Cebu Philippines

lil_cookie--[killer] · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:56 pm Post subject: Cebu Philippines

CEBU

I'll be finding infos of where I used to live.
Cebu is one of my favorite place I used to live!

Region Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province Cebu (capital)
District 1st and 2nd districts of Cebu City
Barangays 80
Income Class: 1st class city; highly urbanized
Mayor Tomas Osmeña
Cityhood February 24, 1937

Cebu City is the capital of the Cebu Province in the Philippines and is the second most important metropolitan center in the country. The city lies on the eastern shore of the island of Cebu and is the oldest city in the country, even older than the nation's capital, Manila. It is the country's main shipping hub and is home to more than 80% of the country's interisland shipping companies. Cebu is also the main hub of international flights, outside of the capital, into the country and is the most important center of commerce, trade, and industry in the Visayas and Mindanao parts of the country. It is because of this and other important aspects that Cebu City was given the monicker Queen City of the South. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 718,821 people in 147,600 households.
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lil_cookie--[killer] · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:08 pm Post subject:

CULTURE

The city is an important cultural center in the Philippines. The city's most famous landmark is Magellan's Cross. This cross, now housed in a chapel, was supposedly planted by Ferdinand Magellan when he arrived in the Philippine Islands in 1521.

Everytime we have guest from Norway or somewhere Rolling Eyes

we visit this place. I would see up to see the beautiful paintings!
But I also visit this place whenever me and my Ate goes to the Santo Nino Church.

Cebu City is also host to the popular Sinulog festival, held every third Sunday of January in honor of Santo Niño, the "Holy Child".

I love this festival! Its so colorful! I would be watching some of the high school students practicing for their dance at Sinulog!
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Basilica Minore del Santo Niño

This church is the oldest church in the Philippines

Ferdinand Magellan

A Portuguese maritime explorer.

Santo Niño

The Holy Child of Cebu.

More coming soon....
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-- i r a h n e s s x3 · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject:

Oh!I've heard of the Magellan's cross before..
Where did i hear that name..
*THINKING*..Oh yeah!I just learnt about Magellan's life in school! Icon_favorites42

very interesting..i rarely see pictures of the Phils so its real interesting!
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t h e . d r e a m e r · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject:

I'm reading about Cebu! Thanks Camilla. My dad just showed me the places in you mentioned with Google Earth Pro! We even measure the flight distance from Cebu to Joice's place! Icon_emotions16

NiCA-ChAN · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:46 pm Post subject:

U liv at Cebu??? Icon_favorites42

totally far on our place Icon_favorites49

I know Santo Nino!! LOL!! ;)
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lil_cookie--[killer] · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:17 pm Post subject:

HISTORY

Cebu, or Sugbu, was already a prosperous settlement before it was colonized by Spain. It had trade relations with China and the other countries of Southeast Asia.

On April 7, 1521, Ferdinand Magellan landed in Cebu. He was welcomed by Rajah Humabon, who, together with his wife and about 800 natives, were baptized by the Spaniards on April 14, 1521 and are considered to be the first Filipino Christians. Magellan, however, failed to successfully claim the Philippines for the crown of Spain, having been slain in neighboring Mactan Island on April 27, 1521 by ,according to lore, the chieftain Lapu-lapu.

On April 27, 1565, Miguel López de Legazpi, with Augustinian Fr. Andres de Urdaneta, landed in Cebu. Legazpi renamed the city on January 1, 1571, from San Miguel to Villa del Santissimo Nombre de Jesus. During this six year period, Cebu City was the capital of the newly established Spanish colony.

Stature Of Lapu-Lapu at Mactan Island.

Whenever we go to beaches, Mactan Island is our favorite Beach Island. We would pass by this Statue of Lapu-Lapu

I was finding a pic of Rajah Humabon, but I only found a pic of his wife

BARANGAY

A barangay (Filipino: baranggay , pronounced as 'ba-rang-gai', gai as in guy), also known by its former name, the barrio, is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. Municipalities and cities are composed of barangays. In place names barangay is sometimes abbreviated as "Brgy".

Cebu City is politically subdivided into 81 barangays.

The barangay I used to live in is Tisa.
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BATMAN!

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lil_cookie--[killer] · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject:

NiCA-ChAN · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:29 pm Post subject:

Lapu Lapu beats and won at the bATTLE with Magellan!! Icon_HilBan-01

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Love is a mysterious thing like inside a box...
Love is where we express our feelings for somebody...
Love is where we send gifts like flowers, chocolates for them to feel our feelings for them...
Love is when a relationship build and build until it became pure...
That's my meaning of love. What's yours and who's your valentines?

S! · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:35 pm Post subject: wow

wow! i'd always hate history Icon_favorites18

but this history is really interesting! Icon_emotions16

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t h e . d r e a m e r · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:40 pm Post subject:

S! · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject: umm..

umm....huh? Rolling Eyes

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Steffi · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:50 pm Post subject:

I LIVE IN CEBU TOO

Steffi · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 11:00 pm Post subject:

CAMMY, SINCE U MISS CEBU
MAYBE I CUD TELL U WATS HAPPENIN
HEHEHEHE

Geography

Cebu City is located on the central eastern part of Cebu Province, an island at the center of the Visayas in Southern Philippines. As defined by the Bureau of Land Location Monument (BLLM) No. 1, Cebu Cadastral Survey, it is 10 degrees 17 minutes North Latitude and 123 degrees 54 minutes East Longitude. It is bound by Mandaue City in the North and the City of Talisay in the South. On the East is Mactan Channel and on its West are the Municipality of Balamban and the City of Toledo.

