGC code
- 157007000
34,702
Population (2024)
552.05 km²
Land area
63
People per km²
+1.1%
Change since 2020
Governed under
- Bangsamoro Autonomy Act 49 — Bangsamoro Local Governance Code of 2023Enacted September 28, 2023. The governing code inside BARMM: it creates the offices described here, fixes their terms and pay, and devolves the services. It repealed the ARMM code it replaced.
- Implementing Rules and Regulations of the BLGCPromulgated September 30, 2025. 696 articles setting out how the Code is carried out — the procedures, deadlines and rate ceilings quoted on this page.
- Republic Act 7160 — Local Government Code of 1991The national code. Inside BARMM it applies only where the Bangsamoro one is silent.
Tandubas's share of Tawi-Tawi
7.2%
The rest of Tawi-Tawi
The record
- Population, 2024 census
- 34,702
- Population, 2020 census
- 34,316
- Change, 2020 to 2024
- +1.1% (386 people)
- Land area
- 552.05 km²
- Population density
- 63 per km²
- Barangays
- 20
- Average barangay population
- 1,735
- Share of Tawi-Tawi
- 7.2%
Reading it
Population is the count as of July 1, 2024, the reference date of the 2024 Census of Population. The 2020 figure is from the census before it, so the change covers 4 years rather than a single year.
Density is the census population over the land area on record. It is a flat average: a coastal town whose people all live along one road will read the same as one spread evenly across its hills.
Average barangay population divides the total across every barangay equally, which no municipality actually does — it is useful for comparing units, not for describing one.
All barangays
20
01BaliunganArap, Abdulwakip Jumaani10
Punong Barangay
Arap, Abdulwakip Jumaani
SK Chairperson
Maring, Fadzraal-siddiq Larag
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- Mustaham, Arlene Nuhon
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1Arap, Krismal Jamaani
- 2Nur-amin, Nur-astram Dandan
- 3Feugate, Fatima Arap
- 4Nasil, Hasiba Arap
- 5Atowa, Satra Bangsawan
- 6Alka, Albani Jamil
- 7Atowa, Abubasil Bangsawan
02BallakAssil, Jemma Alunan10
Punong Barangay
Assil, Jemma Alunan
SK Chairperson
Malali, Sheila Ajan
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- Asnul, Rajid Ignush
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1Markin, Emalyn Alunan
- 2Rigguan, Alim Julham
- 3Ali, Bilman Sakilan
- 4Samarun, Normaida Bayag
- 5Makbul, Sahaya Masawa
- 6Sahippa, Jinggol Julham
- 7Asakil, Arabian Mustapha
03ButunNoah, Alsidi Jala10
Punong Barangay
Noah, Alsidi Jala
SK Chairperson
Remie, Nurisha Omarsali
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- Omarsalih, Preety Sae
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1Subuddin, Abdella Ismali
- 2Ismael, Abdulmoin Abdul
- 3Nario, Faizal Omong
- 4Alsad, Adil Aping
- 5Robert, Lucybel Sayari
- 6Mahing, Latif Abdulla
- 7Abubakar, Marvin Mendoza
04HimbahKamdon, Shermenda Tohong10
Punong Barangay
Kamdon, Shermenda Tohong
SK Chairperson
Jamil, Alfija Banin
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- TELSU, SENDRY MEYA
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1Narul, Yuyu Balah
- 2Kamdon, Kalasahan Matugol
- 3JAMIL, ZAMLING JAAFAR
- 4KAMDON, PARMACY MALALI
- 5KAMLON, ALMUBIN MULIJON
- 6JAMIL, ROMEL INDANA
- 7AGIL, RAKIB KAMLON
05KakoongMatolo, Rhomar Sulayman10
Punong Barangay
Matolo, Rhomar Sulayman
SK Chairperson
ABDULMUNAP, MUHAMMAD NIEZAM CAMLIAN
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- Muallam, Mahmud Nawali
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1Lauddin, Kens Bahi
- 2Abdulhan, Nurwija Alpha
- 3Appi, Nurhusin Bitaol
- 4Nawali, Hassan Tan
- 5H-nur, Haribaisal Jamli
- 6Jammang, Beda Mutalib
- 7Hernaiz, Nur-aisha Nawali
06Kalang-kalangWara, Nelly Uddin Hja.10
Punong Barangay
Wara, Nelly Uddin Hja.
