Seville (Bohol)

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Municipality of Seville
Location of Seville (Bohol) in the Bohol Province
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Basic data
Region : Central Visayas
Province : Bohol
Barangays : 13
District: 3. Bohol District
PSGC : 071239000
Income class : 6th income bracket
Households : 1840
May 1, 2000 census
Population : 10,661
August 1, 2015 census
Population density : 164.4 inhabitants per km²
Area : 64.86  km²
Coordinates : 9 ° 42 '  N , 124 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 9 ° 42 '  N , 124 ° 2'  E
Postal code : 6347
Mayor : Ceferino C. Digal
Website: Seville
Geographical location in the Philippines
Seville (Bohol) (Philippines)
Seville (Bohol)
Seville (Bohol)

Sevilla is a Philippine municipality in the province of Bohol . It has 10,661 inhabitants (August 1, 2015 census).

The city in the interior of Bohol was founded in 1872, making it one of the last cities in the Philippines to be founded during the Spanish rule. The city was probably named after Seville in Andalusia, Spain .

Barangays

Seville is politically divided into 13 barangays .

  • Bayawahan
  • Cabancalan
  • Calinga-an
  • Calinginan Norte
  • Calinginan Sur
  • Cambagui
  • Ewon
  • Guinob-an
  • Lagtangan
  • Licolico
  • Lobgob
  • Magsaysay
  • Poblacion

history

Seville was originally founded in 1872 on the site of today's Bentig in Barangay Calinginan Sur. However, during the Philippine-American War , the Americans burned the city on November 3, 1901. It was then rebuilt on the other side of the Loboc River in Maraag, in what is now Barangay Poblacion.

Individual evidence

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