About Bogo Cebu

Bogo City is a 4th class city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. It is situated in the northeastern coast of Cebu and is about 101 kilometers from the regional capital of the Central Visayas, the Cebu City.
The municipality of Medellin bounded the city on the north, the municipality of San Remegio on the west, the municipality of Tabogon on the south, and by the Camotes Sea on the east. Bogo Bay, which lies to the east facing Camotes Sea, separates Bogo from Medellin.
The city has a gentle rolling terrain. It has a coastal line running at about 27 kms. fringed with coral formations. Flat coastal plains characterized the city at the central portion.
Bogo has an area of 10,545 hectares, which constitutes 2.7% of the total land area of Cebu province.
It is politically subdivided into 29 barangays or villages namely: Cogon (Pob.), Anonang Norte, Anonang Sur, Banban, Binabag, Bungtod (Pob.), Carbon (Pob.), Cayang, Dakit, Don Pedro Rodriguez, Gairan, Guadalupe, La Paz, La Purisima Concepcion, Libertad, Lourdes (Pob.), Malingin, Marangog, Nailon, Odlot, Pandan (Pandan Heights), Polambato, Sambag (Pob.), San Vicente (Pob.), Santo Niño, Santo Rosario (Pob.), Siocon, Taytayan, and Sudlonon.
According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 69,123 people. Bogo City’s main industries include fishing, farming and the booming tourism industry.
History
Bogo's political community dates back to the arrival of the influence of early Spanish colonizers in the capital city of Cebu. Settlements were already booming along the shorelines of the town wherein seafaring tribes and traders from distant islands of the Visayan region and as far as the southern islands of Mindanao sometimes come to these settlements to sell or barter their products with the natives.
The year 1600 accompany the founding of real settlement which was subsequently transformed into a barangay where small huts made of cogon and bamboos squatted at the site where the Bogo Central Extension now stands.
In January 1850 the Bishop of Cebu appointed Father Jaime Micalot, a Spanish friar, as the first Parish priest of Bogo and he declared Saint Vincent Ferrer as the patron saint of their town.
The first mass was celebrated in a hurriedly built structure on April 5, 1850, which coincided with the death anniversary of the Patron Saint. This chapel was gutted by fire of unknowned origin and a new stone church was constructed in the same place where the present Bogo Town Plaza is located.
Early historians state that the town of Bogo derived its name from a lone Bogo tree which stood on the brink of the shore which is now part of Bogo wharf.
Under its foliage, the natives of the place meet incoming traders who rode on frail sailboats loaded with goods to be sold or bartered with the natives of the town. Some of these traders, however, remained and married with the natives of the place.
In the late 1500’s, Bogo became a part of the Augustinian mission settlement of the parish of Bantayan Island and was established as a visita or capilla in 1850.
Bogo City’s local administration was first believed to have been set up in 1864 under the headship of Capitan Pedro Aballe, the town’s first gobernadorcillo.
On the 16th day of June 2007, the plebiscite for the cityhood of Bogo was held. After few hours of canvassing, 97.82% of voters of Bogo voted for "yes" in favor for cityhood. Former representative Clavel Asas-Matinez announced that the cityhood of Bogo has been ratified. It became the sixth component city of Cebu province.
Last November 19, 2008, the City of Bogo was demoted along with 2 other cities in Cebu and 13 other cities in the Philippines. The Supreme Court ruled out that the 16 cities did not pass the requirements for cityhood.
Getting There
Bogo City is accessible by land and sea transportation. It can be reached by public buses or V-Hires (vans) from the Cebu North Terminal in Cebu City with an estimated travel time of about 3 hours.
Things to Do and See
Once you’re in the city you can visit the Virgin Mary Shrine on the Hill or the San Vicente Ferrer Church. If you want to have a pastime, you can go to Verdemar Golf Club.