Lapu-Lapu City
Lapu-Lapu City
Opon | |
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Lapu-Lapu with Mandaue in the background | |
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Flag Seal | |
| Nickname: Historic Resort City | |
| Anthem: Dakbayan sa Sidlakan (City of the East) | |
Map of Central Visayas with Lapu-Lapu City highlighted | |
Interactive map of Lapu-Lapu City | |
Lapu-Lapu City Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 10°18′46″N 123°56′56″E / 10.3127°N 123.9488°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Central Visayas |
| Province | Cebu (geographically only) |
| District | Lone district |
| Founded (Opon) | 1730 |
| Cityhood and renamed | June 17, 1961 |
| Highly urbanized city | January 23, 2007 |
| Named after | Lapulapu |
| Barangays | 30 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Panlungsod |
| • Mayor | Ma. Cynthia K. Chan (Lakas) |
| • Vice Mayor | Celedonio B. Sitoy (PFP) |
| • Representative | Junard "Ahong" Q. Chan (PFP) |
| • City Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 277,288 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 58.10 km2 (22.43 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population (2024 census) | |
• Total | 497,813 |
| • Density | 8,568/km2 (22,190/sq mi) |
| • Households | 129,652 |
| Demonym | Oponganon |
| Economy | |
| • Gross domestic product | ₱151.4 billion (2022) $2.675 billion (2022) |
| • Income class | 1st city income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 10.8 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 3,873 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 8,444 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 3,454 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Mactan Electric Company (MECO) |
| • Water | Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Philippine Standard Time (PST)) |
| ZIP code | 6015, 6016 (Mactan–Cebu International Airport) |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)32 |
| Native languages | Cebuano |
Lapu-Lapu, officially the City of Lapu-Lapu (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu; Filipino: Lungsod ng Lapu-Lapu), is a highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 497,813 people.
It was formerly known as Opon, which was changed to its present name in 1961. It is one of the cities that make up Metro Cebu in the Philippines. It is located in the province of Cebu, administratively independent from the province, but grouped under Cebu by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and also the second most populous city of that province and in Central Visayas after the capital city of Cebu.
The second busiest airport in the Philippines, Mactan–Cebu International Airport, is located in Lapu-Lapu City. It opened in 1966 and serves as a hub for Philippine Airlines, and as an operating base for Cebu Pacific and Philippines AirAsia.