The
City of Lapu-Lapu is a 1st class highly-urbanized city in the province of Cebu,
PhilippinesThe 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....
. The city occupies most of
Mactan IslandMactan is an island located a few kilometres from the island of Cebu in the Philippines. The island is part of the province of Cebu and it is divided into Lapu-Lapu City and the municipality of Cordova. The island is connected to Cebu by the two bridges one of which is the Marcelo Fernan Bridge and...
, one kilometer off of mainland
Cebu IslandCebu is an island of the Philippines. It is the main island of Cebu Province at the center of the Visayan Islands, south of Manila.It lies to the east of Negros Island; to the east is Leyte and to the southeast is Bohol Island. It is flanked on both sides by the straits of Cebu and Tañon...
, 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 AreaMetro Cebu is the main urban 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 island of Mactan...
which is centered on
Cebu CityThe City of Cebu , is the capital city of Cebu and the second city in the Philippines, the second most significant metropolitan center in the Philippine Islands, and known as the oldest city in the country....
. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 292,530 people.
The city is linked to
Mandaue CityThe City of Mandaue is a 1st class city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. It is one of the three highly urbanized cities in the Province of Cebu and form the core of the Metropolitan Cebu area.Mandaue lies right across Mactan Island where Lapu-Lapu City is located...
on mainland Cebu by the
Mactan-Mandaue BridgeMactan-Mandaue Bridge or popularly called The First Mactan-Mandaue Bridge is the first of two bridges spanning across the Mactan Channel and connecting the islands of Cebu and Mactan.- History :...
and
Marcelo Fernan BridgeMarcelo Fernan Bridge is an extradosed cable-stayed bridge located in Metro Cebu, Cebu in the Philippines. It spans across Mactan Channel connecting Cebu Island to Mactan Island....
.
The
City of Lapu-Lapu is a 1st class highly-urbanized city in the province of Cebu,
PhilippinesThe 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....
. The city occupies most of
Mactan IslandMactan is an island located a few kilometres from the island of Cebu in the Philippines. The island is part of the province of Cebu and it is divided into Lapu-Lapu City and the municipality of Cordova. The island is connected to Cebu by the two bridges one of which is the Marcelo Fernan Bridge and...
, one kilometer off of mainland
Cebu IslandCebu is an island of the Philippines. It is the main island of Cebu Province at the center of the Visayan Islands, south of Manila.It lies to the east of Negros Island; to the east is Leyte and to the southeast is Bohol Island. It is flanked on both sides by the straits of Cebu and Tañon...
, 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 AreaMetro Cebu is the main urban 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 island of Mactan...
which is centered on
Cebu CityThe City of Cebu , is the capital city of Cebu and the second city in the Philippines, the second most significant metropolitan center in the Philippine Islands, and known as the oldest city in the country....
. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 292,530 people.
The city is linked to
Mandaue CityThe City of Mandaue is a 1st class city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. It is one of the three highly urbanized cities in the Province of Cebu and form the core of the Metropolitan Cebu area.Mandaue lies right across Mactan Island where Lapu-Lapu City is located...
on mainland Cebu by the
Mactan-Mandaue BridgeMactan-Mandaue Bridge or popularly called The First Mactan-Mandaue Bridge is the first of two bridges spanning across the Mactan Channel and connecting the islands of Cebu and Mactan.- History :...
and
Marcelo Fernan BridgeMarcelo Fernan Bridge is an extradosed cable-stayed bridge located in Metro Cebu, Cebu in the Philippines. It spans across Mactan Channel connecting Cebu Island to Mactan Island....
.
Mactan-Cebu International AirportMactan-Cebu International Airport is a major international airport in the Visayas region of the Philippines. It is located in Lapu-Lapu City, Mactan Island, Metro Cebu and is the country's second primary gateway...
, the second busiest airport in the Philippines, is located in Lapu-Lapu City. The only
aquarium attractionMactan Island Aquarium visitor attraction is the first of its kind in the Visayas and the only public aquarium outside of Luzon on all of the 7107 islands of the Philippines....
in the Visayas is also 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-LapuLapu-Lapu was the datu of Mactan, an island in the Visayas, Philippines, who is known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted Spanish colonization. He is now regarded as the first Filipino hero....
, the native Filipino who defeated
Ferdinand MagellanFerdinand Magellan was a maritime navigator and explorer. Ferdinand Magellan was born circa 1480 at Sabrosa, near Vila Real, in the province of Tras-os-Montes, one of the wildest districts of Portugal...
in 1521. This battle is commemorated at the Lapu-Lapu shrine.
Congressman 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 president Carlos P. Garcia.
Barangays
Lapu-Lapu City is politically subdivided into 30
barangayA 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. Barangays are further subdivided into smaller areas called Puroks...
s.
- Agus
- Babag
- Bankal
- Baring
- Basak
- Buaya
- Calawisan
- Canjulao
- Caw-oy
- Cawhagan
- Caubian
- Gun-ob
- Ibo
- Looc
- Mactan
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- Maribago
- Marigondon
- Pajac
- Pajo
- Pangan-an
- Poblacion
- Punta Engaño
- Pusok
- Sabang
- Santa Rosa
- Subabasbas
- Talima
- Tingo
- Tungasan
- San Vicente
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