Jagna, Bohol

Jagna is a 5th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 32,034 people.

Jagna is a busy little town on the southern coast of Bohol, so busy, everyday is market day. Of interest to travelers is the church with its ceiling frescoes and the bats that sleep by the altar in the daytime; arguably the best cockpit on the island; the waterfall, a setting so lovely and accessible that photographers from Manila use it on occasion; and the double reef just off the shore.

The double reef is a protected zone and marked off by buoys so fishermen can't even go there. A retired ex-prosecutor, who has the power to arrest, has the welfare of the reef as his hobby so don't even think about dynamite fishing near Jagna.

Jagna has a new market; the last one burned down in 1998 and the market has occupied the plaza ever since. Now that the new market is up, the plaza can finally be reclaimed, but that will take a bit of time since some of the merchants occupying the plaza don't have the money to move into the new market.

Like Tagbilaran, Jagna is a port town. Ferries run daily to and from other islands but currently ferry transportation to Mindanao is only available to Cagayan de Oro and Butuan. The gorgeous island of Camiguin is visible from Jagna but only accessible by pumpboat.

Jagna's town fiesta is on September 29th.

Barangays

Jagna is politically subdivided into 33 barangays.

* Alejawan * Balili * Boctol * Buyog * Bunga Ilaya * Bunga Mar * Cabunga-an * Calabacita * Cambugason * Can-ipol * Canjulao

* Cantagay * Cantuyoc * Can-uba * Can-upao * Faraon * Ipil * Kinagbaan * Laca * Larapan * Lonoy * Looc

* Malbog * Mayana * Naatang * Nausok * Odiong * Pagina * Pangdan * Poblacion (Pondol) * Tejero * Tubod Mar * Tubod Monte

References

* [http://www.theboholchronicle.com/opinion.php?issue=56&s1=757&s2=761&s3=770&s4=&s5=768&s6=202&s7=769&s9=&s10= Jagna, Bohol] The Bohol Chronicle
* [http://www.bohol.ph/mun26.html Jagna]
* [http://www.neumensch.de/closerpage.htm Barangay Ipil Homepage]

External links

* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information]
* [http://www.bohol.gov.ph/jagna.html Municipality of Jagna]
* [http://www.jagna.gov.ph/index.html Jagna, Bohol Official Website]
* [http://mpdc.jagna.googlepages.com Jagna Municipal Planning and Development Office]
* [http://www.jagna.gov.ph/Bids-and-Awards-Committee.html]