Jagna, Bohol

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Map of Bohol showing the location of Jagna

Roman Catholic Church, Jagna, Bohol

Jagna is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 30,643 people in 5,957 households.

Jagna is a busy little town on the southern coast of Bohol, so busy, everyday is market day. Of interest to travelers is the church with its ceiling frescoes and the bats that sleep by the altar in the daytime; arguably the best cockpit on the island; the waterfall, a setting so lovely and accessible that photographers from Manila use it on occasion; and the double reef just off the shore.

The double reef is a protected zone and marked off by buoys so fishermen can't even go there. A retired ex-prosecutor, who has the power to arrest, has the welfare of the reef as his hobby so don't even think about dynamite fishing near Jagna.

Jagna has a new market; the last one burned down in 1998 and the market has occupied the plaza ever since. Now that the new market is up, the plaza can finally be reclaimed, but that will take a bit of time since some of the merchants occupying the plaza don't have the money to move into the new market.

Like Tagbilaran, Jagna is a port town. Ferries run daily to and from other islands but currently ferry transportation to Mindanao is only available to Butuan. The gorgeous island of Camiguin is visible from Jagna but only accessible by pumpboat.

For places to stay, there are a few: some rooms by the port, the Garden cafe, but the pension house in Pangdan is the nicest.

Jagna's town fiesta is on September 29th.