Mandaue

City of Mandaue Dakbayan sa Mandaue
—  Highly Urbanized City  —
Seal
Nickname(s): Furniture Capital of the Philippines; Industrial Capital of Southern Philippines
Motto: "Mandaue ng Bililhon"
Map of Cebu showing the location of Mandaue.
Country	Philippines
Island	Cebu
Region	Central Visayas, Region VII
Class	Highly Urbanized City
Province	Cebu
Barrios or Barangays	27
Highest Point	Casili
Settled	12th-16th century
Incorporated  - Town	1599
- Municipality	1899
- City	August 30, 1969
Government
– Type	City Legislative Council
– Mayor	Jonas Cortes
– Vice-Mayor	Glen Bercede
Area
– Total	34.87 km2 (13.5 sq mi)
Population (March 2011)
– Total	346,693
– Density	9,942.4/km2 (25,750.8/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP Code[1]	6014
Ecclesiastical Province	Archdiocese of Cebu
Episcopal Polity
Patron Saint	St. Joseph
Diocesan Head	Adelito Abella
Website	mandauecity.gov.ph

The City of Mandaue is a city in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. It is one of the three urbanized cities in the island and forms a part of the Cebu Metropolitan area.^[2] Mandaue City is located on the middle eastern coastal region of Cebu, bordering to its right-side are Mactan Island where Lapu-Lapu City is located. Mandaue is connected to Mactan Island via two bridges which includes the Mactan-Cebu Bridge and Marcelo Fernan Bridge ^[3] And is bounded south and the west by the Provincial Capital, Cebu City and north by Consolacion which is linked with Cansaga Bay Bridge. The city has an area of about 34.87 square kilometres and has a total population of about 346,693 people.^[2]

History

Bantayan sa Hari, 1936

Bantayan sa Hari, 1912

A community was established in Mandaue by a flourishing group of Indonesian, Malayan and Chinese merchants in what was called the barangay. The Venetian chronicler Antonio Pigafetta wrote a settlement called Mandani existed in the area with a chieftain who was named Apo Noan^[4] then a few decades later another ruler named Lam Busan, probably Lakan Busan .^[5] 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 Consolacion, Liloan and Poro) 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.^[6] The Philippine revolution in 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 destroys the town on 1901 and killing Presidente Benito Ceniza.^[7] Mandaue was Independent from being an American Commonwealth and a Japanese Garrison on July 4, 1946 along with the entire nation. Mandaue became a chartered city on June 21, 1969 by Mayor Demetrio Cortes Sr. The city was recognized as a HUC (Highly Urban City) on 1991.^[8]

District

Mandaue City is part of the Sixth District of Cebu joined with the municipalities of Consolacion and Cordova. Although qualified for a lone district in 1991 this was neglected by lawmakers. Mandaue is under the province of Cebu but because it is a Highly Urbanized City it is not under authority to the provincial government and Mandaue is politically subdivided into 27 barangays. The barangay is further divided to a sitio.

Barangays

Entering the City of Mandaue

• Alang-alang
• Bakilid
• Banilad
• Basak
• Cabancalan
• Cambaro
• Canduman
• Casili
• Casuntingan
• Centro
• Cubacub
• Guizo
• Ibabao-Estancia
• Jagobiao

Labogon Looc Maguikay Mantuyong Opao Pakna-an Pagsabungan Subangdaku Tabok Tawason Tingub Tipolo Umapad

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Area

The city has a total land area of 3,487 hectares or 34.87 square kilometres. Every square kilometre is inhabited by more or less 8,112 people. Land utilization is summarized as follows:

Category	Land Area (hectares)
Residential	872 hectares
Commercial	242 hectares
Industrial	1,695 hectares
Institutional	60 hectares
Parks	24 hectares
Roads	120 hectares
Agricultural	283 hectares

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 area of the Province of Cebu.

