Lapu-Lapu City

**Lapu-Lapu City** is a first class highly urbanized city in the Philippine province of Cebu. The city occupies most of Mactan Island, a few kilometers off the main island of Cebu and also covers the area of Olango Island further to the southeast region, plus a few other islands. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 497,604 people.

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 in Lapu-Lapu City. The only aquarium attraction in the Visayas is also in Lapu-lapu City. It is known as "Opon'.It is also home to the Mactan Shrine.

## Location

Lapu-Lapu City borders Mandaue to the west, Cebu Strait to the east, Consolacion to the north, and Cordova to the south.

## History

In the 16th century, Mactan Island was colonized by Spain. Augustinian friars re-founded the town of **Opon** as a Christian town 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.

Politician 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 former Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia.

### Barangays

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

## Notable people

- Lapulapu - A chieftain of Mactan and the First Philippine National Hero who defeated Magellan.
- Janine Berdin - 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.

## Other websites

- [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
- Lapu-Lapu City government website
- About Lapu-Lapu City

## Infobox (mapframe)

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## Infobox (settlement)

- **image skyline**: Lapu-Lapu City, ML Quezon National Highway (Cebu; 09-04-2022).jpg
- **image caption**: ML Quezon National Highway
- **image flag**: Flag of Lapu-Lapu City.gif
- **image seal**: Lapu-Lapu City Official Seal.jpg
- **seal size**: 120x80px
- **pushpin map**: Philippines
- **pushpin label position**: right
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within the
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of the Philippines, Region
- **subdivision type2**: Provinces of the Philippines, Province
- **subdivision name2**: Cebu
- **named for**: Lapulapu
- **other name**: Opon
- **anthem**: Dakbayan sa Sidlakan
(English:
City of the East) (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Sidlakan) (Lapu-Lapu)
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- **subdivision type3**: House of Representatives of the Philippines#District representation, District
- **established title**: Founded (Opon)
- **established date**: 1730
- **established title1**: Cityhood and renamed
- **established date1**: June 17, 1961
- **established title2**: Highly urbanized city
- **established date2**: January 23, 2007
- **parts type**: Barangays
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: (see #Barangays, Barangays)
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Junard Chan, Junard "Ahong" Q. Chan (Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, PFP)
- **leader title1**: Vice Mayor
- **leader name1**: Celedonio B. Sitoy (Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, PFP)
- **leader title2**: House of Representatives of the Philippines#Current composition, Representative
- **leader name2**: Ma. Cynthia K. Chan (Lakas-CMD)
- **leader title3**: Sangguniang Panlungsod, City Council
- **leader title4**: Elections in the Philippines#Qualification, Electorate
- **leader name4**: voters (Philippine general election,
- )
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population blank1 title**: Households
- **population demonym**: Oponganon
- **timezone**: Philippine Standard Time (PST)
- **utc offset**: +8
- **postal code type**: List of ZIP codes in the Philippines, ZIP code
- **postal code**: 6015, 6016 (Mactan–Cebu International Airport)
- **demographics type1**: Economy
- **demographics1 title1**: Gross domestic product
- **demographics1 info1**: ₱151.4 billion (2022)

$2.675 billion (2022)
- **demographics1 title3**: Measuring poverty, Poverty incidence
- **demographics1 info3**: % ()
- **demographics1 title4**: Revenue
- **demographics1 title5**: Revenue rank
- **demographics1 title6**: Assets
- **demographics1 title7**: Assets rank
- **demographics1 title8**: Internal Revenue Allotment, IRA
- **demographics1 title9**: IRA rank
- **demographics1 title10**: Expenditure
- **demographics type2**: Service provider
- **demographics2 title1**: List of electric distribution utilities in the Philippines, Electricity
- **demographics2 title2**: Water
- **demographics2 info2**: [https://www.mcwd.gov.ph/ Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD)]
- **demographics2 title3**: Telecommunications
- **demographics2 title4**: Cable TV
- **blank1 name sec1**: Languages of the Philippines, Native languages
- **blank1 info sec1**: Cebuano language, Cebuano
- **blank2 name sec1**: Crime index
- **blank1 name sec2**: Major religions
- **blank2 name sec2**: Feast date
- **blank3 name sec2**: Catholic diocese
- **blank4 name sec2**: Patron saint