Bien Unido is a 5th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 23,412 people.
The principal industries of this town are fishing, farming and mat-weaving. Fish is sold to Cebu and mats are sold to Mindanao, Leyte and also Cebu.
Bien Unido is 108 km and is approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes from Tagbilaran City by land transportation. By ferry, it is aproximately 2 hours and 30 minutes from Cebu City following the Cebu-Talibon-Bien Unido route.
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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 long time 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.
Barangays
Bien Unido is politically subdivided into 15 barangays.
- Bilangbilangan Dako
- Bilangbilangan Diot
- Hingotanan East
- Hingotanan West
- Liberty
- Malingin
- Mandawa
- Maomawan
- Nueva Esperanza
- Nueva Estrella
- Pinamgo
- Poblacion (Bien Unido Proper)
- Puerto San Pedro
- Sagasa
- Tuboran
References
- Tirol, Jes Creation of the town of Bien Unido, Bohol The Bohol Chronicle
- Bien Unido
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