Duero, Bohol
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Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 17,254 people.It was named after Rio Duero in the Iberian peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
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Roman Catholicism was introduced to the town in 1860 by a Spanish priest. It was established as a regular municipality two years later, and a convent was constructed in 1868.
Barangays
Duero is politically subdivided into 21 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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