Bohol (island)

**Bohol** is the tenth-largest island of the Philippines and the main island of the Bohol province. It is part of the Region VII (Central Visayas) in the Visayas island group.

The Philippine Tarsier, one of the smallest primate in the world, is one endemic animal of southern Philippines, including the island of Bohol.

## Geography

The island of Bohol has an oval shape and is surrounded by 73 smaller islands; the larger of these small islands are Panglao, in the southwest in front of the city of Tagbilaran, and Lapining, in the northeast.

The main island of Bohol has an area of  and a coastline of . It lies southeast from Cebu Island across the Cebu Strait (sometimes called Bohol Strait) and southwest from Leyte, separated by the Camotes Sea and Canigao Channel. Bohol is also located north of Mindanao with the Bohol Sea or Mindanao Sea between them.

The terrain of Bohol is basically hilly and about half the island is covered in limestone. The interior is a large plateau.

In the centre of the island, mainly in the municipalities of Sagbayan, Batuan and Carmen, are the Chocolate Hills, over 1,270 hills cone-shaped hills over an area of .

The main mountain range of the island is _Sierra Bullones_ that is along the south coast. It begins near Loboc, goes to the east and then to the northeast to end near Candijay.  The highest point of this range and in the entire province is Mount Mayana ().

### Rivers

There are four main rivers that flow through Bohol:
- **Loboc** flows from the centre of the island to the southeastern coast.
- **Inabanga**, the largest river of the island, runs in the northwestern part of the province.
- **Abatan** flows in the southwest; and
- **Ipil** river flows in the north.

### Climate

The climate of the island of Bohol is a warm tropical climate (Köppen climate classification _Af_); it is typically hot and wet throughout the year and rainfall is both heavy and frequent.

## Related pages

- Central Visayas

## Other websites

- Visayan Silent Gardens - Bohol Island
- Bountiful Bohol
- Bohol, Philippines - Tourism informations

## Infobox (mapframe)

- **frame-width**: 250
- **zoom**: 8


## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Bohol
- **flag size**: 120x80px
- **image seal**: File:Bohol Province Seal.png
- **seal size**: 80px
- **anthem**: _Awit sa Bohol_ ()
- **map caption**: Location in the Philippines
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of the Philippines, Region
- **established title**: Discovered by the Spanish
- **established date**: March 25, 1565
- **seat type**: Capital

- **leader title**: governor of Bohol, Governor
- **leader name**: Erico Aristotle Aumentado, Erico Aristotle C. Aumentado
- **leader title1**: Vice Governor
- **leader name1**: Dionisio Victor A. Balite
- **leader title2**: Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Legislature
- **leader name2**: Bohol Provincial Board
- **elevation max ft**: 2,835
- **elevation max point**: Mount Matunog
- **population rank**: 20th out of 81
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population blank2 title**: Language
- **demographics type1**: Divisions
- **demographics1 title1**: Cities of the Philippines#Independent cities, Independent cities
- **demographics1 info1**: 0
- **demographics1 title2**: Cities of the Philippines, Component cities
- **demographics1 title3**: Municipalities of the Philippines, Municipalities
- **demographics1 title5**: House of Representatives of the Philippines, Districts
- **postal code type**: List of ZIP codes in the Philippines, ZIP code
- **established title1**: Founded
- **established date1**: July 22, 1854