City Hall – a modern architecture edifice with centralized air - conditioning which houses all the local government offices and is located infront of the city plaza.
Sinanduloy Cultural Center – is the home of the Sinanduloy Cultural Troupe. This institution is dedicated to all the talented youths of Tangub City and for the development and enhancement of culture, arts and sports.
Children’s Park – a recreational place where children and young adults are free and safe to play around equipped with playground facilities.
Food Court – a semi - concrete building with native roofing along city hall drive where foods of various choices are on display at the food stalls surrounding it .
Tangub City Sports Complex – a sprawling sports complex situated in a seven- hectare lot located at Maloro, Tangub City. It is the biggest and most improved sports facilities in Mindanao and has been the seat of Regional Sports Competitions. With our present sports amenities, the city can bid to host national athletic competitions.
The city has also its scenic and natural attractions that could delight any tourist or visitor. These tourism potentials are not yet fully developed but their locations have lured the attention as tourist attractions:
The following are the PROPOSED TOURISM PROJECTS.
TANGUB HIGHLAND GARDENS – is a place where plants are grown for scientific studies and the results of which shall be expressed both in publication and in arrangement of plants & labeling to convey information to visitors. This project is one-of-a-kind man-made tourists attraction. There are few real botanical gardens in the country, but which are situated in the low lands. The Tangub Highland Gardens is the first and the only true botanical garden in the hinterland.
The garden is situated at Barangay Hoyohoy at the foot of Mt. Malindang. Upon reaching the place you can see the panoramic view of the Cities of Tangub, Ozamiz and neighboring places like Zamboanga del Sur, Lanao del Norte and Iligan City across the bay. These places can be viewed with the stillness of Panguil Bay as a backdrop. Hoyohoy got its name from the continuous blowing of soft cold breeze in the place. It is also known as the “Little Baguio of Tangub City”, and is adjacent to the City of Ozamiz and accessible by foot from the Municipalities of Bonifacio and Clarin. Its climate and altitude make the gardens unique.
The Philippines, at present, lack a botanical garden in the highlands, which is necessary for the cultivation of mountain-grown species, such as rhododendrons, orchids, conifers, ferns, etc. that require cool temperature, such a highland garden will be an attraction to researchers, students, and tourists.
Mountains are vulnerable to human disturbance. Their flora has high endemism and includes many families of horticultural potential, such as rhododendrons, pitcher plants, orchids, gesneriads, lilies and many other rare or endangered species. Cultivation of such species from this threatened habitat in a highland botanical garden would be one significant step towards ensuring their survival.
A botanical garden is essentially a museum of living plants. It is a place where plants are grown for scientific study. But it differs from a museum in the fact that the objects in it are living and growing, and thus needs the attention of botanists/horticulturists. Horticulture is in part a botanical science, also in part an art, and the aesthetic effects of horticulture therefore finds expression in any garden.
But a garden cannot be accorded the title “botanical” unless it is a place where plant sciences of one kind or another are studied, and where the results of such studies are expressed both in publication and in arrangement and labeling which conveys information to visitors as well as aesthetic enjoyment.
Many of the so-called “botanical gardens” in the Philippines are therefore in effect, parks, and the public does not generally understand the distinction between “botanical garden” and “park”. A park is a place designed for recreation, not for study or education and the plants in it are selected and arranged solely for their aesthetic effect.
The City of Tangub has a history of its own, rooted and closely inter-linked with the history of Misamis Occidental and Mindanao as a whole, and in consideration of its value from the viewpoint of ornamental potential and public health, this plan to establish a botanical garden with the usual functions attached to a botanical garden such as research, conservation, and recreation has also the apparent advantage which follows from the instruction of principles and practices suitable for the cultivation and hybridization of plants.
Dried preserved botanical specimens representing each of the species in the Garden will be used as bases for scientific study and will be housed in a herbarium to be properly named as The Tangub Highland Gardens Herbarium (THGH). It will serve as a reference center, a documentation facility and a data stock house.
Publications will be prepared covering the history of the Tangub Highland Botanical Gardens which will include the establishment, reconstruction and rehabilitation; plant schematic including the general description, scientific and local names, habits, distribution and economic importance of the plants therein.
Identifying labels will be attached to the plants in the Gardens containing pertinent information about each species of some importance.
A Natural History Museum and a wildlife sanctuary (mini-zoo) are also important components of a botanical garden. They add a lot more to the Gardens’ educational function.
COASTAL MANAGEMENT RESOURCE AND TRAINING CENTER – is ocated in the area flanked by the shore and Migcanaway River. It is strategically located near the City. It is place conducive to learning and a hideaway where one could find solitude away from the daily hastle and bustle of life. It is a turning point, a visitors would keep coming back because of the mix and match of the modern infrastructure/amenities (when fully operational) and the native ambiance of the place complimented with the Tangubanons’ age old way of expressing hospitality. For a nature lover, one could experience a perfect night, strolling along the beach under the silvery gleam of the moon facing a breathtaking view of the mountains of Lanao del Norte with the stillness and pristine waters of the bay of Panguil. At day time when the tide is low, one could fondly watch or take part in harvesting shells and clams (mussel shells & punao) at the shore. Hook and line fishing is best during high tide riding on a banca or a raft made of bamboo with a well acquainted and experienced fisherman. Or just sit around under the shade of the lush mangroves (still inside the project site) read books and enjoy the fresh sea breeze.
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