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32-485: It is 71 kilometers (44 mi) from Tagbilaran . Sierra Bullones celebrates its fiesta on December 8, to honor the town patron, the Immaculate Concepcion. The name of town was derived from Spanish words, Sierra which means mountain range and Bulliones , which means bullions (of Gold). During Spanish era, it was said that a number of wealthy Europeans residents buried gold treasures somewhere between

64-551: A chartered city on 18 July 1966, by virtue of Republic Act No. 4660. The city was occupied by the United States during the Philippine–American War and by Imperial Japan during World War II . Sitio Ubos ( Lower Town ) is Tagbilaran's former harbor site and is considered to be the city's oldest portion, having been a busy trading center since the seventeenth century until the early twentieth century. As such,

96-735: A river, now called Marbel River . The tribe practices Indigenous rituals while adapting to the way of life of modern Filipinos. Relations with settlers and their descendants are not always harmonious; settlers reportedly clashed with some Blaan natives in March 2015. Blaans speak their native language of the same name . However, they have additionally developed literacy in Cebuano , Hiligaynon , Tagalog and, to some extent, Ilocano . These languages were brought and introduced by settlers from Cebu , Bohol , Siquijor , Negros , Panay , Tagalog-speaking regions , Central Luzon and Ilocandia during

128-470: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tagbilaran Tagbilaran , officially the City of Tagbilaran ( Cebuano : Dakbayan sa Tagbilaran ; Hiligaynon : Dakbanwa sang Tagbilaran ; Filipino : Lungsod ng Tagbilaran ), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Bohol , Philippines . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 104,976 people making it

160-657: Is also a long-distance bus station within Cogon market. The city is linked by sea to the major port cities in the Visayas Islands and Mindanao , which of major commercial importance is its link to the regional capital of Cebu City . A fastcraft ferry ride to Cebu City's Pier 1 takes approximately 2 hours depending on weather and sea conditions. The route is served by Ocean Jet exclusively as of June 2024 several times daily, with Weesam Express and SuperCat having suspended operations. Bohol–Panglao International Airport

192-521: Is an annual celebration in Tagbilaran in commemoration of the blood compact between Miguel López de Legazpi and Datu Sikatuna in March 1565. The festival is celebrated every July to coincide with the month-long activities celebrating the city's Charter Day on July 1 and the Province's (Bohol) Day on July 22. Tagbilaran's land network consists of sealed and unsealed roads. Local transport plying

224-419: Is approximately 1h:15. The city is served with a mix of public and private health care institutions that also cater to the health needs of the rest of the province. Complex major cases and services are sent to nearby Cebu City due to limited facilities. Health facilities: As the capital of Bohol , Tagbilaran is the main center for education in the province. All of the province's universities are located in

256-590: Is situated at the Panglao Island southwest of the city. It replaced Tagbilaran Airport on November 27, 2018. It serves as the principal gateway airport to the rest of the province. Airlines using the airport serve primarily the Tagbilaran-Manila route, Tagbilaran-Clark route, and also Mindanao. The route is served by Cebu Pacific , PAL Express , and AirAsia Philippines using Airbus A319 , Airbus A320 and ATR 72 planes. Flight time to Manila

288-674: The Tboli , and live near Lake Sebu and Tboli municipalities of South Cotabato , Sarangani , General Santos , the southeastern part of Davao and around Lake Buluan in North Cotabato . They are famous for their brassworks, beadwork, and tabih weave. The people of these tribes wear colorful embroidered native costumes and beadwork accessories. The women of these tribes, particularly, wear heavy brass belts with brass "tassels" ending in tiny brass bells that herald their approach from afar. Some Blaan natives were displaced when General Santos

320-453: The fais , are made with intricately designed brass. The Blaan also sew plastic beads or shell sequins to create intricate designs on women's blouses and trousers, called the takmon . Geometric and other designs depicting the environment or the solar system are sewn using cotton yarns onto men's pants and shirts, called the msif . The Blaan tribe at the foot of Mount Matutum Protected Landscape support their livelihoods by collecting

