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EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY
Bilar is an interior town northeast of Loboc. This town used to occupy a big area and included what
are now known as the municipalities of Sevilla, Batuan and Carmen. They were formerly sitios of this
municipality. In 1879, it had a population 5,669. The term "bilar" is a native word from the
infinitive "nagbilad". During the Spanish regime, the Spaniards, in their effort to spread
Christianity, toured the interior villages and somehow chanced to pass a plateau where a group of
women were drying palay. When the women were asked as to the name of the place, the immediate reply
was "nagbilad", meaning drying, thinking that the foreigners were asking their activity. The
Spaniards shorten the term to "bilad" and later on to "bilar" due to the difficulty in pronouncing
the term. By virtue of a royal decree, the name Bilar was adopted as the official name of the
municipality.
| Congressional District: |
3rd |
| Income Classification: |
5th |
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| POPULATION (2000): |
16,628 |
| Population Density: |
1.12 |
| No. of Households: |
2,967 |
| Average Size of Households: |
5.60 |
| Land Area (in hectares): |
13,315 has |
| No. of Barangays: |
19 |
| Distance from Capital: |
41 kms. |
| Travel Time from Tagbilaran: |
50 mins. |
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Municipal Officials
(2007-2010)
FANUEL O. CADELIÑA
Mayor
Norman
D. Palacio
Vice Mayor
Danilo
S. Cal
Lord
A. Fuertes
Ramoncita
C. Cabusao
Adelo
M. Calamba
Roberto
M. Malima
Paterno
S. Delfin
Exequiel
D. Tapangan
Henry
S. Vidal
Councilors
Marcel
C. Fuertes
ABC Pres.
Maria Fe Cadeliña
SK Chairman
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