Carcar
Sign in to saveAlso known as Carcar City, City of Carcar, Carcar, Cebu, Carcar City, Cebu
Carcar, officially the City of Carcar (; ), is a component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 140,308 people.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Carcar
- Settlement.image_caption
- Carcar Old Town Plaza as seen from the bell tower of St. Catherine of Alexandria Church
- Settlement.image_seal
- Carcar seal.jpg
- Settlement.seal_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Philippines
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within the
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Philippines
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.official_name
- City of Carcar
- Settlement.nickname
- Heritage City of the South
- Settlement.motto
- Sidlak Carcar!, Sadya Carcar!
- Settlement.anthem
- Ganghaan sa habagatanEnglish: Gateway to the South
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Official name
- City of Carcar
- Demonym
- Carcaranon
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Cebu
- Population
- 140308
- Area
- 116.78
- Elevation
- 97
- Shares border with
- Barili
- Image
- Carcar Cebu.jpg
- Households
- 32075
- Dialing code
- 32
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- language used
- Tagalog
- inception
- 1599-00-00
- Commons category
- Carcar
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical rainforest climate
- postal code
- 6019
- poverty incidence
- 30.71
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 1052125903.70
- electorate
- 87040
- total assets
- 3911863178.56
- total expenditure
- 696778976.13
- total liabilities
- 1050339738.58
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (12)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Spanish rule
- World War II and the Koga papers
- Cityhood
- Geography
- Barangays
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Tourism
- Education
- Elementary schools
- High schools
- Integrated Schools
- Colleges
- Notable personalities
- Gallery
- References
- Sources
- External links
Carcar, officially the City of Carcar (; ), is a component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 140,308 people.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carcar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.