SK Chairperson
Malabong, Alsandra Jamil
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- Teking, Valencia Mammah
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1Wara, Al-heval Uddin
- 2Wara, Radzharl Uddin
- 3Wara, Arliza Dolpo
- 4Hasim, Sulhasri Tanji
- 5Kapura, Sahidin Balahim
- 6Eton, Salihim Airalus
- 7Lee, Memeng Balahim
07KepengSalih, Al-deedat Asdal10
Punong Barangay
Salih, Al-deedat Asdal
SK Chairperson
AMINULLA, ANNIKA-J ASDALA
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- Anual, Shylane Chio
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1Feugate, Al-deguer Asdala
- 2Basing, Sherlyn Hashim
- 3Mohammad, Nelyn Amil
- 4Mohammad, Radzma Aguilar
- 5Mustaib, Pedrekoe Akmad
- 6Rohel, Bandon Anual
- 7Saisul, Angelina Aralad
08Lahay-lahaySalih, Aldideeqra Abbas9
Punong Barangay
Salih, Aldideeqra Abbas
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- Ulama, Amnalyn Mohammad
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1Alihuddin, Rosmalyn Adu
- 2Aguilar, Mohammad jay Markin
- 3Idris, Nordin Tahil
- 4Kassim, Diya Kabang
- 5Sarael, Alisa Urad
- 6Sukarno, Boy Mohammad
- 7Tingguan, Boy Sabtal
09NaunganIdris, Aljabir Mohammad Ali9
Punong Barangay
Idris, Aljabir Mohammad Ali
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- Uttong, Ferdausa Amilbangsa
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1Idris, Saaald Mohammad Ali
- 2Abdilla, Mudzmar Mohammad Ali
- 3Arasad, Abdil Kamlon
- 4Feugate, Jharia Moh
- 5Lajudjin, Sannang Mohammad Ali
- 6Wahid, Manis Abdulmajid
- 7Mohammad Ali, Nurwina Anton
10SalamatAdil, Liliansari Ampong9
Punong Barangay
Adil, Liliansari Ampong
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- Halil, Nurisa Tay
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1Adil, Radzmer Maali
- 2Daud, Alnadzwa Pulling
- 3Asmad, Maryjane Edari
- 4Isbil, Rusaida Hadjiul
- 5Jawani, Mandul Jakilbi
- 6Madaya, Japili Akmad
- 7Udjail, Sana Astan
11SallanganWait, Centi Nang9
Punong Barangay
Wait, Centi Nang
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- Sali, Elang Tantung
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1Agama, Ronnel Ronel
- 2Masillam, Montazer Tan
- 3Abubakar, Alghandi Abdula
- 4Sain, Almhujeeb Jainal
- 5Alano, Makliri Asdali
- 6Sainih, Adam Bulongan
- 7Kaibing, Reymarl Maulana
12SapaATONG, MOTSONG ALBERTA9
Punong Barangay
ATONG, MOTSONG ALBERTA
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- ARISIN, NURDINI JIKIRI
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1KAYGUAN, MOH.SAID JIKIRI
- 2KUNTING, SALI ADIL KAILO
- 3ARANAN, SALADIN KAHAL
- 4MOHAMMAD ALI, FAIZAL UYONG
- 5ALSAD, MADZLAN KUDDENG
- 6KAYGUAN, SUHARTO ARASAD
- 7MOHAMMAD SALI, JASIL MALANDI
13SibakloonNUR-AMIN, POPOY LAMONDO10
Punong Barangay
NUR-AMIN, POPOY LAMONDO
SK Chairperson
FAUZI, FATIMA SULGA NURUDDIN
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- NULUDDIN, ALHAM NURUDDIN
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1ALONZO, RUBY YAHIYA
- 2LADJANURON, ANALIZA TUBBAH
- 3KASIM, FERHAILYN UJIE
- 4HANNOH, ROSEMAWATI LAUHARI