352-633: The Philippines) installed a stone marker with an iron plaque at Villalimpia, Hinawanan Bay, Loay, to rectify the error once and for all. The historical marker states that: Ang Sandugo Sa look ng Hinawanan, Loay naganap ang sandugo sa pagitan nina Miguel Lopez de Legazpi at Datu Sikatuna ng Bohol sa loob ng barkong San Pedro ng Espanya, 25 Marso 1565. Isinagawa sa pamamagitan ng pag-inom ng alak na inihalo sa dugo mula sa hiwa sa dibdib ng dalawang pinuno. Naging simula ng pagkakaibigan ng mga Espanyol at mga Boholano at Kristiyanisasyon ng Pulo. Tagbilaran

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384-536: The city as well as other well-known institutions of learning. Colleges and universities: Blaan people The Blaan people , are one of the indigenous peoples of Southern Mindanao in the Philippines . Their name may be derived from "bla", meaning "opponent", and the "people"-denoting suffix "an". According to a 2021 genetic study, the Blaan people also have Papuan admixture. The Blaan are neighbors of

416-415: The city has recently become a venue for national conventions and gatherings. Saulog-Tagbilaran Festival is a celebration every April 20 to May 2. This includes street-dancing, fluvial procession, nightly activities, novena masses and beauty pageant. Tagbilaranon families invite relatives and friends for a lunch or dinner during desperas (visper) and katumanan (grand feast day May 1). The Sandugo Festival

448-607: The city's population reside in the four urban districts where trade and commerce are also concentrated. Poverty incidence of Tagbilaran Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The city has the advantage of being the province's main business capital and center of governance, education and transportation. Local and international visitors to Bohol pass through the city via the Port of Tagbilaran. Alturas Group (operator of Alturas Mall, Island City Mall and Plaza Marcela), Bohol Quality Corporation and Alvarez Group are some of

480-407: The early 20th century. Some of the deities in the Blaan pantheon include: The Blaans have a system of weaving using abaca fiber. The art of abaca weaving is called mabal or mabal tabih , while the cloth produced by this process is called the tabih . Blaan weavers do not use spinning wheels. Instead, they join together by hand strands of the abaca fiber, which are then used to weave

512-431: The most populous in the province. Encompassing a land area of 32.7 km (12.6 sq mi), with a coastline of 13 km (8.1 mi) on the southwestern part of the island, the city shares its boundaries with the towns of Cortes , Corella , and Baclayon . Tagbilaran is the principal gateway to Bohol, 630 km (390 mi) southeast of the national capital of Manila and 72 km (45 mi) south of

544-705: The municipality to create the town of Carmen . On June 21, 1956, barangays of Caluasan, Candelaria, and San Miguel were re-organized and taken from the municipality with other barriors from Carmen, Trinidad , and Ubay to form the town of Dagohoy , through Executive Order No. 184 issued by President Ramon Magsaysay . On December 29, 1961, the northern half of the town, consisting of barangays of Aurora, Bagacay, Bagumbayan, Bayong, Buena Suerte, Cagawasan, Catagdaan, Estaca, Ilaud, Lungsod Daan (Poblacion) with sitio Lumbay , Pamacsalan, Rizal ( with sitio Del Pilar ), and San Carlos carved out from its territories including other barangays from Candijay, Guindulman , and Ubay to form

576-582: The native chieftain Datu Sikatuna pledged peace and cooperation through the famous blood compact. (San Jose de) Tagbilaran was established as a town on 9 February 1742, by General Don Francisco Antonio Calderón de la Barca, Governor of the Visayas, who separated it from the town of Baclayon . The town was dedicated to St. Joseph the Worker. Since then it was part of the province of Bohol until it became

608-530: The new municipality of Pilar through Executive Order No. 460 issued by President Carlos P. Garcia . Sierra Bullones is politically subdivided into 22 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . Poverty incidence of Sierra Bullones Source: Philippine Statistics Authority This article about a location in Central Visayas region of the Philippines

640-466: The notable locally owned companies based in the city. The city is governed locally by a mayor , although historically by a gobernadorcillo and presidente municipal afterwards. The city is a start-off point to Bohol province's attractions: the Chocolate Hills, tarsiers, white sandy beaches, dive spots, heritage sites and old stone churches. Home to several hotels, resorts, and restaurants,

672-535: The place houses the oldest and largest number of heritage houses in Bohol. Sitio Ubos declined as a major port towards the end of the Spanish era when the causeway to Panglao Island was constructed. Since then, the area lost its former glory and its old houses were either demolished or neglected. In 2002, in recognition of its cultural and historic significance, Sitio Ubos was declared a "Cultural Heritage Area". Some of

