Cebu#Media

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It is unclear whether the island was named sugbó or the settlement where Ferdinand Magellan's crew arrived in 1521. The capital city of the province is also named Cebu City.

The name is possibly derived from a hypothetical Proto-Philippine word *sug(e)bu meaning "to bathe" or "to wade into the water". The word has evolved in the Cebuano language as sugbú, meaning "to dive into water" and also exists in other Philippine languages such as Tagalog and Hiligaynon.{{Cite journal |last=Benitez |first=Jiolito Luzano |title=Historicity of City and Town Names in the Province of Cebu |url=https://jhe.cnu.edu.ph/index.php/ojs3/article/view/27 |journal=Cebu Normal University-Journal of Higher Education |publication-date=September 14, 2017 |volume=11 |pages=4 }}{{Cite web |title=ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - Cognate Sets - s |url=https://www.trussel2.com/ACD/acd-s_s1.htm#12691 |access-date=2024-03-16 |website=trussel2.com}} In fact, there is also another municipality in Batangas, Philippines called Nasugbu, which may also share the same etymological root with the said province.

The modern name is most likely how the first Europeans heard of the name of the place in the 16th-17th centuries, as it was first recorded as Zubu or Çubu, and then eventually it became Cebu. The reason of the spelling change is because Visayans were mostly illiterate in the 16th and 17th centuries.{{Cite book |last=Stanley |first=Henry Edward John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-lTEwgEACAAJ |title=The First Voyage Around the World by Magellan |publisher=The Hakluyt Society |year=1874 |pages=84–105 |language=English}}

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Cebu was a native kingdom that existed prior to the arrival of the Spaniards. Visayan folklore relates it was founded by Sri Lumay otherwise known as Rajamuda Lumaya, a half-Malay, half-Tamil from Sumatra.{{Citation |last=Santarita |first=Joefe B. |title=Panyupayana: The Emergence of Hindu Polities in the Pre-Islamic Philippines |date=2018 |work=Cultural and Civilisational Links between India and Southeast Asia: Historical and Contemporary Dimensions |pages=93–105 |editor-last=Saran |editor-first=Shyam |url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-7317-5_6 |access-date= |place=Singapore |publisher=Springer |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-981-10-7317-5_6 |isbn=978-981-10-7317-5|url-access=subscription }} The capital of the nation was Singhapala (சிங்கப்பூர்)[https://www.jstor.org/stable/29792596?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3Ae66b04574962dd2277c44e2367352434&seq=28#page_scan_tab_contents THE GENEALOGY OF HARI' TUPAS: AN ETHNOHISTORY OF CHIEFLY POWER AND HIERARCHY IN SUGBU AS A PROTOSTATE Astrid Sala-Boza] Page 280. which is Tamil-Sanskrit[https://mothership.sg/2016/12/5-other-places-in-asia-which-are-also-called-singapura/ 5 other places in Asia which are also called Singapura By Joshua Lee] for "Lion City", the same root words as with the modern city-state of Singapore. The later Spanish chronicler Antonio Pigafetta mispronounced Singhapala as Cingopola instead.[https://books.google.com/books?id=6s2z6xNaGbsC&dq=Cingapola%3A+its+chiefs+are+Cilaton%2C+Ciguibucan%2C+Cimaninga%2C+Cimaticat%2C+Cicanbul.&pg=RA1-PA105 "The First Voyage Round the World, by Magellan" Written By Antonio Pigafetta]

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The arrival of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521 began a period of Spanish exploration and colonization.{{cite web|url=http://www.philippinecountry.com/philippine_history/spanish_colonization.html |title=Philippine History – Spanish Colonization |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108082605/http://www.philippinecountry.com/philippine_history/spanish_colonization.html| archive-date=January 8, 2011}}{{sfn|information.ph|2009a}} Losing the favor of King Manuel I of Portugal for his plan of reaching the Spice Islands by sailing west from Europe, Magellan offered his services to King Charles I of Spain (Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor). On September 20, 1519, Magellan led five ships with a total complement of 250 people from the Spanish fort of Sanlúcar de Barrameda en route to southeast Asia via the Americas and the Pacific Ocean. They reached the Philippines on March 16, 1521. Rajah Kolambu, the rajah of Mazaua told them to sail for Cebu, where they could trade and obtain provisions.

Arriving in Cebu City, Magellan, with Enrique of Malacca as a translator, befriended Rajah Humabon a chief of a village in Cebu, and persuaded the natives to ally themselves with the Spanish. On April 14, Magellan erected a large wooden cross on the shores of Cebu. Afterwards, Rajah Humabon was baptized along with about 400 Sugbuanons.

Magellan soon heard of Datu Lapu-Lapu, a native chief in nearby Mactan Island, a rival of a chief in Cebu. It was thought that Humabon and Lapu–Lapu had been fighting for control of the flourishing trade in the area. On April 27 the Battle of Mactan occurred, where the Spaniards were defeated and Magellan was killed by the natives of Mactan{{cite web|url=http://www.cebu.gov.ph/?getid=2&getsubid=5&infolinkids=6&GetBodyName=History&rightpdisable=0 |title=Cebu – History |publisher=Cebu Provincial Government}} in Mactan Island. According to Italian historian and chronicler Antonio Pigafetta, Magellan's body was never recovered despite efforts to trade for it with spice and jewels. Magellan's second-in-command, Juan Sebastián Elcano, took his place as captain of the expedition and sailed the fleet back to Spain, circumnavigating the world.

Survivors of the Magellan expedition returned to Spain with tales of a savage island in the East Indies. Consequently, several Spanish expeditions were sent to the islands but all ended in failure.

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On April 27, 1565 Miguel López de Legazpi arrived on the island, though he also intended to make peace, he was also prepared for a war since these were the same people that killed Magellan 44 years prior. According to the report, a messenger went to the Spanish ship and informed them that Tupas and "along with 10 other chiefs" would be out to either make negotiations or as a warning to prepare for an upcoming battle. Despite trying to assure the natives that the Spanish were there with good intentions, the natives already armed themselves, both parties were reported to have taunted each other offshore. Legazpi aimed the artillery on the proas which briefly confused the opposing natives causing them to run into the woods thus making the shore clear for the Spanish to land. Salvaging any valuable item that could be found, Juan de Camuz came across an image of the Child Jesus, which was probably the one Magellan presented to the consort of the chief in 1521. From then on, a church was built on the site which would later become the Minor Basilica of the Holy Child. Twelve days later, on May 8, a fort was established and while the construction was ongoing, the natives frequently launched attacks but were always repulsed until eventually they give in as soon as they realized the superior armament of the Europeans. Legazpi dealt only with Tupas, after a brief "trial" on grounds of apostasy and Magellan's murder, the Europeans pardoned the natives' chief and included the natives. After the exchange, the two parties then discussed the terms and conditions including confirmation of titles, who receives tax exemptions, land grants, authority and recognition of officials. The crew then left Cebu on June 1, 1565.{{Cite journal |last=Cushner |first=Nicholas P. |date=1965 |title=Legazpi 1564-1572 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42720592 |journal=Philippine Studies |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=183–187 |jstor=42720592 |issn=0031-7837 |quote=In the ruins one of Legazpi's men, Juan de Camuz, made what was considered a miraculous find. He came across an image of the Child Jesus, probably the one which Pigafetta had presented to the Queen of Cebu in 1521. [...] Legazpi took counsel with his offices and religious [advisers?] about whether he should pardon the Cebuans' past offenses against Magellan's men and their apostasy from the faith they had embraced.}} In the 1700s, Cebu housed 625 Spanish Filipino families and 28,112 native families[https://ia601608.us.archive.org/10/items/bub_gb_ElhFAAAAYAAJ_2/bub_gb_ElhFAAAAYAAJ.pdf ESTADISMO DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS TOMO SEGUNDO By Joaquín Martínez de Zúñiga (Original Spanish)]{{rp|113}}

