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Lapu-Lapu City, officially known as the City of Lapu-Lapu (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu; Filipino: Lungsod ng Lapu-Lapu), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 497,604 people. [2]

Lapu-Lapu City
Highly urbanized city
City of Lapu-Lapu
Aerial view over MEPZ–II
Flag Seal
Nickname:  Historic Resort City
Anthem: Dakbayan sa Sidlakan
Map of Central Visayas with Lapu-Lapu City highlighted
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Lapu-Lapu City Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°18′46″N 123°56′56″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas
Province	Cebu (geographically only)
District	Lone district
Founded (Opon) Cityhood Lone district	1730
Named for	Lapulapu
Barangays	30 (see Barangays
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlungsod
• Mayor	Junard "Ahong" Q. Chan (PDPLBN)
• Vice Mayor	Celedonio B. Sitoy (PDPLBN)
• Representative	Ma. Cynthia K. Chan (PDPLBN)
• City Council	Members Eugenio S. Espedido Annabeth D. Cuizon Marciano A. Alforque Jr. Celestino C. Aying Linda Susan C. Baring Jan Vincent A. dela Serna Efren T. Herrera Nelson O. Yap Climaco A. Tatoy Jr. Jeorgen Eyas-Book Joseph T. Pangantungan Emilio L. Galaroza Jr.
• Electorate	245,395 voters (2022)
Area [1]
• Total	58.10 km2 (22.43 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Highest elevation	984 m (3,228 ft)
Lowest elevation	−1 m (−3 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [2]
• Total	497,604
• Density	8,600/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
• Households	129,652
Demonym	Oponganon[3]
Economy
• Income class	1st city income class
• Poverty incidence	6.80% (2018)[4]
• Revenue	₱2,687,149,804.74 (2020)
• Assets	₱9,540,823,400.78 (2020)
• Expenditure	₱3,171,375,762.20 (2020)
• Liabilities	₱3,858,570,398.62 (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Mactan Electric Company (MECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (Philippine Standard Time (PST))
ZIP code	6015
PSGC	072226000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)32
Native languages	Cebuano

It was formerly known as Opon, the city being renamed to its present name in 1961. It is one of the cities that make up Metro Cebu in the Philippines. It is located in the province of Cebu, administratively independent from the province, but grouped under Cebu by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Mactan–Cebu International Airport, the second busiest airport in the Philippines, is located in Lapu-Lapu City.

History

In the 16th century, Mactan Island was colonized by Spain. Augustinian friars founded the town of Opon in 1730, and it became a city in 1961. 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, commemorated at Mactan Shrine in Punta Engaño, 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.

The municipality of Opon was founded by the Augustinian missionaries in 1730. It was ceded to the Jesuits in 1737, and later restored to the Augustinians. When the Philippine Revolution spread to the Visayas in 1898, the people organized themselves into local revolutionary units.

During the Filipino-American War, a military government was established. The continued resistance of the people of Cebu prompted the American government to restore military control over the province on July 17, 1901. In 1905, Opon held its first municipal election, and Pascual dela Serna was elected town president.

Following the outbreak of World War II, the presence of bulk oil storage tanks in Opon made the town an object of Japanese raids a week after the outbreak of WWII in December 1941. The enemy aircraft succeeded in blowing up two of about fourteen oil storage tanks in Opon. A unit of the Kawaguchi Detachment of the Japanese Imperial Forces landed on the east coast of Cebu on April 10, 1942. Later, the resistance movement was organized by Colonel James M. Cushing, leader of the southern and central units, and Harry Fenton of the northern unit of the Cebu Resistance Movement.

During the Battle of the Visayas, Victor II operations of the American Division led by Major General William Arnold landed in Cebu on March 26, 1945, and subsequently liberated the province.

