Bohol ZIP Codes by Municipality

Philippine postal codes are four digits. Bohol’s occupy a single unbroken block, 6300 to 6347 — one number for Tagbilaran City and one for each of the province’s 47 municipalities, with nothing skipped and nothing shared. If you need the number for a courier form, a bank record, or a business registration, the table below is the whole province.

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Where the number actually gets asked for

Most travellers never think about a postal code until a form refuses to continue without one. Four situations account for nearly all of it.

Immigration and visa forms. The Bureau of Immigration office in Tagbilaran wants your full accommodation address, ZIP included. If you are staying on Panglao, that is 6340 — not the city’s 6300, even though the bridge takes ten minutes.

Online deliveries. Shopee, Lazada, LBC and J&T all sort provincial parcels by code. A wrong one means your package sits at a sorting centre or goes back to the sender.

Bank and e-wallet registration. KYC forms for Philippine banks and GCash ask for a current address. Staying more than a few days? Use the municipality you are actually in.

Tour operator pickups. Plenty of local operators ask for your hotel’s ZIP when scheduling a morning pickup, particularly for countryside runs that cross several municipalities before breakfast.

Quick reference: the codes people look up most

The full list

The numbering is a road, not an alphabet

Read the list in numerical order rather than alphabetical and a route appears. From Tagbilaran at 6300, the codes run east along the south coast — Baclayon, Alburquerque, Loay, Lila, Dimiao, Valencia, Garcia Hernandez, Jagna, Duero, Guindulman — then out onto the Anda peninsula and up the east coast through Candijay, Mabini and Alicia to Ubay at 6315.

At 6316 the sequence turns inland and crosses the interior: Loboc, Bilar, Batuan, Carmen, Sierra Bullones, Pilar, Dagohoy, San Miguel, Trinidad, and out to the north coast at Talibon and Bien Unido. It then picks up the west coast at Loon, 6327, and works north through Calape, Tubigon, Clarin, Inabanga and Buenavista to Getafe. The last stretch, 6335 to 6347, fills in the hinterland behind Tagbilaran and the two towns that were carved out later — San Isidro and Pres. Carlos P. Garcia, the island municipality still widely called Pitogo.

That order is the old provincial circumferential road, walked anticlockwise. A postal code block assigned this way is a small piece of infrastructure history: the numbering follows how mail physically moved before it followed a map.

Two entries break the pattern and are worth knowing. Sagbayan at 6331 and Danao at 6344 sit inland, not on the coast leg their neighbours belong to. Both were reached from the coast road rather than along it.

By zone, the way a traveller thinks about them

Bohol covers 4,821 km² across 47 municipalities and one city. Alphabetical order is useless when you are trying to work out where you actually are, so here it is by zone.

Tagbilaran and the south coast

Tagbilaran City (6300) is where most people arrive. The fast ferry from Cebu crosses roughly 72 km of the Bohol Strait in about two hours and docks at Tagbilaran Port. The city is the hub for onward ferries, the Bureau of Immigration, buses to every corner of the island, and the provincial heritage sites. One code covers all of it.

South and east along the coastal road are the old church towns. Baclayon (6301) holds one of the oldest coral-stone churches in the country — and it repays more than a photograph. Coral block has real thermal mass, so the nave sits several degrees cooler than the road outside at midday, which is not decoration but climate design done four centuries before anyone called it that. Loay (6303) sits where the river meets the sea. Dimiao (6305) and Valencia (6306) are quiet interior municipalities most tours drive straight past.

The Tagbilaran City guide covers the ferry terminals, city hotels, and how to use the capital as a base.

Panglao Island — two municipalities, two codes

Panglao (6340) and Dauis (6339) share one island of 91.12 km², joined to the mainland by two bridges just south of Tagbilaran. This is the single most common addressing mistake in the province. They are separate municipalities with separate local governments, and the boundary runs roughly along the east–west road through the island’s middle.

South side, where Alona Beach runs for about 1.5 km through Tawala and Bolod, along with most of the dive operations: that is Panglao, 6340. North side — Hinagdanan Cave, the Bohol Bee Farm, the Dao area, the Dauis church complex: that is Dauis, 6339. If you are not sure, ask your hotel for the barangay, not the island.

Worth knowing before you book: Panglao’s fresh water arrives largely by undersea pipeline, and in the March–May peak the pressure in the beach strip drops noticeably. Generators run more often than resort websites imply. It is not a reason to stay away, but it is a reason to ask what happens during a brownout.

