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Discover Bohol
Bohol is located in Region VII of Central Visayas islands with a land area of 4,117.26 square kilometers. It distance is 803 kilometers South of Manila and 79 kilometers Southeast of Cebu. The capital city is Tagbiliran City with 47 municipalities of which Loay and Loboc is among them. Bohol is comprised of 1,109 Barangays (or small town villages); and based on the 2000 Census, Bohol has a provincial population of 1,139,130 and city population of 77,700.
Bohol's language or dialects are Boholano, English, Tagalog and Chinese and has a literacy rate of 93%. It's labor force is 404,000 based on a 1996 Government data. The climate in Bohol is generally fair with an average temperature of 29 degrees celcius. Bohol's economy is dependent on its industrial establishments with leading domestic trading of GI sheets, limestone, handicraft, marine products, rice, banana, cattle, hog, mangoes, fish, and copra.
The Island - Province of Bohol
Bohol is the 10th largest island in the country, nestled securely at the heart of the Visayas, between southeast of Cebu and southwest of Leyte. Bohol is very accessible by air and sea travel, it is the closest province to Cebu city, with travel time of 1 hour and 30 minutes by fastcraft and 20 minutes by plane. Typhoons and earthquakes are very rare.
Bohol is very accessible by air and sea travel, it is the closest province to Cebu city, with travel time of 1 hour and 30 minutes by fastcraft and 20 minutes by plane. Its airline service includes Philippine Airlines and Cebu Pacific with two flights to and from Manila daily 7 days a week. Bohol's major seaports include the Tagbilaran City, and the towns of Tubigon and Jagna.
Source: The Provincial Government of Bohol
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