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Lapu-Lapu, Philippines

Lapu-Lapu
Highly Urbanized City
Aerial view over MEPZ–II
Aerial view over MEPZ–II
Official seal of Lapu-Lapu
Seal
Nickname(s): Historic Resort City
Map of Central Visayas with Lapu-Lapu highlighted
Map of Central Visayas with Lapu-Lapu highlighted
Lapu-Lapu is located in Philippines
Lapu-Lapu
Lapu-Lapu
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°19′N 123°57′E / 10.32°N 123.95°E / 10.32; 123.95Coordinates: 10°19′N 123°57′E / 10.32°N 123.95°E / 10.32; 123.95
Country Philippines
Region Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province Cebu (geographically only)
District Lone district of Lapu‑Lapu
  • Founded (Opon)
  • Cityhood
  • Lone District
1730
17 June 1961
22 October 2009
Barangay
Government
 • Type Sangguniang Panlungsod
 • Mayor Paz Radaza (LP)
 • Vice mayor Marcial Ycong
 • City Council
 • Representative Aileen Radaza
Area
 • Total 58.10 km2 (22.43 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)
 • Total 408,112
 • Density 7,000/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
 • Voter(2016)  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, Cebu, 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. In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 188,815 registered voters.

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

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 Engaño.


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