Lapu-Lapu City

Lapu-Lapu City
City of Lapu-Lapu
Lapu-Lapu City Hall of Justice
Lapu-Lapu City Hall of Justice
Flag of Lapu-Lapu City
Official seal of Lapu-Lapu City
Nickname: 
Historic Resort City
Anthem: Dakbayan sa Sidlakan
(English: City of the East)
Map of Central Visayas with Lapu-Lapu City highlighted
Map of Central Visayas with Lapu-Lapu City highlighted
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Lapu-Lapu City is located in Philippines
Lapu-Lapu City
Lapu-Lapu City
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°18′46″N 123°56′56″E / 10.3127°N 123.9488°E / 10.3127; 123.9488
Country Philippines
RegionCentral Visayas
ProvinceCebu (geographically only)
District Lone district
  • Founded (Opon)
  • Cityhood
  • Lone district
1730
Named forLapulapu
Barangays30 (see Barangays)
Government
 • TypeSangguniang Panlungsod
 • MayorJunard "Ahong" Q. Chan (PDPLBN)
 • Vice MayorCeledonio B. Sitoy (PDPLBN)
 • RepresentativeMa. Cynthia K. Chan (PDPLBN)
 • City Council
Members
 • Electorate245,395 voters (2022)
Area
 • Total58.10 km2 (22.43 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[2]
 • Total497,604
 • Density8,600/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
 • Households
129,652
DemonymOponganon[3]
Economy
 • Gross domestic product₱151.4 billion (2022)[4]
$2.675 billion (2022)[5]
 • Income class1st city income class
 • Poverty incidence
10.80
% (2021)[6]
 • Revenue₱ 2,687 million (2020)
 • Assets₱ 9,541 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 3,171 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityMactan Electric Company (MECO)
Time zoneUTC+8 (Philippine Standard Time (PST))
ZIP code
PSGC
IDD:area code+63 (0)32
Native languagesCebuano

Lapu-Lapu City, officially the City of Lapu-Lapu (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu; Hiligaynon: Dakbanwa sang Lapu-Lapu; Filipino: Lungsod ng Lapu-Lapu), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 497,604.[2]

It was formerly known as Opon, the city being renamed to its present name in 1961. It is one of the cities that make up Metro Cebu in the Philippines. It is located in the province of Cebu, administratively independent from the province, but grouped under Cebu by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

The second busiest airport in the Philippines, Mactan–Cebu International Airport, is located in Lapu-Lapu City. It opened in 1966 and serves as a hub for Philippine Airlines, and as an operating base for Cebu Pacific and Philippines AirAsia.

  1. ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. Aug 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved Jul 16, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved Jul 8, 2021.
  3. ^ Inso, Futch Anthony (Jun 28, 2019). "Lapu-Lapu Mayor Chan's non-Oponganon choices for dep't heads slammed". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on Jun 29, 2019. Retrieved Apr 26, 2020.
  4. ^ "All Provinces and HUCs in Northern Mindanao Continue to Expand in 2022; City of Cagayan de Oro Records the Fastest Growth with 9.4 Percent". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved Dec 9, 2023.
  5. ^ "PH₱56.598 per dollar (per International Monetary Fund on Representative Exchange Rates for Selected Currencies for December 2022)". IMF. Retrieved Dec 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. Apr 2, 2024. Retrieved Apr 28, 2024.

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