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History Of Bohol
Bohol (), officially the Province of Bohol (; ), is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of the island itself and 75 minor surrounding islands. It is home to Boholano people. Its capital is Tagbilaran, the largest city of the province. With a land area of and a coastline long, Bohol is the tenth largest island of the Philippines.The Island-Province of Bohol Retrieved November 15, 2006. The province of Bohol is a first-class province divided into 3 , comprising 1 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chocolate Hills
The Chocolate Hills (, , or ) are a geological formation in the Philippine province of Bohol.Eye on the Philippines Global Eye Retrieved December 22, 2006. There is a minimum of 1,260 hills and possibly up to 1,776, spread over an area of more than .Chocolate Hills Seven Natural Wonders. Retrieved December 10, 2011. They are covered in green grass that turns a chocolate-brown during the dry season, hence the name. The Chocolate Hills are featured on the provincial flag and seal to symbolize the abundance of natural attractions in the province. The site is on the Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenavista, Bohol
Buenavista, officially the Municipality of Buenavista (; ), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,711 people. Buenavista is from Tagbilaran. Buenavista celebrates its fiesta on October 7, to honor the town patron Santo Rosario. History Pangpang was the original name of the place, located between the municipalities of Getafe and Inabanga. During Spanish period, Pangpang is part of Getafe in civil aspect but part of Inabanga in religious aspect. Later, it was named Buenavista which means beautiful view in Spanish, and further divided into barangay Buenavista Norte and Buenavista Sur. On October 26, 1959, barangays of Buenavista Norte, Buenavista Sur, and Cabul-an Island, separated from Getafe to become the independent municipality of Buenavista, through Executive Order No. 362 signed by President Carlos P. Garcia. Geography Barangays Buenavista is politically subdivided into 35 barangays. Each baran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilar, Bohol
Bilar, officially the Municipality of Bilar (; ), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 18,512 people. Bilar is from Tagbilaran Tagbilaran, officially the City of Tagbilaran (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a popu .... Bilar celebrates its fiesta on May 15, to honor the town patron Saint Isidore the Farmer. Geography Barangays Bilar is politically subdivided into 19 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. Climate Demographics Economy Tourism * Bilar Man-made Mahogany Forest * Bilar Rice Terraces * Bohol Biodiversity Center * Habitat Butterflies Conservation Center * San Isidro Labrador Parish Church * Bilar Hill Park * Logarita Falls * Tinugdan Spring * Pangas Falls Gallery B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bien Unido
Bien Unido, officially the Municipality of Bien Unido (; ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,666 people. Bien Unido is the youngest municipality in Bohol being founded in 1981 after it was carved out and separated from the municipalities of Trinidad, Bohol, Trinidad and Talibon. Among the principal industries in Bien Unido are paddy field, rice farming, seaweed farming, livestock, livestock raising, algaculture, fishing, and mat, mat weaving. The town gained the nickname as the de facto ''Seaweeds Capital of the Visayas''. The "Bien Unido Double Barrier Reef Marine Park" is the first underwater pilgrimage in Asia, established in 2012. It is situated along the Danajon Bank. The town of Bien Unido, Bohol celebrates its feast on December 28, to honor the town patron, the Holy Child. History "Bien Unido" is a Spanish language, Spanish phrase tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batuan, Bohol
Batuan, officially the Municipality of Batuan (; ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 13,845 people. Batuan covers a total area of comprising fifteen barangays as per the Municipal Comprehensive Development Plan for 1983–1992. However, a certification of the land area of Batuan, issued by ARED for operations, DENR Regional Office Region No. 7 Cebu City on 26 November 2001 at the instance of the LGU in connection with its Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) preparation work, showed a land area of only , but that included only eleven barangays and excluded four—Quirino, Aloja, Behind the Clouds and Garcia. Located within the province's tourist area, Batuan is the gateway to the Chocolate Hills, being only about from the Chocolate Hills complex in Carmen. Batuan celebrates its fiesta on July 25, to honor the town patron Saint James. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balilihan
Balilihan, officially the Municipality of Balilihan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 18,694 people. History The place is a panorama of verdant hills, rugged mountains and green fields. It is said to have been so named because of the grass ''"balili"'' which grew in abundance. Before the beginning of the 19th century, Balilihan was a barrio of Baclayon and an old settlement. When the Dagohoy revolt was suppressed by the Spaniards, the authorities established a garrison in Datag (one of its barrios) to discourage and stamp out further uprisings on the part of the natives. When Balilihan was separated from Baclayon on the 29th of September 1828, the Spanish government formally established a settlement or ''pueblo'' in the sitio "''Bay sa Iring''" (named so for the network of caves where cats hide) which was about from the Spanish garrison. Later, due to the scarcity of water, the seat of governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baclayon
