Lapu-Lapu City

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City of Lapu-Lapu
Dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu
Lungsod ng Lapu-Lapu
Official seal of City of Lapu-Lapu
Seal
Map of Cebu showing the location of Lapu-Lapu.
Map of Cebu showing the location of Lapu-Lapu.
Country Philippines
Region Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province Cebu
District 6th District of Cebu
Barangays 30
Incorporated (town) 1730
Cityhood June 17, 1961
Government
 - Mayor Hon. Arturo O. Radaza (Lakas-CMD)
 - Vice-Mayor Hon. Mario Y. Amores, M.D. (Lakas-CMD)
Area
 - Total 64.22 km² (24.8 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 - Total 292,530
 - Density 4,555.12/km² (11,797.7/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 6015
Area code(s) 032
Website: www.lapulapucity.gov.ph

The City of Lapu-Lapu is a 1st class highly-urbanized city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. The city occupies most of Mactan Island, one kilometer off of mainland Cebu Island, and also covers the whole of Olango Island five kilometers further to the southeast plus a few other islets. It is part of the larger Cebu Metropolitan Area which is centered on Cebu City. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 292,530 people.

The city is linked to Mandaue City on mainland Cebu by the Mactan-Mandaue Bridge and Marcelo Fernan Bridge. Mactan-Cebu International Airport, the second busiest airport in the Philippines, is located in Lapu-Lapu City.

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. The town was made into a city in 1961 and renamed after Lapu-Lapu, the Filipino who defeated Ferdinand Magellan in 1521.

[edit] Barangays

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] Places of interest

Statue of Lapu-Lapu
Statue of Lapu-Lapu
Hilton Cebu Resort and Spa
Hilton Cebu Resort and Spa
  • 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
  • Lapu-Lapu and Magellan Shrines
  • SDR Mactan Island Serviced Apartments Cebu
  • Mactan Coral Golf Club
  • Cebu Yacht Club
  • Scuba Diving off the Mactan Coast

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