Bien Unido, officially the Municipality of Bien Unido (Cebuano: Munisipyo sa Bien Unido; Tagalog: Bayan ng Bien Unido), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,666 people.[3]
Municipality of the Philippines in the province of Bohol
Bien Unido is the youngest municipality in Bohol being founded in 1981 after it was carved out and separated from the municipalities of Trinidad and Talibon.[5] Among the principal industries in Bien Unido are rice farming, seaweed farming, livestock raising, algaculture, fishing, and mat weaving. The town gained the nickname as the de facto Seaweeds Capital of the Visayas.[6]
The "Bien Unido Double Barrier Reef Marine Park" is the first underwater pilgrimage in Asia, established in 2012. It is situated along the Danajon Bank.[7]
The town of Bien Unido, Bohol celebrates its feast on December 28, to honor the town patron, the Holy Child.[8]
Accessibility
Bien Unido is 108 kilometres (67mi) (2 hours or more) from Tagbilaran by road. Cebu City is approximately over 4 hours via the Cebu–Talibon and Cebu–Tubigon RORO routes, while it takes 3 hours via the Cebu–Tubigon ferry. Moreover, it takes approximately 2 or 3 hours to reach Bien Unido via the Cebu–Getafe ferry or motor boat. Bien Unido can also be reached directly from Cebu City through Pasil-Suba fish port via pump boat in more than 3 hours.
History
"Bien Unido" is a Spanish phrase translating to "well united" in English.
In 1935, two sitios in northern Trinidad were united into one barangay under an executive order and was given the name Bien Unido.
Barangay Bien Unido had aspired to become a separate municipality since 1965. On December 24, 1980, Batas Pambansa Blg. 93 was passed, providing for the creation of the municipality of Bien Unido comprising the barangay of Bien Unido and certain surrounding barangays in the municipalities of Talibon and Trinidad.[9] The creation of the municipality was approved by the majority of voters in a plebiscite on April 7, 1981.
On June 7, 2017, Gisela Bendong-Boniel, mayor of Bien Unido at that time, was kidnapped and killed, allegedly masterminded by her husband, Board Member Niño Rey Boniel, who was the former mayor of the town. Her body was dumped between the waters of Olango Island Group and Mactan. Her body has never been found.[10][11]
Geography
Barangays
Bien Unido comprises 15 barangays including the island barangays. Of these, only Bilangbilangan Diot and Hingotanan East are classified as rural and the rest are urban.
Fishes caught are brought and sold in Cebu while mats have markets in Mindanao, Leyte and Cebu.
Seaweed industry is recently the main livelihood in the municipality. The farmed seaweeds are used as essential ingredient for gel capsules, soap, toothpaste, slippers and other plastic wares.
Census of Population (2020). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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