Bilar

The Man Made Forest

Butterfly

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 native word bilar is derived 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 their difficulty in pronouncing the word. By virtue of a royal decree, the name Bilar was adopted as the official name of the municipality.

Fiesta

Bilar celebrate its town fiesta on the 15th of May in honor of Saint Isidore the Farmer.

Bilar Police Station: +63 38 535-9076

What to do and see in Bilar:

The Man made forest and the Simply Butterflies Conservation Center.

Bilar at a glance
Population (2015):	17590
Population (2010):	17098
Population (2000):	16628
Number of households (2000):	2967
Land area:	13315 ha
Number of barangays:	19
Distance from Tagbilaran:	41 km

Barangay	Population (2000)	Households (2000)	Population (2010)	Population (2015)
Bonifacio	218	39	262	260
Bugang Norte	620	100	650	632
Bugang Sur	778	136	940	918
Cabacnitan (Magsaysay)	755	141	745	775
Cambigsi	737	124	689	618
Campagao	1216	231	1284	1339
Cansumbol	1145	199	1235	1189
Dagohoy	882	160	836	764
Owac	923	179	975	973
Poblacion	1497	265	1500	1588
Quezon	683	128	668	618
Riverside	807	119	886	1012
Rizal	526	106	456	425
Roxas	1180	193	1011	1159
Subayon	1162	226	1200	1303
Villa Aurora	729	122	731	737
Villa Suerte	269	45	269	232
Yanaya	991	187	1123	1288
Zamora	1510	267	1638	1760

(Based on figures from the census of 2000, 2010, and 2015 from PSA)

Source: www.bohol.ph