During the
Spanish colonial period of the Philippines, Tangub was recorded in Spanish maps as the
barrio of Tan͠go. In the early 1900s, the name Tango is also recorded in maps and publications during the
Philippine-American War. The book
A Pronouncing Gazetteer and Geographical Dictionary of the Philippine Islands (1902) by the
Bureau of Insular Affairs records Tan͠gó as a "hamlet on northwestern shore of
Panguil Bay, 3 miles southwest of
Misamis,
Misamis, Mindanao." The book also records its pronunciation as having a final
glottal stop (tahng-oh'). The
1918 Philippine census records it as "Tangob," a barrio in the municipality of
Misamis in the former province of
Misamis. The
etymology of the name Tangub is unknown. According to local
folk etymology, it came from the
Subanen word "
Tangkub", a rice container made of tree bark woven together by
rattan strips, but this has no academic evidence.
As a municipality By the 1920s, there was increasing support for the independence of Tangob from
Misamis as its own
municipality, advocated in particular by a local group, the Aspiracion Committee. The municipality was named after , a lawyer and reformist who supported the
Secularization movement against the Spanish colonial regime. Similar new municipalities created during the same period were also named after prominent
revolutionaries, including
Lopez Jaena and
General Luna. However, its organization only took effect on January 1, 1930, the same day
the province of Occidental Misamis was established following the split of Misamis. By
Act No. 3701 dated November 20, the municipality was renamed
Tangub. In 1940, six of its
barrios were organized into the separate municipality of
Bonifacio by the virtue of
EO No. 242.
Cityhood On June 17, 1967, under
Republic Act No. 5131, Tangub became a chartered city, the second in Misamis Occidental. == Geography ==