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Cebu is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. Its capital is Cebu City and is composed of Cebu Island plus 167 neighboring small islands, including Mactan, Bantayan, Daanbantayan, the Camotes Group, etc. Cebu is one of the most developed provinces in the country. The metropolitan area of Cebu City (which includes Mandaue City and Lapu-Lapu City) is second only to Metro Manila in population. Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ...
The Republic of the Philippines is a country of South East Asia, located in the western Pacific Ocean some 1,210 km (750 mi) from mainland Asia. ...
Central Visayas, one of the regions of the Philippines, is designated as Region VII. It is part of the Visayas. ...
Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ...
Cebu City is the capital of the province of Cebu in the Philippines and is the second most important metropolitan center in the country. ...
A small island in the Adriatic sea An island is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger than a rock, that is completely surrounded by water. ...
Mandaue City is a city in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. ...
Lapu-Lapu City is a city of the Philippines located in the province of Cebu. ...
Manila, Philippines Metro Manila (Kalakhang Maynila in Filipino), also simply called Manila outside the metropolis, is the metropolitan area that contains the City of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. ...
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Province of Cebu Population:
2000 census—3,356,137 (largest)
Density—660 per km² (6th highest) Area: 5,088.4 km² (19th largest) Governor: Gwendolyn Garcia (2004 - present) (2001-2004)
 Cebu lies to the east of Negros Island; to the east is Leyte and to the southeast is Bohol province. It is flanked on both sides by the straits of Cebu and Tañon (between Cebu and Bohol). Provincial seal of Cebu, Philippines This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ...
Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ...
Central Visayas, one of the regions of the Philippines, is designated as Region VII. It is part of the Visayas. ...
Cebu City is the capital of the province of Cebu in the Philippines and is the second most important metropolitan center in the country. ...
August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ...
Events January 11 - First recorded lottery in England. ...
A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government in the Philippines. ...
A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government in the Philippines. ...
A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ...
A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...
The House of Representatives (Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan in Filipino) is the lower chamber of the Congress of the Philippines. ...
Cebuano, also known as Sugbuanon, is an Philippines by about 18,000,000 people and is a subgroup or member of Bisaya, Visayan and Binisayâ. The name came from the Philippine island of Cebu, with the Spanish suffix -ano meaning native, of a place, added at the end. ...
Hiligaynon or Ilonggo is an Austronesian language spoken in Western Visayas in the Philippines. ...
Wáray-Wáray is a language spoken in the provinces of Samar, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte (eastern portion), and Biliran in the Philippines. ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
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Chinese (written) language (pinyin: zhōngw n) written in Chinese characters The Chinese language (汉语/漢語, 华语/華語, or 中文; Pinyin: H nyǔ, Hu yǔ, or Zhōngw n) is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. ...
Cebu City is the capital of the province of Cebu in the Philippines and is the second most important metropolitan center in the country. ...
Map of the Philippines showing the location of Cebu province. ...
Negros is an island of the Philippines located in the Visayas. ...
This article is about the island. ...
Bohol is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. ...
Cebu is served by Mactan-Cebu International Airport, which is located in Lapu-Lapu City, some thirty minutes drive from downtown Cebu. Mactan-Cebu International Airport is located in Lapu-Lapu City, Mactan Island, Cebu, near Cebu City, Philippines. ...
Lapu-Lapu City is a city of the Philippines located in the province of Cebu. ...
People and Culture
Cebu is the first and oldest city in the Philippines. Long before Manila fell into the hands of the Spanish conquerors in the 16th century, Cebu was already an established trading port, visited by many of its Asian neighbors. During the native rebellion against the Spaniards, the Conquistador Miguel Lopez de Legazpi erected the stone fortress named Fort San Pedro, which became a military post for the Spaniards. The "seed" of Christianity in Asia was also planted here. The Republic of the Philippines is a country of South East Asia, located in the western Pacific Ocean some 1,210 km (750 mi) from mainland Asia. ...