- 5ABIAL, AMILHUSSIN NINI
- 6MURAH, MOHAMMAD AKIL USAD
- 7SALI, JAIDALYN MAANG
14SilantupAsiri, Najib Saranie11
Punong Barangay
Asiri, Najib Saranie
SK Chairperson
Asdala, Al-zadeen Kamaruddin
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- Sarabi, E-rhadz Kahal
Sangguniang Barangay · 8
- 1Kaman, Faizal Esmero
- 2Asri, Masra Lipae
- 3Munding, Mans Taibobon
- 4Kisun, Manuel Mohammad tahil
- 5Kisun, Manuel Mohammad tahil
- 6Sulayman, Rayathy Laut
- 7Mohammad, Tipun Mastul
- 8Ganie, Branil Nurbasan
15TandubatoAntam, Taiba Mohammad9
Punong Barangay
Antam, Taiba Mohammad
SK Chairperson
BEANG-UTUH, ABDULKADIL ALPASA
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- Jaber, Alnie Musa
Sangguniang Barangay · 6
- 1Beyang utuh, Taupik Malid
- 2Ulka, Delfin Antam
- 3Alpasa, Ainon Abdulgapar
- 4Sulaiman, SITTI aina Abdella
- 5Palambaya, Yusop Nambok
- 6Hapil, Madyasil Lasman
16TangngahKIRAM, NASHERIN SULANI10
Punong Barangay
KIRAM, NASHERIN SULANI
SK Chairperson
Sarani, Rafsudi Tahir
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- GUITENG, RAHIMSIDDIQ APLASIN
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1NUR, ABSAR PIRASA
- 2MUALLIM, ANNI ALIH
- 3ABDURAHIM, ABDULAZIZ HARAL
- 4HUSSIN, MAOCHIE ABDULLA
- 5EISMA, AMSIE MOHD'- ISA
- 6DEONG, RAHIM ARADIN
- 7SULANI, ALDZRIN KOA
17TapianFAIZAL, NURIJAM SANDONG9
Punong Barangay
FAIZAL, NURIJAM SANDONG
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- BALINTING, DIKIAN AKALAL
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1AMPIGAN, ERIK KAMSA
- 2H. HUSSIN, MYRNALYN ALEJO
- 3LADJAHASSAN, HERMILYN AGUILAR
- 4BANJAL, ATIE ARIP
- 5ABDULMAJID, FATIMA BULLA
- 6ABDULLA, NASRA SANDONG
- 7PANGKOH, FARIDA BANJAL
18Tapian SukahAWAD, ROSATIMA SAMLI10
Punong Barangay
AWAD, ROSATIMA SAMLI
SK Chairperson
Majid, Abdel aziz Lauhari
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- LADJAHASAN, GAPORI PAWAKI
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1ABDULLA, SURAYA KALLAHI
- 2SAINIH, LOKAS BULUNGAN
- 3AKMAD, ALBASARI SADDAR
- 4MADSAHIRI, NUR-ERISA HJI. SAMAE
- 5MALABONG, POCHONG ALEXANDER
- 6ANDIS, SITTI RIMA NUR-AMIN
- 7SAINIH, WINA SUWING
19TarukHADJIHI, NASIL ABUG9
Punong Barangay
HADJIHI, NASIL ABUG
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- PALAMBAYA, ARWINA JAMIL
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1NAMBUK, NABILA TAHA
- 2ABDULWAHID, ALNASRI PULALON
- 3BARI, MERINA BANIN
- 4ABDULJAMIL, TIMMING JAKARIA
- 5MARDI, NENA USAD
- 6JAMIL, ANSAL SAIDI
- 7ABDUL, NORSAIMA NAMBOK
20TongbangkawMERAN, RANSO FAIZAL9
Punong Barangay
MERAN, RANSO FAIZAL
- Barangay Secretary · appointed
- ABAO, SAIDER MAJID
Sangguniang Barangay · 7
- 1HAIROL, OMARHASHIM TARAWI
- 2DELOSO, MOMAR BUNUHAN
- 3ARIP, JASTO ANGKALA
- 4MASAHUD, MARCELINA JALA
- 5KAMDON, WILLIAM MANGKABONG
- 6JANIL, NURIAM BOTAN
- 7SULAYMAN, BABYLONIA USMAN
Each barangay is its own local government unit with an elected punong barangay and council. The code beside a name is its PSGC identifier — the number every national record uses for that barangay.
