Tagbilaran

**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 neighboring islands.

The inhabitants of this city are known as _tagbilaranons_.

## History

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

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  southeast of the national capital of Manila and  south of the regional capital, Cebu City.

It has a total area of , but the total land area, without the parts that are in the sea, is . The coastline is about  long.

There is a ridge (a long and narrow chain of small hills) with an average altitude of  that runs parallel to the coastline; at both ends of the ridge there are two hills: _Elley Hill_ () in the north and _Banat-I Hill_ () 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).

With a population of 96,792, Tagbilaran has a population density of  inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>.

### 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).

|Barangay|Area <small>(km²) </small>|Population <small>(2010)</small>|Pop. density <small>(per km²)</small>|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bool|3.488|5,221||
|Booy|1.464|8,800||
|Cabawan|2.673|1,531||
|Cogon|2.044|17,114||
|Dampas|4.437|8,440||
|Dao|3.909|8,227||
|Manga|1.173|6,460||
|Mansasa|0.829|6,156||
|Poblacion 1|0.259|3,072||
|Poblacion 2|0.702|5,029||
|Poblacion 3|0.707|6,051||
|San Isidro|4.294|4,821||
|Taloto|2.445|6,376||
|Tiptip|2.821|4,360||
|Ubujan|1.456|5,134||

## Related pages

- Bohol island
- Bohol province

## Other websites

- City Government of Tagbilaran - official website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: City of Tagbilaran
- **nickname**: City of Peace and Friendship
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: New Tagbilaran City Hall (cropped).png
- **image caption**: City hall of Tagbilaran
- **image alt**: City hall of Tagbilaran
- **pushpin map**: Philippines
- **pushpin label position**: bottom
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within the Philippines
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Philippines
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of the Philippines, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Central Visayas (Region VII)
- **subdivision type2**: Provinces of the Philippines, Province
- **subdivision name2**: Bohol (province), Bohol
- **parts type**: Barangays
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 15
- **government type**: Mayor-council government, Mayor-Council
- **leader title1**: Mayor
- **leader name1**: John Geesnell Yap
- **established title**: Incorporated
- **established date**: 1742 (town)
- **established title1**: Incorporated
- **established date1**: 1966 (city)
- **area total km2**: 32.70
- **population total**: 96792
- **population as of**: 2010
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population demonym**: Tagbilaranons
- **timezone**: Philippine Standard Time, PST
- **utc offset**: +8
- **postal code type**: Zip code
- **postal code**: 6300
- **area code type**: Calling code
- **area code**: +63 38
- **website**: [http://www.tagbilaran.gov.ph/ www.tagbilaran.gov.ph/]