Poro Island
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Poro is a Philippine island in the province of Cebu.
It belongs to the group of Camotes Islands in the north of the Camotes Sea and lies between the islands of Cebu and Leyte. To the south is the island of Bohol.
Poro measures almost 20 km from east to west and 15 km in north-south direction.
With the located immediately to the west neighboring island Pacijan she was already connected over 100 years ago with a bridge, now separates only a narrow arm of the sea, the two island. To the northeast lies the island Ponson.
On Poro there are two municipalities: Poro and Tudela, the same whose residential projects both located on the south coast of the island.
The island's name is derived from the word warayischen puro, meaning island.
Or Camotes Visayan - - Only in the settlement of the Poro Porohanon language is spoken, which is very similar to the Cebuano.
Main islands: Bohol | Cebu | Negros | Siquijor
Archipelagos: Camotes Islands | Olango
Islands: Apo | Bantayan | Cabilao | Carnaza Iceland | Iceland Gilutongan | Hilantagaan Iceland | Iceland Kinatarkan | Lapinin | Malapascua Iceland | Pacijan | Panglao | Ponson | Poro | Sumilon Iceland