Officials are from DILG’s Barangay Officials Directory as it stood on 2026-09-26; 20 of these 20 barangays have an entry in it. DILG publishes no term alongside the names and updates the directory as barangays report, so a name here is the last one filed rather than a guarantee of who holds the office today. DILG’s directory also carries contact details, which are not repeated here.
The office since 2001
1 surname- 2025–2028SALIH, AL-SHALIDheldPFP
- 2022–2025SALIH, AL-SHALIDheldTOP
- 2019–2022SALIH, RAHIEMAheldNUP
- 2016–2019SALIH, RAHIEMAheldLP
- 2013–2016SALIH, RAHIEMAheldLP
- 2010–2013SALIH, PENDATUN H.LAKAS-CMD
- 2007–2010not in the record
- 2004–2007SALIH, PENDATUN HULAheldREPORMA-LM
- 2001–2004SALIH, PENDATUN HULALAKAS NUCD-UMDP
“Held” marks a term whose office-holder shares a surname with the term before it. Surnames, not people — a seat passing between relatives reads the same here as one person re-elected, and in most of these towns it is the more common of the two.
2025 National and Local Elections · elected May 12, 2025 · in office June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2028
COMELEC — 2025 election results, Certificates of Canvass↗Mayor
SALIH, AL-SHALID
PFP6,753 votes55.48%
2 other candidates
- 02MATOLO, RHOMARNP5,40844.43%
- 03SAKUL, BABA IND)110.09%
Vice-Mayor
SALIH, RAHIEMA
PFP6,799 votes56.33%
1 other candidate
- 02ATONG, MOTSONGNP5,27043.67%
Sangguniang Bayan
8 elected of 16 candidates
- 01ANTAM, ALKADIPFP6,7287.55%
- 02ANUAL, SHYLANEPFP6,6047.41%
- 03ATARA, WANNURPFP6,5967.4%
- 04DALAGAN, ELYZAPFP6,3597.14%
- 05SALIH, AL-MURADPFP6,2677.03%
- 06CHIO, ARWINPFP6,1586.91%
- 07ARAFAT, KHADAFFYPFP5,8706.59%
- 08SULAYMAN, ZAFRULLAPFP5,7076.4%
8 not elected
- 09ABUBAKAR, MINDALYNNP5,4256.09%
- 10ASRI, HASSANALNP5,0765.7%
- 11UJING, ALGABNP4,9135.51%
- 12SUANDI, JULKIPLINP4,8125.4%
- 13UNGGA, KEYONGNP4,7875.37%
- 14MOHAMMADALI, MAGELLANNP4,7465.33%
- 15SAKUL, SALADINNP4,6605.23%
- 16UNNOH, SEKARNP4,4064.94%
And for Tawi-Tawi as a whole
Provincial Governor
SALI, YSHMAEL
PFP133,217 votes67.87%
1 other candidate
- 02SAHALI, RUBYAKSYON63,07832.13%
Provincial Vice-Governor
SALI, AL-SYED
PFP142,259 votes76.96%
1 other candidate
- 02LIPAE, ALGARADAKSYON42,59423.04%
What a municipality is responsible for.
These services are devolved to this level by the Bangsamoro Local Governance Code, so they describe what Tandubasis mandated to provide — not an inventory of what its offices currently run. For opening hours and requirements, the unit’s own hall is the source.
