[3] On October 29, 2002, Mayor Clarence Benwaren was assassinated by a gunman named Edberto Jamoncio while he was attending a wedding ceremony in Calauan, Laguna.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 744.80 square kilometres (287.57 sq mi) [5] constituting 17.88% of the 744.80-square-kilometre- (287.57 sq mi) total area of Abra.

The dry season which occurs from November to April, is marked by daily blue skies and clear starry nights and the wet season for the rest of the year with high rainfall intensities accompanied by storms and typhoons.

Poverty Incidence of Tineg Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Tineg, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Abra, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code.

It also has a number of forest resources such as wood, bamboos (like buho, bayog, and hiling), pine, rattan, and tiger grass.