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Lapu-Lapu

Also known as Opon, Lapu-Lapu City, City of Lapu-Lapu, Lapu-Lapu, Cebu, Opon, Cebu

city of the Philippines

Key facts

Country: Philippines
Region: Central Visayas
Province: Cebu (geographically only)
District: Lone district
Cityhood and renamed: June 17, 1961
Highly urbanized city: January 23, 2007
Named after: Lapulapu
Barangays: 30 (see Barangays )
Type: Sangguniang Panlungsod
Mayor: Ma. Cynthia K. Chan ( Lakas )
Vice mayor: Celedonio B. Sitoy ( PFP )
Representative: Junard "Ahong" Q. Chan ( PFP )
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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.