Mandaue
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Mandaue City Lungsod ng Mandaue |
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| Location of Mandaue City in the province of Cebu | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Region : | Central Visayas | ||
| Province : | Cebu | ||
| Barangays : | 27 | ||
| District: | 7. District of Cebu | ||
| PSGC : | 072230000 | ||
| Income class : | 1st income bracket | ||
| Households : | 54,882 May 1, 2000 census
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| Population : | 362,654 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 362654 / 34.87 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Area : | 34.87 km² | ||
| Coordinates : | 10 ° 20 ′ N , 123 ° 56 ′ E | ||
| Postal code : | 6014 | ||
| Mayor : | Jonas Cortes | ||
| Website: | mandauecity.gov.ph | ||
| Geographical location in the Philippines | |||
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The city of Mandaue City ( Filipino : Lungsod ng Mandaue ) is located in the province of Cebu , in the administrative region of Central Visayas , the country of the Philippines . The city is located on the island of Cebu. The neighboring communities are Cebu City in the west and north, Lapu-Lapu City in the south and the Municipality of Consolacion in the east. Mandaue City is part of the second most important metropolitan area in the Philippines, Metro Cebu . The Mactan-Cebu International Airport in Lapu-Lapu City is ten minutes drive from Mandaue City. The city has a well-developed school system with several universities. Mandaue City is one of the oldest recorded settlements in the Philippines and was an important starting point for the Christian colonization of the Philippines.
history
The first mention of Mandaue City goes back to the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. In the travelogue of the expedition, a place called Mandawe is mentioned, which is located in the small bay of Cebu. This place is now known as Baranggay Tipolo.
In 1571, the Spanish conqueror Miguel López de Legazpi built the first dry dock in the Philippines on the coastline of today's Barangay Tipolo.
In the period from 1580 to 1700, the settlements on the Bay of Cebu were combined in a Spanish administrative unit of a pueblo. Mandaue was first mentioned in 1899 as the Town of Mandaue.
Mandaue City was granted city charter on June 21, 1969, based on the Republic Act 5519.
geography
The city of Mandaue is located on the island of Cebu, on the Strait of Cebu . Opposite it is the island of Mactan, to which it is connected by two bridges.
Land use
The city of Mandaue extends over 3,487 hectares or 34.87 km². The city of Mandaue thus forms the second smallest administrative unit in the province of Cebu after the Municipality of Cordova (Cebu) . The land use is indicated as follows:
- Residential development: 872 hectares
- Commerce and industry: 242 hectares
- Industrial settlement: 1,695 hectares
- Public facilities: 60 hectares
- Parks: 24 hectares
- Roads: 120 hectares
- Agriculture: 283 hectares
Educational institutions
- University of the Visayas campus
Barangays
The city of Mandaue is divided into 27 barangays
- Alang-alang
- Bakilid
- Banilad
- Basak
- Cabancalan
- Cambaro
- Canduman
- Casili
- Casuntingan
- Centro
- Cubacub
- Guizo
- Ibabao-Istancia
- Jagobiao
- Labogon
- Looc
- Maguikay
- Mantuyong
- Grandpa
- Pagsabungan
- Paknaan
- Subangdaku
- Tobacco
- Tawason
- Tingub
- Tipolo
- Umapad
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