Lapu-Lapu City
Lapu-Lapu City
Opon | |
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City of Lapu-Lapu | |
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Nickname: Historic Resort City | |
Anthem: Dakbayan sa Sidlakan (English: City of the East) (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Sidlakan) (Lapu-Lapu) | |
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Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 10°18′46″N 123°56′56″E / 10.3127°N 123.9488°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Central Visayas (Region VII) |
Province | Cebu (geographically only) |
District | Lone district |
Founded (Opon) | 1730 |
Cityhood and renamed | June 17, 1961 |
Highly urbanized city | January 23, 2007 |
Named for | Lapulapu |
Barangays | 30 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Panlungsod |
• Mayor | Junard "Ahong" Q. Chan (PFP) |
• Vice Mayor | Celedonio B. Sitoy (PFP) |
• Representative | Ma. Cynthia K. Chan (Lakas-CMD) |
• City Council | Members |
• Electorate | 277,288 voters (Philippine general election, 2025 |
Area | |
• Total | 58.10 km2 (22.43 sq mi) |
Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 497,604 |
• Density | 8,600/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
• Households | 129,652 |
Demonym | Oponganon[2] |
Economy | |
• Gross domestic product | ₱151.4 billion (2022)[3] $2.675 billion (2022)[4] |
• Income class | 1st city income class |
• Poverty incidence | 10.80% (2021)[5] |
• Revenue | ₱3,872,789,848.59 (2022) |
• Assets | ₱8,444,101,146.04 (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱3,453,647,415.42 (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Mactan Electric Company (MECO) |
• Water | Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (Philippine Standard Time (PST)) |
ZIP code | 6015, 6016 (Mactan–Cebu International Airport) |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)32 |
Climate type | Tropical monsoon climate |
Native languages | Cebuano |
Lapu-Lapu City is a first class[6] highly urbanized[7] 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.
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
[change | change source]Lapu-Lapu City borders Mandaue to the west, Cebu Strait to the east, Consolacion to the north, and Cordova to the south.
History
[change | change source]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.[8] 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,[8] 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
[change | change source]Barangays
[change | change source]Lapu-Lapu is politically subdivided into 30 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | Area | PD 2020 | |||||
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2020 | 2010[9] | ha | acre | /km2 | /sq mi | |||||
072226001 | Agus | 3.9% | 19,525 | 15,767 | 2.16% | |||||
072226002 | Babag | 6.2% | 30,839 | 22,756 | 3.09% | 307 | 759 | 10,000 | 26,000 | |
072226003 | Bankal | 4.6% | 22,863 | 20,872 | 0.92% | 201 | 497 | 11,000 | 29,000 | |
072226004 | Baring | 0.8% | 3,870 | 3,353 | 1.44% | 91 | 225 | 4,300 | 11,000 | |
072226005 | Basak | 14.5% | 71,990 | 59,873 | 1.86% | 603 | 1,490 | 12,000 | 31,000 | |
072226006 | Buaya | 3.8% | 19,078 | 16,072 | 1.73% | 271 | 670 | 7,000 | 18,000 | |
072226007 | Calawisan | 3.2% | 15,740 | 11,454 | 3.23% | 957 | 2,365 | 1,600 | 4,300 | |
072226008 | Canjulao | 2.9% | 14,451 | 13,245 | 0.88% | 156 | 385 | 9,300 | 24,000 | |
072226011 | Caubian | 0.5% | 2,429 | 2,272 | 0.67% | |||||
072226009 | Caw‑oy | 0.4% | 2,226 | 1,837 | 1.94% | 162,900 | 402,542 | 1.4 | 3.5 | |
072226010 | Cawhagan | 0.1% | 694 | 638 | 0.84% | 55,900 | 138,134 | 1.2 | 3.2 | |
072226012 | Gun‑ob | 7.6% | 37,989 | 31,219 | 1.98% | |||||
072226013 | Ibo | 1.7% | 8,318 | 8,126 | 0.23% | |||||
072226014 | Looc | 3.1% | 15,411 | 16,016 | −0.38% | |||||
072226015 | Mactan | 10.2% | 50,964 | 33,465 | 4.30% | |||||
072226016 | Maribago | 3.8% | 18,954 | 16,591 | 1.34% | |||||
072226017 | Marigondon | 5.1% | 25,584 | 19,713 | 2.64% | |||||
072226018 | Pajac | 4.4% | 22,116 | 17,402 | 2.43% | |||||
072226019 | Pajo | 5.2% | 25,845 | 20,999 | 2.10% | |||||
072226020 | Pangan‑an | 0.5% | 2,348 | 2,070 | 1.27% | |||||
072226021 | Poblacion[a] | 1.3% | 6,238 | 5,581 | 1.12% | |||||
072226022 | Punta Engaño | 2.3% | 11,425 | 8,753 | 2.70% | |||||
072226024 | Pusok | 6.6% | 32,791 | 28,810 | 1.30% | |||||
072226025 | Sabang | 1.4% | 6,910 | 6,091 | 1.27% | |||||
072226031 | San Vicente | 0.8% | 4,209 | 3,854 | 0.88% | |||||
072226026 | Santa Rosa | 1.1% | 5,388 | 4,302 | 2.28% | |||||
072226027 | Subabasbas | 1.6% | 7,961 | 6,288 | 2.39% | |||||
072226028 | Talima | 1.2% | 5,973 | 5,734 | 0.41% | |||||
072226029 | Tingo | 0.6% | 3,231 | 3,088 | 0.45% | |||||
072226030 | Tungasan | 0.5% | 2,244 | 1,871 | 1.83% | |||||
Total | 497,604 | 350,467 | 3.57% | 5,810 | 14,357 | 8,600 | 22,000 |
Gallery
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The Virgen de la Regla Parish Church
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City Hall
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Muelle Osmeña
Notable people
[change | change source]- Lapulapu - A chieftain of Mactan and the First Philippine National Hero who defeated Magellan.
- Janine Berdin - Grand winner of the second season of Tawag ng Tanghalan.[10]
- Akiko Solon - Finalist of Star Power: Sharon Search For the Next Female Superstar.
- Aiah Arceta - Member of Pinoy pop group Bini.[11]
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ Part of the Poblacion barangay is still called Opon.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "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.
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: CS1 maint: year (link) - ↑ 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. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "PH₱56.598 per dollar (per International Monetary Fund on Representative Exchange Rates for Selected Currencies for December 2022)". IMF. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- ↑ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ↑ Philippine Standard Geographic Code listing for Lapu-Lapu Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine - National Statistical Coordination Board
- ↑ Philippine Standard Geographic Code listing for Cebu province Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine - National Statistical Coordination Board
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "LAPU-LAPU, CEBU". League. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ↑
Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "LIST: 18 facts you need to know about Janine Berdin". ABS-CBN. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ↑ Ngojo, Jessa. "Meet the BINI Bisdak beauties". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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