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Tagbilaran City is a 3rd class city in the provinceofBohol, Philippines. It is the capital city of Bohol, situated on the southwest coast of the island-province. 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.
According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 77,700 people in 15,585 households.
Tagbilaran City is politically subdivided into 15 barangays.
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.
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.
The city was occupied by the United States during the Philippine-American War, and again by Imperial Japan during World War II.