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In 1898, the island was ceded to the United States after the Spanish–American War and Philippine–American War. In 1901, Cebu was governed by the United States for a brief period, however, it became a chartered city on February 24, 1937, and was governed independently by Filipino politicians.{{cite news |last1=Oaminal |first1=Clarence Paul |title=Guests at the inauguration of Cebu City Charter |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2016/09/07/1621229/guests-inauguration-cebu-city-charter |access-date=10 February 2024 |agency=The Freeman |date=7 September 2016}}

File:Boljoon Church, Cebu.jpg in Boljoon discovered ancient Japanese pottery that has been to believed to been in existence since the early trading activity between Japan and Cebu in the 16th to 18th century.{{cite web |date=May 30, 2011 |title=Ancient Japanese pottery in Boljoon town |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/10434/ancient-japanese-pottery-in-boljoon-town}}|left]]

Cebu, being one of the most densely populated islands in the Philippines, served as a Japanese base during their occupation in World War II which began with the landing of Japanese soldiers in April 1942. A Japanese businessman established Cebu's first "comfort station" during the war, where Japanese soldiers routinely gang-raped, humiliated, and murdered kidnapped girls and teenagers who they forced into sexual slavery under the brutal "comfort women" system.{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/11/29/939811000/philippine-survivor-recounts-her-struggle-as-a-comfort-woman-for-wartime-japan|title=Philippine Survivor Recounts Her Struggle As A 'Comfort Woman' For Wartime Japan|newspaper=NPR.org|publisher=NPR|access-date=15 August 2021}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IsBB-RVTlQC&dq=comfort+gay+philippines+japan&pg=PR9|title=The Other Empire: Literary Views of Japan from the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia|year=2008|publisher=The University of the Philippines Press|isbn=9789715425629|access-date=15 August 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.awf.or.jp/e1/philippine-00.html |title=Women made to be Comfort Women - Philippines }} The 3rd, 8th, 82nd and 85th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was re-established from January 3, 1942, to June 30, 1946, and the 8th Constabulary Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary was reestablished again from October 28, 1944, to June 30, 1946, at the military general headquarters and the military camps and garrisoned in Cebu city and Cebu province. They started the Anti-Japanese military operations in Cebu from April 1942 to September 1945 and helped Cebuano guerrillas and fought against the Japanese Imperial forces. Almost three years later in March 1945, combined Filipino and American forces landed and reoccupied the island during the liberation of the Philippines. Cebuano guerrilla groups led by an American, James M. Cushing, is credited for the establishment of the "Koga Papers",{{sfn|de Viana|2005}} which is said to have changed the American plans to retake the Philippines from Japanese occupation in 1944, by helping the combined United States and the Philippine Commonwealth Army forces enter Cebu in 1945. The following year the island achieved independence from colonial rule in 1946.

Cebu became a key center of resistance against the Marcos dictatorship,{{Cite news |last=Mayol |first=Ador Vincent S. |date=December 1, 2016 |title=Cebuanos honor 7 martyrs, 8 survivors of martial law |language=en |newspaper=The Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/849558/cebuanos-honor-7-martyrs-8-survivors-of-martial-law |access-date=March 3, 2021}} first becoming apparent when the hastily put-together lineup of Pusyon Bisaya defeated the entire slate of Marcos' Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) in Region VII.{{Cite news |last=Almendras |first=Ruben |date=May 14, 2019 |title=The Pusyon Bisaya phenomenon |work=The Freeman |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2019/05/14/1917643/pusyon-bisaya-phenomenon |access-date=March 3, 2021}}

Among the Cebuanos immediately arrested by the Marcos dictatorship when martial law was announced on September 23, 1972, were columnist and future National Artist Resil Mojares and human rights lawyer and Carcar Vice Mayor Democrito Barcenas, who were both detained at Camp Sergio Osmeña.{{Cite news |last=Manticajon |first=Atty Ian Vincent |title=Never forget |work=The Philippine Star |url=https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2019/02/12/1893062/never-forget |access-date=October 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212194534/https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/opinion/2019/02/12/1893062/never-forget |archive-date=February 12, 2019}}{{Cite news |last=Barcenas |first=Democrito |date=October 4, 2014 |title=Cebu's first martial law detainees |language=en |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/642478/cebus-first-martial-law-detainees |access-date=October 15, 2021}}{{Cite journal |last=Mongaya |first=Karlo Mikhail I. |date=2019 |title=Militant Struggles and Anti-Imperialism in Resil Mojares's The Freeman Columns during the Early 1970s |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/743688 |journal=Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints |language=en |volume=67 |issue=3–4 |pages=557–594 |doi=10.1353/phs.2019.0026 |s2cid=213742855 |issn=2244-1638|url-access=subscription }}

One of the Marcos Martial Law Desaparecidos from Cebu was Redemptorist Priest Fr. Rudy Romano,{{Cite news |last=Mongaya |first=Anol |date=September 2, 2017 |title=Mongaya: Inday Nita, Serging, ug Fr. Rudy |language=English |work=SunStar Philippines |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph//article/161913/Mongaya-Inday-Nita-Serging-ug-Fr-Rudy |access-date=October 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015152258/https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/161913/Mongaya-Inday-Nita-Serging-ug-Fr-Rudy |archive-date=October 15, 2021}} a prominent Marcos critic and Executive Secretary of Cebu's Coalition against People's Persecution, who was accosted by armed men in Tisa, Labangon, Cebu City on June 11, 1985, and never seen again.{{Cite news |last=Mayol |first=Ador Vincent |date=July 11, 2020 |title=Cebuanos remember Fr. Rudy Romano on 35th year of disappearance |language=en |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1305358/cebuanos-remember-fr-rudy-romano-on-35th-year-of-disappearance |access-date=October 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414090000/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1305358/cebuanos-remember-fr-rudy-romano-on-35th-year-of-disappearance |archive-date=April 14, 2021}}{{Cite web |date=July 13, 2016 |title=Martyrs and Heroes: ROMANO, Rosaleo B. |url=https://www.bantayog.org/romano-rosaleo-b/ |access-date=October 15, 2021 |website=Bantayog ng mga Bayani |language=en-US}} Levi Ybañez, Romano's colleague in the Coalition against People's Persecution, was abducted on the same day as Fr. Romano, and was also never heard from again.{{Cite news |last=Mongaya |first=Anol |date=November 27, 2016 |title=Mongaya: To honor Cebu heroes on Nov. 30 |language=English |work=SunStar Philippines |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph//article/112367/Lifestyle/Mongaya-To-honor-Cebu-heroes-on-Nov-30 |access-date=October 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015153921/https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/112367/Lifestyle/Mongaya-To-honor-Cebu-heroes-on-Nov-30 |archive-date=October 15, 2021}}{{Cite web |date=August 19, 2015 |title=Heroes and Martyrs: YBAÑEZ, Rolan Ylagan |url=https://www.bantayog.org/ybanez-rolan-ylagan/ |access-date=October 15, 2021 |website=Bantayog ng mga Bayani |language=en-US}} Ribomapil Holganza, a prominent leader of Cebu's opposition was also arrested together with his son on Christmas Day, December 25, 1983, on political charges. He was subsequently released and cleared of all charges.{{Cite news |date=January 26, 2015 |title=Holganza – prominent leader of Cebu's anti-Marcos forces – passes away |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/50581/holganza-prominent-leader-of-cebus-anti-marcos-forces-passes-away |access-date=September 9, 2022 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |language=en}}

