Bilar is a 5th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 16,628 people in 2,967 households. A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Bohol is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Barangays
Bilar is politically subdivided into 19 barangays. A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...
The people of Bohol are said to be the descendants of the last group of inhabitants who settled in the Philippines called pintados or “tattooed ones.” Boholanos had already a culture of their own as evidence by the artifacts dug at Mansasa, Tagbilaran, and in Dauis and Panglao.
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.
Bohol, derived from the word Bo-ho or Bo-ol, is the seat of the first international treaty of peace and unity between Datu Sikatuna, a native chieftain and Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, a Spanish conquistador on March 16, 1565 through a blood compact known today as Sandugo.
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