Tukuran
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Tukuran is a municipality located in the eastern part of Zamboanga del Sur. It is categorized as a 4th class municipality with a population of 33,747 people in 6,760 households as of 2000. Geographically, its coordinates are 7 degrees, 51’5″ north and 123 degrees, 34’32″ east.
Culturally, Tukuran was the stopping or passing point of many merchants because of its location on the trade route. Merchants of different tribes regularly pass by the area, carrying with them their wares. These merchants usually come from the nearby provinces, most specifically, Zamboanga City and Southern Mindanao, as well as the places of Lanao and the Misamis region. When the Spaniards came, they tried to control the trade route, building the famous Fort Militar that overlooks Tukuran and the northern part of Illana Bay, as well as the so-called Spanish Trocha that connects Tukuran directly the regions of Lanao and Misamis. It came to be known as the Trocha de Tukuran.
Close to the end of the century, the Muslims, under the leadership of Sultan Amay Untad Paduma, founded a settlement in Tukuran. They claimed to have come from the Iranon tribe. Since their number was large, they decided to divide themselves and settle in the neighboring sitios. Sulatan Paduma’s descendants succeeded him in ruling the group.
The first wave of Christian settlers followed a few years later, led by Felix Ocampo. They hailed from far up north, in Manila. They chose to settle in the shores of Tukuran. They were later followed by the settlers from Pangasinan together with their families and farming equipments, and called Tukuran their new home.
Before Tukuran became a municipality, it was a part of the municipality of Labangan, until November 29, 1958 when President Carlos P. Garcia, under the recommendation of the Zamboanga del Sur Provincian Board headed by Governor Bienvenido Ebarle, signed Executive Order No. 323 making Tukuran a municipality. The first municipal mayor appointed to head the municipality was Mayor Filomeno C. Villamero, with Sultan Mamadra Panduma as the vice mayor.
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“Close to the end of the century, the Muslims, under the leadership of Sultan Amay Untad Panduma, founded a settlement in Tukuran. They claimed to have come from the Iranun tribe. Since their number was large, they decided to divide themselves and settle in the neighboring sitios. Sultan Panduma’s descendants succeeded him in ruling the group.”
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i am so happy to see the Tukuran on the web. God bless and i do hope that there will be a very peaceful time during the election. Kumusta na mo diha.
during my childhood we use to swim the shores of tukuran and enjoy the taste of their sweet pajo mangoes along the road to the highway, and also enjoy the
beating of the neighboorhood children as we use to pick their mangoes without their knowledge..he he he
it looks great place i hope one day i will visited..with love from here USA
i will go and find me a gf n more
i’m looking forward to visit tukuran this year and see my childhood friends. I really hope we can have our reunion ( Tukuran Central elem School batch ’80)this year.i remember how we used to play in the old tennis court near the rural health office where my father served as the municipal physician. we also used to bring our lunch and eat inside the movie house ( i forgot the name), go to the beach every weekend, and eat fresh seafood. looking forward to be there and reminisce old memories.
I am proud to be Tukuranon.I do missed alot the place.I could still remember this pic where we stop when we had biking going to Pagadian.. theirs no other place like home (TUKURAN)
maayong adlaw kaninyong tanan dinha sa tukuran labina sa mga taga baclay..i really miss this place so much..i hope i can visit next time when i go back home…ang among pamilya nagpuyo mi sa baclay,sawmill as what they used to call this place way back in 70s,i can recall those days nga moadto mis tukuran kay motagbo sa kobkob ni tiyo takoy kay nakajackpot,and my father used to work at tiyo takoys kobkob,i had fun waiting sa daplin sa baybayon next to the merkado,siguro kato pa tong daan nga merkado to see papas smiling face with his hands full of fish some are alive ! and then we will proceed to the bakery to buy pan de mamon my favorite and my siblings too…and our last stop was the estrellas pharmacy i dont know of naa pa ba ni kay mobayad sa utang….dayon uli sa baclay …i hope one of this days i can go back and thanks personally to the people that we owed,and also to meet my classmates,friends,neighbors ug mga kaparintihan nga sa dugay ng panahon wala na nako sila makita…i know nga wala na ang uban mipahulay na ug ang uban milangyaw ug laing dapit nanimpalad sama namo,bisan sa kadugay na nga panahon nga wala ta magkita para nako ug sa among pamilya wala mi makalimot ninyo kay parte mo sa among kinabuhi…memories will prevail gyud…DAGHANG SALAMAT KANINYONG TANAN …and looking forward to see you all…
CALLING ALL BACLAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRADUATES BATCH 1977 if your still around pls email me benjiemutia123@yahoo.com so that we can meet each other or probably we can set a date for a grand reunion….im so thankful nga napadpad ko ani nga website kay dugay na gyud ni nakong gihandom nga lugar….daghan kaayong salamat TUKURAN GOD BLESS AND MORE POWER…
Thjis is the place where i enjoyed my childhood days…..lots of memorable experiences here…..Am back again….
I MISS THAT PLACe…. sobra……….
all municipal vice mayor’s must be placed also
dugay nako wa kaulig tukuran kumuzta na diha ninyong tanan.
balik tang tanan sa tukuran.unta naa pud improvement sa tukuran para mas exciting ang pag uli sa tukuran…
HI TO ALL TUKURANIANS GO HOME AND TAKE ALOOK OF OUR TOWN.NINDOT NA KAAYO UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR NEW ELECTD MAYOR….