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Lapu-Lapu City

Lapu-Lapu City is a first class[7] highly urbanized[8] city in the Philippine province of Cebu. The city occupies most of Mactan Island, a few kilometers off the main island of Cebu and also covers the area of Olango Island further to the southeast region, plus a few other islands. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 497,604 people.

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Anthem: Dakbayan sa Sidlakan
(English: City of the East) (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Sidlakan) (Lapu-Lapu)
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Country Philippines
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ProvinceCebu (geographically only)
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Founded (Opon)1730
Cityhood and renamedJune 17, 1961
Highly urbanized cityJanuary 23, 2007
Named forLapulapu
Barangays(see Barangays)
Government
 • MayorJunard "Ahong" Q. Chan (PFP)
 • Vice MayorCeledonio B. Sitoy (PFP)
 • RepresentativeMa. Cynthia K. Chan (Lakas-CMD)
 • City Council
Members
 • Electoratevoters (Philippine general election, ?
Elevation
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Economy
 • Gross domestic product₱151.4 billion (2022)[3]
$2.675 billion (2022)[4]
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 • Poverty incidence% (?)[5]
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 • Assets₱
 • Expenditure₱
Service provider
 • Electricity—
 • WaterMetropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD)
Time zoneUTC+8 (Philippine Standard Time (PST))
ZIP code
6015, 6016 (Mactan–Cebu International Airport)
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Native languagesCebuano

The city is linked to Mandaue on mainland Cebu by the Mactan-Mandaue Bridge and Marcelo Fernan Bridge. Mactan-Cebu International Airport, the second busiest airport in the Philippines, is in Lapu-Lapu City. The only aquarium attraction in the Visayas is also in Lapu-lapu City. It is known as "Opon'.It is also home to the Mactan Shrine.

Location

Lapu-Lapu City borders Mandaue to the west, Cebu Strait to the east, Consolacion to the north, and Cordova to the south.

History

In the 16th century, Mactan Island was colonized by Spain. Augustinian friars re-founded the town of Opon as a Christian town in 1730, and it became a city in 1961.[9] It was renamed after Datu Lapulapu, the island's chieftain, who led the defeat against the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 in the Battle of Mactan,[9] commemorated at Mactan Shrine in Barangay Mactan, where Magellan led a landing party of 40 men to resupply who were set upon by 1,500 locals and slew their captain and a few other men.

Politician Manuel A. Zosa, the representative of the Sixth District of Cebu, sponsored the Bill converting the former municipality of Opon into the present day City of Lapu-Lapu. This was the Republic Act 3134, known as the City Charter of Lapu-Lapu which was signed on June 17, 1961 by former Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia.

Barangays

Lapu-Lapu is politically subdivided into 30 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Political map of Lapu-Lapu

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Gallery

  • The Virgen de la Regla Parish Church

  • City Hall

  • Muelle Osmeña

Notable people

Lapu-Lapu City Media

Notes

References

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  2. ↑ Inso, Futch Anthony (June 28, 2019). "Lapu-Lapu Mayor Chan's non-Oponganon choices for dep't heads slammed". Cebu Daily News (Philippine Daily Inquirer). https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/241859/lapu-lapu-mayor-chans-non-oponganon-choices-for-dept-heads-slammed. Retrieved April 26, 2020. 
  3. ↑ "All Provinces and HUCs in Northern Mindanao Continue to Expand in 2022; City of Cagayan de Oro Records the Fastest Growth with 9.4 Percent". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  4. ↑ "PH₱56.598 per dollar (per International Monetary Fund on Representative Exchange Rates for Selected Currencies for December 2022)". IMF. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
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  6. ↑ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  7. ↑ Philippine Standard Geographic Code listing for Lapu-Lapu Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine - National Statistical Coordination Board
  8. ↑ Philippine Standard Geographic Code listing for Cebu province Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine - National Statistical Coordination Board
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "LAPU-LAPU, CEBU". League. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  10. ↑ "LIST: 18 facts you need to know about Janine Berdin". ABS-CBN. https://www.abs-cbn.com/2020/1/28/fresh-scoops/list-18-facts-you-need-to-know-about-janine-berdi-13940. Retrieved 22 December 2024. 
  11. ↑ Ngojo, Jessa. "Meet the BINI Bisdak beauties". Cebu Daily News. https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/578523/meet-the-bini-bisdak-beauties. Retrieved 26 July 2024. 

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