Tuy, Batangas

Tuy is politically subdivided into 22 barangays.[6]

Saint Vincent Ferrer Parish Church

The primary religion in Tuy is Roman Catholicism with a few variations of biblical Christian denominations like evangelicals, and Baptists, among other groups. There are also other religions which include Jehovah's Witnesses, Adventists, and Church of Christ movements.

The main poblacion of Tuy is predominantly followers of Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic) sporting yearly occasions to its honor. Also the main poblacion houses the Our lady of Peace Academy, a Roman Catholic school.

There are 5 Iglesia ni Cristo chapels in Tuy, known as Guinhawa, Tuy, Sabang, Acle, Silangan.

Natural resources available in Tuy include sand, gravel, earth, construction materials, and timber. Sand, earth, & construction materials are found in some rivers with potential quarrying resources, especially riverbanks and watersheds. These are the Tuyon-Tuyon, Palico, Munting Tubig, Kaytitinga, Bayudbud and Molino rivers.

Quarrying of earth is found in hills and mountains while quarrying of rocks is found in Barangay San Jose. Timber is found in the forested areas – portions of Barangays Dalima, Talon, Palincaro, Malibu, Toong, Magahis, and San Jose.

A sugarcane plantation in Tuy.

Sugarcane is the major crop, which produces about more than 30,000 metric tons of sugar per milling season. Milling starts during the month of December and usually ends by June of the following year. Land cultivation of sugarcane farms is on a tenancy basis hereby the tenants share 50% of the production cost and obtains 50% of the income. Sugar is harvested, hauled and brought to the nearby sugar milling companies in the towns of Balayan and Nasugbu. Sugarcane farming is thus the main source of livelihood of the people. It also provides employment for cane cutters, weepers, and haulers who are paid either on a daily or per tone of cane basis.

Other major commercial crops are mango (mainly the Indian variety), and cassava. Fruit-bearing trees and vegetable crops are also planted in the fields, backyards, and home gardens to supply household demands, and augment income.

Land transportation facilities are available in the municipality like public utility jeepneys, light vehicles, trucks, motorcycles, buses, tricycles, trailers, & heavy trucks. Public utility jeepneys are the dominant land transports plying the Balayan-Tuy-Nasugbu routes, and vice versa. Tricycles are the most used public utility that serve the population in different barangays of the municipality. Buses also link the town to Manila and Batangas City.

Tuy has eight bridges, all of which are constructed of concrete. Of these eight bridges, six are national, while the other two are provincial.

The municipality has three telephone systems, as of 2011. One is being operated by Western Batangas Telecommunication System, the other by Digitel. and the other by Globe. A telegraph office dispatches messages thru telegrams. Its office is located at the ground floor of the municipal building together with the post office with one post master, one mail sorter, and two letter carriers who serve the municipality.

As of 2011, cell phones use keep on spreading, as well as the internet connectivities that the same cell phone Service provider offer, namely Digitel, Globe, and PLDT/Smart, among other telecommunication companies.