Tuy, Batangas

Tuy(Tagalog pronunciation:[ˈtuj]), officially theMunicipality of Tuy(Tagalog:Bayan ng Tuy),  is amunicipalityin theprovinceofBatangas,Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 46,519 people.
The patron of Tuy isSaint Vincent Ferrer, the patron of construction workers, whose feast day is celebrated on May 8.
Tuy has been producing bakery products of its own, like thejacobinabiscuits andbiscochotoasted bread, among other bakery products, since the 1960s.
The name "Tuy" was given by Salvador Ellio, thealcalde mayorof Batangas, in memory of his birthplace –Tuiin the province ofPontevedrainGalicia,Spain.
Tuy was historically part of the town ofBalayan, the former capital of the eponymous province (now Batangas) from 1597 to 1732. It became an independent town on August 12, 1866. It was then returned to Balayan, this time under temporary governance, from 1903 to 1911.
In 2001, Cesar Platon, a Batangas gubernatorial candidate and the then-mayor ofTanauan, was assassinated at Tuy's town plaza while he was campaigning.
Tuy is located at14°01′N120°44′E﻿ / ﻿14.02°N 120.73°E﻿ /14.02; 120.73. It is 56 kilometers (35 mi) fromBatangas City, 98 kilometers (61 mi) fromManila, and 39 kilometers (24 mi) fromTagaytay.
Tuy is located betweenBalayanandNasugbu. 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.
According to thePhilippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 94.65 square kilometers (36.54 sq mi)constituting3.03% of the 3,119.75-square-kilometer (1,204.54 sq mi) total area of Batangas.
Tuy is politically subdivided into 22barangays.Each barangay consists ofpuroksand some havesitios.
In the 2020 census, Tuy had a population of 46,519.The population density was 490 inhabitants per square kilometer (1,300/sq mi).
The primary religion in Tuy isRoman Catholicismwith a few variations of biblical Christian denominations like evangelicals, and Baptists, among other groups. There are also other religions which includeJehovah's Witnesses, Adventists, andChurch of Christmovements.
The main poblacion of Tuy is predominantly followers ofBlessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic)sporting yearly occasions to its honor. Also the main poblacion houses the Our lady of Peace Academy, a Roman Catholic school.
There are fiveIglesia ni Cristochapels in Tuy, known as Guinhawa, Tuy, Sabang, Acle, Silangan.
Poverty Incidence of Tuy
The primary income source of people from Tuy are through agricultural lands likesugarcanefarms. Sugarcane harvests in Tuy are usually processed in neighboring towns' factories likeNasugbuandBalayansporting lower income base in the town of Tuy.
Some also depend on poultry, livestock, and other crops. Most of the population are unemployed or either migrating once employed due to absence of real high-paying job opportunities in its vicinity.
Natural resources available in Tuy include sand, gravel, earth, construction materials, and timber. Sand, earth, & construction materials are found in some rivers with potential quarrying resources, especially riverbanks and watersheds. These are the Tuyon-Tuyon, Palico, Munting Tubig, Kaytitinga, Bayudbud and Molino rivers.
Quarrying of earth is found in hills and mountains while quarrying of rocks is found in Barangay San Jose. Timber is found in the forested areas – portions of Barangays Dalima, Talon, Palincaro, Malibu, Toong, Magahis, and San Jose.
Sugarcane is the major crop, which produces about more than 30,000 metric tons (30,000 long tons; 33,000 short tons) of sugar per milling season.Milling starts during the month of December and usually ends by June of the following year. Land cultivation of sugarcane farms is on a tenancy basis hereby the tenants share 50% of the production cost and obtains 50% of the income. Sugar is harvested, hauled and brought to the nearby sugar milling companies in the towns of Balayan and Nasugbu. Sugarcane farming is thus the main source of livelihood of the people. It also provides employment for cane cutters, weepers, and haulers who are paid either on a daily or per tone of cane basis.
Other major commercial crops are mango (mainly the Indian variety), and cassava. Fruit-bearing trees and vegetable crops are also planted in the fields, backyards, and home gardens to supply household demands, and augment income.
Tuy's original festival was the Salagubang (a kind of root andleaf-eating beetle) Festival. This celebration, however, was discontinued and eventually so replaced due to obvious acceptability reasons by the annual Kambingan (goats and their by-products) Festival.
The Kambingan Festival is the local way of honoring their town, and a town plaza night food market where people can buy foods and enjoy free Internet surfing thruWi-Ficonnection.
Inhabitants also celebrate the Mamang-os (sugar cane) Festival for having a good harvest of sugarcane every year.
Land transportation facilities are available in the municipality like public utilityjeepneys, light vehicles, trucks, motorcycles, buses,tricycles, trailers, & heavy trucks. Public utility jeepneys are the dominant land transports plying the Balayan-Tuy-Nasugbu routes and vice versa. Tricycles are the most used public utility that serve the population in different barangays of the municipality. Buses also link the town to Metro Manila and Batangas City.
Tuy has eight bridges, all of which are constructed of concrete. Of these eight bridges, six are national, while the other two are provincial.
The municipality has three telephone systems, as of 2011. One is being operated by Western Batangas Telecommunication System, the other by Digitel, and the other by Globe. A telegraph office dispatches messages thru telegrams. Its office is located at the ground floor of the municipal building together with the post office with one post master, one mail sorter, and two letter carriers who serve the municipality.
As of 2021, cell phones use keep on spreading, as well as the internet connectivities that the same cell phone service providers offer, namelyGlobe,PLDT/Smart, andDITOamong other telecommunication companies.
Tuy has no college or tertiary level school and depends mainly on their vocational education system hosted by the municipality.
There are 3 secondary level schools, mainly Jose Lopez Manzano National High School, Our Lady of Peace Academy, Bolboc National High School, Talon Family Farm School, Tuy National High School, I.B. Calingasan Memorial Institute, and Santiago de Guzman National High School.
There are also numerous elementary and pre-elementary schools in Tuy, aside from the ones built mainly for each barangay.
All newspapers, magazines, comics, and other periodicals available in theNational Capital Region(NCR) reach the municipality, physically, and online through the internet, including those available internationally. Likewise, radio, television sets, computer gadgets, and the like in the locality have good and clear receptions of the programs aired in the mass media, and likewise provided on the internet.