Historically, the city includes the site of the Battle of Mactan. On August 1, 1973, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 2060, President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared the site of the battle a national shrine; the preservation, restoration and/or reconstruction of which shall be under the supervision and control of the National Historical Commission in collaboration with the Department of Tourism. Mactan is also the birthplace of Leonila Dimataga-Garcia, wife of Carlos P. Garcia, the fourth President of the Republic. Leonila Dimataga-Garcia was a relative of the wife of Lapu-Lapu City's former mayor Ernest Weigel Jr. (1992-2001, three terms) who was the richest mayor in Metro Cebu, with a net worth of ₱57 million in the early 2000s.

Cityhood

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,[5] known as the City Charter of Lapu-Lapu, which was signed on June 17, 1961, by Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia. Lapu-Lapu was inaugurated on December 31, 1961, with Mariano Dimataga, the last municipal mayor, as the first city mayor.[6]

As a fast-growing commercial city, some of its commercial and industrial firms are the General Milling Company, one of the largest in the country; the Cebu Shipyard and Engineering Works, pioneered by Dad Cleland; and the oil companies which resumed their operations after the war. Air transportation for the city is served by the Mactan International Airport.

Highly urbanized city

On January 23, 2007, Lapu-Lapu was proclaimed as HUC via Proclamation No. 1222, signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Its plebiscite was held along with Puerto Princesa in Palawan on July 21, 2007. Both of them successfully became highly urbanized cities after majority of their voters voted in favor of conversion. They ranked 31st and 32nd in the country.

Geography

Lapu-Lapu is bounded on the north by the main island of Cebu, to the west by Cebu City and Mactan Channel, on the east by the Camotes Sea, and on the south by the town of Cordova.

The city occupies Mactan Island, a few kilometers off the main island of Cebu. It also has some of the barangays under its jurisdiction on the Olango Island Group. The city is linked to Mandaue on mainland Cebu by the Mactan-Mandaue Bridge and Marcelo Fernan Bridges.

Barangays

Lapu-Lapu comprises 30 barangays:

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.		Area		PD 2020
		2020 [2]		2010 [7]			ha	acre	/km2	/sq mi
072226001	Agus	3.9%	19,525	15,767	▴	2.05%
072226002	Babag	6.2%	30,839	22,756	▴	2.93%	307	759	10,000	26,000
072226003	Bankal	4.6%	22,863	20,872	▴	0.87%	201	497	11,000	29,000
072226004	Baring	0.8%	3,870	3,353	▴	1.37%	91	225	4,300	11,000
072226005	Basak	14.5%	71,990	59,873	▴	1.77%	603	1,490	12,000	31,000
072226006	Buaya	3.8%	19,078	16,072	▴	1.64%	271	670	7,000	18,000
072226007	Calawisan	3.2%	15,740	11,454	▴	3.06%	957	2,365	1,600	4,300
072226008	Canjulao	2.9%	14,451	13,245	▴	0.83%	156	385	9,300	24,000
072226011	Caubian	0.5%	2,429	2,272	▴	0.64%
072226009	Caw‑oy	0.4%	2,226	1,837	▴	1.84%	162,900	402,542	1.4	3.5
072226010	Cawhagan	0.1%	694	638	▴	0.80%	55,900	138,134	1.2	3.2
072226012	Gun‑ob	7.6%	37,989	31,219	▴	1.88%
072226013	Ibo	1.7%	8,318	8,126	▴	0.22%
072226014	Looc	3.1%	15,411	16,016	▾	−0.37%
072226015	Mactan	10.2%	50,964	33,465	▴	4.08%
072226016	Maribago	3.8%	18,954	16,591	▴	1.27%
072226017	Marigondon	5.1%	25,584	19,713	▴	2.51%
072226018	Pajac	4.4%	22,116	17,402	▴	2.30%
072226019	Pajo	5.2%	25,845	20,999	▴	1.99%
072226020	Pangan‑an	0.5%	2,348	2,070	▴	1.20%
072226021	Poblacion[lower-alpha 1]	1.3%	6,238	5,581	▴	1.06%
072226022	Punta Engaño	2.3%	11,425	8,753	▴	2.56%
072226024	Pusok	6.6%	32,791	28,810	▴	1.24%
072226025	Sabang	1.4%	6,910	6,091	▴	1.21%
072226031	San Vicente	0.8%	4,209	3,854	▴	0.84%
072226026	Santa Rosa	1.1%	5,388	4,302	▴	2.16%
072226027	Subabasbas	1.6%	7,961	6,288	▴	2.27%
072226028	Talima	1.2%	5,973	5,734	▴	0.39%
072226029	Tingo	0.6%	3,231	3,088	▴	0.43%
072226030	Tungasan	0.5%	2,244	1,871	▴	1.74%
	Total		497,604	350,467	▴	3.39%	5,810	14,357	8,600	22,000

