TAGA BOHOL KO!!! Bien Unido, Bohol Bien Unido is a fourth class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 25,796 people. The principal industries of the town are fishing, farming and mat-weaving. Fish is sold to Cebu and mats are sold to Mindanao, Leyte and also to Cebu. Bien Unido is 108 kilometres (67 mi) and is approximately 3 hours from Tagbilaran City by land transportation. By ferry-land, it is approximately 4 hours from Cebu City following the Cebu-Talibon-Bien Unido route History: In an executive order in 1935 two sitios in the northern Trinidad were united into one barangay and was given the name of Bien Unido, a Spanish word which means "well united". In order to hasten its economic, social, cultural and political upliftments the people of Barangay Bien Unido aspire for independence and wanted to become a municipality. This longtime dream of the residents which started in 1965 became a reality when in 1981, it was approved by Batasang Pambansa Blg.93 through the efforts of then Assemblyman Bartolomeo Cabangbang and Eutiquio Cimafranca. This makes Bien Unido the youngest of all municipalities in Bohol.
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 20:02:02 +0000
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