For other meanings of the word, see Manila (disambiguation). ...
Conquistador (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under Spanish rule between the 15th and 17th centuries. ...
Miguel López de Legaspi (1524 - August 20, 1572) was a Spanish explorer whose travels in the Philippine Islands started a more than 300 years control on the islands by Spain. ...
Linguistically, Cebu is the home to the country's second largest group. A derivative of Bisaya, the Visayan language, Cebuano was originally spoken only in the island of Cebu. However, it is now being spoken in many parts of Mindanao, the eastern part of Negros Island, the western and southern parts of Leyte, Bohol, and even in Samar.
Politically, the province of Cebu has been an active player. In fact, Cebu is the home of the Philippine's second president, Sergio Osmeña Sr. who came into power after the demise of Manuel L. Quezon, known as the father of Filipino Language. Sergio Osmeña Sergio Osmeña ( September 9, 1878— October 19, 1961) was the second President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. ...
PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Manuel L. Quezon Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (August 19, 1878 - August 1, 1944) was the first president of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. ...
Strategically, due to its geographical location, Cebu is the alternate gateway to Manila. Many multinational companies have established their local headquarters in Cebu because of her central location. Cebu is a port of call for many international (and almost all domestic) shipping and air lines, making her virtually the capital of the Philippines.
Cebu also features Asia's oldest school. The University of San Carlos (USC) in Cebu City is considered the oldest school in the country and in Asia. Formerly known as the Colegio de San Ildefonso, it was founded by the Spanish Jesuits on August 1, 1595. This makes the Cebu-based university older than the University of Santo Tomas (1611) in Manila and Harvard University (1636) in the United States. The University of San Carlos (USC) in Cebu City is considered by some as the oldest school in the Philippines and in Asia. ...
The University of Santo Tomas, established on April 28, 1611, is the oldest existing university in Asia and the Philippines, and one of the largest Catholic universities in the world. ...
Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ...
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Economy
Geography
Political Cebu is subdivided into 47 municipalities and 6 cities. A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ...
A city (lungsod, sometimes siyudad, in Filipino) is a tier of local government in the Philippines. ...
Cities Cebu City is the capital of the province of Cebu in the Philippines and is the second most important metropolitan center in the country. ...
Lapu-Lapu City is a city of the Philippines located in the province of Cebu. ...
Mandaue City is a city in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. ...
Talisay City is a city located at the province of Cebu, Philippines. ...
Toledo, Cebu Province, Philippines, formerly known as Pueblo Hinulawan, officially became a city on January 6, 1961. ...
Municipalities Alcoy is an agricultural municipality located in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. ...
Bantayan is an island located north of cebu island. ...
Barili is a municipality in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. ...
Catmon is a municipality located in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. ...
Physical
History Before the arrival of the Spaniards, Cebu, then known as Zugbo, was a thriving fishing village and a busy trading post, with trade routes to China, Siam, Arabia as well as the nearby Malay islands. The Spanish people or Spaniards are an ethnic group native to Spain, in southwestern Europe, who are primarily descended from the autochthonous pre-Indo-European Euskaldunak, Latin, Visigothic, Celtic and Moorish peoples. ...
The Great Wall of China, stretching over 6,700 km, was erected beginning in the 3rd century BC to guard the north from raids by men on horses. ...
The Kingdom of Thailand is a country in southeast Asia, bordering Laos and Cambodia to the east, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia to the south, and the Andaman Sea and Myanmar to the west. ...
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The Magellan Expedition On April 7, 1521, the great Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan landed on Cebu island. He was on expedition under the command of the Spanish king whose goal was to search for the fabled island of Moluccas and to see about expanding the Spanish territory to the Orient. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ...
Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther. ...
Ferdinand Magellan (Spring 1480 – April 27, 1521; Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães; Spanish: Fernando de Magallanes) was a Portuguese sea explorer who sailed for Spain. ...
