Tabuelan, officially the Municipality of Tabuelan (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Tabuelan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Tabuelan), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,907 people.

Tabuelan is bordered to the north by the town of San Remigio, to the west is the Tañon Strait, to the east are the towns of Borbon and Sogod, and to the south is the town of Tuburan. It is 94 kilometres (58 mi) from Cebu City.

The Municipality of Tabuelan used to be a barangay of Tuburan until the 1950s and it was also Tuburan's largest Barangay at the time. In fact, all of its constituent barangays were once barrio of then Barangay Tabuelan. In 1953, Tabuelan was separated via a Philippine Law from its mother municipality of Tuburan, on the grounds that Barangay Tabuelan is far from the administrative center of Tuburan (Poblacion Tuburan) and hence, it was not able to properly maintain and address the needs of the people in that barangay. Tuburan opposed such partition but when the law was upheld, it humbly gave way and followed the mandate of the law to avoid economic repercussions. Hence, being formally established as a full-fledged Municipality in 1953, makes Tabuelan, the newest and youngest municipality in Cebu Island.

Tabuelan is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2020		2010
072249001	Bongon	12.8%	3,701	3,315	▴	1.11%
072249010	Dalid	4.6%	1,318	1,262	▴	0.44%
072249005	Kanlim‑ao	3.4%	972	980	▾	−0.08%
072249006	Kanluhangon	3.5%	1,026	1,018	▴	0.08%
072249008	Kantubaon	5.9%	1,709	1,672	▴	0.22%
072249013	Mabunao	3.3%	947	747	▴	2.40%
072249014	Maravilla	8.9%	2,573	2,171	▴	1.71%
072249015	Olivo	7.3%	2,120	1,897	▴	1.12%
072249016	Poblacion	18.0%	5,201	4,796	▴	0.81%
072249017	Tabunok	12.2%	3,531	2,266	▴	4.53%
072249018	Tigbawan	7.2%	2,073	1,767	▴	1.61%
072249019	Villahermosa	1.6%	459	401	▴	1.36%
	Total		28,907	22,292	▴	2.63%

Population census of Tabuelan

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1960	19,626	—
1970	12,961	−4.06%
1975	13,890	+1.40%
1980	14,499	+0.86%
1990	15,515	+0.68%
1995	16,936	+1.66%
2000	19,373	+2.92%
2007	21,421	+1.40%
2010	22,292	+1.46%
2015	25,630	+2.69%
2020	28,907	+2.39%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

Poverty incidence of Tabuelan

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2006 66.50 2009 53.83 2012 33.44 2015 29.36 2018 22.20 2021 44.56 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

V-Hire, Ceres Liner and Mini Buses are among the PUVs going to the town. They mostly bypass here for their Main Routes are either San Remigio or Tuburan.

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