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Camotes Island
Camotes Islands is a group of islands in the Camotes Sea, Philippines. Combined area is . The island group is located east of Cebu Island, southwest of Leyte Island, and north of Bohol Island. It is from Cebu City and is part of Cebu. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 102,996. Population has grown % since 1990, equivalent to an annual growth rate of . Nearest landfall, from north end of Ponson island to southern Leyte, is about . From Consuelo port to Danao is as the crow flies. From south of Pacijan to Bohol is about . Sometimes known as the "''Lost Horizon'' of the south", within recent years Camotes has seen increased visitors and tourism and a growing expatriate community. Apart from natural attractions on land, there is also a score of dive sites around the islands. Geography Camotes Islands comprises three major islands and one minor islet, divided between four municipalities. On Poro Island are the municipalities of Poro and Tudela. Pacijan Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camotes Sea
The Camotes Sea is a small sea within the Philippine archipelago, situated between the Central Visayan and the Eastern Visayan regions. It separates Cebu from Leyte hence is bordered by Cebu to the west, Leyte to the east and north, and Bohol to the south. At its center are the Camotes Islands, but it also contains Mactan Island, Olango Island The Olango Island Group is a group of islands found in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. It comprises Olango island and 6 satellite islets namely: Caubian, Camungi, Caohagan, Gilutongan, Nalusuan, Pangan-an, and Sulpa. The island gr ..., Lapinig Island (in Bohol), and various other small islets. Northwards, the sea is connected to the Visayan Sea. Southwards, it is connected to the Bohol Sea (also called the ''Mindanao Sea'') in two ways: to the SW by the Cebu Strait (and its 3 channels, the Mactan Channel, Mactan, the Olango Island Group, Olango, & the Hilutangan Channel, Hilutangan), and to the SE by the Canigao Channel. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poro, Cebu
Poro, officially the Municipality of Poro ( ceb, Lungsod sa Poro; tgl, Bayan ng Poro), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,232 people. Poro, along with the municipality of Tudela, is located on Poro Island of the Camotes Islands. Poro is bordered to the north by the Province of Leyte in the Camotes Sea, to the west is by the island of Pacijan Island With the town of San Francisco, to the east is the town of Tudela and to the south is the Camotes Sea The patronal feast of Poro is celebrated on the third Friday of January, in honour of the Santo Niño de Cebu. Geography Barangays Poro comprises 17 barangays: Climate Demographics Etymology and languages The town's name is derived from the Waray-Waray word ''puro'' meaning "island". This how Camotes Island is called by Warays and Leyteños. Before the first municipality to be established in Camotes, ''puro'' mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