The Panglao Island guide covers the whole island; for the beach strip itself, see the best resorts in Alona Beach.

Loboc and the cultural corridor

This is the stretch of central Bohol every countryside tour runs through. Loboc (6316) is the floating-restaurant lunch on the green river. Bilar (6317) is the Man-Made Forest — and it is worth being accurate about what that is: a two-kilometre mahogany plantation put in during the 1960s, a monoculture of an introduced species rather than native forest. It photographs beautifully and it holds the slope, but the birdsong drops away noticeably as you enter it, and that is the reason.

Corella (6337) holds the Philippine Tarsier and Wildlife Sanctuary across 134 hectares of protected forest. Handling tarsiers is illegal and the sanctuary does not permit it — if any operator offers you a tarsier to hold, that is your signal to leave.

See the Loboc River guide for the cruise and the river activities, and the nature and wildlife guides for the mahogany corridor and the stops around it.

The Chocolate Hills corridor

Carmen (6319) is the town most visitors mean when they say Chocolate Hills. The main observation deck is here, about 55 km from Tagbilaran, roughly an hour and a half by private van. The formation runs to 1,268 limestone mounds, green through the wet months and brown across the dry season from about January to May.

Sagbayan (6331) has the secondary viewpoint at Sagbayan Peak. Sierra Bullones (6320) and Pilar (6321) frame the highland area either side.

The Chocolate Hills guide covers viewpoint options and tour logistics, Bohol hotels covers stays in the Carmen area, and the countryside circuit is the standard route that strings the hills together with the river and the sanctuary.

Anda and the east coast

The eastern side slows down considerably. Most visitors skip it because of the 2.5 to 3 hour drive from Tagbilaran, which is precisely the argument for going.

Anda (6311) has the cave pools — Cabagnow and Combento — a long quiet white beach, and Lamanok Island, a pre-colonial burial site with rock art estimated at over 10,000 years old. Candijay (6312) is the way in to Can-umantad Falls, the tallest in the province. Jagna (6308) is the historic home of Bohol kalamay and still runs a pier for inter-island vessels from Mindanao.

For stays out east see the best luxury resorts in Anda; for the falls, Bohol’s waterfalls; and for the sweets trail, the food and culture guides.

North Bohol

The north coast is the province’s least-visited zone, and it holds one of the most significant marine ecosystems in the country. The Danajon Double Barrier Reef runs roughly 130 km parallel to the northeast coast — one of only six double barrier reef systems in the world and the only one in Philippine waters. Diving it means arranging a banca from Bien Unido (6326) or Getafe (6334).

Getafe is written “Jetafe” on Philippine Postal Corporation records, ZIP 6334, even though Getafe is the spelling you will see on maps and road signs. Same town. It is the terminal for the Sunriser Cordova ferry from Cordova on Mactan Island, which gets you into North Bohol without going through Tagbilaran at all. Tubigon (6329) is the province’s second-largest ferry port.

For every operator and crossing, see the Cebu to Bohol ferry guide.

The interior and the highlands

The inland municipalities rarely make an itinerary, but two have earned attention lately. Alicia (6314) is where the sea of clouds happens — hikers climb above cloud level before dawn at Alicia Panoramic Park and watch the sunrise over the top of it. Allow two to three hours’ drive from Tagbilaran and a very early start. Danao (6344) sits 650 m above sea level and holds Danao Adventure Park, including The Plunge, a 70-metre freefall over the Wahig River.

See Alicia and Danao Adventure Park for access and booking details.

What the code actually does here

Less than you would expect. Mail and parcels in Bohol are found by barangay name, then by landmark — the school, the chapel, the sari-sari store on the corner — and the courier calls you before the last kilometre. A rider working Panglao will recognise Tawala or Danao barangay long before 6340 means anything to him.

Where the number does real work is in systems that will not accept an address without one: bank and government forms, e-commerce checkouts that calculate shipping from the code, business permits, and the address-verification step on international remittance. Get it wrong there and the form fails or the shipping quote comes back for the wrong island.

A few practical notes:

• Panglao and Dauis are separate municipalities on the same island — 6340 and 6339. Alona Beach is in Panglao, so a Tawala address takes 6340.
• Tagbilaran City is a single code, 6300, for all 15 of its barangays. There is no sub-code for Dao, Booy or Cogon.
• LBC and J&T route provincial parcels by ZIP. Anything from Cebu bound for Panglao clears Tagbilaran and crosses the bridge — allow an extra half-day against a Tagbilaran delivery.
• If a map app does not know your barangay, search the municipality and province instead — “Alicia, Bohol” rather than the barangay name.

