Buaya
Buaya is a suburb in Lapu-Lapu, Metro Cebu, Central Visayas, Davao Region and has about 19,100 residents. Buaya is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bayanihan Village, as well as near Deca Homes 2.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mactan–Cebu International Airport and Mactan Shrine.
Mactan–Cebu International Airport
Airport terminal
Photo: Magalhães, Public domain.
Mactan–Cebu International Airport is the main international airport serving Metro Cebu and is the main gateway to the Central Visayas region in the Philippines.
Mactan Shrine
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mactan Shrine, also known as Liberty Shrine or Lapulapu Monument, is a memorial park on the island of Mactan in Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines. It hosts two monuments—the Magellan Monument, which is dedicated to Portuguese born explorer Ferdinand Magellan, and… Mactan Shrine is situated 2½ km east of Buaya.
Marcelo Fernan Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Marcelo Fernan Bridge, also known as the Second Cebu–Mactan Bridge and locally as the Second Bridge, is an extradosed cable-stayed bridge located in Metro Cebu in the Philippines. Marcelo Fernan Bridge is situated 3 km west of Buaya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Opao and Basak.
Opao
Suburb
Mandaue, officially the City of Mandaue, is a highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 364,482 people. Opao is situated 4 km west of Buaya.
Basak
Suburb
Basak is a barangay in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu Province, Central Visayas, Philippines. It is bounded in the northeast by Pusok and Bankal, in the east by Pajac and Agus, in the southeast by Marigondon and Subabasbas, in the west by Babag and Gun-ob, and in the northwest by Pajo. Basak is situated 4 km southwest of Buaya.
Umapad
Suburb
Mandaue, officially the City of Mandaue, is a highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 364,482 people. Umapad is situated 4½ km northwest of Buaya.
Buaya
- Type: Suburb with 19,100 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: Lapu-Lapu, Metro Cebu, Cebu Province, Central Visayas, Visayas, Municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
10.31637° or 10° 18′ 59″ northLongitude
123.99258° or 123° 59′ 33″ eastPopulation
19,100Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
7Q258X8V+G2OpenStreetMap ID
node 797072966OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1723690
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