Place:Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines

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NameLapu-Lapu City
Alt namesLapu-Lapusource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Oponsource: Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-128
Uponsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCity
Coordinates10.267°N 123.967°E
Located inCebu, Central Visayas, Philippines
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Lapu-Lapu City, officially known as the City of 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 people.

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

Mactan–Cebu International Airport, the second busiest airport in the Philippines, is located in Lapu-Lapu City.

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