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Access
There are air services to Cebu from Manila (an hour flight) and all the larger towns in the archipelago (Davao, Zamboanga, Iloilo, Bacalod, Legazpi, etc.), and boat services from Manila…
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Cebu City
This large and active town, the second largest in the Philippines after Manila, has been called the “Queen of the South” and the “Capital of the South”. Much of the…
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History of Cebu City
Cebu claims the glory of being the oldest town in the Philippines, founded by Magellan himself. Having left Spain in 1519 with five ships, Magellan landed at Cebu on 7…
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Population and Industry
As of 2000, the province has a population of 3,356,137. It has its own dialect, Cebuano. Administratively the island is divided into 44 municipalities and 6 component cities and 3…
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Geography and Resources
Cebu extends for a distance of some 250 km from North to South, a long slender island which is less than 40 km wide at its narrowest point. It has…
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Cebu
The island of Cebu, in the centre of the Visayas, forms a province on its own. Its capital, Cebu City, with an airport which is a major traffic junction on…
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Santa Ana
Just outside the northwest limits of Makati, at the east end of Herran Street, in a bend of the river Pasig near Lambigan Bridge is the church of Santa Ana.…
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Paco
Along Padre Faura Street to the right east is Paco Park, laid out in 1966 on the site of a cemetery established during a cholera epidemic in 1820 and closed…
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Malate
Opposite the National Library Mabini Street runs South, with a statue of Apolinario Mabini (1846-1903), an eminent lawyer and great patriot, paralyzed in both legs, who was exiled to Guam…
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Ermita
Ermita is a district in Manila, located halfway between Intramuros and Malate. It comprises of the finest entertainment centres, hotels, bars and restaurants. It has been the entertainment capital of…