LAPU-LAPU CITY


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, just one kilometer southeast from the island of Cebu, and also covers the whole of Olango Island five kilometers further to the southeast plus a few other islets. Lapu-Lapu City is part of the larger Cebu Metropolitan Area or Metro Cebu centered on Cebu City.
According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 217,019 people in 44,439 households.
Lapu-Lapu City is linked to Mandaue City on mainland Cebu by two bridges: Mactan-Mandaue Bridge and Marcelo Fernan Bridge. From Mandaue, the provincial capital of Cebu City is only five minutes away.
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 and the town retained its name until 1961 when it was made into a city and renamed after Lapu-Lapu, the first Filipino hero who, in 1521, defeated Ferdinand Magellan.
The Mactan-Cebu International Airport is located in Lapu-Lapu City and is the country's second-busiest airport.

Contents
Barangays
Areas of Interest
Pictures
See also
External links

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

Areas of Interest


Statue of Lapu-Lapu


★ 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 Serviced Apartments

★ Marina Mall

★ Mactan Coral Golf Club

★ Cebu Yacht Club

★ Scuba Diving off the Mactan Coast

Pictures



See also



★ Metro Cebu

External links



★ Official City Government website

★ Philippine Standard Geographic Code

★ 2000 Philippine Census Information

★ Independent Guide to Cebu's Accommodation

★ Travel Portal Dedicated To Cebu

★ Sutukil: Fresh seafood dining in Lapu-Lapu city, Mactan Island

★ Jobs in Lapu-Lapu City

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