# Pilar, Bohol

Pilar, officially the Municipality of Pilar (Cebuano: Munisipyo sa Pilar; Tagalog: Bayan ng Pilar), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,693 people.
Pilar is 77 kilometres (48 mi) from Tagbilaran.
Pilar celebrates its fiesta on October 10, to honor the town patron Virgen del Pilar.

## History

Pilar was formerly a barrio known as Banlasan (later renamed Alegria), which is used to be the town center of the municipality of Sierra Bullones. Constant flooding from Wahig River led residents of Sierra Bullones to transfer their town center at barangay Candagaz and named it as Poblacion. Alegria was then called Lungsod Daan which means old town.
On December 29, 1961, Lungsod Daan became an independepent municipality and it was renamed Pilar after the patron saint, Virgen del Pilar. A total of 16 barangays from the municipalities of Candijay, Guindulman, Sierra Bullones, and Ubay are carved out from their territories to form the new municipality through the Executive Order No. 460 issued by President Carlos P. Garcia, becoming the 45th town in the province Below is list of 16 original barrios of Pilar:
Original Barangays of Pilar, Bohol :
| From Sierra Bullones | From Sierra Bullones | From Sierra Bullones | From Candijay | From Guindulman | From Ubay |
| Aurora | Cagawasan | Pamacsalan | Inaghuban (with sitio Cansungay) | Lundag (with sitio San Vicente) | San Isidro (with sitio La Suerte) |
| Bagacay | Catagdaan | Pamacsalan | Inaghuban (with sitio Cansungay) | Lundag (with sitio San Vicente) | San Isidro (with sitio La Suerte) |
| Bagumbayan | Estaca | Rizal (with sitio Del Pilar) | Inaghuban (with sitio Cansungay) | Lundag (with sitio San Vicente) | San Isidro (with sitio La Suerte) |
| Bayong | Ilaud | Rizal (with sitio Del Pilar) | Inaghuban (with sitio Cansungay) | Lundag (with sitio San Vicente) | San Isidro (with sitio La Suerte) |
| Buena Suerte | Lungsod Daan (Poblacion) (with sitio Lumbay) | San Carlos | Inaghuban (with sitio Cansungay) | Lundag (with sitio San Vicente) | San Isidro (with sitio La Suerte) |
Consequently, president Carlos P. Garcia named Demetria B. Buslon and Marcos Auguis as first mayor and vice-mayor of the town respectively. Also appointed were first councilors Sinoforoso Cabañez, Dionisio Cagas, Anastacio Jasper, and Celestino Ente.

## Geography
### Barangays

Pilar is politically subdivided into 21 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
| PSGC | Barangay | Population | Population | Population | ±% p.a. | ±% p.a. |
| | | 2020 | 2020 | 2010 | | |
| 071234001 | Aurora | 1.5% | 431 | 410 | ▴ | 0.50% |
| 071234002 | Bagacay | 3.0% | 862 | 890 | ▾ | −0.32% |
| 071234003 | Bagumbayan | 6.6% | 1,908 | 1,725 | ▴ | 1.01% |
| 071234004 | Bayong | 5.0% | 1,432 | 1,493 | ▾ | −0.42% |
| 071234005 | Buenasuerte | 6.6% | 1,894 | 1,918 | ▾ | −0.13% |
| 071234006 | Cagawasan | 3.8% | 1,079 | 1,086 | ▾ | −0.06% |
| 071234007 | Cansungay | 2.9% | 820 | 769 | ▴ | 0.64% |
| 071234008 | Catagdaan | 5.2% | 1,492 | 1,546 | ▾ | −0.35% |
| 071234009 | Del Pilar | 3.1% | 898 | 890 | ▴ | 0.09% |
| 071234010 | Estaca | 10.2% | 2,924 | 2,575 | ▴ | 1.28% |
| 071234011 | Ilaud | 2.7% | 764 | 929 | ▾ | −1.94% |
| 071234012 | Inaghuban | 3.7% | 1,062 | 1,235 | ▾ | −1.50% |
| 071234013 | La Suerte | 2.5% | 726 | 752 | ▾ | −0.35% |
| 071234014 | Lumbay | 4.2% | 1,212 | 1,161 | ▴ | 0.43% |
| 071234015 | Lundag | 2.7% | 789 | 735 | ▴ | 0.71% |
| 071234016 | Pamacsalan | 2.3% | 656 | 666 | ▾ | −0.15% |
| 071234017 | Poblacion | 10.1% | 2,890 | 2,806 | ▴ | 0.30% |
| 071234018 | Rizal | 5.0% | 1,425 | 1,282 | ▴ | 1.06% |
| 071234019 | San Carlos | 2.4% | 679 | 744 | ▾ | −0.91% |
| 071234020 | San Isidro | 8.7% | 2,506 | 2,411 | ▴ | 0.39% |
| 071234021 | San Vicente | 2.8% | 807 | 864 | ▾ | −0.68% |
| | Total | Total | 28,693 | 26,887 | ▴ | 0.65% |

### Climate

Climate data for Pilar, Bohol :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (83) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 21 (70) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 102 (4.0) | 85 (3.3) | 91 (3.6) | 75 (3.0) | 110 (4.3) | 141 (5.6) | 121 (4.8) | 107 (4.2) | 111 (4.4) | 144 (5.7) | 169 (6.7) | 139 (5.5) | 1,395 (55.1) |
| Average rainy days | 18.6 | 14.8 | 16.5 | 16.7 | 23.9 | 26.4 | 25.6 | 24.1 | 24.4 | 26.3 | 23.7 | 20.5 | 261.5 |
| Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1970 | 10,888 | — |
| 1975 | 13,928 | +5.06% |
| 1980 | 14,902 | +1.36% |
| 1990 | 19,930 | +2.95% |
| 1995 | 21,141 | +1.11% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 2000 | 25,095 | +3.74% |
| 2007 | 27,276 | +1.16% |
| 2010 | 26,887 | −0.52% |
| 2015 | 27,256 | +0.26% |
| 2020 | 28,693 | +1.02% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority :

## Economy

Poverty incidence of Pilar
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* 20
* 30
* 40
* 50
* 60
* 70
* 2006 62.20
* 2009 67.08
* 2012 38.81
* 2015 38.19
* 2018 31.30
* 2021 34.38
* Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

## Gallery

* Public market in Pilar
* Malinao Dam spillway in Pilar