Health
01- Rural health units, health centers and barangay health stations
- Primary health care, maternal and child care, communicable disease control
- Purchase of medicines and medical supplies
Social services
02- Day care centers and child and family welfare
- Programs for women, the elderly and persons with disabilities
- Nutrition, family planning and community-based rehabilitation
Infrastructure and public works
03- Municipal or city roads, bridges, drainage and flood control
- School buildings, health centers, public markets and slaughterhouses
- Water supply systems and communal irrigation
- Sites for the police and fire stations and the municipal jail
Permits, records and regulation
04- Business permits and licensing
- Building permits and zoning enforcement
- Civil registry — birth, marriage and death certificates
- Real property assessment and tax collection
- Reclassifying farmland — capped at 15% of the town’s agricultural land, 10% or 5% in smaller classes
Agriculture, environment and safety
05- Agricultural extension, seed farms and fisheries
- Solid waste collection and disposal
- Community-based forestry projects
- Fire and police coordination, and disaster risk reduction
And at the barangay
Frontline services
- Barangay clearance and certificates of residency and indigency
- Barangay health station and day care center
- Katarungang Pambarangay — a lupon of 10 to 20 members mediates disputes before they reach court
Community
- Barangay tanod and peace and order at street level — one tanod per 200 residents, 30 at most
- Maintenance of barangay roads, footpaths and water supply
- Solid waste segregation at source
- Agricultural support — planting materials and farm produce collection and buying stations
Money it handles
- A tax of up to 1% on stores with gross sales under ₱50,000 in a city or ₱30,000 in a municipality
- Its share of the real property tax — 25% of what the province collects on property in it
- 10% of its general fund set aside for the Sangguniang Kabataan
- Its own annual budget, reviewed by the city or municipal council within 90 days
And what you pay it.
These are the ceilings the Bangsamoro Local Governance Code and its implementing rules set on what a municipality and its barangays may charge, with the deadlines that go with them. Tandubas sets its own rates by ordinance and may charge less, so treat these as the most it can be rather than the bill — the hall has the ordinance.
Community tax certificate — the cedula
IRR arts. 452, 454
₱20, plus ₱1 for every ₱1,000 of income, up to ₱5,000 in all
Accrues 1 January, due by the last day of February. 24% a year on what is late.
Real property tax — the amilyar
IRR arts. 530, 531, 540, 541
Up to 1% of assessed value in a province, up to 2% in a city, plus 1% for the Special Education Fund
In full by 31 March, or in four instalments due 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December. Up to 20% off for paying early.
Business tax
IRR arts. 439, 444
Graduated by gross sales — a retailer pays 2% on the first ₱400,000 and 1% above it
Within the first 20 days of January, or of each quarter.
Professional tax
IRR art. 447
Up to ₱1,300 a year, and it covers practice anywhere in the country
By 31 January, or before you begin to practice.
Transfer of land
IRR art. 437
Up to 0.5% of the price or the fair market value, whichever is higher
Within 60 days of the deed, or of the death of the owner.
Barangay clearance
IRR art. 457
A reasonable fee the barangay council sets by ordinance
On application. The barangay also collects a store tax of up to 1% from the smallest shops.
Filing a complaint at the barangay
IRR arts. 64, 65, 78
Free — the katarungang pambarangay charges no filing fee
Mediation runs 15 days, then 15 more before the pangkat.
Paying any local tax late
IRR art. 459
A surcharge of up to 25%, plus up to 2% a month, capped at 36 months
Runs from the day the tax fell due.
About these figures
Structure from the Philippine Standard Geographic Code; population and land area from Wikidata, which carries PSA’s census figures with their census dates. Population is the 2024 Census of Population. Elected officials are the winners in COMELEC’s 2025 Certificates of Canvass, holding office to June 30, 2028.
Sulu is excluded: the Supreme Court removed it from BARMM. PSA census totals that still count Sulu will therefore be larger than the totals here. Cotabato City is listed as an area of its own, though PSA files it inside Maguindanao del Norte — the provincial figure here has the city taken out of it so the two are not counted twice. Province land area is the province’s own published figure, never a sum of its municipalities: Philippine municipal areas are self-reported and overlap, so they do not add up to the province they sit in. A blank is a fact about the record, not a zero.
A dash means the record has no figure — not a zero. Boundaries and office-holders change; where this differs from an official page, the official page is right.