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Lapu-Lapu City

Coordinates: 10°18′46″N 123°56′56″E / 10.3127°N 123.9488°E / 10.3127; 123.9488
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Lapu-Lapu City
Opon
Highly urbanized city
City of Lapu-Lapu
ML Quezon National Highway
ML Quezon National Highway
Flag of Lapu-Lapu City
Flag
Official seal of Lapu-Lapu City
Seal
Nickname: 
Historic Resort City
Anthem: Dakbayan sa Sidlakan
(English: City of the East) (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Sidlakan) (Lapu-Lapu)
Map of Central Visayas with Lapu-Lapu City highlighted
Map of Central Visayas with Lapu-Lapu City highlighted
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Lapu-Lapu City is located in Philippines
Lapu-Lapu City
Lapu-Lapu City
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°18′46″N 123°56′56″E / 10.3127°N 123.9488°E / 10.3127; 123.9488
Country Philippines
RegionCentral Visayas (Region VII)
ProvinceCebu (geographically only)
District Lone district
Founded (Opon)1730
Cityhood and renamedJune 17, 1961
Highly urbanized cityJanuary 23, 2007
Named forLapulapu
Barangays30 (see Barangays)
Government
 • TypeSangguniang Panlungsod
 • MayorJunard "Ahong" Q. Chan (PFP)
 • Vice MayorCeledonio B. Sitoy (PFP)
 • RepresentativeMa. Cynthia K. Chan (Lakas-CMD)
 • City Council
Members
 • Electorate277,288 voters (Philippine general election, 2025
Area
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 • Total58.10 km2 (22.43 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)
 • Total497,604
 • Density8,600/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
 • Households
129,652
DemonymOponganon[2]
Economy
 • Gross domestic product₱151.4 billion (2022)[3]
$2.675 billion (2022)[4]
 • Income class1st city income class
 • Poverty incidence10.80% (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
 • ElectricityMactan Electric Company (MECO)
 • WaterMetropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD)
Time zoneUTC+8 (Philippine Standard Time (PST))
ZIP code
6015, 6016 (Mactan–Cebu International Airport)
PSGC
072226000
IDD : area code +63 (0)32
Climate typeTropical monsoon climate
Native languagesCebuano

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

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

History

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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

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Barangays

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

Political map of Lapu-Lapu
PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a. Area PD 2020
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% 307759 10,000 26,000
072226003 Bankal 4.6% 22,863 20,872 ▴ 0.92% 201497 11,000 29,000
072226004 Baring 0.8% 3,870 3,353 ▴ 1.44% 91225 4,300 11,000
072226005 Basak 14.5% 71,990 59,873 ▴ 1.86% 6031,490 12,000 31,000
072226006 Buaya 3.8% 19,078 16,072 ▴ 1.73% 271670 7,000 18,000
072226007 Calawisan 3.2% 15,740 11,454 ▴ 3.23% 9572,365 1,600 4,300
072226008 Canjulao 2.9% 14,451 13,245 ▴ 0.88% 156385 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% 162,900402,542 1.4 3.5
072226010 Cawhagan 0.1% 694 638 ▴ 0.84% 55,900138,134 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
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  • The Virgen de la Regla Parish Church
    The Virgen de la Regla Parish Church
  • City Hall
    City Hall
  • Muelle Osmeña
    Muelle Osmeña

Notable people

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Part of the Poblacion barangay is still called Opon.

References

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  1. ↑ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  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. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. 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.
  5. ↑ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  6. ↑ Philippine Standard Geographic Code listing for Lapu-Lapu Archived 2010-11-14 at the Wayback Machine - National Statistical Coordination Board
  7. ↑ Philippine Standard Geographic Code listing for Cebu province Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine - National Statistical Coordination Board
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "LAPU-LAPU, CEBU". League. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  9. ↑ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "LIST: 18 facts you need to know about Janine Berdin". ABS-CBN. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  11. ↑ Ngojo, Jessa. "Meet the BINI Bisdak beauties". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

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