Carmen

IJsselstein, Monday, 14 February 2011 (updated: Sunday, 15 January 2012)

Chocolate Hills

Carmen is an interior town located near the center of the island. Its former name was Imbaya after a local brook. When it was separated from Bilar as an independent municipality, it was renamed to Carmen, supposedly in honor of a woman who was said to be a popular figure in the community.

Chocolate Hills

Carmen is best known as the location of the Chocolate Hills. The Chocolate Hills' complex, where the government runs a hotel, and you can climb on of the hills for a magnificent view is a few kilometers to the South of the town. You can have the bus drop you off at road leading to the complex, or ask a motor driver to bring you there.

Hospital

Cong. Simeon G. Toribio Memorial Hospital Address: Poblacion Sur, 6319 Carmen, Bohol, Philippines Phone: +63 38 525 9081

Cong. Simeon G. Toribio Memorial Hospital is a secondary hospital and has a capacity of 50 beds. Dr. Adolfo M. Cuaresma - Chief of Hospital

Fiesta

Carmen celebrate its town fiesta on the 17th of January in honor of Saint Anthony de Abbot.

Carmen at a glance
Population:	40713
Number of households:	7379
Land area:	24804 ha
Number of barangays:	29
Distance from Tagbilaran:	59 km

Barangay	Population	Households
Alegria	1158	215
Bicao	2240	300
Buenavista	2208	398
Buenos Aires	1174	235
Calatrava	2103	378
El Progreso	810	142
El Salvador	580	100
Guadalupe	1687	323
Katipunan	2350	412
La Libertad	688	141
La Paz	1309	245
La Salvacion	1036	201
La Victoria	814	178
Matin-ao	664	129
Montehermoso	946	166
Montesuerte	2649	477
Montesunting	851	141
Montevideo	1261	225
Nueva Fuerza	1971	379
Nueva Vida Este	821	168
Nueva Vida Norte	1015	173
Nueva Vida Sur	915	159
Poblacion Norte	2238	421
Poblacion Sur	2912	514
Tambo-an	959	172
Vallehermoso	1904	348
Villaflor	852	148
Villafuerte	881	164
Villarcayo	1717	327

(Based on figures from the census of 2000)

Jeroen Hellingman and Rodelyn Gallo Hellingman

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