Name Cebu City Official name City of Cebu Native name Dakbayan sa Sugbo Other name Lungsod ng Cebu Ciudad de Ceb Nickname Hara nga Dakbayan sa Sugbo Queen City of the South Settlement type Highly-urbanized city Image seal Ph_seal_cebucity.png Seal size 100x80px Map caption Map of Cebu showing the location of Cebu City Coordinates region PH Coordinates display inline,title Subdivision type Country Subdivision name Philippines Subdivision type1 Region Subdivision name1 Central Visayas (Region VII) Subdivision type2 Province Subdivision name2 Cebu (capital) Subdivision type3 Legal class Subdivision name3 Highly-urbanized city Subdivision type4 Income class Subdivision name4 1st Subdivision type5 Districts Subdivision name5 First (North) and Second (South) districts of Cebu City Subdivision type6 Barangays Subdivision name6 80 Leader title Mayor Leader name Michael Rama (Liberal) Leader title1 Vice Mayor Leader name1 Joy-Augustus G. Young (BOPKLiberal) Established title2 Spanish colonial foundation Established date2 1565 Established title3 Reincorporated city Established date3 February 24, 1937 Unit pref Area total km2 315.0 Population as of 2010 Population total 866171 Population density km2 auto Timezone PST Utc offset +8 Elevation footnotes Elevation m 17.0 Area code 32 Website Footnotes }}
The City of Cebu (, ) is the capital city of Cebu and is the "second city" in the Philippines with the second most significant metropolitan centre and known as the oldest Spanish settlement in the country.
The city is located on the eastern shore of Cebu and was the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. Cebu is the Philippines' main domestic shipping port and is home to about 80% of the country's domestic shipping companies. Cebu also holds the second largest international flights in the Philippines and is a significant centre of commerce, trade and industry in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.
Cebu City is the center of a metropolitan area called Metro Cebu, which includes the cities of Carcar, Danao, Lapu-lapu, Mandaue, Naga, Talisay. Metro Cebu has a total population of about 2 million people. The Mactan-Cebu International Airport, located in Lapu-Lapu City is only a twenty-minute drive away from Cebu City. To the northeast of the city are Mandaue City and the town of Consolacion, to the west are Toledo City, the towns of Balamban and Asturias, to the south are Talisay City and the town of Minglanilla. Across Mactan Strait to the east is Mactan Island where Lapu-Lapu City and an aquarium attraction are located.
On February 13, 1565, Spanish conquistadors led by Miguel Lpez de Legazpi (together with Augustinian friar Andrs de Urdaneta arrived in Cebu, but left after clashing with hostile natives. After visits to Mazaua, Leyte, and Bohol the Spanish returned to Cebu on April 15, 1565. They then attempted to parley with the local ruler, Rajah Tupas, but found that he and the local population had abandoned the town. Thus bereft, the conquistadors sacked the town and seized the island for Spain. Rajah Tupas presented himself at their camp on May 8, and the Treaty of Cebu was formalized on July 3, 1565. Lpez de Legazpi's party named their new colony "Villa de San Miguel" (later renamed "Villa del Santsimo Nombre de Jess)." In 1567 their numbers were reinforced by the arrival of 2,100 Spaniards and Mexicans. The growing colony was then fortified with the Fuerza de San Pedro.
By 1569 the Spanish settlement in Cebu had become important as a safe port for ships from Mexico and as a jumping-off point for further exploration of the archipelago. Small expeditions led by Juan de Salcedo went to Mindoro and Luzon, where he and Martn de Goiti played a leading role in the subjugation of the Kingdoms of Tundun and Seludong in 1570. One year later, Lpez de Legazpi departed Cebu to discuss a peace pact with the defeated Rajahs. An agreement between the conquistadors and the Rajahs to form a city council paved the way for the establishment of a new settlement and the construction of the walled city of Intramuros on the razed remains of Seludong.
On August 14, 1595, Pope Clement VIII created the diocese of Cebu as a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Manila.
On April 3, 1898, local revolutionaries led by the Negrense Leon Kilat rose up against the Spanish colonial authorities and took control of the urban center after three days of fighting . The uprising was only ended by the treacherous murder of Leon Kilat and the arrival of soldiers from Iloilo.
The signing of the Treaty of Paris at the end of the Spanish-American War provided for the cession of Cebu along with the rest of the Philippine islands to the United States of America. On February 21, 1899 the USS Petrel (PG-2) deployed a landing party of 45 men on the shores of Cebu; the Cebuanos surrendered almost immediately. Cebus surrender to the Americans was signed by Luis Flores, although others, most notably, Gen. Arcadio Maxilom and Juan Climaco, offered resistance until 1901.
Cebu only became a chartered city in February 24, 1937, during the Commonwealth Era (1935-1946). Many Philippine cities such as Dansalan (now Marawi), Iloilo City, and Bacolod City were only incorporated as such at that time (see Cities of the Philippines). Until then, Cebu City had never been more than a town since its original founding in 1565.
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