Land Area :
Composition:

Cebu City Area: 29,124.78 has.
Urban Area: 5,598.53 has.
Rural Area: 23,526.25 has.

North District Area: 12,341.15 has.
Urban Area: 2,965.45 has.
Rural Area: 9,375.70 has.

South District Area: 16,783.63 has.
Urban Area: 2,633.08 has.
Rural Area: 14,150.55 has.

Number of City Barangay: 80
North District: 46
South District: 34
Classified Urban Barangay: 50
Classified Rural Barangay: 30

Physical Characteristics :
TOPOGRAPHY
The topography of Cebu City is rugged and mountainous with elevation reaching up to 900 meters above the mean sea level. Flat lands are found only along the shorelines occupying about 23 square kilometers (8% of its total land area), containing 40 barangays and about 2/3 of its population.

GEOLOGY AND SOIL
It is made up of structurally complex sedimentary and volcanic rocks that have undergone various degrees of metamorphism.
The three types of Soil in Cebu City;
a. Mandaue Silt, characterizing most of the coastal plains from Mandaue City to Minglanilla.
b. Faraon Clay, found in the middle part of the city .
c. Baguio Clay, found in the upland areas and the watersheds of Mananga and Kotkot-Lusaran.

WEATHER AND CLIMATE
Weather and climate are determined by temperature, moisture and movement of air. The principal climates zones defined in terms of temperature averages, which occurs the broad areas of the earth. These are tropical, polar, and temperature climate zones. The Philippines is within Tropical Climate Zone.

TEMPERATURE
Mean Annual Temperature: 26.50 'C
Mean Highest Monthly Temperature: 34.80 'C
Mean Lowest Monthly Temperature: 20.60 'C
Coldest Month: January
Warmest Month: May

RELATIVE HUMIDITY
Average Relative Humidity: 75%

RAINFALL (Source: PAG-ASA)
Average Annual Rainfall: 1,636.70 mm in the old Lahug Airport, and 1,609.70 in the Cebu Customs House area. Rainfall decreases from February to April and gradually increases from May to July.

WIND VELOCITY AND DIRECTION
Average Wind Velocity: 10 km/hr for varying directions
Northeast Wind (amihan): November to May
Southwest Monsoon (hagabat): June to September
Typhoon usually comes: October to December
Strongest Typhoon Occurred: 1991 Typhoon Ruping

LAND COVER
a. Residential
b. Commercial
c. Industrial
d. Institutional
e. Agricultural (remained only in the upland or hilly land areas)

LAND CLASSIFICATION AND PROTECTION
a. 28% of Cebu City are within 18% slope or less
b. 64% of the city's land classified as alienable and disposable
c. the rest are classified as forest and timberland
d. 76.3% of its land covered under the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS)
e. 23% of the 80 barangays are totally or partially located in the watershed areas

Steffi · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 11:13 pm Post subject:

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BASILICA MINORE DEL SANTO NIÑO

The BASILICA MINORE DEL SANTO NIÑO, the only basilica in the Far East, is yet another historic landmark that will never cease to amaze its visitors. It in itself is a museum, a repository of beautiful religious images, and oil paintings of Augustinian saints, martyrs, and bishops that hang in the corridors of the convent. This Basilica was the former SAN AUGUSTIN CHURCH, built upon the order of by Don Legaspi and Fray Pedro de Urdaneta. The Basilica houses the country's oldest religious image-the Miraculous Image of the Holy Child Jesus more popularly known as "SENOR SANTO NIÑO".

FORT SAN PEDRO
The smallest and oldest tri-bastion fort in the country. Built in 1738 this served as the nucleus of the first Spanish settlement
in the Philippines. It's three
bastions La Conception, San Ignacio de Loyola and
San Miguel till today still stand on their corners. It has a total area of 2,025 sq. meters; the walls are 20 ft. high,
8 ft. thick and each of the towers stands 30 ft. from the ground.

MAGELLAN'S CROSS
The most famous of all historical landmarks in Cebu City. This cross was planted in Cebu shores by Ferdinand Magellan in April 14, 1521, marking the spot where the first Catholic Christians- Rajah Humabon, Queen Juana and about 400 followers were baptized by Fr. Pedro de Valderama. Encased in hollow tindalo wood, it is now for centuries housed in a kiosk made of adobe wood and red-brick tiles. Devout Cebuano's and visitors never fail to pause and pray, drop coins and light votive candles before the Magellan's Cross. It has been venerated by people from all walks of life in the past four centuries.

PLAZA INDEPENDENCIA
Cebu’s Plaza Independencia was formerly called "Plaza Libertad". Strategically located between Fort San Pedro and the building that used to house the old Gobierno Provincial, it now becomes the most favored spot for picnics and trysts. Dominated by the obelisk of Legaspi, Plaza Independencia is Cebu's most historically significant plaza.

Taoist Temple

Located at Beverly Hills, Cebu City. This temple preserves the teachings of Lao-tse the 600 B.C. Chinese Philosopher. Everyday people climb its 99 steps to light joss sticks and have their fortunes read.

Steffi · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 11:14 pm Post subject:

Historical Trivia

Cebu was known to be the enterprising and fishing village back in the days of the Chou-Ju-Kua and long before Magellan came to the Philippines in 1561. Sugbu, as the village was intimately called, had commerce relations with foreign merchants like those from Europe, Asia and even old Cathay. These merchants gave Cebu various names as ZUBU, ZEBU, SEBU and SIBUY.