Lapu-Lapu City

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City of Lapu-Lapu
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Location
Map of Cebu showing the location of Lapu-Lapu
Map of Cebu showing the location of Lapu-Lapu
Government
Region Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province Cebu
District 6th district of Cebu
Barangays 30
Income class: 1st class;highlu-urbanized city
Mayor Arturo Radaza
Cityhood June 17, 1961
Physical characteristics
Area 64.22 km²
Population

     Total (2000)      Density
217,019
3,379/km²

Lapu-Lapu City is a 1st class highly-urbanized city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. The city occupies most of Mactan Island, just one kilometer southeast from the island of Cebu, and also covers the whole of Olango Island five kilometers further to the southeast plus a few other islets. Lapu-Lapu City is part of the larger Cebu Metropolitan Area or Metro Cebu centered on Cebu City.

According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 217,019 people in 44,439 households.

Lapu-Lapu City is linked to Mandaue City on mainland Cebu by two bridges: Mactan-Mandaue Bridge and Marcelo Fernan Bridge. From Mandaue, the provincial capital of Cebu City is only five minutes away.

The area of the present city was called Mactan before the arrival of the Spanish colonizers. Augustinians then founded the town of Opon in 1730 and the town retained its name until 1961 when it was made into a city and renamed after Lapu-Lapu, the first Filipino hero who, in 1521, defeated Ferdinand Magellan.

The Mactan-Cebu International Airport is located in Lapu-Lapu City and is the country's second-busiest airport.

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[edit] Barangays (Barrios)

Lapu-Lapu City is politically subdivided into 30 barangays.

  • Agus
  • Babag
  • Bankal
  • Baring
  • Basak
  • Buaya
  • Calawisan
  • Canjulao
  • Caw-oy
  • Cawhagan
  • Caubian
  • Gun-ob
  • Ibo
  • Looc
  • Mactan
  • Maribago
  • Marigondon
  • Pajac
  • Pajo
  • Pangan-an
  • Poblacion
  • Punta Engaño
  • Pusok
  • Sabang
  • Santa Rosa
  • Subabasbas
  • Talima
  • Tingo
  • Tungasan
  • San Vicente

[edit] Areas of Interest

  • Mactan Export Processing Zone (I & II)
  • Cebu Light Industrial Park
  • Marcelo Fernan Bridge Park
  • Vaño Beach
  • Plantation Bay Resort & Spa
  • Maribago Blue Waters
  • Waterfront Airport Hotel
  • Shangri-La's Mactan Island Resort and Spa
  • Cebu Hilton Resort and Towers
  • Punta Engaño (Lapu-Lapu and Magellan Shrines)
  • SDR Serviced Apartments
  • Marina Mall
  • Mactan Coral Golf Club
  • Cebu Yacht Club (on Mactan Island)
  • Mactan Shrine
  • Scuba Diving off the Mactan Coast

[edit] Pictures

Cebu Hilton Resort and Towers, Lapu-lapu City, Metro Cebu
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Shangri-La's Mactan Island Resort and Spa, Lapu-lapu City, Metro Cebu
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[edit] See also

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Coordinates: 10°19′N, 123°57′E

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