Climate

Demographics

Population census of Lapu-Lapu City

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	14,851	—
1918	20,988	+2.33%
1939	33,426	+2.24%
1948	37,280	+1.22%
1960	48,546	+2.22%
1970	69,268	+3.61%
1975	79,484	+2.80%
1980	98,324	+4.34%
1990	146,194	+4.05%
1995	173,744	+3.29%
2000	217,019	+4.88%
2007	292,530	+4.20%
2010	350,467	+6.80%
2015	408,112	+2.94%
2020	497,604	+3.98%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) [9] [7] [10][11]

Lapu-Lapu's residents mainly speak Cebuano, the local language. Tagalog and English is also widely spoken and understood, due to the influx of foreign nationals in the city. Due to the large number of resorts and retirement homes in the city, as well as the growing number of ESL schools, the city also hosts a number of Japanese, Korean, and Chinese speakers.

Economy

Government

Mayors of Lapu-Lapu City

Years	Mayor
1938-1967	Mariano Dimataga
1968-1986	Maximo V. Patalinjug
1986-1988	Silvestre T. Dignos
1988-1991	Maximo V. Patalinjug
1992-2001	Ernest H. Weigel
2001-2010	Arturo O. Radaza
2010-2019	Paz C. Radaza
2019-	Junard Q. Chan

Mariano Dimataga's term was interrupted during the years 1941-1945. Teodulo Tomakin and later Eugenio Araneta were appointed as town mayors. They later escaped from the Japanese, Jorge Tampus took over. During the Allied liberation by the combined Filipino-American forces, year 1945 Mariano Dimataga resumed his interrupted term.

Transportation

Mactan–Cebu International Airport (MCIA) is located in this city, which is connected to mainland Cebu via the Marcelo Fernan Bridge and Mactan-Mandaue Bridges, as well as the Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway (located in the nearby town of Cordova), over the sea separating the Mactan island from the island of Cebu. The airport is the main gateway to Cebu and Central Visayas, serving international flights to various destinations, especially to Singapore, Macau, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. MCIA is also the second busiest airport in the Philippines, after Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila.

Gallery

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  Poblacion (Opon)
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  Lapu-Lapu City highway
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  Muelle Osmeña
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  Virgen de la Regla Church
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  Our Lady of the Rule
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  Plantation Bay Resort and Spa
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  Skyline of hotel and resorts
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  Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary

Notable people

• Lapulapu - A chieftain of Mactan and the First Philippine National Hero who defeated Magellan.
• Janine Berdin - The grand winner of the second season of Tawag ng Tanghalan.
• Akiko Solon - Finalist of Star Power: Sharon Search For the Next Female Superstar.

See also

• List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines

Notes

References

Sources

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Lapu-Lapu City government website
• About Lapu-Lapu City

На других языках

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[de] Lapu-Lapu City

Lapu-Lapu City ist eine philippinische Stadt (Component City) in der Provinz Cebu. Ihr früherer Name lautete Opon. Sie wurde zu Ehren des philippinischen Nationalhelden in Lapu-Lapu umbenannt und zu seinen Ehren wurde in der Stadt der Lapu-Lapu and Maghellan Shrine erbaut.

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- [en] Lapu-Lapu City

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[ru] Лапу-Лапу (город)

Лапу-Лапу (тагальск. Lungsod ng Lapu-Lapu) — город на Филиппинах, на территории региона Центральные Висайи. Входит в состав провинции Себу. Является частью городской агломерации Себу.

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