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Lapu-Lapu City
Highly urbanized city
City of Lapu-Lapu
Lapu-Lapu City Hall of Justice
Lapu-Lapu City Hall of Justice
Flag of Lapu-Lapu City
Flag
Official seal of Lapu-Lapu City
Seal
Nickname(s): 
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 in Philippines
Country  Philippines
Region Central Visayas
Province Cebu (geographically only)
District [[{{#property:P7938}} | — Lua error in Module:Wd at line 1804: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).]]
Founded (Opon) 1730
Cityhood and renamed June 17, 1961
Highly urbanized city January 23, 2007
Named for Lapulapu
Barangays 30 (see Barangays)
Government
 • Type Sangguniang Panlungsod
Area
 • Total 58.10 km2 (22.43 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)
 • Total 497,604
 • Density 8,564.6/km2 (22,182.2/sq mi)
 • Households
129,652
Demonym(s) Oponganon
Economy
 • Gross domestic product ₱151.4 billion (2022)
$2.675 billion (2022)
 • Income class 1st city income class
 • Poverty incidence
10.80
% (2021)
 • Revenue ₱ 2,687 million (2020)
 • Assets ₱ 9,541 million (2020)
 • Expenditure ₱ 3,171 million (2020)
Service provider
 • Electricity Mactan Electric Company (MECO)
Time zone UTC+8 (Philippine Standard Time (PST))
ZIP code
6015, 6016 (Mactan–Cebu International Airport)
PSGC
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IDD:area code  +63 (0)32
Native languages Cebuano

Lapu-Lapu City, officially 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.

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) and also the second most populous city of that province and in Central Visayas after the capital city of Cebu.

The second busiest airport in the Philippines, Mactan–Cebu International Airport, is located in Lapu-Lapu City. It opened in 1966 and serves as a hub for Philippine Airlines, and as an operating base for Cebu Pacific and Philippines AirAsia.

History

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Lapulapu monument at the Mactan Shrine

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 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.

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, 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.

Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed Proclamation No. 558 which declared June 17 a special public holiday to commemorate the city's 63rd charter anniversary. Republic Act 3134, the "City Charter of Lapu-Lapu" was signed on June 17, 1961, by Carlos P. Garcia.

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

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Political map of Lapu-Lapu
PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a. Area PD
2010 ha acre /km2 /sq mi
072226001 Agus Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 19,525 15,767 1.48%
072226002 Babag Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 30,839 22,756 2.12% 307 759 10,000 26,000
072226003 Bankal Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 22,863 20,872 0.63% 201 497 11,000 29,000
072226004 Baring Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 3,870 3,353 0.99% 91 225 4,300 11,000
072226005 Basak Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 71,990 59,873 1.28% 603 1,490 12,000 31,000
072226006 Buaya Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 19,078 16,072 1.19% 271 670 7,000 18,000
072226007 Calawisan Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 15,740 11,454 2.21% 957 2,365 1,600 4,300
072226008 Canjulao Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 14,451 13,245 0.60% 156 385 9,300 24,000
072226011 Caubian Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 2,429 2,272 0.46%
072226009 Caw‑oy Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 2,226 1,837 1.33% 162,900 402,542 1.4 3.5
072226010 Cawhagan Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 694 638 0.58% 55,900 138,134 1.2 3.2
072226012 Gun‑ob Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 37,989 31,219 1.36%
072226013 Ibo Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 8,318 8,126 0.16%
072226014 Looc Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 15,411 16,016 −0.26%
072226015 Mactan Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 50,964 33,465 2.94%
072226016 Maribago Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 18,954 16,591 0.92%
072226017 Marigondon Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 25,584 19,713 1.81%
072226018 Pajac Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 22,116 17,402 1.67%
072226019 Pajo Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 25,845 20,999 1.44%
072226020 Pangan‑an Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 2,348 2,070 0.87%
072226021 Poblacion Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 6,238 5,581 0.77%
072226022 Punta Engaño Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 11,425 8,753 1.85%
072226024 Pusok Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 32,791 28,810 0.90%
072226025 Sabang Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 6,910 6,091 0.87%
072226031 San Vicente Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 4,209 3,854 0.61%
072226026 Santa Rosa Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 5,388 4,302 1.56%
072226027 Subabasbas Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 7,961 6,288 1.64%
072226028 Talima Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 5,973 5,734 0.28%
072226029 Tingo Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 3,231 3,088 0.31%
072226030 Tungasan Expression error: Missing operand for /.% 2,244 1,871 1.26%
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Climate

