Tinambac

Tinambac, officially the Municipality of Tinambac (Central Bikol: Banwaan kan Tinambac; Tagalog: Bayan ng Tinambac), is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 69,860 people.^[5]

The town of Tinambac was considered to be a trading center of villages surrounding the eastern side of Mt. Isarog. It was in this place where tobacco, then a prohibited product, was exchanged by the townspeople of Tinambac.

Its establishment as a separate municipality occurred during the latter part of the 18th century and this was known as the mission post of Himoragat. In 1829 when the Spanish administration divided the province of Camarines Sur into four districts, Tinambac fell under the District of Isarog.

Tinambac is politically subdivided into 44 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

In the 2020 census, the population of Tinambac was 70,176 people,^[12] with a density of 200 inhabitants per square kilometre or 520 inhabitants per square mile.

Bikol is the predominant language.

Poverty incidence of Tinambac

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority^{[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]}

Total agricultural area is estimated to be 17,230 hectares (42,600 acres), 96% of which are planted with coconut. Only around 4% are devoted to rice, corn, banana and root crops. Fishponds cover around 464 hectares (1,150 acres) or 1.8% of the total agricultural area.

Communication facilities

• 1 Post Office located in the Poblacion, staffed by a Post Master and mail carriers
• Telegraph service offered by local branch of National Telecommunications Office
• Branches of RCPI and LBC Air Cargo
• Land line communication facilities

Health services

• Tinambac Municipal Hospital
• Medicare Community Hospital - Sogod, Tinambac
• RRB Maternity, Family Planning, and Lying-in Clinic

There are two schools district offices which govern all educational institutions within the municipality. They oversee the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.^[21] These are the:

• Tinambac North Schools District
• Tinambac South Schools District

• Caloco Beach
• View of Mount Isarog from Barangay San Antonio
• View of San Miguel Bay from Barangay San Antonio

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Official site of the province of Camarines Sur/Tinambac