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Lapu-Lapu, officially the City of Lapu-Lapu (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu; Filipino: Lungsod ng Lapu-Lapu), is a highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 497,604 people. [2] It was formerly known as Opon, the city being renamed to its present name in 1961.
Two years after Lapu-Lapu was converted into a highly urbanized city in 2007, it was also granted separate congressional representation by virtue of Republic Act No. 9726, approved on October 22, 2009. The law separated the city from Cebu's sixth district to form its own congressional district [2] after the 2010 elections.
Lapulapu [2] [3] [4] (fl. 1521) or Lapu-Lapu, whose name was first recorded as Çilapulapu, [5] was a datu (chief) of Mactan, an island now part of the Philippines.Lapulapu is known for the 1521 Battle of Mactan, where he and his men defeated Spanish forces led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his native allies Rajah Humabon and Datu Zula.
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Lapu-Lapu's at-large congressional district is the congressional district of the Philippines in Lapu-Lapu City. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 2010. [3] Previously included in Cebu's 6th congressional district, it includes all barangays of the city.
The Lapu-Lapu Expressway (LLEX), is a proposed 12-kilometre-long (7.5 mi) elevated expressway in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines.The expressway, once completed, will connect Mactan–Cebu International Airport in Lapu-Lapu City to the Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) in the nearby municipality of Cordova.
Junard "Ahong" Quirante Chan (born September 8, 1968) is a Filipino politician from Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines.He currently serves as the mayor of Lapu-Lapu City. [3] [4] Chan previously served as barangay captain of Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City from 2013 to 2019 and as a member of the City Council from 2001 to 2010.
Lapu-Lapu City College (LLCC) is an educational institution in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines.It is located at Barangay Basak and Barangay Gun-ob. It was established through the City Ordinance No. 354-2010, designed to serve indigent students of the city by providing them access to quality and affordable education.