Sagbayan is one of the inner cities and part of the 2nd district of the provincial congress. It is also among the three cities where the famous Chocolate Hills can be found mostly, although in other cities there are fewer claims on these hills.
The municipality is located southwest of Clarina and northeast of Carmen. It is next to Danao and Katibey. Located at about 9 ° 54 ° and latitude 124 & # 39; 5 & # 39; 31 "E, it is located 76.5 kilometers from the capital of Bohol.
This class 5 municipality covers only 1.68% of the total area of Bohol, or 6,919 hectares. Although small, it is divided into 24 barangays. To designate these barangays, Kalangahan, Kannamo, Kanmaya-Centro, Kanmaya-Diot, Dagnavan, Kabasakan, Kagawasan, Katipunan, Langtad, Libertad-Norte, Libertad-Sur, Mantalonon, Poblancion, Sagbayan-Sank-San-San-Aung-Sung-Ai-Sang-Al-Sur-A-Sant, Mantalonon-sur-Sangbyan-Sangbyan-Sent-Ajon, Sang-ay-Sant-Ajon-Sürthan-Sürthaban, Sangbayan-Sür-Sant-Ajon-Sürthan-Sürthan-Sürthabanan , San Isidro, San Ramon, San Roque, San Vicente Norte, San Vicente Sur, Santa Catalina, Santa Cruz and Uboyan. Only Poblacion is urban barangay, and the rest are classified as rural. Most of the hills in which Bohol is known are in Carmen, Sagbayan and Butuan. In this case, similar insulated conical limestone hills dominate, as in the neighboring city of Carmen.
Sagbayan has a tropical climate of type IV, classified by the Crown. It is characterized by a uniform distribution of rain all year round. The climate is influenced by the northeast monsoon from October to January, and the first month of the year is usually the steepest. The trade winds run from February to April and the southeastern monsoon from May to September, where May is usually the hottest month of the year.
Near Batuan and Carmen, in the southern and eastern part of Sagbayan, the landscape is described as a moderately steep landscape with an altitude of 200-300 meters above sea level. However, in the west to the southern part of the municipality, the profile has a level to a wavy area with slopes of less than 8%. The rest of the municipality has a wave-like to rolling terrain with a height of 190-300 meters above the sea surface.
Residents of the city are mostly farmers with their own farms, growing their own crops. During the market days they are in Poblacion, trading their own collections with money or barter with some other goods. The main crops include rice, corn, coconut, chamomile and other root vegetables and vegetables.
Others - in the production of fireworks, cloth rug, making tanks and baskets. Some of them are motorcycle drivers, turning their personal motors into “habal-habal” to meet the needs of transport for tourists who want to see the beauty of Sagbayan. Tourism has really helped raise the economic status of the municipality.
