Corella, Bohol
| Corella | |
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 Map of Bohol with Corella highlighted |
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 Corella
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| Coordinates: 9°41′N 123°55′E / 9.68°N 123.92°ECoordinates: 9°41′N 123°55′E / 9.68°N 123.92°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Central Visayas (Region VII) |
| Province | Bohol |
| District | 1st district of Bohol |
| Founded | 3 December 1879 |
| Barangay |
8 (see § Barangays)
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| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Jose Tocmo (UNA) |
| • Vice mayor | Marizon Daquio |
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| • Representative | Rene Relampagos |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37.22 km2 (14.37 sq mi) |
| • Land | 30.33 km2 (11.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 8,479 |
| • Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
| • Voter (2016) | 5,140 |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| ZIP code | 6337 |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)38 |
| Income class | 5th class |
| PSGC | 071215000 |
Corella is a 5th municipal income class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 8,479. In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 5,140 registered voters. It is located 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Tagbilaran. It may have been named after a town in the province of Navarre in northern Spain.
Corella is known primarily as the home of the endemic Philippine tarsier, one of the world's smallest primates. The 7.4-hectare (18-acre) Philippine tarsier sanctuary run by the Philippine Tarsier Foundation, as well as the Research and Development Center, is in Canapnapan, three kilometres (1.9 mi) east of the centre of town.
The people of Corella are predominantly conservative Roman Catholics belonging to the parish of Our Lady of El Villar whose feast is celebrated on 27 April.
Its former name was Nug‑as before it obtained its present name, Corella. It was then a barrio of Baclayon. The adoption of the name Corella was made at the behest of Fr Jose Maria Cañabas, then the parish priest of Baclayon and endorsed by Fr Felix Gullen, the first Spanish priest. Corella was a name of a village in Navarra, Spain where this town's patroness, Nuestra Señora del Villar, showered miracles.
The creation of this town was due to the efforts of its inhabitants including Isidoro Ramo, who became its first gobernadorcillo.
The stone church and the convent were constructed during the tenure of Fr Felix Gullen and completed by later priests, one of them being Fr Dionisio Llorete who also spearheaded the erection of two stone school buildings and the municipal building during the term of the gobernadorcillo, Celedonio Sayon. But the construction of Corella's present concrete church began in 1924 under Fr Pedro Montelbon, the parish priest of Tagbilaran who took over the administration of the Corella parish after the incumbent, Fr Eugenio Desamparados left.
A battle of principles, rights, obligations, and duties raged in the municipality in 1920 between Simeon Sambola, the parish priest and the municipal president Nicanor C. Tocmo who were at loggerheads on the matter of school administration. From the pulpit, Fr Simeon lambasted the municipal administration and condemned the teachings in Corella schools as having originated from the mouth of hell. Enrollment in the school greatly diminished. Only close family friends and relatives of president Tocmo sent their children to school. The local civil administration complained to the provincial and national authorities. After a fact-finding investigation by the Department of Public Instruction whose report was submitted to the Governor-General, Fr Simeon was removed.
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