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704-580: The regional capital, Cebu City . According to oral tradition, the name is a Hispanicized form of " Tagubilaan ", a compound of tagu , meaning " to hide " and " Bilaan ", referring to the Blaan people , who were said to have raided the Visayan Islands . This explanation seems to correlate with the government's explanation. According to the official government website of Tagbilaran, it is said to have been derived from tinabilan meaning shielded , as

736-543: The routes within the city are tricycles , multicabs, taxis, and jeepneys . Buses, taxis and vans are usually hired for out-of-town travel. The Integrated Bus Terminal (IBT) located in the city district of Dao serves as the terminal point for public transport vehicles serving the inter-city routes within the province and also serves as the embarkation point for passengers taking the Pan-Philippine Highway (AH26) bus route from Tagbilaran to Metro Manila. There

768-420: The seaport, airport, and city hall. Tagbiliran is shaped a strip with two hills, Elley Hull (100 meters) and Banat-i (145 meters), located on its southern and northern borders respectively. Tagbilaran is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . With a population of 104,976 for the year 2020 census, and an annual growth rate of 1.56%. However, 44% of

800-408: The southern barangays of Cantaub and Dusita. On January 5, 1863, Sierra Bullones was created a town both in religious and civil aspect, merging the barangays of Pamacsalan, Dinao (Bicao), Panagsagan (Guadalupe), Busoc (Bugsoc), Danicop, and Catagdaan. These villages were carved out from the towns of Candijay , Talibon , Bilar , Jagna , and Batuanan ( Alicia ). Initially, the seat of government of

832-593: The surviving heritage houses to this day include the Rocha–Suarez House, Rocha House, Hontanosas House, Beldia House, and Yap House. One of the most important events in Philippine history (immortalized on canvas by the famous Filipino painter Juan Luna ) was the blood compact between Datu Sikatuna , a local native chieftain, and Captain Miguel López de Legazpi , the Spanish explorer and colonizer. It

864-528: The tabih. Fu Yabing Dulo was one of two surviving master designers left of the mabal tabih art of ikat weaving. Estelita Bantilan , who was given the National Living Treasures Award in 2016, is a master weaver of traditional mats known as igêm . The Blaan have a tradition of creating art from brass and copper. The Blaan smelt brass and copper to produce small bells and handles of long knives. These knives, called

896-517: The town was at sitio Banlasan of barangay Pamaclasan. Banlasan was later renamed Alegria when it became a separate barrio in 1845. However, constant flooding from Wahig River pushed the residents to transfer their town center further south at barangay Candagas and converted it as Poblacion . Alegria on the other hand was later called Lungsod Daan which means old town. On March 1, 1869, barangays of Dinao (Bicao) and Panagsagan (Guadalupe) together with other barrios from nearby Bilar were carved out from

928-615: The town was protected by Panglao from potential invaders. A hundred years before Spaniards arrived in the Philippines, the settlement which eventually became Tagbilaran was already involved in trading with China and Malaya. Tagbilaran Strait was the location of the Precolonial kingdom of the Kedatuan of Dapitan . This early settlement had contact with the Spaniards in 1565, when the Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi and

960-555: Was believed that it took place in the coast of Bool, now a district of Tagbilaran, on 16 March 1565, a day after Legazpi and his crew of conquistadores on four ships chanced upon the shores of Bool during their trip to the province of Butuan from Camiguin Island because of strong southwest monsoon winds and low tide. But in March 2006, the National Historical Institute (now National Historical Commission of

992-400: Was founded in 1939. Others settled in the city. Their language is said to be the source of the name for Koronadal City , from two Blaan words – kalon meaning cogon grass and nadal or datal meaning plain, which aptly described the place for the natives. On the other hand, Marbel, which is another name for the poblacion , is a Blaan term malb-el which means "murky waters" referring to

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1024-900: Was occupied by Imperial Japanese forces on 17 May 1942, after the fall of the Philippines during World War II. During the Japanese occupation, the municipal government of Tagbilaran, whose mayor at the time was Manuel Espuelas, moved from the Poblacion to Tiptip. Another significant event was the Battle of Ubujan wherein a guerrilla unit under the command of Captain Francisco Salazar (aka Vicente Cubello) engaged Japanese troops against overwhelming odds. An earthquake with magnitude 7.2 , with an epicenter near Sagbayan, Bohol , struck Bohol on October 15, 2013. Tagbilaran received four fatalities and 21 injuries, and damage to buildings, including

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