Dagohoy, officially the Municipality of Dagohoy ( ceb, Munisipalidad sa Dagohoy; tgl, Bayan ng Dagohoy), is a 5th class

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

Bohol Bohol (), officially the Province of Bohol ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Bohol; tl, Lalawigan ng Bohol), is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of the island itself and 75 minor surrounding islands. It ...

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,874 people. The town is named after Boholano revolutionary

Francisco Dagohoy Francisco Dagohoy (born Francisco Sendrijas; c. 1724) was a Filipino revolutionary who holds the distinction of having initiated the longest revolt in Philippine history, the Dagohoy Rebellion. This rebellion against the Spanish colonial governme ...

. The town of Dagohoy, Bohol celebrates its fiesta on February 10, to honor the town patron Our Lady of Lourdes.

History

On 21 June 1956, the municipality of Dagohoy was created through Executive Order No. 184 issued by President

Ramon Magsaysay Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh president of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957. An automo ...

, becoming the 41st town in the province. At 84-years old, former Colonia agricultural colony superintendent Camilo Calceta was appointed first mayor of the town. The barrios constituting the new municipality were:

Geography

Barangays

Dagohoy comprises 15 barangays:

Climate

Demographics

Economy

References

External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Municipality of Dagohoy

* Apalisok, Simplicio, Bohol With Tears Book 2. (Surigao BB Press: 1992) * Tirol, Lumin "History of Bohol from Pre-Hispanaic Up to 1971". Doctoral Dissertation, University of Santo Tomas, 1975. {{Authority control Municipalities of Bohol Populated places established in 1956