Highly urbanized city

Lapu-Lapu City

Lapu-Lapu City is a highly urbanized city in Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines. Its population was 497,813 in the 2024 census, and it has 30 barangays.

Population: 2024 Census
Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
Page updated: October 2, 2026

PlacesPeopleDensityGrowth

People · 2024 Census

Under 690
690 to 1,100
1,100 to 1,800
1,800 to 3,100
3,100 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Density · people per km², 2024

Under 160
160 to 340
340 to 700
700 to 2,600
2,600 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Growth a year · 2020–2024

Fell by more than 1% a year
Fell, by up to 1% a year
Grew, by under 1% a year
Grew by 1 to 2% a year
Grew by 2% a year or more

Each place's yearly change between the 2020 and 2024 censuses, on the same steps as every map in the Atlas.

Borders from UN OCHA (PSA and NAMRIA), a guide and not the legal boundary^[3]Open in OpenStreetMap

PeopleSources
497,813
people counted in the 2024 censusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary
Up 42% from 2010 to 2024
Rank by peopleSources
2nd
of the 53 cities and municipalities of Cebu by population, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary
Inside itSources
30
barangays
LandSources
58.89 km²
of land, 2019 masterlistLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.Explained by Scene: Lapu-Lapu City's land would fill a square about 7.7 km on each side. That is only a way to picture its size: its real shape is on the map.More in the glossary
Average density, 2024: 8,453 people per km²Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.Explained by Scene: About 85 people per hectare if everyone were spread evenly across the land. In fact people live closer together in towns and farther apart in the countryside.More in the glossary
HomesSources
141,692
households in 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary
3.5 people in each, on average, in 2024
Town or countrySources
95.4%
About 95 of every 100 people lived in urban barangays in 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary

PSGC codePSGC codeThe code the Philippine Statistics Authority gives every place, so each one is known exactly, even when two share a name.More in the glossary: 0731100000^[5]Formerly 072226000
ZIP code: 6015^{[15, 16]}

People

Lapu-Lapu City had 497,813 people in the 2024 census, up 42% from 2010.

People at each census since 1970

Counts from 2000 on are on today’s borders; earlier counts are as the place was then, so the line may step where a border moved.

Lapu-Lapu City had the 2nd most people of the 53 cities and municipalities of Cebu in 2024^[1]

1Cebu City965,332
2Lapu-Lapu City497,813
3Mandaue City364,482
4Talisay City263,832
5Toledo City206,692
6Danao City161,307
7Liloan158,387

All 53 cities and municipalities of Cebu

In 2024, the 10 barangays with the most people held about 68 of every 100 of its people^[2]

Basak68,66714 in 100
Mactan48,10010 in 100
Gun-ob33,5397 in 100
Babag33,5217 in 100
Marigondon32,1586 in 100
Pusok29,3256 in 100
Bankal24,5995 in 100
Pajac23,5745 in 100
Pajo21,8804 in 100
Maribago20,6864 in 100

See all 30 barangays of Lapu-Lapu City

Age structure · 2024 Census^[4]People living in households, by age and sex

About 25 of every 100 are children under 15 (25.4%)
About 70 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (70.3%)
About 4 of every 100 are 65 or older (4.3%)

MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
Age	People	Men	Women
Under 5	39,740	20,341	19,399
5 - 9	42,861	22,250	20,611
10 - 14	43,679	22,575	21,104
15 - 19	46,698	23,739	22,959
20 - 24	48,823	24,529	24,294
25 - 29	47,802	23,820	23,982
30 - 34	46,112	22,868	23,244
35 - 39	39,566	19,827	19,739
40 - 44	35,562	17,897	17,665
45 - 49	29,376	14,493	14,883
50 - 54	23,381	11,570	11,811
55 - 59	17,688	8,559	9,129
60 - 64	13,748	6,510	7,238
65 - 69	9,516	4,338	5,178
70 - 74	6,195	2,627	3,568
75 - 79	3,180	1,171	2,009
80 - 84	1,538	494	1,044
85 and over	810	198	612

Every figure, census by census

People, 2024 CensusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 497,813^{[1, 2]}
Households, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary: 141,692^{[1, 2]}
People in each household, 2024: 3.5 on average^{[1, 2]}
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 95.4% (474,972 people)^[6]
Men and women, 2024: 247,806 men, 248,469 women^[4]People living in households

Population at each census, with its source
Census	Population	Growth since the census before	Households	People per household
2024as of July 1, 2024	497,813^{[1, 2]}	0.01% a year	141,692	3.5
2020as of May 1, 2020	497,604^[1]	4.26% a year	—	—
2015as of August 1, 2015	408,112^[1]	2.94% a year	—	—
2010as of May 1, 2010	350,467^[1]	—	—	—
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then	292,530^[36]	4.20% a year	—	—
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders	217,019^{[36, 37]}	4.88% a year	—	—
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then	173,744^[36]	3.29% a year	—	—
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then	146,194^[36]	4.00% a year	—	—
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then	98,723^[36]	4.43% a year	—	—
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then	79,484^[36]	2.80% a year	—	—
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then	69,268^[36]	—	—	—

Barangays

Lapu-Lapu City is made up of 30 barangays.

