Cortes

Cortes is a town northeast of Tagbilaran City. They had already a form of government before the coming of the Spaniards.

Prominent barangays during that time were Malabago and Dayhangan. Malabago was later changed to Pamingwitan because of the way the people caught fish. It was during the construction of the church that barangays Pamingwitan and Dayhangan were welded together to become a new town and given a new name 'Cortes' derived from the Spanish 'Cortesimo', meaning most courteous.

Cortes at a glance
Population (2010):	15294
Population (2000):	12702
Number of households (2000):	2547
Land area:	4377 ha
Number of barangays:	14
Distance from Tagbilaran:	10 km

Barangay	Population (2010)	Population (2000)	Households (2000)
De la Paz	2546	2027	423
Fatima	962	904	186
Loreto	1388	1188	232
Lourdes	1668	1261	220
Malayo Norte	1291	1083	211
Malayo Sur	596	512	111
Monserrat	391	360	73
New Lourdes	699	643	118
Patrocinio	685	574	109
Poblacion	1273	1066	208
Rosario	668	659	144
Salvador	1105	929	194
San Roque	1022	694	153
Upper de la Paz	1000	802	165

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