Later, Cebu would play a key role in the days leading up to the 1986 People Power revolution and the ouster of Marcos. It was from Fuente Osmeña circle in Cebu City that the opposition forces relaunched the Civil Disobedience Campaign against the Marcos regime and its cronies on February 22, 1986. After that, the Carmelite Monastery in Barangay Mabolo, Cebu City, served as a refuge for opposition candidates Corazon Aquino and Salvador Laurel during the first day of the People Power revolution, because it was not yet safe to go back to Manila.{{Cite news |last=Erram |first=Morexette Marie B. |date=February 25, 2021 |title=Cebu and the days leading to February 25, 1986 |language=en |work=Cebu Daily News |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/365044/cebu-and-the-days-leading-to-the-edsa-people-power-revolution |access-date=March 3, 2021}}

In 2007, the municipalities of Bogo, Carcar, and Naga became component cities. Their respective cityhood laws were ratified in the same year. However, their cityhood status were lost twice in the years 2008 and 2010 after the LCP questioned the validity of the cityhood laws. Their cityhood status were reaffirmed after the court finalized its ruling on February 15, 2011, declared their respective cityhood laws constitutional.

In February 2012 Cebu island experienced the effects of magnitude 6.7 earthquake on the neighboring island of Negros and was the largest quake in the area for 90 years. The tremor shook buildings but there were no reports of major building damage or loss of life on Cebu Island itself. This tremor was caused by a previously unrecorded fault.{{cite web |title=Reminiscence of the 2012 Ms6.9 Negros Oriental Quake |url=https://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/index.php/news/616-reminiscence-of-the-2012-ms6-9-negros-oriental-quake |publisher=Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology |access-date=10 February 2024}}{{cite news |title="Blind" Fault Line Caused Negros Earthquake, Philippine Experts Say |url=https://www.asianscientist.com/2012/02/topnews/philippines-negros-oriental-visayas-earthquake-due-to-blind-fault-line-2012/ |access-date=10 February 2024 |agency=Asian Scientist |date=21 February 2021}}

In October 2013, Cebu and Bohol were hit by record-setting 7.2 magnitude earthquake which left 222 dead and collapsed some buildings, including 5 historical churches.{{cite web |title=Bohol Earthquake: One year on |url=https://www.who.int/philippines/news/feature-stories/detail/bohol-earthquake-one-year-on |publisher=World Health Organization |access-date=10 February 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=M. Alex |title=At least 82 dead, churches destroyed as 7.2 earthquake hits Philippines |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/least-82-dead-churches-destroyed-7-2-earthquake-hits-philippines-flna8c11393871 |access-date=10 February 2024 |agency=NBC News |date=15 October 2013}} There were over 700 aftershocks. The northern part of the province was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan a month later.{{cite news |title=Aftermath Photos of Cebu in the Wake of Typhoon Yolanda |url=https://asiasociety.org/philippines/aftermath-photos-cebu-wake-typhoon-yolanda |access-date=10 February 2024 |agency=Asia Society}}

In December 2021, Typhoon Rai wreaked havoc across the province,{{cite web |title=Philippines: Super Typhoon Rai (Odette) Humanitarian Needs and Priorities Revision (Dec 2021 - Jun 2022) (2 Feb 2022) |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/philippines-super-typhoon-rai-odette-humanitarian-needs-and-priorities-revision |website=ReliefWeb |date=February 2, 2022 |access-date=10 February 2024}} leading to a declaration of "calamity" by the government.{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=Julie |title=Desperation grows in the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Rai |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2021/12/20/1066049450/super-typhoon-rai-leaves-a-path-of-devastation-and-uncertainty |access-date=10 February 2024 |agency=NPR |date=21 December 2021}}

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| Visayan Sea

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| country_admin_divisions = Central Visayas

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Cebu is located to the east of Negros, to the west of Leyte and Bohol islands. The province consists of Cebu Island, as well as 167 smaller islands, which include Mactan, Bantayan, Malapascua, Olango and the Camotes Islands. But the highly urbanized cities of Cebu, Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue are independent cities not under provincial supervision, yet are often grouped with the province for geographical and statistical purposes.

The province's land area is {{convert|4944|km2|sp=us}}, or when the three independent cities (Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue) are included for geographical purposes, the total area is {{convert|5342|km2|sp=us}}.

Cebu's central location, proximity to an unusually exotic tourist destination, ready access to a diversity of plant, animal and geological wonders within the island, and remoteness from earthquake and typhoon activity are some of the special attributes of Cebu.

Cebu Island is the 126th largest island in the world. Cebu Island itself is long and narrow, stretching {{convert|196|km|sp=us}} from north to south and {{convert|32|km|sp=us}} across at its widest point.{{sfn|Encyclopædia Britannica|2016}} It has narrow coastlines, limestone plateaus, and coastal plains. It also has rolling hills and rugged mountain ranges traversing the northern and southern lengths of the island.

Cebu's highest mountains are over {{convert|1000|m}} high. Flat tracts of land can be found in the city of Bogo and in the towns of San Remigio, Medellin and Daanbantayan at the northern region of the province.{{sfn|Encyclopædia Britannica|2016}}

The island's area is {{Convert|4468|km2}},{{sfn|Dahl|1998}} making it the 9th largest island in the Philippines. It supports over 5.2 million people,{{cite web |title=Cebu |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Cebu |website=Britannica |access-date=10 February 2024}} of which an estimated 2.9 million live in Metro Cebu.{{cite web |title=Philippines: Metro Cebu Intelligent Transportation System Master Plan Technical Assistance |url=https://www.ustda.gov/business_opp_oversea/philippines-metro-cebu-intelligent-transportation-system-master-plan-technical-assistance-2/ |publisher=US Trade and Development Agency |access-date=10 February 2024}}

Beaches, coral atolls, islands, and rich fishing grounds surround Cebu.

Coal was first discovered in Cebu about 1837. There were 15 localities over the whole island, on both coasts; some desultory mining had been carried out Naga near Mount Uling, but most serious operations were at Licos and Camansi west of Compostela and Danao.{{sfn|Abella y Casariego|1886}} Active work ceased about 1895 with insurrections, and no production worked for more than ten years. A topographic and geologic survey of Compostela, Danao, and Carmen took place in 1906.{{sfn|Smith|1907}} The Compostela-Danao coalfield contained about six million workable tons. The tramroads, one from Danao to Camansi, one from Compostela to Mount Licos, were undertaken in 1895, together with a wagon road built in 1877, from Cotcot to Dapdap.

