Bohol (province)

Bohol
Province
(from top: left to right) Chocolate Hills, Loboc River, Panglao Island, Alona Beach, and Bohol Provincial Capitol in Tagbilaran.
Flag Seal
Anthem: Awit sa Bohol (Bohol Hymn)[1]
Location in the Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 9°54′N 124°12′E / 9.9°N 124.2°E / 9.9; 124.2
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas (Region VII)
Discovered by the Spanish	March 25, 1565
Founded	July 22, 1854
Capital and largest city	Tagbilaran
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlalawigan
• Governor	Erico Aristotle C. Aumentado
• Vice Governor	Dionisio Victor A. Balite
• Legislature	Bohol Provincial Board
Area [2]
• Total	4,820.95 km2 (1,861.38 sq mi)
Highest elevation (Mount Matunog)	864 m (2,835 ft)
Population  (2020 census)
• Total	1,394,329
• Rank	20th out of 81
• Density	290/km2 (750/sq mi)
• Voter (2019)[3]	898,682
• Language	Cebuano Tagalog English Eskayan
Demonym(s)	boholano Bul·anon boholana Boholan
Divisions
• Independent cities	0
• Component cities	1 Tagbilaran
• Municipalities	47 Alburquerque Alicia Anda Antequera Baclayon Balilihan Batuan Bien Unido Bilar Buenavista Calape Candijay Carmen Catigbian Clarin Corella Cortes Dagohoy Danao Dauis Dimiao Duero Garcia Hernandez Getafe Guindulman Inabanga Jagna Lila Loay Loboc Loon Mabini Maribojoc Panglao Pilar President Carlos P. Garcia Sagbayan San Isidro San Miguel Sevilla Sierra Bullones Sikatuna Talibon Trinidad Tubigon Ubay Valencia
• Districts	List Legislative districts of Bohol
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (PST)
IDD : area code	+63 (0)38
ISO 3166 code	PH-BOH
Income class	1st class
PSGC	071200000
Climate type	Tropical monsoon climate
Website	www.bohol.gov.ph

The Province of Bohol (Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Bohol; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Bohol) is an island province of the Philippines in the Central Visayas region, consisting of one main island, Bohol, and more than 70 smaller islands.^[4] Its capital is Tagbilaran.

The province is a popular place among tourists because of its beaches and resorts. The Chocolate Hills, many small hills of limestone formations, is the most popular attraction. There are many hotels in the southern beaches.

It is the home province of Carlos P. Garcia, the eighth president of the Republic of the Philippines (1957–1961) who was born in Talibon.^[5]

1. ↑ Hellingman 2002a. sfn error: no target: CITEREFHellingman2002a (help)
2. ↑ "Province: Bohol (province)". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
3. ↑ "Number of Registered Voters by Sex : 2019 National and Local Elections" (PDF). Commission on Elections. 2019.
4. ↑ "Bohol Island Philippines". bohol-philippines.com. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
5. ↑ "Bohol History". Bountiful Bohol. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2013.