The on-going North Reclamation Project, now known as the North Special Administrative Zone, currently has about 180 hectares reclaimed land. Of the 180 hectares, about 36 hectares belong to the city. The existing mangrove area will be retained as a Marine habitat, part of the area's parks and open spaces.

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 100 metres.

Many of the areas of the city are extremely flat. About 77.37% is within the 0-8% slope 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%.^[10]

Population

Metro Cebu, Mandaue in the eartern part and Lapulapu in the west

Population Census
Census	Pop.		Rate
1970	58,579		—
1980	110,043		—
1990	180,288		5.1%
2000	259,728		—
Est. 2011	346,693		33.48%

Oldest accounts of Mandaue's population was written in Bosetta and Bravo's Diccionario between 1637 to 1638 was 11,034. During the first year of its township in 1899, Mandaue had 42 barrios and with a population of 21,086. When Mandaue was a second class municipality in 1964 and had a population of 33,811.^[11] According to the March 22, 2011 Philippine census, Mandaue City has a population of about 346,693 people. This figure is up by 86,965 from 259,728 persons recorded in the May 2000 census. Mandaue has a significantly large population which is in and below the poverty line.^[12]

Festivals

A procession like this of the Senor Sto. Nino will parade to the National Shrine on the Translacion

Mandaue Fiesta:Celebrated on May 8 in honor of the patron St. Joseph. There are a lot of events that occur in this feast like the Miss Mandaue, Mr. Mandaue, Inter-Barangay Sports Competition, Queen Prince and Prices Coronation or QPP, Rodeos, Mantawi Festival, Bailes, Fairs and many more. This is an evident reminder of the Philippines Hispanic influences.

Translacion: (Gathering of the Holy Family) which coincidentally the patrons of Cebu are the Santo Niño and Birhin sa Guadelupe, Saint Joseph in Mandaue City. This is celebrated every January when the three statues meet in The National Shrine of Saint Joseph often called the Translacion where a Fluvial Mass follows after. There are singing and dancing competitions and street dancing that happen during the Bibingkahan in honor of the Sto. Niño.

Comparsa sa Mandaue : A theater dance competition that showcases Mandaue's rich cultural heritage celebrated on August.

Mantawi Festival : Is an event where tribal dances are accompanied by different beats and is played by a brass instead of the usual drum and trumpet Mantawi Festival is on every May 7.^[13]

Miss Mandaue: A beauty pageant, that searches for a young woman who will serve as an ambassadress of goodwill and represent the people of Mandaue City in various functions and gatherings in the community...^[14]

Kabayo festival: The Kabayo festival is a horse racing event held annually in the second week of February.

Pasigarbo sa Sugbo: It is an event that is held annually in Mandaue City, Cebu International Convention Center every August 13 which shows Cebu's culture and different festivals, it is a fiesta of colorful costumes and elaborate props as dancers from 42 towns and cities from all over Cebu compete which ends with a grand fireworks display.

Sinulog sa Mandaue: Now defunct, Similar to the Sinulog of Cebu City but still celebrates the hubo of the Sto Nino under the Mandaue Sinulog Foundation.

Passion: A revival of the Passion and Death of Christ it was active in the 1973- 1975. Most of the spectators wore costumes to make it look realistic.

Infastructure

Philippine Jeepney

Mandaue City's road network is composed of a national highway which connects the city to its neighboring cities and municipalities, 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 133,676 kilometres, broken down into:

• National road - 13.1587 kilometres
• City road - 57.0954 kilometres
• Barangay road - 63.4219 kilometres

Road density is 3.83 kilometre per square kilometre of land. In terms of population, road density is about 0.52 kilometre 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. Likewise, air transport is through the Mactan International Airport has direct international flights to Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, China, Palau, Malaysia, Taiwan, Qatar, South Korea and other key Philippine Cities, via the two Mandaue-Mactan bridges.^[15]

Education

Schools in Mandaue City follow a system of 6 years for primary education and 4 years for secondary education.

Cebu Doctors' University in Mandaue City.   Sacred Heart School - Ateneo de Cebu   University of Cebu Lapu-Lapu Mandaue.

