Danao, officially the City of Danao ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Danao; fil, Lungsod ng Danao), is a 3rd class
component city
A city ( fil, lungsod/siyudad) is one of the units of local government in the Philippines. All Philippine cities are chartered cities ( fil, nakakartang lungsod), whose existence as corporate and administrative entities is governed by their own ...
in the
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
of
Cebu
Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 ...
,
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 156,321 people.
Danao is within the
Metro Cebu
Metropolitan Cebu, or simply Metro Cebu, ( ceb, Kaulohang Sugbo; fil, Kalakhang Cebu), is the main urban center of the province of Cebu in the Philippines. Metro Cebu is located along the central eastern portion of the island including the ne ...
area.
Geography
Danao is in the
Metro Cebu
Metropolitan Cebu, or simply Metro Cebu, ( ceb, Kaulohang Sugbo; fil, Kalakhang Cebu), is the main urban center of the province of Cebu in the Philippines. Metro Cebu is located along the central eastern portion of the island including the ne ...
area and is from
Cebu City
Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Sugbo; fil, Lungsod ng Cebu; hil, Dakbanwa sang Sugbo), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas Regions of the P ...
. It is bordered on the north by
Carmen
''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first perfo ...
, on the west by
Asturias
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, on the south by
Compostela and to the east by the
Camotes Sea
The Camotes Sea is a small sea within the Philippine archipelago, situated between the Central Visayan and the Eastern Visayan regions. It separates Cebu from Leyte hence is bordered by Cebu to the west, Leyte to the east and north, and Bohol t ...
.
Barangays
Danao City comprises 42
barangay
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s:
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Mining
Railways
The
Cebu railway ran from Danao south to
Argao
Argao, officially the Municipality of Argao ( ceb, Lungsod sa Argao; tgl, Bayan ng Argao), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 78,187 people.
Geography
The munic ...
. During
World War II
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, the bridges, tracks and Central Station were bombed so extensively that the railway never recovered, and it closed in 1942. After that, whatever was left after the war was dug up to become the Cebu North Road.
Now a new light railway is to be built in
Cebu
Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 ...
.
Sugar
![Trapiche in Intosan resort, Taboc, Danao](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Trapiche_in_Intosan_resort%2C_Taboc%2C_Danao.jpg)
The old system of
milling sugar cane used to produce sugar, called ''"intosan"''. Although the railway was originally to move coal, it was soon used too to move sugar cane to the docks.
Gun industry
Danao City was well known for its gun industry. The industry started around 1905–06. When World War II came, the Danao gunsmiths went underground, joined the guerrilla movement or were inducted into the
United States Army Forces in the Far East
United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) (Filipino language, Filipino: ''Hukbong Katihan ng Estados Unidos sa Malayong Silangan/HKEUMS''; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Fuerzas del Ejército de los Estados Unidos en el Lejano Oriente'') ...
. Their main task was to re-chamber the Japanese
Arisaka
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rifles to fit the US .30 caliber round or to keep the original Japanese rifle in good service.
The industry went on, still underground. In the 1960s, the term ''
paltik
''Paltik'' is a Filipino term for a homemade gun. It is usually manufactured using scrap metal and angle iron. These homemade weapons are usually manufactured in Danao, Cebu, where the production of replicas of known firearms is a cottage industry ...
'' was given to the homemade (and illegal) guns. In the early 1990s the industry was legalized by the government, with the creation of two organizations of local gunsmiths. The organization now left with proper permit is Workers League of Danao Multi-purpose Cooperative (World MPC), in Dungguan, Danao City.
World MPC was incorporated in October 1994 with twenty-five initial members. In November 1996 it was given license to manufacture handguns from caliber .22 to .45 by the Philippine National Police (PNP). The organization had been a potent group in working for the legalization of gun-making industry in the country with the aim to upgrade the technology and skills of gun makers, to provide job security and additional revenue for the government. The gun-making industry in Danao was pioneered using brass or copper as materials. The Chairman of World MPC was in charge of the compliance of the requirements of the Firearms Explosives Security Service Agency and Guards Supervisory Section (FESSAGES) until his death in 2010 after which World MPC itself was then shutdown for non-compliance of FESSAGES policies.
Holiday industry
![El Salvador 1, Sabang, Danao](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/El_Salvador_1%2C_Sabang%2C_Danao.jpg)
Tourism in the area is still in its infancy. All along the eastern seaboard of Cebu there are family-owned resorts.
In 2017, Danao hosted the Xterra Off-road Triathlon. This was held at the Coco Palms resort.
Mitsumi
Mitsumi is one of the largest employers in northern Cebu.
Metro Cebu Expressway
Work for the ₱50 billion,
Metro Cebu Expressway
The Metro Cebu Expressway is a expressway in Cebu, Philippines. The expressway, once completed, will connect the Cebu North Road ( N8) in Danao to the Naga–Uling Road ( N81) in Naga. and will serve as an alternative north–south backbone hi ...
, started in 2018. It will connect Naga City in the south to Danao City in the north.
Gallery
Danao, Cebu 2017-01-05 02.jpg , City hall
Danao, Cebu 2017-05 09.jpg , Father of Danao City
Danao, Cebu 2017-05 01.jpg , Roadside ornament
Palengke - Danao City 01 by Hulagway.jpg, Danao City market
Palengke - Danao City Public Market 02 by Hulagway.jpg, Danao City Public Market
Ferry port, City Hall, Danao city, Cebu.jpg, Port for ferries to Camotes and Leyte
Tomas de Villanueva church, Danao city, Cebu 1.jpg, Sto Tomas de Villanueva church
Danao, Cebu 2017-05 06.jpg , Old cannon with a more recent setting
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Cities in Cebu
Cities in Metro Cebu
Populated places established in 1570
Component cities in the Philippines