Tagbilaran facts for kids

Quick facts for kids City of Tagbilaran
City
City hall of Tagbilaran
Nickname(s):  City of Peace and Friendship
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province	Bohol
Incorporated	1742 (town)
Incorporated	1966 (city)
Barangays	15
Government
• Type	Mayor-Council
Area
• Total	32.70 km2 (12.63 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	96,792
• Density	2,960.0/km2 (7,666.4/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Tagbilaranons
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
Zip code	6300
Calling code	+63 38
Website	www.tagbilaran.gov.ph/

Tagbilaran is the capital and main city of the Bohol province, in the Bohol island, Philippines. Because of the Tagbilaran Airport, the city is an important way for tourists to start trips through the rest of the island and neigboring islands.

The inhabitants of this city are known as tagbilaranons.

History

Statue commemorating the "Blood Compact" in Tagbilaran City

In 1565, a Spanish explorer named Miguel López de Legazpi came to Bohol looking for spices and gold. He made a peace pact with Datu Sikatuna in a place called Bool, now a district of Tagbilaran. This pact was signed with a blood pact between the two men.

On 9 February 1742, the Governor of the Visayas Francisco Antonio Calderon de la Barca separated Tagbilaran from Baclayon and made it a town with the name of San Jose de Tagbilaran and dedicated to St. Joseph the Worker. Since then, it was part of the province of Bohol and became officially a component city (a city that is part of a province) on 1 July 1966 by the Republic Act No. 4660.

Geography

Map of Bohol showing the location of Tagbilaran

Tagbilaran is in the southwestern part of the island of Bohol, in front of the smaller island of Panglao; between the two islands is the Tagbilaran Strait.

The city is 630 km (390 mi) southeast of the national capital of Manila and 72 km (45 mi) south of the regional capital, Cebu City.

It has a total area of 36.50 km² (14.09 sq mi), but the total land area, without the parts that are in the sea, is 32.70 km² (12.63 sq mi). The coastline is about 13 km (8.1 mi) long.

There is a ridge (a long and narrow chain of small hills) with an average altitude of 30 m (98 ft) that runs parallel to the coastline; at both ends of the ridge there are two hills: Elley Hill (100 m [330 ft]) in the north and Banat-I Hill (145 m [476 ft]) in the south.

Tagbilaran borders with the municipalities of Cortes (north), Corella (northeast) and Baclayon (east). To the south is the Tagbilaran Strait and the Panglao island, and to the west is the Maribojoc Bay (part of the Cebu Strait).

		Cortes	Corella
	Maribojoc Bay		Baclayon
		Tagbilaran City
		Tagbilaran Strait Panglao Island

With a population of 96,792, Tagbilaran has a population density of 2,960 inhabitants/km².

Climate

Tagbilaran has, like the rest of the Philippines, a tropical climate. The average temperature is high and the humidity is also high. The dry and the wet seasons are very similar.

Administrative divisions

The city of Tagbilaran is divided into 15 barangays (like neighbourhoods).

Related pages

• Bohol island
• Bohol province

Images for kids

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  View of the city of Tagbilaran

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  Banat-i Hill

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  Provincial Capitol of Bohol, Tagbilaran

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  Facade of the Saint Joseph the Worker Cathedral

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  Saint Joseph the Worker Cathedral

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  St.Joseph the Worker Cathedral

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  Casenas house

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  Island City Mall (usually known as 'ICM')

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  Tagbilaran sea port

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  Tagbilaran Airport terminal building

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  Bohol Tropics Resort Club