{{Main|Climate of Cebu}}

The climate of Cebu is tropical. There are 2 seasons in Cebu − the dry and wet season.{{cite web

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Northern Cebu gets more rainfall and typhoons than southern Cebu because it has a different climate. Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) hit Northern Cebu in 2013 killing 73 people and injuring 348 others. Though most typhoons hit only the northern part of Cebu, the urban areas in central Cebu are sometimes hit, such as when Typhoon Mike (Ruping), one of the worst to hit Cebu lashed the central Cebu area in 1990. 31 years later, Typhoon Rai struck the central and southern portions of the province.

Cebu's temperatures can reach a high of {{convert|36|C|F}} from March to May, and as low as {{convert|18|C|F}} in the mountains during the wet season. The average temperature is around {{convert|24|to|34|C|F}}, and does not fluctuate much except during the month of May, which is the hottest month. Cebu averages 70–80% humidity.{{cite web |url=http://www.guidetocebu.com/information/weather.html |title=Weather in Cebu |publisher=Guide to Cebu |access-date=July 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826084032/http://www.guidetocebu.com/information/weather.html |archive-date=August 26, 2010 |url-status=usurped }}

{{see also|List of amphibians and reptiles of Cebu}}

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Endemic species in Cebu include the Cebu Flowerpecker (Dicaeum quadricolor), Cebu Slender Skink (Brachymeles cebuensis), Uling Goby (Sicyopus cebuensis), and Black Shama (Copsychus cebuensis).

There is also a subspecies of Idea leuconoe that is only endemic to Cebu. I. l. jumaloni is endemic to the area of Kawasan Falls in Badian, hence its common name, the Kawasan Paper Kite Butterfly. The subspecies is also named after Julian Jumalon, a Cebuano Lepidopterist and butterfly artist. The butterfly can also be observed in the Nug-as rainforest.

Cebu has little remaining forest cover. The remaining forest patches in Cebu are composed primarily of the following tree species.Supsup, Christian & Puna, Nevong & Asis, Augusto & Redoblado, Bernard & Fatima Panaguinit, Maria & Guinto, Faith & Rico, Edmund & Diesmos, Arvin & Brown, Rafe & Mallari, Neil. (2016). Amphibians and Reptiles of Cebu, Philippines: The Poorly Understood Herpetofauna of an Island with Very Little Remaining Natural Habitat. Asian Herpetological Research. 7. 151–179. 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.150049.

• Mount Lantoy: Carallia brachiata and introduced species Tectona grandis, Swietenia macrophylla, Gmelina arborea, and Casuarina equisetifolia
• Palinipinon Mountains: Carallia brachiata and introduced species Swietenia macrophylla
• Nug-as forest: Ficus spp., Artocarpus blancoi, Macaranga grandifolia, and Cinnamomum cebuense
• Mount Lanaya: Carallia brachiata
• Mount Tabunan: Trevesia burckii, Voacanga globosa, Heptapleurum actinophyllum, Pouteria villamilii, and Palaquium luzoniense

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The province of Cebu has 3 highly urbanized cities (the capital city of Cebu, Lapu-Lapu, and Mandaue) which are geographically grouped but governed independent from the province, 6 component cities (Bogo, Carcar, Danao, Naga, Talisay, and Toledo), and 44 municipalities for a total of 53 units as listed below:

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{{PH town table|072201000| Alcantara |Q315636 | 13556}}

{{PH town table|072202000| Alcoy |Q315655 | 14757}}

{{PH town table|072203000| Alegria |Q315669 | 22072}}

{{PH town table|072204000| Aloguinsan |Q315687 | 27650}}

{{PH town table|072205000| Argao |Q315703 | 69503}}

{{PH town table|072206000| Asturias |Q315719 | 44732}}

{{PH town table|072207000| Badian |Q315733 | 37699}}

{{PH town table|072208000| Balamban |Q315754 | 71237}}

{{PH town table|072209000| Bantayan |Q315771 | 74785}}

{{PH town table|072210000| Barili |Q315790 | 65524}}

{{PH town table|072211000| Bogo |Q890623 | 69911 |8=cc}}

{{PH town table|072212000| Boljoon |Q315809 | 14877}}

{{PH town table|072213000| Borbon |Q315827 | 32278}}

{{PH town table|072214000| Carcar |Q315851 |100632 |8=cc}}

{{PH town table|072215000| Carmen |Q315882 | 41279}}

{{PH town table|072216000| Catmon |Q315900 | 27330}}

{{PH town table|072217000| Cebu City∞ |Q1467 |866171|8=huc}}

{{PH town table|072218000| Compostela |Q315923 | 39167}}

{{PH town table|072219000| Consolacion |Q315945 |106649 }}

{{PH town table|072220000| Cordova |Q315965 | 50353}}

{{PH town table|072221000| Daanbantayan |Q315981 | 74897}}

{{PH town table|072222000| Dalaguete |Q316001 | 63239}}

{{PH town table|072223000| Danao |Q1159273|119252|8=cc}}

{{PH town table|072224000| Dumanjug |Q316019 | 46754}}

{{PH town table|072225000| Ginatilan |Q316037 | 15327}}

{{PH town table|072226000| Lapu-Lapu City |Q574903 |350467|8=huc}}

{{PH town table|072227000| Liloan |Q316056 |100500}}

{{PH town table|072228000| Madridejos |Q316080 | 34905}}

{{PH town table|072229000| Malabuyoc |Q316101 | 18426}}

{{PH town table|072230000| Mandaue |Q1889017|331320|8=huc}}

{{PH town table|072231000| Medellin |Q316125 | 50047}}

{{PH town table|072232000| Minglanilla |Q316146 |113178}}

{{PH town table|072233000| Moalboal |Q316171 | 27676}}

{{PH town table|072234000| Naga |Q316197 |101571|8=cc}}

{{PH town table|072235000| Oslob |Q316230 | 26116}}

{{PH town table|072236000| Pilar |Q316245 | 11564}}

{{PH town table|072237000| Pinamungajan |Q316259 | 57997}}

{{PH town table|072238000| Poro |Q316275 | 23498}}

{{PH town table|072239000| Ronda |Q316289 | 18582}}

{{PH town table|072240000| Samboan |Q316303 | 18613}}

{{PH town table|072241000| San Fernando |Q316318 | 60970}}

{{PH town table|072242000| San Francisco |Q316332 | 47357}}

{{PH town table|072243000| San Remigio |Q316350 | 51394}}

{{PH town table|072244000| Santa Fe |Q316370 | 27270}}

{{PH town table|072245000| Santander |Q316386 | 16105}}

{{PH town table|072246000| Sibonga |Q316404 | 43641}}

{{PH town table|072247000| Sogod |Q316432 | 30626}}

{{PH town table|072248000| Tabogon |Q316453 | 33024}}

{{PH town table|072249000| Tabuelan |Q316474 | 22292}}

{{PH town table|072250000| Talisay |Q316500 |200772|8=cc}}

{{PH town table|072251000| Toledo |Q316527 |157078|8=cc}}

{{PH town table|072252000| Tuburan |Q316547 | 58914}}

{{PH town table|072253000| Tudela |Q316564 | 9859}}

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File:Basilica Minore del Santo Nino.jpg in Cebu, the first church built in the Philippines. Named by the Holy See as the "Mother and Head... of all Churches of the Philippine Islands".Basilica del Santo Niño is named by the Vatican as "mother and head of all churches in the Philippines" (mater et caput... omnium ecclesiarum Insularum Philippinarum). See [https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/la/apost_letters/documents/hf_p-vi_apl_19650401_ut-clarificetur.html Ut clarificetur]]]

