Alicia, Bohol
Alicia, officially the Municipality of Alicia, is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 24,663 people.
Located from Tagbilaran, it was formerly part of Mabini and was known as Batuanan.
Alicia celebrates its town fiesta on 26 July in honor of Saint Joachim.
History
In the mid-19th century Alicia was one of the three largest and oldest towns of Bohol along with Catigbian and Balilihan. The town was where former followers of Dagohoy were given some land to till, but at the same time could be kept under the watchful eye of Spanish authorities.In 1829, the year the Dagohoy Rebellion ended, the town was the largest of five such settlements, with over 6000 inhabitants.
In 1949, it became an independent municipality, which was renamed Alicia after Alicia Syquia, the wife of president Elpidio Quirino. She and three of their children were massacred by the Japanese in 1945.
Geography
Barangays
Alicia is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.Education
- Katipunan Elementary School, in Katipunan, Alicia, Bohol, Philippines. The Alicia Bamboo Ensemble or the Alicia's Musika Kawayan therein is a school-based orchestra, which has received the National Champion Prize in the National Musical Competition for Young Artists.