Portal:Bohol
 The province is a popular tourist destination with its beaches and resorts. The Chocolate Hills, numerous mounds of limestone formations, are the most popular attraction. The formations can be seen by land (climbing the highest point) or by air via ultralight airplane tours. Panglao Island, located just southwest of Tagbilaran City, is famous for its diving locations and is routinely listed as one of the top ten diving locations in the world. Numerous tourist resorts and dive centers dot the southern beaches. The Philippine tarsier, amongst the world's smallest primates, is indigenous to the island. A narrow strait separates the island of Cebu and Bohol, and both share a common language, but the Boholanos retain a conscious distinction from the Cebuanos. Bohol's climate is generally dry, with maximum rainfall between the months of June and October. The interior is cooler than the coast. 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, Bohol. On 15 October 2013, Bohol was devastated by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. The epicenter of the earthquake was 6 kilometers south of Sagbayan town. The earthquake, which also devastated neighboring Cebu City, claimed 156 lives and injured 374 people. It also destroyed or damaged a number of Bohol's heritage churches, including the churches of Baclayon, Loboc, Loon, Maribojoc, Loay, Dimiao, and Dauis. Template:/box-footer Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found.  A hallmark of the Philippine province of Bohol, the Sandugo is depicted in both the provincial flag and seal as symbol of the Boholanos' love for peace.[1] It also features in both the Tagbilaran City flag and seal; the lower portion depicts the blood compact between Datu Sikatuna and Captain General Miguel López de Legazpi at Bool District, Tagbilaran City. The top of the seal indicates the ship and the place where López de Legazpi anchored and where the treaty of friendship was conducted on March 16, 1565. Furthermore, the seal signifies that the City of Tagbilaran is the City of Peace and Friendship. References
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. His Excellency, Most Reverend Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog, D.D. (born May 10, 1956), more popularly known as Bishop Yiet or Monsignor Yiet, is a Filipino Roman Catholic bishop from Bohol, Philippines who is currently the Bishop of the Diocese of Surigao.
Template:/box-header Tagbilaran City - The Private Schools Athletic Association (Prisaa)-Cebu will start its title-retention bid today as the 11 events formally open in the Prisaa regional meet at different venues around the city. —(SunStar 17 February 2007) Bohol short of tour guides - The province is short of licensed tour guides amid the increasing tourists' arrivals in the province. (The Bohol Chronicle 17 February 2007) Tagbilaran City - HEROES in disaster management and humanitarian assistance may not just fatten their soul buy also their pockets when they are nominated to the excellence awards. (PIA Daily News Reader 16 February 2007) Template:/box-footer Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Large green mangoes just before the harvest. Photo Credit: Sonny Leon The following Wikimedia sister projects provide more on this subject:
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