Lapu-Lapu

Lapu-Lapu is an island city of in the , part of . It is home to about 498,000 people. The city has the main airport of the region, many beaches and dive sites, and quite a few resorts.
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  • Type: City with 498,000 residents
  • Description: city of the Philippines
  • Also known as: “City of Lapu-Lapu”, “Lapu-Lapu City”, “Lapu-Lapu, Cebu”, “Opon”, and “Opon, Cebu”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mactan–Cebu International Airport and Cebu Doctors’ University.

Airport terminal
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is the main international airport serving and is the main gateway to the region in the .

University
Cebu Doctors' University, also referred to by its acronym CDU and colloquially Cebu Doc, is a private nonsectarian coeducational higher education institution located in Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines.

Bridge
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The , also known as the Second Cebu–Mactan Bridge and locally as the Second Bridge, is an extradosed cable-stayed bridge located in in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mandaue and Cebu City.

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is a city in the , part of . is just north of and, like that city, it is on Cebu Island. Just off the coast opposite is Mactan Island with the city of Lapu-Lapu on it.

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is the main city on Cebu Island in the and is known as the Queen City of the South. It is the capital of , a transport hub, and a popular tourist destination in its own right.

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Cordova, officially the Municipality of Cordova, is a municipality in the province of , . According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 72,915 people.

Lapu-Lapu

Latitude
10.3127° or 10° 18′ 46″ north
Longitude
123.9488° or 123° 56′ 56″ east
Population
498,000
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PH LPU
Open location code
7Q258W7X+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 534548619
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1707267
Wiki­data ID
Q574903
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In Other Languages

From Amis to Zulu—“Lapu-Lapu” goes by many names.
  • Amis: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Arabic: “لابو لابو”
  • Armenian: “Լապու Լապու”
  • Balinese: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Banjar: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Basque: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Batak Toba: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Bengali: “লাপু-লাপু”
  • Buginese: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Capiznon: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Catalan: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Cebuano: “Dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu”
  • Cebuano: “Lapu-Lapu, Sugbo”
  • Cebuano: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Cebuano: “Opon”
  • Central Bikol: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Central Bikol: “Syudad nin Lapu-Lapu”
  • Chavacano: “Ciudad de Lapu-Lapu”
  • Chinese: “拉普拉普市”
  • Dagbani: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Danish: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Dutch: “Lapu-Lapu City”
  • Esperanto: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Fijian: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Finnish: “Lapu-Lapu City”
  • French: “Lapu-Lapu City”
  • French: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • German: “Lapu-Lapu City”
  • Gorontalo: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Greek: “Λάπου-Λάπου”
  • Gujarati: “લૅપુ-લેપુ”
  • Hausa: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Hiligaynon: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Hindi: “लापू-लापू”
  • Hiri Motu: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Hungarian: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Igbo: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Iloko: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Iloko: “Siudad ti Lapu-Lapu”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Lapu-Lapu”
  • Indonesian: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Irish: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Italian: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Japanese: “ラプ＝ラプ市”
  • Japanese: “ラプラプ”
  • Javanese: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Kannada: “ಲ್ಯಾಪು-ಲ್ಯಾಪು”
  • Kinaray-A: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Kongo: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Korean: “라푸라푸”
  • Korean: “라푸라푸시”
  • Latvian: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Latvian: “Lapulapu”
  • Lithuanian: “Lapu Lapu”
  • Lithuanian: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Malagasy: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Malay: “Bandar Lapu-Lapu”
  • Malay: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Maori: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Marathi: “लापू-लापू”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lapu-Lapu Chhī”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “拉布拉布市”
  • Minangkabau: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Nauru: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lapu-Lapu City”
  • Norwegian: “Lapu-Lapu City”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Oromo: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Paiwan: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Pampanga: “Lapu-Lapu Lakanbalen”
  • Pampanga: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Pangasinan: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Pangasinan: “Siyudad na Lapu-Lapu”
  • Persian: “لاپو-لاپو سیتی”
  • Polish: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade do Lapu-Lapu”
  • Portuguese: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Rinconada Bikol: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Russian: “Лапу-Лапу (город)”
  • Russian: “Лапу-Лапу”
  • Sakizaya: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Samoan: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Scots: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Sinhala: “ලාපු -ලාපු”
  • Spanish: “Lapulapu”
  • Sundanese: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Swahili: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Swedish: “Lapu-Lapu City”
  • Tagalog: “Lapu-Lapu, Cebu”
  • Tagalog: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod ng Lapu-Lapu”
  • Tagalog: “Opon”
  • Tahitian: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Tamil: “லப்பு-லப்பு”
  • Tatar: “Лапу-Лапу”
  • Telugu: “లపు- లపు”
  • Thai: “ลาปู ลาปู”
  • Thai: “ลาปู-ลาปู”
  • Tok Pisin: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Turkish: “Lapu-Lapu Şehri”
  • Turkish: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Ukrainian: “Лапу-Лапу”
  • Urdu: “لاپو-لاپو، فلپائن”
  • Vietnamese: “Lapu-Lapu, Philippines”
  • Vietnamese: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lapu-Lapu, Pilipinas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Welsh: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Xhosa: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Yoruba: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • Zulu: “Lapu-Lapu”
  • “Lapu-Lapu”
  • “Lapu-Lapu, Cebu”

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