Plan your routes to ensure you
miss none of the many natural wonders that abound here, from the
mysterious Chocolate Hills, to the beautiful beaches and superb
diving of Panglao Island.
About Bohol Philippines
Bohol is an island province in the Visayas. It lies southeast from
Cebu across Bohol Strait and southwest from Leyte, separated by the
Camotes Sea and Canigao Channel. Bohol is also located north of Mindanao
with Bohol Sea between them. The main island is surrounded by about 73
smaller islands, the largest of which are Panglao Island facing
Tagbilaran City in the southwest and Lapinig Island in the northeast.
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Near Carmen can be found the major tourist draw of the province, the
Chocolate Hills. The more than 1,200 uniformly cone-shaped limestone
hills were named that way because in the summer, the grass growing on
the hills turn brown, making the landscape look like it had chocolate
mounds all over. The Chocolate Hills are found on the provincial seal of
Bohol.
Population
According to the 2000 census:
* There are a total of 1,137,268 Boholanos or Bol-anon, as the residents
of Bohol call themselves.
* Bohol has 209,588 households with an average household size of 5.41
persons, significantly higher than the national average of 4.99.
* The annual growth rate is 2.92%, higher than the national growth rate
of 2.36%. With this growth rate, Bohol's population will double in 24
years.
* Life expectancy at birth is estimated at 68.19 for the males and 72.93
for the females for the period 2000–2005.
There are 9 daily ship calls to Cebu, 5 being fastcraft ferry trips.
Daily passenger traffic is approximately 4,000. Other regular
destinations are Manila (four times a week), Cagayan de Oro City,
Dumaguete, Dipolog, Iligan, Larena, Plaridel and Ozamiz City. There are
other smaller ports that cater to Cebu and northern Mindanao routes. The
Port of Tubigon, the busiest among the smaller ports offers more than
ten daily bnbb round trips plying the Cebu-Bohol route. The Catagbacan
Port in Loon serves the roll-on roll-off services between Cebu and Bohol
for those who have vehicles plying this route. The Port of Jagna offers
services that ply between Bohol to Cagayan and Camiguin (with roll-on,
roll-off) route. The other ports are Ubay, Talibon, Getafe, Buenavista,
and Clarin.