The natives of Cebu, under the leadership of the chieftain, Rajah Humabon, were a friendly people and allowed the foreigners to their land. It was not long before the Spanish friars who came with Magellan started preaching Christianity to the pagan natives. In reverence to the Christian God, Magellan planted a large wooden cross and the first Holy Mass held on Philippine soil took place on the shores of Limasawa. It was also during this time that the Rajah, accompanied by some 400 natives, were converted into Christianity.
The First Filipino Christian To honor the Spanish king, the chieftain of Cebu and his wife were renamed Carlos and Juana, after Juan Carlos I of Spain. As a gesture of goodwill, the Spaniards gave Reina Juana an image of the child Jesus, the Santo Niño, which became the island's patron saint. After becoming an ally of Humabon, Magellan attempted to win over nearby Mactan Island, but Lapu-Lapu, unlike his cousin Humabon, did not take well to the Spaniards. The Battle of Mactan erupted and Magellan was killed on the shores of the island, leaving his second-in-command, Sebastian del Cano to take the remainder of his ship and crew back to Spain. It became known as the First Circumnavigation of the World and Ferdinand Magellan, as the commander of the expedition, the First Man to Circumnavigate the World. King Juan Carlos I His Majesty King Juan Carlos I (Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón), styled HM The King (born January 5, 1938), is the reigning King of Spain. ...
Mactan Island lies a few kilometers to the southeast of the island of Cebu in the Philippines. ...
Lapu-Lapu is also the common name of the grouper fish in the Philippines, named after the hero. ...
The Battle of Mactan was fought in the Philippines on April 27, 1521. ...
Juan Sebastián Elcano (or del Cano) (Vizcaya, 1476 - Pacific Ocean, August 4, 1526) was a Spanish (Basque) explorer. ...
The Spanish Conquest Forty-four years later, in April 1565, conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi and his 400 arm soldiers together with several Augustinian Friars arrived in Cebu and declared that the Spanish crown succeeded in colonizing the islands. Legazpi and men marched through Zugbo and bombarded the palisades of chieftain Rajah Tupas and destroyed the village. He later rebuilt it and called it Villa del Santisimo Nombre de Jesus. Thus, in 1569, it became the first Spanish city established by the Spanish Cortes in the Philippines. April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ...
Events March 1 - the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded April 27 - Cebu City is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. ...
Conquistador (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under Spanish rule between the 15th and 17th centuries. ...
Miguel López de Legaspi ( 1524 - August 20, 1572) was a Spanish explorer and conqueror of the Philippine Islands, whose conquest began 333 years of Spanish rule. ...
Events January 11 - First recorded lottery in England. ...
The Cortes Generales (English: General Courts) is the Spanish legislature. ...
On August 14, 1571, Cebu / Santisimo Nombre de Jesus was detached from the Catholic diocese of Manila and became a diocese of its own. With Legazpi's departure to Manila, he did not abandoned Cebu instead he employed a state governor to look after it and so half of Legaspi's soldiers remained in Cebu after 1571. Three centuries later, in April 1898 marked the end of the Spanish era and the onset of the American regime. In 1901, Cebu became a municipality and on February 24, 1937 became a chartered city. August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ...
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April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ...
1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
World War II Cebu, being the most densely populated island in the country, served as a vital Japanese base during the Japanese occupation in World War II which began with the landing of the Japanese Imperial Army on April 1942. Three years later on March 1945, an American force landed and liberated the city from the Japanese. Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area - Total - % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0. ...
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April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ...
1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). ...
1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
External links - Official Website of the Provincial Government of Cebu (http://www.cebu.gov.ph)
- Official Website of the City Government of Cebu City (http://www.cebucity.gov.ph)
- Sun.Star Cebu Online (http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/)
- Dazzling Cebu - What it is now (http://www.dazzlingcebu.com)
- K.I. Marine Sports Center (http://www.cebucruising.com)
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