Buenavista is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 25,960 people in 4,550 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
Buenavista is politically subdivided into 35 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.