Mactan Island

Mactan is a densely populated island located a few kilometers east of in the . The island is part of Cebu province and it is divided into the city of and the municipality of .
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  • Island
  • …has about 468,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
  • …is also known as “Mactan”
  • Description: island in the Philippines

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mactan–Cebu International Airport and Mactan–Benito Ebuen Air Base.
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is the main… is situated 3 km northeast of Mactan Island.
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, originally known as Opon… is situated 2½ km north of Mactan Island.
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The , also known as the Second… is situated 4 km north of Mactan Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Basak and Lapu-Lapu.
is a barangay in , , , .
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is an island city of in the , part of .
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is a suburb, which is situated 3 km south of Mactan Island.

Mactan Island

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Latitude
10.29194° or 10° 17′ 31″ north
Longitude
123.96806° or 123° 58′ 5″ east
Open location code
7Q257XR9+Q6
Geo­Names ID
1704245
Wiki­data ID
Q685318

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Mactan Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة ماكتان”
  • Armenian: “Մակտան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Maktan adası”
  • Belarusian: “Мактан”
  • Bulgarian: “Мактан”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Mactan”
  • Catalan: “Mactan”
  • Cebuano: “Isla sa Mactan”
  • Cebuano: “Mactan”
  • Cebuano: “Pulo sa Mactan”
  • Central Bikol: “Mactan”
  • Chinese: “麥克坦島”
  • Chinese: “麦克坦岛”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Maktan”
  • Czech: “Mactan”
  • Danish: “Mactan”
  • Dutch: “Mactan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره ماكتان”
  • Esperanto: “Maktano”
  • French: “Île de Mactan”
  • French: “Kalipulako”
  • Galician: “Mactan”
  • German: “Mactán”
  • Greek: “Μακτάν”
  • Hebrew: “מַקְטאן”
  • Hebrew: “מקטן”
  • Iloko: “Isla ti Mactan”
  • Iloko: “Mactan”
  • Indonesian: “Mactan”
  • Irish: “Mactan”
  • Italian: “Mactan”
  • Japanese: “マクタン島”
  • Kinaray-A: “Maktan”
  • Korean: “막탄”
  • Korean: “막탄섬”
  • Latin: “Mactan”
  • Lithuanian: “Maktanas”
  • Malayalam: “മാക്ടൻ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mactan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mactan”
  • Norwegian: “Mactan”
  • Persian: “ماکتان”
  • Polish: “Mactan”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Mactan”
  • Portuguese: “Mactán”
  • Romanian: “Mactán”
  • Russian: “Мактан”
  • Slovenian: “Mactan”
  • Spanish: “isla de Mactán”
  • Spanish: “Mactán”
  • Swedish: “Mactan”
  • Tagalog: “Mactan”
  • Tagalog: “Maktan”
  • Tagalog: “Pulo ng Mactan”
  • Turkish: “Maktan”
  • Ukrainian: “Мактан”
  • Venetian: “Mactan”
  • Vietnamese: “Mactan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mactan”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mactan–Cebu International Airport and Ambucuan Point.

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