Cebu

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Cebu Sugbo
Province
Clockwise from the top: Osmeña Peak, Kawasan Falls, Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, Malapascua Island, Campinsa Hills, Cantabugon, Aloguinsan, Magellan Monument
Flag Seal
Nickname:  The Gateway to a Thousand Journeys[1]
Anthem: Sugbo (Cebu)
Location in the Philippines
OpenStreetMap
Coordinates: 10°19′N 123°45′E / 10.32°N 123.75°E / 10.32; 123.75
Country	Philippines
Island Group	Visayas
Region	Central Visayas
Founded	6 August 1569
Capital and largest city	Cebu City
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlalawigan
• Governor	Gwendolyn F. Garcia (1Cebu)
• Vice Governor	Hilario R. Davide III (LP)
• Legislature	Cebu Provincial Board Members 1st ProvDist Yolanda Daan Raul Bacaltos 2nd ProvDist Edsel Galeos Jose Mari Salvador 3rd ProvDist Victoria Corominas John Ismael Borgonia 4th ProvDist Kerrie Keane Shimura Horacio Franco 5th ProvDist Miguel Magpale Andrei Duterte 6th ProvDist Glenn Soco Thadeo Ouano 7th ProvDist Jerome Librando Christopher Baricuatro
Area [2]
• Total (province)	4,943.72 km2 (1,908.78 sq mi)
• Rank	20th out of 81
	excludes independent cities
Highest elevation (Osmeña Peak)	1,072 m (3,517 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total (province)	3,325,385
• Rank	5th out of 81
• Density	670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
• Rank	7th out of 81
• Voter (2019)[4]	3,082,621
• Language	Cebuano Forohanon Bantayanon
	Population data excludes independent cities
Divisions
• Independent cities	3 Highly urbanized cities of: Cebu City Lapu-Lapu Mandaue
• Component cities	6 Bogo Carcar Danao Naga Talisay Toledo
• Municipalities	44 Alcantara Alcoy Alegria Aloguinsan Argao Asturias Badian Balamban Bantayan Barili Bogo Boljoon Borbon Carcar Carmen Catmon Compostela Consolacion Cordova Daanbantayan Dalaguete Danao Dumanjug Ginatilan Liloan Madridejos Malabuyoc Medellin Minglanilla Moalboal Naga Oslob Pilar Pinamungajan Poro Ronda Samboan San Fernando San Francisco San Remigio Santa Fe Santander Sibonga Sogod Tabogon Tabuelan Talisay Toledo Tuburan Tudela
• Barangay	1,066 +  137 including independent cities 1,203
• Districts	Legislative districts of Cebu Legislative districts of Cebu City Legislative district of Lapu-Lapu Legislative district of Mandaue
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6000–6053
IDD : area code	+63 (0)32
ISO 3166 code	PH-CEB
Income class	1st class
PSGC	072200000
Patron	Santo Niño de Cebu
Website	www.cebu.gov.ph

Cebu (/sɛˈbuː/ seb-OO; Cebuano: Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu (Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Sugbo; Hiligaynon: Kapuroan sang Cebu; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Cebu), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas (Region VII) region, and consists of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets. The coastal zone of Cebu is identified as a site of highest marine biodiversity importance in the Coral Triangle.^[5]

Its capital and largest city is Cebu City, nicknamed "the Queen (Catholic) City of the South" having the Second Cardinal, the oldest city and first capital of the Philippines, which is politically independent from the provincial government along with Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu City. The Cebu Metropolitan Area or Metro Cebu is the third largest metropolitan area in the Philippines (after Metro Manila and Metro Davao) with Cebu City as the main center of commerce, trade, education and industry in the Visayas. Being one of the most developed provinces in the Philippines, in a decade it has transformed into a global hub for business processing services, tourism, shipping, furniture-making, and heavy industry. Mactan–Cebu International Airport, located on Mactan Island, is the second busiest airport in the Philippines.