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Tagbilaran City is a 2nd class City in the Province of Bohol , Philippines . It is the capital and a component city of the island paradise of Bohol. It is situated some 630 kilometers southeast of Manila and 72 kilometers south of Cebu City. Tagbilaran lies on the southwestern part of the province, and has a total land area of 3,270 hectares, including about thirteen kilometers of coastline. The town of Cortes is situated to the north of the city, the town of Corella is on its northeast side, while the town of Baclayon is on its eastern side. There are 15 barangays comprising Tagbilaran, with an estimated population of 89,000 for the year 2003, with an annual growth rate of 3.6%. However, 41% of the entire population reside in the 4 urban barangays where trade and commerce are concentrated. BARANGAYS Tagbilaran City is politically subdivided into 15 Barangay s.
HISTORY The city was originally a native settlement, involved in trading with both China and Malaysia a hundred years before the Spanish arrived in the Philippines . The settlement first encountered the Spanish in 1565 , where the Spanish conquistador Miguel López De Legazpi and the native chieftain Datu Sikatuna pledged peace and cooperation through the famous blood compact, where they drew their own blood, mixed it in with wine and drank together. This is celebrated annually in Tagbilaran and the rest of the island during the Sandugo Festival which lasts throughout July. (San Jose de) Tagbilaran was established as a town on February 9 , 1742 , when it was separated from the town of Baclayon . Since then it was part of the province of Bohol until it became a chartered city on July 1 , 1966 by virtue of Republic Act No. 4660. The city was occupied by the United States during the Philippine-American War , and again by Imperial Japan during World War II . EXTERNAL LINKS
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