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Carmen

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

Chocolate Hills
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
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 Police Station: +63 38 525 9223; +63 38 525 9222

Carmen Fire Station: +63 38 525 5606

Bank: First Consolidated Bank "FCB"

Website: www.carmen-bohol.gov.ph

Carmen at a glance
Population (2010): 43579
Population (2000): 40713
Number of households (2000): 7379
Land area: 24804 ha
Number of barangays: 29
Distance from Tagbilaran: 59 km

BarangayPopulation (2010)Population (2000)Households (2000)
Alegria11991158215
Bicao22952240300
Buenavista25462208398
Buenos Aires13371174235
Calatrava18012103378
El Progreso820810142
El Salvador543580100
Guadalupe19911687323
Katipunan27122350412
La Libertad840688141
La Paz14301309245
La Salvacion10611036201
La Victoria1100814178
Matin-ao800664129
Montehermoso952946166
Montesuerte24672649477
Montesunting870851141
Montevideo12741261225
Nueva Fuerza22811971379
Nueva Vida Este918821168
Nueva Vida Norte9811015173
Nueva Vida Sur915915159
Poblacion Norte29372238421
Poblacion Sur29612912514
Tambo-an1175959172
Vallehermoso17091904348
Villaflor863852148
Villafuerte1012881164
Villarcayo17891717327

(Based on figures from the census of 2000 and 2010 from NSO)

Jeroen Hellingman and Rodelyn Gallo Hellingman

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