Mandaue (), officially the City of Mandaue (; ), is a highly urbanized city in the

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region of the

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 364,116 people. It is geographically located on the central-eastern coastal region of

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but administratively independent from the province. Its southeast coast borders

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where

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is located and is connected to the island via two bridges: the Mactan-Mandaue Bridge and

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. Mandaue is bounded on the north by the town of

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, to the east by the

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, and to the west and south by

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. It is one of three highly urbanized cities on Cebu island and forms a part of the Cebu Metropolitan area and was part of the sixth district of Cebu joined with the municipalities of Consolacion and Cordova - it was qualified for a lone district since 1991. On April 5, 2019, the city became a lone legislative district. As of June 30, 2022, Mandaue had its first representation in the

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History

A community was established in Mandaue by a flourishing group of

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people. The Venetian chronicler

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wrote of a settlement called "Mandaui" which existed in the area with a chieftain named Apanoaan some called him Lambuzzan in other accounts. Mandaue natives were forced into a town as decreed by the Spanish authorities. This may have started off as a mission village (which included present day

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and

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) serving as a bulwark for the church in the northern Cebu and was managed by the Jesuit in 1638 then a century later by the Recollects. The

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of 1898 gave the town a new form of administration in accordance with the organic decree of the Central Revolutionary Government. The short-lived revolution was overthrown by the American troops and a battle nearly destroyed the town in 1901, killing

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Benito Ceniza. Mandaue was a semi-autonomous functioning town. Semi-autonomous as it was still under the jurisdiction of Cebu. Despite having been developed and organized by the Spaniards throughout the ages and its population increasing as the years gone by, the Spaniards did not make an initiative to elevate the town into an independent municipality. It was only after the death of Presidente Ceniza and the establishment of American Rule in Mandaue that the dream of becoming an independent municipality came true. In 1901, Mandaue became an independent municipality. Mandaue became independent from being an American Commonwealth and a Japanese garrison on July 4, 1946, along with the entire nation.

Cityhood

On August 30, 1969, Mandaue became a chartered city and decades later it was recognized as a highly urbanized city on February 15, 1991. In early-April 2019, Mandaue separated from the sixth district and, since 2022, is represented under its lone district.

Geography

The city has a total area of . According to the 2020 census, the population density is . The city is the 6th smallest government unit in terms of land area; among the Metro Cebu local government units the city is the second smallest next to the municipality of Cordova in the island of Mactan. The city's land area is only 4.5% of the total land area of Metro Cebu and less than 1% of the total land of the province of Cebu. The North Reclamation Project, now known as the North Special Administrative Zone, currently has about reclaimed land. Of the 180 hectares, about belong to the city. It is one of the two (the other one being the municipality of Consolacion) local government units located within the mainland Metro Cebu where the elevation of land is less than . Many of the areas of the city are extremely flat. About 77.37% is within the 0-8%

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category. Barangays belonging to this region are Centro, Looc, South Special Administrative Zone, Cambaro, Opao, Umapad, Paknaan, Alang-alang, Tipolo, Ibabao, Guizo, Subangdaku, Mantuyong, Maguikay and Tabok. The greater portion of the city, comprising about 70%, is dominated by the Mandaue Clay Loam soil series. This is found in the 0-2% and 2-5% slope ranges. Faraon clay loam characterizes the rest of the land with slope range from 5-8% and up to 25-40%.

Climate

Barangays

Mandaue is politically subdivided into 27 barangays. Each barangay consists of

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s and some have

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Demographics

Data showed that the oldest written accounts of Mandaue came from a population of 160 in 1637 to 1638. Mandaue had 10,309 souls according to the . During the first year of its township in 1899, Mandaue had 42 barrios with a population of 21,086. When Mandaue was a second class municipality in 1964 its population was 33,811. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 364,116, which is an increase of from the 2000 census. Among all the Philippine's highly urbanized cities, the City of Mandaue posted the highest proportion of household population who reported Roman Catholic as their religious affiliation at 95.2%. Mandaue has a significantly large population at or below the poverty line.

