Roman Catholic Church, Dauis, Bohol

Inside Hinagdanan Cave, Dauis, Bohol

Bohol Plaza Resort, Dauis, Bohol

watchtower in Dauis, Bohol

Dauis is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 26,415 people in 2,669 households. It is one of two municipalities on the Panglao Island. Image File history File links Ph_locator_bohol_dauis. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 672 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) self-taken File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 672 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) self-taken File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 794 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) own work File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 794 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) own work File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 702 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) self-taken File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 702 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) self-taken File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1704 × 2272 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1704 × 2272 pixel, file size: 1. ... A municipality (bayan, sometimes munisipalidad, 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 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Panglao is an island in the Philippines located in the Central Visayas. ...

The Barangays

Dauis is politically subdivided into 12 Barangays. A barangay (Tagalog: baranggay , pronounced as ba-rang-gai, gai as in guy), also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. ...

• Biking
• Bingag
• San Isidro (Canlongon)
• Catarman
• Dao
• Mayacabac
• Poblacion
• Songculan
• Tabalong
• Tinago
• Totolan
• Mariveles

Attraction

Dauis' major tourist attractions are Our Lady of Assumption Church and Hingdanan Cave. Our Lady of Assumption Church is locally known as Senora de la Assumpcion. The church was built by the Spaniards is constructed of solid rocks or stones and it has paintings on the walls that are quite attractive. There is a tower with a bell, outside the church there is another tower and there is also a small well, not deep in front of the altar inside the church where the parishinors will draw their water. They consider the water to be holy because it is claimed that it can cure illnesses. It was surprisingly discovered that though the area is surrounded by the ocean, but the water from the well is not very salty and is considered potable.

Hinagdanan Cave is located in Barangay Bingag and known as a Tourist spot. The cave is unique because it has only one passage in going down into the cave and at the bottom of the cave it has a natural swimming area filled with natural water.

History

According to locals, the name "Dauis" was founded by an American who happened to pass by a shore where he saw a fisherman fishing with a hook, line and bobber. The fisherman was chest deep in the water and would cast his line out into the sea and when the fish were caught, the fisherman would pull on the line made a sound like "weese", at which time the fisherman said "daui" which in the native language was telling the American that he had caught a fish. So the American said this place is "Dauis" because of the "weese" and "daui" from the fisherman.

According to local natives a deep well was constructed in Upper Songculan, Dauis, Bohol in the year 1900 by a Spaniard leader. The locals provided the labor. The well depth is more or less 30 fathoms and the diameter is more or less three meters. Information revealed that during the construction of the well was done through manual digging using bolos, crowbars, pulleys, rope for digging into the soil stones, which containes limestone rock.

The first bridge between the Poblacion of Dauis and Mansasa, Tagbilaran City, Bohol was constructed by Spaniards during their reign, possibly in the 1700's. The bridge is still there and in place, used as a connection between the two islands. The other bridge was constructed near the old City Hall of Tagbilaran City, crossing towards the Barngay Totolan, Dauis, Bohol. That bridge is known as the causeway and leads to Panglao Beach resort about 17 kilometers from Tagbilaran City.

References

• Tirol, Jes. Establishment of the town of Dauis, Bohol Part 1
• Tirol, J. Establishment of the town of Dauis, Bohol Part 2
• Dauis

External links

• CarmenBOHOL.com resource for Chocolate Hills and BOHOL
• The Mystery of the Virgin Mary on a Tree, Totolan, Dauis
• Serene Place at Songculan, Dauis Bohol
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• Municipality of Dauis

Bohol Portal

Coordinates: 9.625° N 123.866° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...