San Miguel, Cebu

Cebu City Dakbayan sa Sugbu Lungsod ng Cebu
Highly Urbanized City
City of Cebu
(From top, left to right): Basilica Minore del Santo Niño, Magellan's Cross, Ayala Center Cebu, Globe Innove IT Plaza, Cebu Taoist Temple, Cebu City at night
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Nickname(s): Queen City of the South First Capital of the Philippines Oldest City in the Philippines
Map of Cebu with Cebu City highlighted
Cebu City Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°18′N 123°54′E / 10.3°N 123.9°E / 10.3; 123.9Coordinates: 10°18′N 123°54′E / 10.3°N 123.9°E / 10.3; 123.9
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province	Cebu (geographically only)
District	1st (North) and 2nd (South) districts of Cebu City
Founded (as Spanish colony) Reincorporated (as city)	1565 24 February 1937
Barangays	List Adlaon Agsungot Apas Babag Bacayan Banilad Basak Pardo Basak San Nicolas Binaliw Bonbon Budlaan Buhisan Bulacao Buot-Taop Busay Calamba Cambinocot Capitol Site Carreta Cogon Pardo Cogon-Ramos Day‑as Duljo Fatima Ermita Guadalupe Guba Hipodromo Inayawan Kalubihan Kalunasan Kamagayan Kamputhaw Kasambagan Kinasang‑an Labangon Lahug Lorega-San Miguel Lusaran Luz Mabini Mabolo Malubog Mambaling Pahina Central Pahina San Nicolas Pamutan Parian Paril Pasil Pit‑os Poblacion Pardo Pulangbato Pung‑ol Sibugay Punta Princesa Quiot Sambag I Sambag II San Antonio San Jose San Nicolas Proper San Roque Santa Cruz Santo Niño Sapangdaku Sawang Calero Sinsin Sirao Suba (Suba San Nicolas) Sudlon I Sudlon II T. Padilla Tabunan Tag-bao Talamban Taptap Tejero (Villa Gonzalo) Tinago Tisa Toong Zapatera
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlungsod
• Mayor	Tomas Osmeña (LP)
• Vice mayor	Edgar Labella (UNA)
• City Council	Members 1st District (North) Alvin Arcilla Mary Ann delos Santos Sisinio Andales Joy-Augustus Young Jerry Guardo Raymond Alvin Garcia Pastor Alcover Jr. Joel Garganera 2nd District (South) David Tumulak Margarita Osmeña Eduardo Rama Jr. Joey Daluz Hanz Abella Eugenio Gabuya James Cuenco Jocelyn Pesquera 2016 unofficial result
• Representative	Congress 1st LegDist (North) Raul del Mar 2nd LegDist (South) Rodrigo Abellanosa 2016 unofficial result
Area
• City	315.00 km2 (121.62 sq mi)
• Metro	1,062.88 km2 (410.38 sq mi)
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population (2015 census)
• City	922,611
• Density	2,900/km2 (7,600/sq mi)
• Metro	2,849,213
• Metro density	2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi)
• Voter (2016)	630,003
Demonym(s)	Cebuano Cebuana
Time zone	PST (UTC+08:00)
ZIP code	6000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)32
Income class	1st class
PSGC	072217000
Website	www.cebucity.gov.ph

Cebu City (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Sugbu; Filipino: Lungsod ng Cebu) is a first class highly urbanized city in the island province of Cebu in Central Visayas, Philippines. Though the seat of government and capital for the province, it is governed independent and separate from it. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 922,611, making it the fifth most populated city in the nation and the most populous in the Visayas. In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 630,003 registered voters. Cebu City is a significant center of commerce, trade and education in the Visayas.

Located on the mid-eastern side of Cebu Island, it is the center of a metropolitan area called Metro Cebu, which includes the cities of Carcar, Danao, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, Naga and Talisay; and the municipalities (towns) of Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Liloan, Minglanilla and San Fernando. Metro Cebu had a total population of 2,849,213 as of 2015, making it the second most populous metropolitan area of the nation after Metro Manila in Luzon.

The city is the first Spanish settlement, the country's oldest city, and the first capital of the Philippines. It is considered as the Fount of Christianity in the Far East. It is the "second city" of the Philippines after Manila.