Economy

About 40 percent of Cebu's export companies are found in Mandaue. The city is dubbed as the industrial hub of Region VII and hosts about 10,000 industrial and commercial businesses, making it a "little rich city" in the country. It is home to some of the world's biggest companies such as San Miguel Corp., Coca-Cola Bottling Corp. Shemberg, the number one exporter of

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, Profood International Corp., and 7D Dried Mangoes. Mandaue City also accounts for 75 percent of the country's total exports in the furniture sector, making the city the furniture capital of the country. One of these furniture companies is Mandaue Foam which started in 1971 and now has 25 factories and showrooms nationwide.

Tourism

Mandaue's point of interests, destinations, and attractions include: ;Natural areas * Monkey Caves * Cansaga Bay * Butuanon River * Casili Hills * Jagobiao Spring * Cabancalan-Banilad Sinkholes * Mahiga River ;Historical locations * Bantayan Sa Hari * National Shrine of Saint Joseph *

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, City Hall * Ouano Wharf * Mandaue Salt Beds * Eversley Childs Sanitarium * Rizal-Bonifacio Memorial Library * Bathan Press * San Miguel Brewery * Rainbow Lane * Cebu International Convention Center ;Museums * 856 G Gallery * Luis Cabrera Ancestral House and Museum * Mandaue City Public Library * Quijano Museum ;Parks * City Plaza * Bridge Park * Ibabao Mandaue Agri-Eco Park * Subangdaku Wireless Sports Center * Cebu Westown Lagoon *WaterWorld Cebu ;Sports * Wireless Plaza and Sports Complex * Mandaue City Sports and Cultural Complex * Mandaue Tennis Complex * Portside Badminton Plaza * Quick Points Badminton Club * San Roque Football Club * Sacred Heart–Ateneo de Cebu Sports Complex * Cebu Golf Academy * Gorilla Booth Camp ;Retail and mixed-use developments * Ayala Malls Gatewalk Central (under construction) * Bridges Town Square * City Times Square * Insular Square Mall *

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* Oakridge Business Park * Pacific Mall * Parkmall *

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Fiestas

Mandaue Fiesta: Celebrated on May 8 in honor of the town patron,

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. Activities that are typically held during this feast are the procession, inter-barangay sports competition, Miss Mandaue (the longest-running beauty competition in the province), rodeos, street festival (Mantawi Festival), bailes, fairs, and many more. Panagtagbo sa Mandaue: This is Mandaue's current major festival in honor of the

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. This is celebrated every 2nd week of January on the eve of the ''Traslacion'' (Transfer of Relic), of one of the significant religious events of the

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which commemorates the union of the Holy Family. In the Translacion, the Santo Niño and the

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come and stay over at the shrine of Saint Joseph in Mandaue for an overnight vigil. This happens on a Friday, and on the early morning of the following Saturday, a fluvial procession is held on Cebu Strait going back to the

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. In the festival, there are singing and dancing competitions with a street dancing during the Bibingkahan in honor of Santo Niño. At night, there is a ritual showdown performance which is the highlight of the cultural-religious events. Kabayo Festival: The Kabayo (Horse) festival also known as Governor's Cup is a horse racing and different equestrian sports with the western way of riding event held annually in the second week of February. Pasigarbo sa Sugbo: It is a festival showcasing Cebu's culture, faith, history, products, and festivals from each individual town. It is held annually around August 6 which is the Charter day of the Province of Cebu. It was formerly held in Mandaue City at the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC), but was transferred to the Cebu City Sports Complex in

in 2019 due to the abandoned and disrepaired state of the convention center.

Cuisine

Mandaue has many restaurants which cater to gourmets and international cuisines like Italian, Japanese, Indian, Mediterranean, Lebanese, Arabic, Russian, Korean, Mexican, and Western cuisines. A variety of restaurants also serves meals of local cuisine. Many famous Cebuano meals like the

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or ''inasal'', eaten with achara or pickled vegetables. The ''sugba'' or barbecue of either ''isda'' (fish), ''baboy'' (pork), ''manok'' (chicken) or ''baka'' (beef) is found all over Mandaue eaten with '' puso'', a diamond-shaped hanged rice covered in coco leaves. ''Kinilaw'' is raw meat usually pork or fish drenched in vinegar and salt. The ''buwad'' or dried seafood, either fish or squid, can be pungent with a crunchy and chewy texture. There are some exotic meals that can be found like ''

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'' or pig's blood which is eaten like a soup. Barbecued chicken feet are liked by many locals. Original cuisine in Mandaue includes ''

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'' which is steamed rice cakes mixed with coconut and sometimes egg. ''Binangos'' paired with rice is made of ground up corn with Bolinao fish. This dish is found only in Mandaue; other delicacies includes the ''tagaktak'', the seasonal ''buriring'' fish (stewed with ''iba'') and the famous ''

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''.

