The world-famous Chocolate Hills, is located in the town on Carmen Bohol Philippines.
The town of Carmen may have that small town appeal, but people from all over the globe visit this small town everyday to see the Chocolate Hills, one of the natural Wonders of the World. The municipality of Carmen is roughly located in the middle of Bohol in the geographical map. It is approximately around 55 kilometers from Tagbilaran City, the capital of Bohol. Carmen is composed of 29 barangays with population more than 40,000.
Carmen is very rich in untouched natures like hills, valleys and fields. There are plenty of coconut trees, banana plants, rice fields and tropical plants all around. Some of the major agricultural crops produced in Carmen are cassava, coconut, rice, banana, etc. Carmen is a community-oriented town with schools (kindergarten, day care centers, elementary, high schools and vocational college), churches, health clinics and hospitals, different sports facilities (basketball, tennis, volleyball), public market and terminal, and local businesses (repair shops, dry goods store, grocery stores, restaurants, bakeries, parlors, pharmacies, bank).
People and the Language
Local people in Carmen (known as Carmenanons) usually know each other by the names or faces, specially people in their neighborhood (in a section called barangay).
Many of the locals have been living in Carmen their whole life. Some were born, raise and work there. Since Carmen is a small town, most of the locals livelihood is farming, owning a store, restaurant and other businesses/trading to cater to the locals needs. Others works in local government offices and health clinics and hospitals. Like other parts of Bohol, the most common spoken languages that Carmenanons use daily is the Bisaya or Cebuano dialect. Most tourists and visitors, who do not speak and undesstand the Bisaya or Cebuano language will usually have no problem going around Carmen because most Carmenanons where taught the universal English language in elementary and high schools days, where they learn to read, write and speak the English language.
Attractions
Carmen Bohol attracts a lot of both domestic and international tourists every year because of the Chocolate Hills, one of the most popular destination in Bohol just like Panglao Beach.
But aside from the Chocolate Hills, people also go there during the Town Fiesta every January where food is abundant in every home and there are parades, programs, contests and dances. Also popular destination in Carmen is the Fatima Rosary Hill where the Virgin Mary Statue located on top of the hill is placed. Carmen also have springs, caves, falls and the Philippine Starch Industrial Corporation. Read more about all the attractions and landmarks in Carmen Bohol, click here.
2008-May-10
unknown | Qatar
philippines wow na wow!
2008-Mar-18 ntrasona | Korea South, PH
bohol its a beautiful..thats a memorable place, romantic
place..thanks GOD!
2007-Sep-23
cindy | cebu
ive been in this place its good to stare the place i mean
its unique try to visit
2007-Mar-23 Jun Quilas | Makati City
Carmen has gone a long way! When I studied high school at
Bohol Agricultural College, Carmen was only a sleeping town. Choco
Hills were there, but few people knew about it. I am so much happy that
because of technology breakthrough like the internet, choco hills is now
known all over the globe via the world wide web. By the way, I am from
Riverside, Bilar, Bohol but residing in Antipolo City and my work is at
the premier central business district in the philippines: Makati
City.
My congratulations to all the people who are behind this great website!
webmaster: thank you for your comment about the site :-)
2007-Feb-04 Swetenia | Toronto Canada
the fiesta is the celebration of San Antonio de Abbot or
San Antonio Abad, not Sto Nino.
The town of Carmen may have that small town appeal, but people from all over the globe visit this small town everyday to see the 
Many of the locals have been living in Carmen their whole life. Some were born, raise and work there. Since Carmen is a small town, most of the locals livelihood is farming, owning a store, restaurant and other businesses/trading to cater to the locals needs. Others works in local government offices and health clinics and hospitals. Like other parts of Bohol, the most common spoken languages that Carmenanons use daily is the Bisaya or Cebuano dialect. Most tourists and visitors, who do not speak and undesstand the Bisaya or Cebuano language will usually have no problem going around Carmen because most Carmenanons where taught the universal English language in elementary and high schools days, where they learn to read, write and speak the English language. 
But aside from the Chocolate Hills, people also go there during the Town Fiesta every January where food is abundant in every home and there are parades, programs, contests and dances. Also popular destination in Carmen is the Fatima Rosary Hill where the Virgin Mary Statue located on top of the hill is placed. Carmen also have springs, caves, falls and the Philippine Starch Industrial Corporation. Read more about all the attractions and landmarks in Carmen Bohol, 
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