The population of Cebu province, according to the 2020 Philippine census, was 3,325,385 with a density of {{convert|670|PD/km2|disp=or}}{{PH census|current}}. When the independent cities – Cebu City (964,169{{cite web |url=https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/attachments/hsd/pressrelease/R07.xlsx |title=Press release |publisher=Philippine Statistics Authority}}), Lapu-Lapu (497,604), and Mandaue (364,116) – are included for geographical purposes, the total population is 5,151,274 people, with a population density of 964 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,498/sq mi).

The population of the Central Visayas is predominantly young with about 37 percent of its population below 10 years old. This is very evident in the very broad base of the population pyramid in the region which has prevailed since 1970 but at a declining rate. A decline of 2.29 percentage points in the proportion of household population below 15 years old was noted from 1980 to 1995. Conversely, an increase of 3.06 percentage points was observed in the 15–64 age group during the same period. The population of the region is evenly distributed between males and females. However, the male population in the region has been increasing at a faster rate compared to the female population.{{cite web|url=http://www.popcom.gov.ph/regions/07/more_on_demographics.html |title=More on demographics |publisher=The Commission on Population of the Philippines |access-date=August 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005112554/http://www.popcom.gov.ph/regions/07/more_on_demographics.html |archive-date=October 5, 2011 }}

In 2010, the median age of the population of the province was 23.0 years, which means that half of the population was younger than 23.0 {{nowrap|years.{{PSGC detail|nscb}}}} This is higher than the median age of 20.8 years that was recorded in 2000.

{{See also|Cebuano language}}

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The Cebuano language is spoken in Cebu, which is also spoken in the rest of Central Visayas and most parts of Eastern Visayas, as well as most provinces of Mindanao.

In the Camotes Islands, especially in Poro, people there speak their own Visayan language called Porohanon, which has Masbateño and Waray-Waray influences. Some of the residents in Bantayan islands also speak Bantayanon, a Visayan language related to Waray-Waray.

Chinese Filipinos also speak Philippine Hokkien privately amongst fellow speakers in Cebu, while Mandarin (Standard Chinese) is also taught in Chinese class of Chinese Filipino schools.

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The majority of its population are Roman Catholic{{cite web |url=http://www.cebu.gov.ph/?getid=2&getsubid=24&infolinkids=26&GetBodyName=Culture%20and%20Lifestyle&rightpdisable=0 |title=Cebu – Paradise: Culture and Lifestyle |publisher=Cebu Provincial Government |access-date=December 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719055833/http://www.cebu.gov.ph/?getid=2&getsubid=24&infolinkids=26&GetBodyName=Culture%20and%20Lifestyle&rightpdisable=0 |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |url-status=dead }} followed by roughly 95% of Cebuanos.{{Cite web |title=Religious Affiliation in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing) |publisher= Philippine Statistics Authority |url=https://psa.gov.ph/content/religious-affiliation-philippines-2020-census-population-and-housing |access-date=2023-09-28 }} There are also followers of Iglesia Filipina Independiente, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. The increasing members of the Iglesia ni Cristo in the province has 3 subdivided district (Bogo City, Carcar City and Cebu City) chapels, dominating each cities and towns, while barrio chapels have 2-3% presence in the entire province.

Cebu is the capital of the Catholic faith{{sfn|Bautista|2006}} by virtue of being the first Christian city,{{sfn|Blair|Robertson|Vol 2|page=121}} the first capital of the Spanish East Indies, and the birthplace of Christianity and the Philippine Church. Pope John Paul II, in his Homily for Families in Cebu (February 19, 1981), called the island as the birthplace of Christianity in the Philippines.{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/1981/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_19810219_famiglie_en.html|title=19 February 1981: Mass for families, Cebu City, Philippines – John Paul II|access-date=April 26, 2017}} At over 3,000,000 adherents, the province of Cebu has the highest number of Roman Catholics out of any province in the Philippines.

The image of Santo Niño de Cebú (Holy Child of Cebu), the oldest Christian image in the Philippines, is enshrined and venerated at the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño. According to Philippine historical documents, the statue of the Santo Niño (Holy Child) was given to Queen Humamay (also referred to as Hara Amihan and Queen Juana), the wife of Rajah Humabon (also referred to as Rajah Carlos), the Rajah of Cebu by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. The Cebuanos' acceptance of Christianity is depicted in Cebu's cultural event, the Sinulog where street parades and loud drum beats preceded by a Christian Mass is celebrated every third Sunday of January. Cebu has a Roman Catholic Archdiocese and has several major churches, including the Basilica Minor del Santo Niño de Cebu, Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, Santo Rosario Parish Church, San José–Recoletos Church, Sacred Heart Church, Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, National Shrine of Our Lady of the Rule, National Shrine of Saint Joseph of Mandaue, Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe of Cebu, San Nicolas de Tolentino Church, Archdiocesan Shrine of Patrocinio de Maria Santissima of Boljoon, and other Christian churches, as well as several other non-Catholic churches, mosques and temples.

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• Governor: Gwendolyn Garcia (PDP–Laban/One Cebu/HNP)
• Vice Governor: Hilario P. Davide III (LP/BAKUD)

Former governors of Cebu:

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• Julio Llorente 1900–1901
• Juan Climaco 1902–1903
• Sergio Osmeña 1904–1905
• Dionisio Jakosalem 1907–1912
• Manuel Roa 1912–1922
• Arsenio Climaco 1923–1930
• Mariano Jesus Cuenco 1931–1933
• Sotero Cabahug 1934–1937
• Buenaventura Rodriguez 1937–1940
• Hilario Abellana 1941–1943
• Jose Delgado 1943–1944{{efn-lr|name=r1|1=Appointed}}
• Jose Leyson 1944–1945{{efn-lr|name=r1}}
• Fructuoso Cabahug 1945–1946
• Manuel Cuenco 1946–1951
• Sergio Osmeña, Jr. 1952–1955
• Jose Briones 1956–1961
• Francisco Remotigue 1961–1963
• Rene Espina 1964–1969
• Osmundo Rama 1969–1976, 1986–1988{{efn-lr|name=r1}}
• Eduardo Gullas 1976–1986{{efn-lr|name=r1}}
• Lito Osmeña 1988–1992
• Vicente de la Serna 1992–1995
• Pablo Garcia 1995–2004
• Gwendolyn Garcia 2004–2013, 2019–
• Hilario Davide III 2013–2019

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{{See also|Economy of the Philippines}}

File:Cebu Business Park and IT Park skyline (Cebu City; 09-07-2022).jpg, although independent from Cebu Province (together with Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu City), is the largest city and economic hub of the island.]]