The other number people confuse it with

Bohol’s telephone area code is 038. It is not a postal code, it is not in the 6300 block, and it belongs to landlines — the province’s mobile numbers carry no area code at all. Older directories and a number of copied-around web pages present the 6300–6347 list as “area codes you can dial.” You cannot dial them.

Frequently asked questions

What is the ZIP code for Panglao Island and Alona Beach?

Alona Beach is in the municipality of Panglao, ZIP 6340. Use it for hotel bookings, deliveries and forms when you are staying anywhere in the Tawala or Bolod area, where most of the resorts and dive shops sit. If your accommodation is on the northern side of the island near Hinagdanan Cave or the Bohol Bee Farm in Dao, that is the municipality of Dauis and the code is 6339.

Why does Panglao Island have two ZIP codes?

Because it has two municipalities. Panglao (6340) covers the south, Dauis (6339) the north, and they are administratively separate with their own local governments — the boundary runs roughly along the east–west road through the middle of the island. Most beach resorts, dive operations and Alona restaurants fall under Panglao. The Bohol Bee Farm, Hinagdanan Cave and the Dauis church complex fall under Dauis. Entering the wrong one is the most common ZIP mistake visitors make here.

What is the ZIP code for Tagbilaran City?

6300, for every barangay inside the city boundary. Unlike some Philippine cities with district-level sub-codes, Tagbilaran uses one code throughout — the port area, the Bureau of Immigration office, the Cogon Market district and all outlying barangays included.

What ZIP code covers the Chocolate Hills viewpoint?

The main observation deck is in Carmen, 6319, about 55 km from Tagbilaran. The secondary viewpoint at Sagbayan Peak is a different municipality — Sagbayan is 6331. If you are booking accommodation near the hills, check which side of the boundary the property is on; Carmen is the default for the main complex.

Which ZIP code should I use for the Tarsier Sanctuary?

The Philippine Tarsier and Wildlife Sanctuary is in Corella, 6337 — a small municipality east of Tagbilaran on the road toward the Chocolate Hills. Corella is separate from Sikatuna (6338) and Loboc (6316), both nearby but distinct on postal records.

Is Getafe really spelled “Jetafe” on postal records?

Yes. The Philippine Postal Corporation lists the municipality as Jetafe, ZIP 6334, even though Getafe is the everyday spelling on maps and signage. Both refer to the same town on the north coast. On courier and postal forms, “Jetafe” with 6334 is the safest combination to avoid a sorting error.

What ZIP code should I use for a visa extension in Bohol?

For the Bureau of Immigration office itself, use 6300 — it is inside Tagbilaran city limits. For the accommodation address the form asks for, use the code of the municipality you are actually staying in: Panglao 6340, Dauis 6339, Anda 6311, or wherever your hotel is. The form wants your current Philippine address, so your real place of stay is the correct answer. Confirm it with your hotel before the appointment.

What ZIP code covers the Loboc River area?

Loboc is 6316, covering the town centre, the floating restaurant pier, the river lodges and the surrounding barangays. Bilar, the adjacent municipality where the Man-Made Forest is, uses 6317 — a different postal zone even though both sit on the same countryside tour route.

What ZIP code should I use for Anda and the east coast?

Anda is 6311, covering the town proper and the barangays holding most of the beach resorts, the cave pools and the Lamanok Island access point. Candijay, next door to the north and the way in to Can-umantad Falls, is 6312. East coast municipalities are a 2.5 to 3 hour drive from Tagbilaran, so a misrouted parcel can take several extra days to sort out — worth double-checking before you order anything.

How do I find the ZIP code for a specific barangay?

You don’t need to. In Bohol, codes are assigned at municipality level, not barangay level, so every barangay in a municipality shares the same number. Identify the municipality first, then read it off the table above. If you are unsure which municipality a barangay belongs to, search the barangay name plus “Bohol” on a map app — the result will name the municipality. For anywhere on Panglao Island, confirm with your accommodation directly.

Getting the address right

Bohol ZIP codes are a small thing that becomes a large thing at exactly the wrong moment — a held parcel, a rejected form, a delivery that crossed to the wrong side of a bridge. The province runs 6300 to 6347 with no gaps and no shared numbers, so the whole answer is on this page. Bookmark it, confirm your barangay with your hotel if you are anywhere near the Panglao–Dauis line, and the rest takes care of itself.

Planning the trip around it? Start with the Bohol travel guide, or browse things to do across the province.

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