Duero, Bohol

Duero, officially the Municipality of Duero, is a municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 19,136 people.
Duero is from Tagbilaran.
Duero celebrates its fiesta on December 8, to honor the town patron Immaculate Conception.

WWW duerobohol.gov.ph

History

The town may have been named after the Douro river in the Iberian Peninsula. Roman Catholicism was introduced to the town in 1860 by a Spanish priest. Duero was established as a municipality two years later, in 1862, and a convent was constructed in 1868.

Geography

Barangays

Duero politically subdivided into 21 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.