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Danao City is a 2nd class city in the province of Cebu, Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 109,534 people.

Danao City has outgrown itself from being a cradle of corruption and power hungry political dynasties and chaotic anarchy into the next industrial capital of Cebu and the whole southern Philippines.

In 2005, Metro Cebu
Metro Cebu

Metro Cebu is the main Urban area center of the island province of Cebu in the Philippines. Metro Cebu is located along the central eastern portion of the island including the nearby Mactan Island....
's definition was expanded to include Danao City in the north and the municipalities of San Fernando
San Fernando

San Fernando may refer to:...
 and Carcar
Cárcar

C?rcar is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain.External links ...
 down south.

o City is well-known for its gun industry.






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Danao City is a 2nd class city in the province of Cebu, Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 109,534 people.

Danao City has outgrown itself from being a cradle of corruption and power hungry political dynasties and chaotic anarchy into the next industrial capital of Cebu and the whole southern Philippines.

In 2005, Metro Cebu
Metro Cebu

Metro Cebu is the main Urban area center of the island province of Cebu in the Philippines. Metro Cebu is located along the central eastern portion of the island including the nearby Mactan Island....
's definition was expanded to include Danao City in the north and the municipalities of San Fernando
San Fernando

San Fernando may refer to:...
 and Carcar
Cárcar

C?rcar is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain.External links ...
 down south.

Gun industry in Danao

Danao City is well-known for its gun industry. The industry started around 1905-1906. When World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 came, the Danao gunsmiths went underground, joined the guerrilla movement or were inducted into the USAFFE. Their main task was to re-chamber the Japanese Arisaka
Arisaka

Arisaka is a family of Japanese military bolt-action rifles, in production from approximately 1898 until the end of World War II in 1945. The most common specimens include the Type 38 rifle chambered in the 6.5x50mm Arisaka cartridge, and the Type 99 rifle chambered in the 7.7x58mm Arisaka Japanese cartridge....
 rifles to fit the US .30 caliber round or to keep the original Japanese rifle in good service.

After the war, there was a lull because of the proliferation of US surplus goods including firearms.

The industry went on, still underground. In the 1960s, the term paltik
Paltik

Paltik is a Filipino language term used to denote a "homemade gun". It originated late in the Philippine-American War when guns and ammunition had become scarce....
 was given to the homemade (and illegal) guns. In the early 1990s the industry was legalized by the government, with the creation of two organizations of local gunsmiths. The organization now left with proper permit is Workers League of Danao Multi-purpose Cooperative (World MPC), in Dungguan, Danao City.

Barangays

Danao City is administratively subdivided into 42 barangay
Barangay

A barangay , also known by its former Spanish adopted name, the barrio, is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or Ward ....
s.



* Baliang
* Bayabas
* Binaliw
* Cabungahan
* Cagat-Lamac
* Cahumayan
* Cambanay
* Cambubho
* Cogon-Cruz
* Danasan
* Dungga
* Dunggoan
* Guinacot
* Guinsay

* Ibo
* Langosig
* Lawaan
* Licos
* Looc
* Magtagobtob
* Malapoc
* Manlayag
* Mantija
* Masaba
* Maslog
* Nangka
* Oguis
* Pili

* Poblacion
* Quisol
* Sabang
* Sacsac
* Sandayong Norte
* Sandayong Sur
* Santa Rosa
* Santican
* Sibacan
* Suba
* Taboc
* Taytay
* Togonon
* Tuburan Sur


See also

  • Metro Cebu
    Metro Cebu

    Metro Cebu is the main Urban area center of the island province of Cebu in the Philippines. Metro Cebu is located along the central eastern portion of the island including the nearby Mactan Island....


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