Cebu City

Cebu City
Dakbayan sa Sugbo
Flag of Cebu City
Nicknames: 
  • Queen City of the South;
  • Oldest City in the Philippines;
  • First Capital of the Philippines; and
  • Creative Capital of the Philippines
Anthem: Sugbuanon ako
Map of Cebu Province with Cebu City highlighted
Map of Cebu Province with Cebu City highlighted
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Cebu City is located in Philippines
Cebu City
Cebu City
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°17′35″N 123°54′07″E / 10.293°N 123.902°E / 10.293; 123.902
Country Philippines
RegionCentral Visayas
ProvinceCebu (geographically only)
District1st (North) and 2nd (South) districts of Cebu City
Founded
(as Spanish colony)
Reincorporated (as city)
1565

24 February 1937
Highly urbanized cityDecember 22, 1979
Barangays80 (see Barangays)
Government
 • TypeSangguniang Panlungsod
 • MayorMichael L. Rama (PDP)
 • Vice MayorRaymond Alvin N. Garcia (Partido Barug)
 • City Council
 • Congress
 • Electorate733,044 voters (2022)
Area
 • City315.00 km2 (121.62 sq mi)
 • Urban205 km2 (79 sq mi)
 • Metro
1,062.88 km2 (410.38 sq mi)
 • Rank34th out of 145
Elevation
34 m (112 ft)
Highest elevation
981 m (3,219 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[4]
 • City964,169
 • Rank6th
 • Density3,100/km2 (7,900/sq mi)
 • Urban
2,454,000[3]
 • Metro
3,164,337
 • Metro density3,000/km2 (7,700/sq mi)
 • Households
238,317
DemonymCebuano
Economy
 • Gross domestic product (GDP)₱288.6 billion (2022)[5]
$5.099 billion (2022)[6]
 • Income class1st city income class
 • Poverty incidence
6.70
% (2018)[7]
 • Revenue₱ 7,096 million (2020)
 • Assets₱ 34,754 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 8,693 million (2020)
 • Liabilities₱ 17,073 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityVisayan Electric Company (VECO)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
6000
PSGC
IDD:area code+63 (0)32
Sister cities
List
Catholic dioceseArchdiocese of Cebu
Websitecebucity.gov.ph

Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Sugbo; Hiligaynon: Dakbanwa sang Cebu; Filipino: Lungsod ng Cebu), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Cebu, where it is geographically located but is one of three cities (together with Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue) that are administratively independent of the provincial government. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 964,169 people,[8] making it the sixth-most populated city in the nation and the most populous in the Visayas.

It also serves as the regional center of Central Visayas, and its metropolitan area exerts influence on commerce, trade, industry, education, culture, tourism, and healthcare beyond the region, over all of the Visayas and partly over Mindanao. It is the Philippines' main domestic shipping port and is home to about 80% of the country's domestic shipping companies. Additionally, Cebu City is the prime trading center of the southern Philippines.

Cebu City 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 to the south by the city of Talisay. Located at the center of the eastern seaboard of Cebu Island, it is the core city of Metro Cebu, the second largest metropolitan area in the Philippines, 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 3,165,799 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous metropolitan area of the nation, after Metro Manila in Luzon and Metro Davao in Mindanao.[9]

The current political boundaries of the city are an incorporation of the former municipalities of Cebu, San Nicolas, El Pardo, Mabolo, Talamban and Banilad in the Commonwealth period.[10]

The city has experienced rapid economic growth since the 1990s, a phenomenon also known as "Ceboom". Owing to its economic importance and influence in modern times, Cebu City is also popularly referred to as the Queen City of the South, a sobriquet adopted from Iloilo City after its economic decline in the mid-1900s.[a]

  1. ^ City of Cebu | (DILG)
  2. ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Demographia World Urban Areas (17th Annual Edition, 2021.06)" (PDF). Demographia.com. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH) Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region". Metro Manila, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. July 7, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  5. ^ "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 December 9, 2023.
  6. ^ "PH₱56.598 per dollar (per International Monetary Fund on Representative Exchange Rates for Selected Currencies for December 2022)". IMF. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  7. ^ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  8. ^ Census of Population (2020). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  9. ^ "Highlights of the Philippine Population 2015 Census of Population". Philippine Statistics Authority. May 19, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  10. ^ Letigio, Delta Dyrecka (February 24, 2020). "The crowning of Cebu City, the Queen City of the South". CDN Digital. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  11. ^ "A glimpse into Iloilo City's colorful past". August 22, 2011.


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