Economy

Wicker Chairs are one of the cities specialties.

Major Products

• Aluminumware/Enamelware
• Animal Bone Processing
• Industrial Gases
• Lumber
• Marine Products
• Batteries
• Matches
• Beverages
• Milling
• Construction Materials
• Chemicals
• Nylons and Rope
• Coconut Crafts
• Packaging Products
• Commercial Plastics
• Concrete Products
• Poultry/livestock farms
• Rattan
• Cosmetics
• Drugs
• Electroplating
• School Supplies
• Fire Extinguishers
• Shellcrafts
• Floorwax
• Ceramics
• Foam Products Steel
• Galvanized Iron
• Food Processing
• Stonewares
• Garments
• Styrofoam
• Gas Cylinders
• Furniture
• Carrageenan
• Glass, Wrought Iron and Rattan
• Iced Products

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Cuisine

Bibingka

Mandaue has dining restaurants which caters to gourmets and international cuisines like Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mexican, Vietnamese, and Western cuisines. A variety of restaurants also serves meals of local cuisine.

Many famous Cebuano meals like the Lechon^[16] or Inasal is a pride of Cebu being crowned as the best roasted pig in the world, it is eaten with Achara or pickled vegetables. The Sugba or Barbecue is either Isda(fish), Baboy (pork), Manok (chicken) or Baka (beef) is found in any joints in Mandaue eaten with the Puso a diamond shaped hangged rice covered in coco leaves. Kinilaw^[17] is raw meat usually pork or fish drenched in vinegar and salt. The Buwad or dried seafood is very smelly but it is crunchy and chewy. There are some exotic meals you can find like the Dinugoan or pig's blood is a eaten like the soup. Barbecued Chicken feet are liked by many locals. Original cuisine in Mandaue includes the Bibingka^[18] which is steamed rice cakes mixed with coconut and sometimes egg. Binangos a type of salted fish only found in Mandaue also includes the Tagaktak and the famous Masareal^{[citation needed]}

Landmarks

Cebu International Convention Centre

Cemeteries

• Angelicum Gareden of Angels
• Cebu Memorial Park
• Cempark
• Manpark
• Mandaue Municipal Cemetery
• St Joseph's Cemetery
• Grosmar Memorial Park

Museums

• 856 G Gallery
• Luis Cabrera Ancestral House and Museum
• Mandaue City Public Library
• Quijano Museum

Parks

• City Plaza
• Pahara Park
• Mandaue Ecopark
• Garden Centre

Natural

• Monkey Caves
• Cansaga Bay
• Butuanon River
• Casili Hills
• Jagobiao Spring
• Cabancalan-Banilad Sinkholes
• Mahiga River

Sports

• Mandaue City Sports and Cultural Complex
• Greenlux Golf Range
• Mandaue Tennis Complex
• Portside Badminton Plaza
• Quick Points Badminton Club
• Aboitiz Sports Field
• San Roque Football Club
• Sacred Heart- Ateneo de Cebu Sports Complex
• Cebu Golf Academy
• AA Barbeque Restaurant & Golf Driving Range

Historical

• Bantayan Sa Hari
• National Shrine of Saint Joseph
• Mandaue Presidencia, City Hall
• Ouano Wharf
• Mandaue Salt Beds
• Eversley Childs Sanitarium
• Rizal-Bonifacio Memorial Library
• Bathan Press
• San Miguel Brewery
• Cebu International Convention Centre.^[19]

Sister cities

• Bacău, Romania
• Bacolod City, Philippines
• Baguio City, Philippines
• Longview, Washington, USA
• Butuan City, Philippines
• Marikina, Philippines

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External links

• The Official Website of the City of Mandaue
• The Official Website of the Philippine Department of Education
• The Official Website of the Taga Mandaue
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• 2007 Philippine Census Information

Coordinates: 10°20′0″N 123°56′0″E / 10.333333°N 123.933333°E / 10.333333; 123.933333