"Ceboom", a combination of Cebu and boom, has been used to describe the province's economic development. With many beautiful islands, white sand beaches, luxury hotels and resorts, diving locations and heritage sites, high domestic and foreign tourist arrivals have fueled the tourism industry of Cebu. Cebu consistently gets a big share of tourist arrivals in the Philippines and has become the tourist gateway to Central and Southern Philippines due to its central geographic location, accessibility, and natural resources. The province also hosts various national and international conferences every year.

About 80% of domestic and international shipping operators and shipbuilders in the Philippines are located in Cebu. Shipbuilding companies in Cebu have manufactured bulk carriers of up to {{DWT|70,000|metric|disp=long}}, and double-hulled fastcraft as well. Cebu's industry helps make the Philippines the 5th largest shipbuilding country in the world.

Cebu's extensive port facilities and its proximity to intra-Asian shipping and air routes are major factors which led multinational companies to establish offices or factories on the main island, as well as in the island of Mactan, where they are clustered in special economic zones known as the Mactan Economic Processing Zone 1 (MEPZ-1) and the Mactan Economic Processing Zone 2 (MEPZ-2). Due to its burgeoning furniture-making industry, Cebu has been named as the furniture capital of the Philippines. Cebu's other exports include: fashion accessories, guitars, coconut, coconut oil, dried mangoes, carrageenan, gifts, toys, watches, cameras, electronic components, and housewares.

With a revenue growth rate of 18.8 percent in 2012, the real estate industry is the fastest-growing sector in Cebu. With the strong economic indicators and high investors' confidence level, more condominium projects and hypermarkets are being developed in the locality. An additional 100 commercial and residential buildings would be completed by 2015 and another 170 to 200 buildings are expected to be finished by 2017. 64 new hypermarkets will be developed in Cebu.{{cite web|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/334233/real-estate-sector-fastest-growing-industry-in-cebu |title=Real estate sector fastest growing industry in Cebu |date=January 3, 2013 |website=SunStar Cebu |access-date=June 25, 2013}}

In 2013, Cebu ranked 8th worldwide in the "Top 100 BPO Destinations Report" by global advisory firm, Tholons.{{cite web |url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2013/02/12/cebu-rises-8th-best-site-bpos-267725 |title=Cebu rises to 8th best site for BPOs |date=February 12, 2013 |website=SunStar Cebu |access-date=March 18, 2013 |archive-date=March 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317032726/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/local-news/2013/02/12/cebu-rises-8th-best-site-bpos-267725 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://ph.news.yahoo.com/metro-manila--cebu-among-top-global-bpo-destinations-094957693.html |title=Metro Manila, Cebu among top global BPO destinations |website=Yahoo! Philippines |access-date=March 18, 2013}} The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, an organization of Cebu's businesses, is promoting the city's growth and economy on information and communications technology, with the aim of making Cebu the premier ICT, software and e-services investment destination in southeast Asia. Data gathered by the National Economic Development Authority (Neda) 7 showed that of the 98 BPO and IT companies operating in Cebu, 32 offer voice operations while 66 companies offer non-voice operations. Of the 95,000 employed by the industry, more than half or 50,000 are in the non-voice sector. In 2012, the growth in IT-BPO revenues in Cebu grew 26.9 percent at $484 million, while nationally, the industry grew 18.2 percent at $13 billion.{{cite web |url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/business/2013/05/16/non-voice-overtakes-voice-operation-cebu-282691 |title=Non-voice overtakes voice operation in Cebu |date=May 16, 2013 |website=SunStar Cebu |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-date=June 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605162445/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/business/2013/05/16/non-voice-overtakes-voice-operation-cebu-282691 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.cebuholdings.com/feature/cebu-park-district|title=Cebu Park District, Cebu Holdings|access-date=April 26, 2017|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101223915/http://www.cebuholdings.com/feature/cebu-park-district|archive-date=January 1, 2013}}

Cebu's economy is also driven by the mining and quarrying areas in Toledo, Naga, Alcoy, and Danao.

Cebu even boasts being a subsidiary of one of the leading ice rink manufacturers in the world. These rinks are engineered and fabricated in Cebu by Ice Rink Supply and shipped worldwide{{cite web |url=http://www.icerinksupply.com | title=Ice Rink Supply, Banilad, Cebu |access-date=April 26, 2017}} and Freeze Point Rink Services.{{cite web |url=http://www.freezepointrinks.com | title=Freeze Point – Ice Rink Supplier, Mandaue, Cebu |access-date=April 26, 2017}}

Tourism is an important industry for the province. In 2019, Cebu welcomed 1.4 million foreign tourists,{{ cite news |last=Erram |first=Morexette Marie B. |date=January 25, 2020 |title=DOT: Cebu was 2nd top foreign tourists' destination in 2019 |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/283695/dot-cebu-was-2nd-top-foreign-tourists-destination-in-2019 |work=Cebu Daily News |access-date=August 31, 2022 }} and is one of the most visited in the country by both domestic and foreign visitors. Cebu Island has also entered the list of Condé Nast Traveler's World's Best Islands rankings thrice: 2016, 2017 and 2019. Cebu City and Cebu Province, despite being administratively separated from each other, are often marketed as a single tourist destination, combining natural countryside scenery with urban attractions including cultural-historical sites and developing infrastructure.

{{see also|Cebu City#Tourism}}

Cebu City is a significant cultural centre in the Philippines. The imprint of Spanish and Roman Catholic culture is evident. There are also many historically important sights all over the province.

File:Magellan's Cross full.jpg|Magellan's Cross, Cebu City

File:Bagacay Point Lighthouse-cr.jpg|Bagacay Point Lighthouse, Liloan

File:Malapascua Island, Sunset on the beach, Philippines.jpg|Bounty Beach, Malapascua Island, Daanbantayan

File:Carcar City Museum.jpg|Carcar Museum (formerly Carcar Dispensary), Carcar

File:Cebu Bahay na bato.jpg|Casa Gorordo Ancestral house Museum

Cebu also has a great number of delicacies from every town. Much of the delicacies are either Precolonial or influenced by Spanish or Chinese cuisines.

File:Lechon.jpg|Cebu Lechon is one of the two types of lechon in the Philippines. It is served primarily around the Metro Cebu Area, particularly Talisay City, but is served throughout the island and other parts of the Visayas.

File:Lechon liempo (pork belly lechon) Philippines.jpg|Liempo is a variation of lechon that contains only the pork belly rather than a whole pig. In Cebu, it is served primarily in Balamban.

File:Rosquillos.jpg|Rosquillos are Philippine cookies that originate from Liloan.

File:Titay's Rosquillos Corazon.jpg|The Corazon Rosquillos, a special variety of Rosquillos from Titay's that has a heart-shaped hole instead of a circular one.

File:9668Photos taken during 2020 coronavirus pandemic Baliuag, Bulacan 48.jpg|Chicharon is a common Filipino Food that is made up of crispy fried pork rinds. In Cebu, it is commonly found in Carcar.

File:Ampao from Carcar, Cebu.jpg|Ampaw is a Cebuano snack made from fried white rice coated in syrup, usually with Peanuts inside. It originates from Carcar.

