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Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Sugbo; Tagalog: Lungsod ng Cebu), is a 1st class highly urbanized city of the island of Cebu in the Central Visayas Region, Philippines. According to the ?, it has a population of people,[3] making it the fifth-most populated city in the nation and the most populous in Visayas.
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Dakbayan sa Sugbo | |
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File:CebuMontage.jpg | |
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Country | Philippines |
Region | Negros Island Region |
Province | Cebu (geographically only) |
District | 1st (North) and 2nd (South) districts of Cebu City |
Barangays | 80 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Edgardo Labella |
• Vice Mayor | Mike Rama |
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• Congress |
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• Electorate | voters (?) |
Area PSGC unknown | |
• Urban | 205 km2 (79 sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,062.88 km2 (410.38 sq mi) |
• Rank | 34th out of 145 |
Population (?)[3] | |
• Rank | 5th |
• Urban | 2,275,000 |
• Urban density | 11,000/km2 (29,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,849,213 |
• Metro density | 2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi) |
Economy | |
• Poverty incidence | 12.61% (2015)[4] |
• Revenue | ₱ |
• Assets | ₱ |
• Liabilities | ₱ |
• Expenditure | ₱ |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
PSGC | PSGC unknown |
Native languages | Cebuano |
Sister cities | Sister Cities of Cebu City
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Dominant religion | Roman Catholicism - 80 % |
Notable festival | Sinulog Festival - Third Sunday of January |
Catholic diocese | Archdiocese of Cebu |
Patron saint | Patron Saints of Cebu City
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It is the regional center of Central Visayas and is the seat of government for the province of Cebu, but is governed separately from it. The city is a significant center of commerce, trade and education in Visayas. It is the Philippines' main domestic shipping port and is home to about 80% of the country's domestic shipping companies.
Located in the middle of the eastern side of Cebu Island, it is the center of Metro Cebu, the second largest metropolitan area in the Philippines by population, economy and land area, 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.[5]
Cebu is the country's oldest city; it was the first Spanish settlement[6] and the first capital of the Philippines. It is the "Second City" of the Philippines. The city is considered the birthplace of Christianity in the Far East.[7][8][9][10]
Cebu is bounded on the north by the town of Balamban and the city of Danao, on the west by the city of Toledo, on the east by the cities of Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue and the towns of Liloan, Consolacion and Compostela and on the south by the city of Talisay.
It has entered the list of Condé Nast Traveler thrice: Last 2016, 2017 and 2019. In all years, Boracay led the list. The entire Visayas also ranked second with it on 2019, even the leading Boracay is also part of it.