Climate data for Lapu-Lapu
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 28
(82)
29
(84)
30
(86)
31
(88)
31
(88)
30
(86)
30
(86)
30
(86)
30
(86)
29
(84)
29
(84)
28
(82)
30
(85)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 23
(73)
23
(73)
23
(73)
24
(75)
25
(77)
25
(77)
25
(77)
25
(77)
25
(77)
25
(77)
24
(75)
23
(73)
24
(75)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 70
(2.8)
49
(1.9)
62
(2.4)
78
(3.1)
138
(5.4)
201
(7.9)
192
(7.6)
185
(7.3)
192
(7.6)
205
(8.1)
156
(6.1)
111
(4.4)
1,639
(64.6)
Average rainy days 13.4 10.6 13.1 14.5 24.2 27.9 28.4 27.7 27.1 27.4 22.5 15.9 252.7
Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)

Demographics

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

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The city is known for its guitar making industry, known as "Opon Guitars"


Lapu-Lapu City is part of Metro Cebu, the second-most important metropolitan area in the Philippines. It has benefited from the economic rise of Cebu in the 1990s and 2000s, also known as Ceboom.

Mactan–Cebu International Airport, the primary airport serving Cebu, is located in the city. The airport has direct routes with international destinations, including East and Southeast Asia. These connections have given way for tourism to emerge as a major part of the city's economy. Several resorts are located in the city, most of which are concentrated along the eastern coast of the island in the barangays of Marigondon, Maribago, Mactan, and Punta Engaño.

The city is home to several industrial zones, such as Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) and the Cebu Light Industrial Park (CLIP). Other large industries include: General Milling Company, one of the largest food companies in the Philippines; the Cebu Shipyard and Engineering Works, pioneered by Dad Cleland; and several oil companies, such as Royal Dutch Shell.

Transportation

Lapu-Lapu City, positioned within the heart of Visayas, has an expansive and efficient transportation network that facilitates convenient travel and logistics. This dynamic city is primarily connected to the mainland of Cebu through three major infrastructure projects: the Marcelo Fernan Bridge, Mactan-Mandaue Bridge, and the more recent addition of the Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway. These strategic connections traverse the sea channel separating the island of Mactan, where Lapu-Lapu City is located, from the island of Cebu.

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The Mactan–Cebu International Airport, the second busiest international airport in the Philippines is situated in Lapu-Lapu

The Mactan–Cebu International Airport (MCIA), nestled within Lapu-Lapu City, is a significant hub for both local and international flights.

MCIA is the chief gateway serving the city of Cebu and the greater region of Central Visayas since its opening for civilian traffic in 1966. It hosts regular flights to numerous global destinations, particularly focusing on key cities in Asia. Some of these prominent destinations include Singapore, Macau, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. According to statistical reports, MCIA is ranked as the second busiest airport in the Philippines, only surpassed by Ninoy Aquino International Airport located in the capital, Manila.

On an annual basis, MCIA handles an impressive volume of traffic. This includes under 5 million passengers and oversees more than 100,000 flights each year. Its high capacity and performance undoubtedly reinforce its reputation as an essential node in the national and international aviation network.

On the 63rd Charter Anniversary celebration at Hoops Dome, on June 17, Mayor Junard Chan announced the economic benefits of the P7.6-B 100-hectare mega land reclamation project creating a new commercial center, business hub, economic zone and recreation park. Aside from the Mactan Circumferential Road, he said, the under-construction, PHP24.8-billion Lapu-Lapu Expressway will connect the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway to Mactan–Cebu International Airport. The Mactan–Mandaue Bridge will connect Barangay Ibo of Lapu-Lapu City to Mandaue City. Other infrastructure include the International Convention Center in Barangay Mactan, the Sudtunggan-Gabi bridge connecting Basak Cordova town.

Gallery

Military bases

Lapu-Lapu city hosts 2 military bases Mactan–Benito Ebuen Air Base and Philippines navy Central - Naval Base 'Rafael Ramos'.

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.
  • Aiah Arceta - Member of Pinoy pop group BINI.

See also

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