File:Puso- Rice from Cebu City.JPG|Pusô is rice boiled in a woven pouch made from palm leaves. It is common all throughout the Visayas.

File:Humba (Philippines).jpg|Humbà is a braised pork dish from the Visayas. In Cebu, it is primarily served in Ronda.

File:Otap.jpg|Otap is an oval-shaped puff pastry cookie that originates from Cebu.

File:Masareal (Philippines).jpg|Masareal is a Cebuano delicacy that is made from a mixture of finely-ground boiled peanuts, coconut syrup (latík), and water. It originates from Mandaue.

File:Binaki (sweet tamales) in the Philippines.jpg|Pintos, also known as Binaki, is a Philippine steamed corn sweet tamales that is served in both Bukidnon and Cebu, particularly in Bogo.

Toddy Bottle and Glass.jpg|Tubâ, is a type of Philippine Coconut wine or "toddy" found in the Visayas. In Cebu, it is found in both Borbon and Argao.

File:Ang Simbahan ng Bantayan on Holy Week.jpg of the Good Friday procession of the Semana Santa of Bantayan showing St. Longinus piercing the side of the Body of Christ. Bantayan's Holy Week processions and practices are said to be the grandest in the Visayas. Bantayan is also the only town in the Philippines where fasting is not strictly observed during Holy Week.]]

;Cebu Provincial Charter Day

The province celebrates its charterhood August 6 each year. It is considered a special non-working holiday throughout the entire province, including the three independent city states.

During the monthly celebration of Cebu's provincial charterhood, the province hosts a variety of events in line with the aim for unity among all Cebuanos. As part of the Founding Anniversary Celebration of the province, the capitol hosts the Tabo sa Kapitolyo, a provincial trade fair that features all the products, delicacies, and other specialties from each City and Municipality in the province. The province also hosts the Pasigarbo sa Sugbo Festival of Festivals, a celebration that showcases all festivals from every town of Cebu and is meant to highlight the culture, history, traditions, and way of life of all Cebuanos.

;Semana Santa sa Bantayan

The Semana Santa of Bantayan is the local Holy Week celebration in the town of Bantayan. It is largely considered the grandest celebration of Holy Week in the Visayas. The celebration features lifelike Passus depicting the Passion and Death of Jesus on top of intricate caroes that are paraded throughout the entire town.

One thing that makes the Holy Week and Lenten Celebration of Bantayan unique from other Holy Week observations of other parts of Cebu and the Philippines (and, quite possibly, the world) is that traditional Lenten Fast is not strictly observed during Holy Week. This is because the town of Bantayan has received an exemption from the traditional Lenten fast directly from the Vatican. The exemption or special permission dated July 27, 1824, which is formally known as "Bantayan Indult", was signed by Pope Leo XII himself. The Bantayan Indult was given through Padre Doroteo Andrada Del Rosario and allows the consumption of meat on days of fasting and obligation. The original document is being kept at the Bantayan Museum in Bantayan Island.

There are several speculations as to why the town made the request for an indult. The most probable reason for having this indult is because people in the town would usually avoid fishing during Holy Week. This is likely because, at the time, all forms of work was prohibited, including fishing and aquaculture. Without anyone supplying fish, the only allowed meat for fasting, to the town, the Bantayanons were left with no choice but to eat the meat that is normally prohibited in Lent. There is also another reason for this based on folk beliefs. Because of the local belief that evil powers and malignant entities are stronger during Good Friday, the day of the death of Jesus, the fishermen of the town would deem it too unsafe to fish, in fear that an evil presence will come upon them at sea.

In truth, the indult has long expired and is no longer valid, however, Bantayanons today still practice eating the usually forbidden meat during Holy Week as it has already become part of their Lenten traditions.

;Gabii sa Kabilin

Translating to "Heritage Night", it is a program initiated by the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Incorporated in 2007. Gabii sa Kabilin is an event that aims to help preserve Cebu's rich history, culture and heritage, by encouraging the public to visit the different museums and heritage structures of Cebu. For one night, all the museums and heritage structures of Cebu all open their doors for all people in order for them to learn about the history of Cebu, as well as its heritage and cultural legacy. Although most of the heritage locations that participate in the heritage night are from Cebu City, there are also other locations that are from the other parts of the province. Museo Sugbo, the provincial museum, and the National Museum of the Philippines of Cebu are among the participating museums of Gabii sa Kabilin.

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File:Mactan Cebu International Airport (Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu; 09-04-2022).jpg.]]

File:CCLEX Bridge (Cebu City; 09-07-2022).jpg, completed in 2022, is the longest sea-crossing bridge in the Philippines]]

Mactan–Cebu International Airport (MCIA) on the island of Mactan serves as the main gateway to domestic and international routes to or from Cebu City and other islands in the Visayas region. In the last 15 years, MCIA's passenger traffic has grown at an annual average of 21% for international passenger traffic. The airport is the second busiest airport in the Philippines in passenger and cargo traffic. The plan for a new terminal expansion of the airport is underway and estimated to cost $240 million under a public-private partnership program of the Philippine government. The new terminal will host international flights while the old terminal will host domestic flights.{{Cite news|url=http://investvine.com/philippine-ppps-queue-up-investors/ |title=Philippine PPPs queue up investors |website=InvestVine.com |date=April 3, 2013}}

In addition, MCIA Authority (MCIAA) General Manager Nigel Paul Villarete also proposed to establish a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line to transport airport passengers to and from MCIAA and different parts of Cebu. This will be integrated into the proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System being planned in Metro Cebu.

The Port of Cebu is the largest shipping hub in the Visayas region.

Cebu Pacific Air is an airline owned by Cebu-based Gokongwei family. On May 28, 2008, Cebu Pacific was named as the world's number one airline in terms of growth. The airline carried a total of almost 5.5 million passengers in 2007, up 57.4% from 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.cebupacificair.com/about-us/pages/news.aspx?id=656|title=Cebu Pacific is world's No. 1 in growth|access-date=August 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016215449/https://www.cebupacificair.com/about-us/pages/news.aspx?id=656|archive-date=October 16, 2015|url-status=dead}} On January 6, 2011, Cebu Pacific flew its 50 millionth passenger (from Manila to Beijing). The airline reached the 100 million passengers in 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.airline-philippines.com/674/cebu-pacific-reaches-50-million-passengers-mark/ |title=Cebu Pacific Reaches 50 Million Passengers Mark |website=Airline-philippines.com |access-date=June 26, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316232819/http://www.airline-philippines.com/674/cebu-pacific-reaches-50-million-passengers-mark/ |archive-date=March 16, 2012 }} Cebu Pacific commenced international long-haul flights to Middle East and Australia, flight to Guam starting Q1 2016.