Transportation

Mandaue City's road network is composed of a national highway which connects the city to its neighboring cities and municipalities, and a national secondary road which traverses the city's metropolitan area. The total length of the city road network (paved and unpaved) and the four bridges, is about , broken down into: * National road - * City road - * Barangay road - Road density is of land. In terms of population, road density is per one thousand inhabitants. Land transportation is being served by PUJ, utility vehicles, mini-buses, multi-cabs, tricycles, trisikads and for cargoes, trailers and vans. Sea transport of Mandaue is highly dependent on Port of Cebu and Cebu International Port, because of the city's proximity to these facilities. MyBus expansion is a 9.5

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starting from boundary of

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– Cebu International Port to SM City J Mall in October 2024. In 2017, it began operations along City di Mare at the

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Education

Mandaue houses two universities, the

Cebu Doctors' University Cebu Doctors' University, also referred to by its acronym CDU and colloquially Cebu Doc, is a private nonsectarian coeducational higher education institution located in Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines. It was founded in 1973 at Cebu City as Ceb ...

and the Lapu-Lapu–Mandaue campus of the

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. There are also technical schools like

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in barangays Banilad and Looc and other private institutions that provide certificate degrees. Associate degree, Baccalaureate Degrees, Master's and Doctoral programs. Mandaue has institutionalized learning with the Cabahug Medal which was started on 1923 by Sotero Cabahug as a medal of academic excellence annually. The Mandaue Fraternal Society was also created in the early part of the 19th century to provide a community for the professionals during the time when Mandaue was still a sleepy town. Cebu's part-time Japanese school, the Cebu Japanese School (CJS; セブ補習授業校 ''Sebu Hoshū Jugyō Kō''), is located on the fifth floor of the Clotilde Commercial Center in Barangay Casuntingan, Mandaue City.

Media

NOTE: Television and radio stations from Cebu City are also primarily served in this area.

Television

Television stations based in Mandaue City: *DYCB-TV (ABS-CBN Cebu) - Channel 3; a television station of the ABS-CBN's regional network division,

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, now defunct due to the cease and desist order issued by the

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after its legislative franchise lapsed last May 5, 2020 and its denial by the congress last July 10, 2020. *DYKC-TV (RPTV 9) - Channel 9; a relay television station of the

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Radio

Radio stations licensed in Mandaue City: * DYKC-AM (Radyo Ronda) - 675 kHz; an

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station owned by the Radio Philippines Network (RPN) /

. * DYAR-AM (Sonshine Radio) - 765 kHz; an

station owned by Swara Sug Media Corporation and operated by Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI), currently off-air after the network issued a cease-and-desist order by the

last December 2023. *

DYAB-AM DYAB (1512 AM) Radyo Patrol was a radio station owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation. The station's studio and office were located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Complex, North Road, Brgy. Jagobiao, Mandaue, while its transmitter was locat ...

(Radyo Patrol) 1512 kHz; an AM station owned by

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, now defunct due to the cease and desist order issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) after its legislative franchise lapsed last May 5, 2020. * DYPC-FM - 88.7 MHz; a community FM station owned by the Mandaue Broadcasting Center, an affiliate member of

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's radio station DYLA-AM in Cebu City. Currently off-air since 2019 due to non-renewal of permit. *

DYLS-FM DYLS (97.1 FM), broadcasting as MOR 97.1 Lupig Sila!, was a radio station owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation. The station's studio and offices were located at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Complex, North Road, Jagobiao, Mandaue, while its t ...

(MOR Philippines) - 97.1 MHz; a commercial FM station owned by

, now defunct due to the cease and desist order issued by the

after its legislative franchise lapsed last May 5, 2020.

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