Tambacan

Tambacan is one of the 44 barangays of Iligan, a city about 795 kilometres (494 mi) southeast of Manila in the Philippines. It is south of Iligan's central business district, Barangay Poblacion. Tambacan is bounded by Barangay Poblacion and Tubod River on the north, Iligan Bay on the west, Barangay Mahayahay and Tubod River on the east and Barangay Tubod on the south and southwest.

Barangay Tambacan was created on September 5, 1966 by virtue of Resolution 232 series of 1966 which eventually approved as City Ordinance 280. It has a total land area of about 48.1 hectares (119 acres) and is subdivided into 12 puroks. As of Aug 1, 2007, Barangay Tambacan has a population of 13,906.

Accessible from the north through Barangay Poblacion by the Tambacan Bridge and from the south through Tubod by the Tambacan Highway, Barangay Tambacan is becoming a major bypass route from Iligan's main thoroughfares. Fishing is the source of occupation for most residents not only due to its proximity to the Iligan Bay but also because Iligan's major dropping point for fish trades from the major fish ports in Mindanao is located in one of its puroks which is Iligan-LGU's fish dropping facility called locally as "Bagsakan". The proximity of the fish marketplace is an advantage for traders residing at the barangay to Iligan's two major marketplaces which are the Pala-o Supermaket and Iligan's Wet Market, formerly the Old Public Market.

Tambacan has two schools: Tambacan Elementary School for grades one through six and the Iligan City National High School (ICNHS) Tambacan Campus, also known as the ICNHS Annex (Tambacan), which also serves the southern barangays of Iligan.

The barangay is in a low-lying area, and has been affected by flooding in recent years.