Baclayon, officially the Municipality of Baclayon (; ), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 22,461 people. It is the home town of actor Cesar Montano, and physicist Caesar Saloma. The town of Baclayon, Bohol celebrates its feast on December 10, to honor the town patron Immaculate Conception. History Baclayon was the first municipality to be established in Bohol by the Spaniards and included originally the areas now made up by the municipalities of Alburquerque, Balilihan, Corella, and Sikatuna. Its original name was Bacayan, from the root word ''bacay'', meaning "detour" in reference to the fact that travellers used to make a detour there around a rocky cliff. In 1595, two Jesuit priests, Juan de Torres and Gabriel Sanchez, arrived in Bohol to convert the local populace to Catholicism. With native help, they built a stone church which is considered one of the oldest stone churches in the Philippin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antequera, Bohol
Antequera, officially the Municipality of Antequera (; ), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,990 people. Popular places of interest in Antequera are the weekly basket market and Mag-Aso Falls. The Mag-Aso falls, whose cascading waters run into natural pools, were greatly altered by the 2013 Bohol earthquake and even more so by flash floods caused by Tropical Storm Seniang in December 2014. The town of Antequera, Bohol celebrates its feast on every last saturday of October, to honor the town patron Our Lady of the Rosary. The town also celebrates the feast of Sr. San Antonio de Padua (the second patron) every 13 June but not as pompous as the feast during October. History The early inhabitants of the area were the Eskaya people, who lived in western Bohol, including the lowlands of Antequera at the present barangay of Viga, from the 7th century until the early 17th century. Originally the town was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anda, Bohol
Anda, officially the Municipality of Anda (; ), is a Municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,778 people. In 2006, the List of World Heritage Sites in the Philippines, Anda red hermatite print petroglyphs of Bohol were included in the tentative list of the Philippines for UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name of ''Petroglyphs and Petrographs of the Philippines'', which also includes the Rizal, Palawan#Singnapan Cave Petrographs, Singnapan charcoal-drawn petrographs of southern Palawan, Angono Petroglyphs of Rizal province, Bontoc, Mountain Province#Culture, Alab petroglyphs of Mountain province, and charcoal-drawn Peñablanca, Cagayan, Penablanca petrographs of Cagayan. Anda is from Tagbilaran. Etymology The decree in 1875 on the separation of Quinale from Guindulman did not explain why the name "Anda" was chosen. It was presumed that the name referred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia, Bohol
Alicia, officially the Municipality of Alicia (; ), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,374 people. Located from Tagbilaran, it was formerly part of Mabini and was known as Batuanan (or Batuanon). Alicia celebrates its town fiesta on 26 July in honor of Saint Joachim. History In the mid-19th century Alicia was one of the three largest and oldest towns of Bohol along with Catigbian and Balilihan. The town was where former followers of Dagohoy were given some land to till, but at the same time could be kept under the watchful eye of Spanish authorities. In 1829, the year the Dagohoy Rebellion ended, the town was the largest of five such settlements, with over 6000 inhabitants. In 1949, it became an independent municipality, which was renamed Alicia after Alicia Syquia, the wife of president Elpidio Quirino Elpidio Rivera Quirino (; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Philippi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alburquerque, Bohol
Alburquerque, officially the Municipality of Alburquerque ( ; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. It had a population of 11,246 people at the time of the 2020 census. The town is colloquially known as "Albur" for short. Formerly, Alburquerque had one of the longest and heaviest pythons in captivity, with a length of , weighing and with a girth of . This female python died in 2013, but the mounted creature is still exhibited. Etymology * The town was formerly called "Sagunto", but according to the research of Jess Tirol of Bohol, it was called "Segunto". * Local folklore holds that Alburquerque was named in honour of Afonso de Albuquerque, the famous Portuguese seafarer and conqueror of Malacca, Sumatra, though it might be odd to use a Portuguese name as a name of a place which is under Spanish control. * The name Alburquerque, which comes from either '' albus querqus'' ("white oak" in Latin) or ("country of cork oaks" in Arabic), is very widesp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