Notable business districts are the Cebu Business Park and the Cebu IT Park. This area hosts industries related to the information technology industry such as software development, telecommunications, engineering research and development centers, and business process outsourcing. In 2013, Ayala Corporation's affiliate, Ayala Land Inc., announced that it is looking at introducing another business park development within the Cebu City area to optimize the high performance of real estate investments in Cebu.{{cite web|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/business/2013/04/22/cebu-holdings-inc-planning-new-business-district-278943|title=Cebu Holdings Inc. planning new business district |website=SunStar |date=April 22, 2013|access-date=April 26, 2017}}

The city's {{convert|300|ha|acre km2 m2|adj=on}} reclamation forms South Road Properties – a mixed-use development south of the city which features entertainment, leisure, residential and business-processing industries.{{cite web |url=http://www.cebucity.gov.ph/deptsoffices/frontline/srp |title=About South Road Properties |publisher=City Government of Cebu |access-date=February 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301114258/http://www.cebucity.gov.ph/deptsoffices/frontline/srp |archive-date=March 1, 2013 }} Is the site of SM Seaside City Cebu, the eighth largest mall in the world (and 3rd largest shopping mall in the Philippines), Filinvest's Citta di Mare{{cite web|url=http://www.cebuinvestment.com/citta-di-mare.html|title=City di Mare|work=Cebu Investment | Condominiums and Condotels in Cebu Since 2007. |date=February 17, 2014 |access-date=April 26, 2017}} and Il Corso,{{cite news

| title = Filinvest's Il Corso mall rises at SRP-Cebu

| last1 = Libotero

| first1 = Sinjin Pineda

| date = June 7, 2013

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| access-date = February 17, 2016

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| archive-date = August 31, 2015

| url-status = dead

}}

and the University of the Philippines – Cebu campus.{{cite web|url=http://upcebu.edu.ph/|title=University of the Philippines Cebu|publisher=University of the Philippines Cebu}}

In Mactan Island, Megaworld Corporation's Mactan Newtown is a 25-hectare business park near Shangri-La's Mactan Resort and Spa. The project will be home to high-tech offices, a retail center, residential towers and villages, leisure facilities with a beach resort frontage.Mactan Oceantown – Mactan, Cebu City, http://www.megaworldcorp.com/Projects/Office.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716101023/http://www.megaworldcorp.com/Projects/Office.aspx |date=July 16, 2013 }}

Mactan Island is linked to mainland Cebu via Mactan-Mandaue Bridge, Marcelo Fernan Bridge and Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway, the longest bridge in the Philippines.

Cebu is home to a local television station, Cebu Catholic Television Network (CCTN).{{efn|1=a religious station partly owned and endorsed by the Archdiocese of Cebu}}

Despite having their own local stations, Cebuanos prefer to watch the Philippines's several dominant television networks, namely: ABS-CBN (now Kapamilya Channel and A2Z), People's Television Network, IBC, TV5, CNN Philippines (now RPTV) and GMA Network.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

While national newspapers have a presence on the island, Cebu has English-language local newspapers – The Freeman (under the Star Group), SunStar Cebu and Cebu Daily News (under the Inquirer Group): and Cebuano-language newspapers – SunStar SuperBalita owned by SunStar, and Banat News owned by The Freeman. Each of the local newspapers sell cheaper than their national counterparts.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

{{Main|List of colleges and universities in Metro Cebu}}

File:University of San Carlos corner view (Pantaleon Del Rosario, Cebu City; 09-05-2022).jpg, one of the oldest universities in the Philippines.]]

The Philippine elementary school begins from Grades 1 to 6. The high school program takes six years, from Grades 7 through to 12, taken after graduating from elementary school. Cebu is considered as the main education hub in the Visayas. It has eleven large universities each with a number of college branches mostly throughout the capital, Cebu City, and more than a dozen other schools and universities specializing in various courses such as Medicine, Engineering, Nautical courses, Nursing, Law, Commerce, Education, Computer and IT and other professions.

The most prominent of these universities are (in alphabetical order):

• Cebu Doctors University
• Cebu Institute of Technology–University
• Cebu Normal University
• Cebu Technological University
• Southwestern University
• University of Cebu
• University of San Carlos
• University of San Jose–Recoletos
• University of Southern Philippines Foundation
• University of the Philippines Cebu
• University of the Visayas
• UV Gullas College of Medicine

Other notable institutions include: Asian College of Technology in Cebu City and Talisay, Benedicto College, Cebu Eastern College, Cebu Institute of Medicine, a medical school in affiliation with Velez College, The International Academy of Film and Television, established in Mactan in 2004 and Cebu's first film school, Matias H. Aznar Memorial College of Medicine, Salazar Colleges of Science and Institute of Technology, among others.

Cebu is home to one fully accredited international school, Cebu International School, a K–12 school established in 1924.

Cebu is considered to be a hub of medical education, with many international students coming to study medicine in Cebu's medical schools. Some of Cebu's well-known medical schools are in Cebu Doctors University and Cebu Institute of Medicine.

• Cebu hosted two major Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and telecom events, the 12th ASEAN Telecommunications and IT Ministers Meeting (TELMIN) and the 13th ASEAN Telecommunications and IT Senior Officials Meeting (TELSOM) in 2012.
• Cebu hosted the international 4th Dance Xchange, a project organized by the National Dance Committee of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in 2012.
• Cebu as member hosted the 11th East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum in 2011{{cite web |url=http://www.cebuchamber.org/2011/09/11th-east-asia-tourism-forum-eatof-integrated-academic-tourism-and-business-forum-business-matching/ |title=11th East-Asia Tourism Forum (EATOF) Integrated Academic, Tourism and Business Forum Business Matching | Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry |website=Cebuchamber.org |date=September 12, 2011 |access-date=April 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704092736/http://www.cebuchamber.org/2011/09/11th-east-asia-tourism-forum-eatof-integrated-academic-tourism-and-business-forum-business-matching/ |archive-date=July 4, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
• Cebu join as a participating member of Inter–Island Tourism Policy Forum in 2011 (ITOP Forum){{sfn| Mosqueda |2011}}
• Cebu hosted the 12th ASEAN Summit in 2007.{{cite press release|url=http://www.aseansec.org/19223.htm#Article-3 |title=ASEAN Leaders Sign Five Agreements at the 12th ASEAN Summit, Cebu, the Philippines, 13 January 2007 |publisher=ASEAN Secretariat |date=January 13, 2007 |access-date=January 28, 2007 |quote=12th ASEAN Summit, five. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070128030214/http://www.aseansec.org/19223.htm |archive-date=January 28, 2007 |url-status=usurped }}

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• {{flagu|PRC|name=Sichuan}}, China (2006)
• {{flagu|RUS|name=Vladimir}}, Russia (2008)
• {{flagu|SVN|name=Ljubljana}}, Slovenia (2008)
• {{flagu|KOR|name= Gangwon}}, South Korea (2008)
• {{flagicon|USA}} Guam, United States of America (2008)
• {{flagicon|ISR}} Rishon LeZion, Israel (2009)
• {{flagicon|RUS}} Saint Petersburg, Russia (2009)
• {{flagicon|PRC}} Guangdong, China (2009)
• {{flagicon|PRC}} Guangxi, China (2010)
• {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona, Spain (2010)
• {{flagu|Crimea|name=Autonomous Republic of Crimea}}, Ukraine (2010)
• {{flagicon|KOR}} Busan, South Korea (2011)
• {{flagicon|IRQ}} Ninawa, Iraq (2011)
• {{flagicon|CHI}} Valparaíso, Chile (2011)
• {{flagicon|PRC}} Fujian, People's Republic of China (2018)

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• {{flagicon|PRC}} Hainan, China
• {{flagicon|USA}} Hawaii, United States of America

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• Iloilo
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• Masbate
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