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This article is about the Philippine City. For the ruler of Mactan, see Lapu-Lapu. For the fish also known as "lapulapu", see grouper.
Lapu-Lapu
Seal
Lapu-Lapu
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates:
1019N 12357ECoordinates:
1019N 12357E
Country
Philippines
Region
Province
District
17 June 1961
22 October 2009
Cityhood
Lone District
Barangay
30 (see Barangays)[show]
Government[1]
Type
Sangguniang Panlungsod
Mayor
Vice mayor
Marcial Ycong
City Council
Representative
Members[show]
Aileen Radaza
Area[2]
Total
408,112
Density
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%
In the 2016 election, it had 188,815 registered voters, meaning that 46% of the population are aged 18 and over.[4]
Transportation[edit]