Badian, Cebu

Badian is bordered to the north by the town of Moalboal, to the west is the Tañon Strait, to the east is the town of Dalaguete, and to the south is the town of Alegria. It is 113 kilometres (70 mi) from Cebu City.

Badian is one of the eight municipalities comprising the 7th Congressional District Cebu Province.

Poverty incidence of Badian

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority^{[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]}

The Kawasan Falls, a three-layered waterfall, is one of the popular tourist destinations in the province, declared as top 6 Most Beautiful Waterfalls in the World by The Botique Adventurer Travel Blog. Canyoneering tours are offered upstream of the Kawasan Falls, where the Matutinao river flows through a secluded canyon, it is also awarded as the Best Adventure Destination of Cebu's Best by Sunstar. There is also the Badian mountain range and the popular trekking destination of Osmeña Peak located in Brgy. Patong along with Kandungaww Peak, located in Brgy. Sohoton.

The town's jurisdiction includes Zaragosa or Badian Island, where there is a white sandy private beach and which from there snorkeling and diving activities can be arranged. Nearby Pescador Island, Moalboal offers corals and marine life for divers.

Other tourist attractions of Badian include:

• Cebu International Golf and Resort in Lambug (the only 18‑hole, par‑72 course golf course in the town)
• the manicured gardens of Terra Manna beach and camping resort
• Grandeur Beach Resort located in Lambug Beach
• crab hunting in the mangroves.
• Toong Spring Nature Park - On April 15, 2024, second placer, Badian, as Central Visayas lone winner, was awarded P20 million by the Department of Tourism's Tourism Champions Challenge, for the development of Toong Spring Nature Park in Barangay Poblacion. The tourist attraction is a biodiversity and nature conservation showcasing a butterfly garden, rock wall, Toong spring and walking paths among others.^[21]

The town is also hailed as Cebu's "Banig Capital" due to the town's prime product, the "Banig", a woven mat made from Pandanus. The townsfolk are masters of the craft of Banig weaving as much of their skill and prowess in mat weaving was inherited by from forefathers. Because of the booming local economy in matt weaving, the town initiated a major religious-cultural endeavor that was meant to promote the Banigs of Badian. This endeavor came to be recognized as the "Banig Festival", a religious festival in honor of the town's patron saint, St. James the Great, which was also meant to be a major tourism endeavor to promote the mat and the town. The dancers in the participating festival contingents put on stylized and intricately cut and woven costumes made from Banig.

The public schools in the town of Badian are administered by one school district under the Schools Division of Cebu Province^{[permanent dead link]}.

Elementary schools:

High schools:

• Badian National High School — Poblacion
• Manduyong National High School — Manduyong
• Sanlagan National High School (formerly Badian NHS - Sanlagan Extension) — Sanlagan
• Tubod National High School — Tubod

Integrated schools:

• Zaragosa Integrated School — Zaragosa

Private schools:

• Saint James Academy — Poblacion