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| Welcome to Camotes Islands, Cebu, Philippines |
| Philippines is composed of 7, 107 Islands, 4 of this 7, 107 Islands form the Camotes Islands. It is situated in Northeast Visayas, in the Philippines. Camotes Islands is made up of three main sub – islands and divided into four municipalities the other island is the Tulang Diyot, part of Brgy. Esperanza, which is a part of San Francisco. The highest point of the island is 386 m above sea level. The island is approximately 562 km Southeast of Manila, 62 km northeast of Cebu and 25 km west of Ormoc. The climate is characterized by distinct dry season. How Camotes Islands got its name Long time ago, when the Spaniards arrive to Camotes Islands for the first time, they meet some native islanders who were farming, they ask about the island name. The native islanders think they were asking for what they were putting in their basket, so they answered “CAMOTE”. After that the island got the name Camotes Islands. Camotes is composed of four municipalities: Municipality of Poro – already known as Poro Municipality of Tudela – already known as Tudela Municipality of San Francisco – Known as Pacijan Municipality of Pilar – Known as Ponson Poro and San Francisco are connected by approximately 1.5 km causeway. Pilar is separated by the Camotes Sea, lying about four kilometers northeast of Poro. The main livelihood of the people are farming and fishing. The dialect spoken is Cebuano except Poro, they spoke Camotes Visayan called Porohanon. Example: Maayong Gabie (Good Evening) it would be change to Maazong Gabie in Porohanon. Porohanon is distinguished by the way the locals substitute the /y/ sound for /z/. According to 2007 Census, Camotes Islands has a total population of 89, 324 people. |
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Discover the hidden paradise of Camotes Island......
| This is steamed COCONUT CRAB (Burgus Latro) locally called as "tatus". Exotic looking indeed, yet very delicious! Its taste is really great! You'll definitely crave to have one on your dining plate. Though its availability is a bit rare, we will see to it we'll have some for you to spare. So once you visit here in San Francisco, Camotes, Cebu, we'll have this very special menu ready for you.... |
