Bohol

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Bohol

Province

Province of Bohol

Bohol Capitol Building, Tagbilaran

Flag
Seal

Anthem: Awit sa Bohol Bohol Hymn[1]

 Location in the Philippines

Coordinates: 9°54′N 124°12′ECoordinates: 9°54′N 124°12′E

Country Philippines
Region Central Visayas(Region VII)

Discovered by the Spanish 25 March 1565

Founded 22 July 1854

Provincial Capital Tagbilaran

Government
 [2]
• Type Sangguniang Panlalawigan
• Governor Edgar Chatto (PDP-LABAN)
• Vice governor Dionisio Balite (Independent)
• Provincial Board
Members[show]

Area
[3]

• Total 4,820.95 km2(1,861.38 sq mi)

Elevation 870 m (2,850 ft)

(Mount Mayana)
 Population
(2015 census)[4]
• Total 1,313,560
• Density 270/km2 (710/sq mi)
• Voter (2016)[5]  798,768

Demonym(s) Boholano

Divisions
• Independent cities 0
• Component cities 1[show]
• Municipalities 47[show]
• Districts 3[show]

Time zone UTC+08:00 (PST)

ZIP code 6300–6346

IDD : area code  +63 (0)38
ISO 3166 code PH

Income class 1st class

PSGC 071200000
Climate type Tropical monsoon climate

Website www.bohol.gov.ph

Bohol /bɔːhɔːl/ is a 1st provincial income class island province of the Philippines located in
the Central Visayasregion, consisting of the island itself and 75 minor surrounding islands.[6] Its
capital is Tagbilaran. With a land area of 4,821 km2 (1,861 sq mi) and a coastline 261 km (162 mi)
long, Bohol is the tenth largest island of the Philippines.[7] To the west of Bohol is Cebu, to the
northeast is the island of Leyte and to the south, across the Bohol Sea, is Mindanao.
The province of Bohol is a first-class province divided into 3 congressional districts, comprising
1 component city and 47 municipalities.[8] It has 1,109 barangays.[9]
The province is a popular tourist destination with its beaches and resorts.[10] The Chocolate Hills,
numerous mounds of brown-coloured limestone formations, are the most popular attraction. The
formations can be seen by land (climbing the highest point) or by air via ultralight air tours. Panglao
Island, located just southwest of Tagbilaran, is famous for its diving locations and is routinely listed
as one of the top ten diving locations in the world. Numerous tourist resorts and dive centers dot the
southern beaches. The Philippine tarsier, amongst the world's smallest primates, is indigenous to the
island.
A strait separates Bohol from Cebu, and both island provinces share a common language, but the
Boholanos retain a conscious distinction from the Cebuanos. Bohol's climate is generally dry, with
maximum rainfall between the months of June and October. The interior is cooler than the coast.[11]
It was the home province of Carlos P. Garcia, the eighth president of the Republic of the Philippines
(1957–1961) who was born in Talibon, Bohol.[12]
On 15 October 2013, Bohol was devastated by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake whose epicenter was
6 km (3.7 mi) south of Sagbayan town. The earthquake, which also hit southern Cebu, claimed 156
lives altogether and injured 374 people. It also destroyed or damaged a number of Bohol's heritage
churches.[13][14]
In 2017, the provincial government began initiating the nomination of the entire province to
the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network.[15]