City of Tagbilaran - Bohol Island Philippines

Location
Tagbilaran is the capital and a component city of the island paradise of Bohol. It is situated some 630 kilometers southeast of Manila and 72 kilometers south of Cebu City. Tagbilaran lies on the southwestern part of the province, and has a total land area of 3,270 hectares, including about thirteen kilometers of coastline.

Geographic Location

The City of Tagbilaran lies at 9° 39’ 20.6” North Longitude and 123° 51’ 55.05” East Latitude in the world map. It is situated 630 kilometers southeast of Manila and 72 kilometers south of Cebu City, the regional capital of Region 7, the Central Visayas Region. Tagbilaran lies on the southwestern part of the Island Province of Bohol.

It is bounded on the North by the towns of Cortes and Corella, on the East by the towns of Baclayon and Corella, on the South by the Tagbilaran Strait and West by the Maribojoc Bay.

Land Area and Political Subdivisions

Tagbilaran has a land area of 3,270.1 hectares or 32.7 square kilometers.

It has fifteen barangays, four (4) of which comprise the urban districts, which account for 371.31 hectares or 11.35% of the total land area. The other eleven (11) rural barangays account for an area of 2,898.80 hectares or 88.65%.

Form
The City forms an elongated strip, with ridges and rolling hills, two peaks rise on both ends, Elley Hill (100-meters) on the north and Banat-i (145-meters) on the south.

There are 15 barangays comprising Tagbilaran, with an estimated population of 89,000 for the year 2003, with an annual growth rate of 3.6%. However, 41% of the entire population reside in the 4 urban barangays where trade and commerce are concentrated.

The Origin of the Name
By the way, the origin of the name TAGBILARAN was derived from the word TAGUBILAAN, a contraction then of two local dialect terms TAGU, which means "to hide" and BILAAN, which refers to a Muslim marauder tribe or Moros who were feared by the early settlers because they pillaged and looted the place. In brief, TAGBILARAN means "to hide from the Moros."

Establishment of the Town of Tagbilaran
On February 9, 1742, Governor-General Gaspar dela Torre signed a decree establishing the separate town of San Jose de Tagbilaran from the town of Baclayon. Since then, this once unheralded town has been under the mantle of the Province of Bohol until it became a Chartered City on July 1, 1966 by virtue of Republic Act No. 4660, that she made a name of her own.

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