Lapu-Lapu, Philippines

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Lapu-Lapu

Highly Urbanized City

Aerial view over MEPZII

Seal

Nickname(s): Historic Resort City

Map of Central Visayas with Lapu-Lapu highlighted

Lapu-Lapu
Location within the Philippines

Coordinates:

1019N 12357ECoordinates:

1019N 12357E

Country

Philippines

Region

Central Visayas (Region VII)

Province

Cebu (geographically only)

District

Lone district of Lapu-Lapu

1730
Founded (Opon)

17 June 1961
22 October 2009

Cityhood
Lone District
Barangay

30 (see Barangays)[show]

Government[1]
Type

Sangguniang Panlungsod

Mayor

Paz Radaza (LP)

Vice mayor

Marcial Ycong

City Council
Representative

Members[show]
Aileen Radaza

Area[2]
Total

58.10 km2 (22.43 sq mi)

Population (2015 census)[3]

Total

408,112

Density

7,000/km2 (18,000/sq mi)

Voter(2016)[4]

188,815

Time zone

PST (UTC+8)

ZIP code

6015

IDD:area code

+63(0)32

Income class

1st class

PSGC

072226000

Website

www.lapulapucity.gov.ph

Lapu-Lapu, officially the City of Lapu-Lapu (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu, Filipino: Lungsod ng Lapu-Lapu)
and formerly called Opon, is a 1st city income class highly urbanized city in the region of Central
Visayas, Philippines. It is one of the cities that make up Metro Cebu in the Philippines. It is geographically located in
the province of Cebu, administratively independent from the province but grouped under Cebu by the Philippine
Statistics Authority. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 408,112.[3] In the 2016 election, it had
188,815 registered voters.[4]
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 MactanMandaue Bridge andMarcelo Fernan Bridge. Mactan-Cebu International Airport, the second busiest airport in the
Philippines, is located in Lapu-Lapu.
Contents
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1History

2Barangays

3Demographics

4Transportation

5Gallery

6See also

7Notes

8References

9Sources

10External links

History[edit]
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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 Lapu-Lapu, the island's chieftain who
defeated Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 in the Battle of Mactan, commemorated at the Lapu-Lapu
shrine in Punta Engao.
On 27 April 1521, Lapu-Lapu, a native chieftain, successfully repulsed the foreign invaders in Mactan. He defeated
the Spanish troops and killed their leader, Ferdinand Magellan. 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 1896, 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 17 July 1901. In 1905,
Opon held its first municipal election and Pascual dela Serna was elected town president.
The presence of oil tanks in Opon made the town an object of Japanese raids a week after the outbreak of World War
II in December 1941. The enemy planes succeeded in blowing up two of about fourteen oil tanks in Opon. A unit of
the Kawaguchi Detachment of the Japanese Imperial Forces landed on the east coast of Cebu on 10 April 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.
The Victor II operations of the American Division led by Major General William Arnold landed in Cebu on 26 March
1945, and subsequently liberated the province.
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 17 June 1961 by Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia. Lapu-Lapu
was inaugurated on 31 December 1961, with Mariano Dimataga, the last municipal mayor, as the first city mayor.[5]
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. The air flight in the city is served by the Mactan International
Airport.
Historically, the city includes the site of the Battle of Mactan. On 1 August 1973, by virtue of Presidential Decree No.
2060, President Ferdinand 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.

Barangays[edit]
Lapu-Lapu comprises 30 barangays:[2]
PSGC

Barangay

Population
2015

% p.a.
2010

[3]

Area[2]
ha

[6]

PD2015

acre

/km2

/sq mi

072226001

Agus

3.9%

15,767

8,185

13.30%

211

521

7,500

19,000

072226002

Babag

5.6%

22,756

17,721

4.88%

307

759

7,400

19,000

072226003

Bankal

5.1%

20,872

13,802

8.19%

201

497

10,000

27,000

072226004

Baring

0.8%

3,353

3,014

2.05%

91

225

3,700

9,500

072226005

Basak

14.7%

59,873

45,927

5.18%

603

1,490

9,900

26,000

072226006

Buaya

3.9%

16,072

12,123

5.52%

271

670

5,900

15,000

072226007

Calawisan

2.8%

11,454

8,433

6.00%

957

2,365

1,200

3,100

072226008

Canjulao

3.2%

13,245

11,471

2.78%

156

385

8,500

22,000

072226011

Caubian

0.6%

2,272

2,028

2.19%

072226009

Cawoy

0.5%

1,837

1,629

2.31%

42

104

4,400

11,000

072226010

Cawhagan

0.2%

638

559

2.55%

072226012

Gun-ob

7.6%

31,219

34,662

1.97%

072226013

Ibo

2.0%

8,126

7,055

2.73%

072226014

Looc

3.9%

16,016

14,073

2.49%

072226015

Mactan

8.2%

33,465

29,262

2.59%

072226016

Maribago

4.1%

16,591

12,064

6.25%

072226017

Marigondon

4.8%

19,713

17,542

2.25%

072226018

Pajac

4.3%

17,402

16,084

1.51%

072226019

Pajo

5.1%

20,999

23,107

1.80%

072226020

Pangan-an

0.5%

2,070

1,767

3.06%

072226021

Poblacion[a]

1.4%

5,581

8,243

7.16%

072226022

Punta Engao

2.1%

8,753

7,106

4.05%

072226024

Pusok

7.1%

28,810

26,568

1.55%

072226025

Sabang

1.5%

6,091

5,603

1.60%

072226031

San Vicente

0.9%

3,854

3,413

2.34%

072226026

Santa Rosa

1.1%

4,302

3,934

1.72%

072226027

Subabasbas

1.5%

6,288

5,457

2.74%

072226028

Talima

1.4%

5,734

4,855

3.22%

072226029

Tingo

0.8%

3,088

2,830

1.68%

072226030

Tungasan

0.5%

1,871

1,950

0.78%

408,112

350,467

2.94%

5,810

14,357

7,000

18,000

TOTAL

Demographics[edit]
Population census of Lapu-Lapu

Year

Pop.

% p.a.

Year

Pop.

% p.a.

1970
1980
1990
1995

69,268
98,723
146,194
194,745

+3.61%
+4.00%
+5.52%

2000
2007
2010
2015

217,019
292,530
350,467
408,112

+2.35%
+4.20%
+6.80%
+2.94%

Source: Philippine Statistics Office[3][6][7][8]

In the 2016 election, it had 188,815 registered voters, meaning that 46% of the population are aged 18 and over.[4]

Transportation[edit]