Pilar, officially the Municipality of Pilar (; ), is a

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in the

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Bohol Bohol (), officially the Province of Bohol (; ), is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region, consisting of the island itself and 75 minor surrounding islands. It is home to Bohola ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,693 people. Pilar is from

Tagbilaran Tagbilaran, officially the City of Tagbilaran (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a popu ...

. Pilar celebrates its fiesta on October 10, to honor the town patron Virgen del Pilar.

History

Pilar was formerly a barrio known as Banlasan (''later renamed Alegria''), which is used to be the town center of the municipality of

Sierra Bullones Sierra Bullones, officially the Municipality of Sierra Bullones (; ), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,095 people. It is from Tagbilaran. Sierra Bullones celebrat ...

. Constant flooding from Wahig River led residents of Sierra Bullones to transfer their town center at barangay Candagaz and named it as

Poblacion ''Poblacion'' (from Spanish '' población'', meaning "population"), sometimes abbreviated as Pob., is a term used in the Philippines to refer to the administrative center, downtown, old town, or commercial area of a city or municipality. It ...

. Alegria was then called ''Lungsod Daan'' which means old town. On December 29, 1961, Lungsod Daan became an independepent municipality and it was renamed Pilar after the patron saint, Virgen del Pilar. A total of 16

barangays The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the precolonial polities of the same name, modern barangays are political subdivisio ...

from the municipalities of

Candijay Candijay, officially the Municipality of Candijay (; ), is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 30,119 people. Candijay is home to the Bohol Island State University (BISU) ...

, Guindulman,

, and Ubay are carved out from their territories to form the new municipality through the Executive Order No. 460 issued by President

Carlos P. Garcia Carlos Polestico Garcia (; November 4, 1896 – June 14, 1971), often referred to by his initials CPG, was a Filipino teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, public official, political economist, guerrilla and Commonwealth military leader who was the ...

, becoming the 45th town in the province Below is list of 16 original barrios of Pilar: Consequently, president

named Demetria B. Buslon and Marcos Auguis as first mayor and vice-mayor of the town respectively. Also appointed were first councilors Sinoforoso Cabañez, Dionisio Cagas, Anastacio Jasper, and Celestino Ente.

Geography

Barangays

Pilar is politically subdivided into 21 barangays. Each barangay consists of

purok A ''purok'' () is an informal division within a barangay in the Philippines. While not officially considered a local government unit (LGU), a ''purok'' often serves as a unit for delivering services and administration within a barangay. ''Pur ...

s and some have

sitios A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar ...

Climate

Demographics

Economy

Gallery

File:Pilar Bohol 2.JPG, Old public market in Pilar File:NewMarket.jpg, A new public market recently replaced the old one. File:Pilardam.jpg, Malinao Dam spillway in Pilar

References

External links

Philippine Standard Geographic Code The Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) is a systematic classification and coding for geographic areas in the Philippines. It classifies areas based on the country's four levels of administrative divisions: regions, provinces, municipalities ...

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