Barangays of Lapu-Lapu City. Each column heading sorts the table.
	^{[2, 3, 6, 7, 8]}	Share (2024)			Urban or rural
Agus	18,215	3.66%	−1.65% a year	about 2.18 km²	Urban
Babag	33,521	6.73%	2.02% a year	about 3.80 km²	Urban
Bankal	24,599	4.94%	1.77% a year	about 2.46 km²	Urban
Baring	4,214	0.85%	2.06% a year	about 0.938 km²	Rural
Basak	68,667	13.79%	−1.13% a year	about 8.06 km²	Urban
Buaya	18,691	3.75%	−0.49% a year	about 1.46 km²	Urban
Calawisan	16,821	3.38%	1.61% a year	about 3.61 km²	Urban
Canjulao	15,694	3.15%	2.00% a year	about 1.17 km²	Urban
Caubian	2,273	0.46%	−1.58% a year	about 0.257 km²	Rural
Caw-oy	2,302	0.46%	0.81% a year	about 0.55 km²	Rural
Cawhagan	658	0.13%	−1.27% a year	about 0.0562 km²	Rural
Gun-ob	33,539	6.74%	−2.94% a year	about 2.67 km²	Urban
Ibo	7,453	1.5%	−2.60% a year	about 2.17 km²	Urban
Looc	15,398	3.09%	−0.02% a year	about 1.31 km²	Urban
Mactan	48,100	9.66%	−1.38% a year	about 5.93 km²	Urban
Maribago	20,686	4.16%	2.12% a year	about 1.78 km²	Urban
Marigondon	32,158	6.46%	5.64% a year	about 4.01 km²	Urban
Pajac	23,574	4.74%	1.54% a year	about 2.68 km²	Urban
Pajo	21,880	4.4%	−3.92% a year	about 1.75 km²	Urban
Pangan-an	2,436	0.49%	0.89% a year	about 0.933 km²	Rural
Poblacion	6,242	1.25%	0.02% a year	about 0.322 km²	Urban
Punta Engaño	11,871	2.38%	0.92% a year	about 2.24 km²	Urban
Pusok	29,325	5.89%	−2.64% a year	about 2.43 km²	Urban
Sabang	7,794	1.57%	2.93% a year	about 3.99 km²	Urban
San Vicente	4,370	0.88%	0.90% a year	about 2.91 km²	Rural
Santa Rosa	5,375	1.08%	−0.06% a year	about 2.18 km²	Urban
Subabasbas	9,122	1.83%	3.32% a year	about 2.09 km²	Urban
Talima	6,247	1.25%	1.08% a year	about 2.14 km²	Urban
Tingo	4,050	0.81%	5.57% a year	about 0.70 km²	Rural
Tungasan	2,538	0.51%	3.00% a year	about 0.982 km²	Rural

Areas are approximate: each is measured inside the barangay's border on UN OCHA's map, which is a guide, not the legal boundary.

Land & Environment

Lapu-Lapu City covers 58.89 km² of land, 8,453 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 38 m above the sea and it has 112.6 km of coast.

Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: 58.89 km²^[7]As listed in the 2019 Masterlist of Land Areas (LMB, DENR)
Average density, 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary: 8,453 people per km²^[7]
Coordinates: 10.29674° N, 123.97307° E^[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.

Height above the sea^[32]

Lowest: Sea level
Average: 8 m
Highest: 38 m

Heights from the Copernicus DEM, a 30 m model of the surface: it reads the tops of trees and roofs, not the bare ground, over the land inside the border, the sea left out. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Water, coast and peaks

112.6 km of coastline^[33]

Rivers^[33]

Gabi River1.7 of 2.9 km
Pilipog River1.6 of 2.7 km

Named rivers, lakes and peaks as OpenStreetMap mapped them on 30 September 2026, and the coast within 150 m of the border. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Climate

Climate typeClimate typePAGASA sorts the country's climate into four types by when the rain falls. Type I has a dry season from November to April and a wet one for the rest of the year; Type II has no dry season, with the most rain from December to February; Type III has a short dry season; Type IV has rain spread through the year.More in the glossary

Type III^[34]

No clear rainiest time of year, and a short dry season of one to three months, in December to February or in March to May.

Covers about 90 of every 100 parts of its land. Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

At Mactan International Airport, the nearest PAGASA station, 3 km away^[35]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 1,685 mm of rain on 138 days a year; 28.1 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Mactan International Airport, 1991 to 2020, by month
Month	Rain	Rainy days	Average	High	Low
January	135 mm	12	26.8 °C	29.7 °C	24.0 °C
February	89 mm	9	27.0 °C	30.0 °C	24.0 °C
March	61 mm	7	27.8 °C	31.0 °C	24.6 °C
April	56 mm	5	28.8 °C	32.2 °C	25.5 °C
May	94 mm	9	29.4 °C	32.8 °C	26.0 °C
June	181 mm	13	28.9 °C	32.3 °C	25.5 °C
July	211 mm	15	28.3 °C	31.6 °C	25.1 °C
August	158 mm	13	28.5 °C	31.9 °C	25.2 °C
September	190 mm	14	28.4 °C	31.9 °C	25.0 °C
October	208 mm	15	28.2 °C	31.4 °C	24.9 °C
November	131 mm	12	28.0 °C	31.0 °C	25.0 °C
December	172 mm	14	27.4 °C	30.3 °C	24.6 °C
The year	1,685 mm	138	28.1 °C	31.3 °C	24.9 °C

A station's figures describe the place around it only roughly: inland and in the hills it may be cooler and wetter. The station stands 26 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

Lapu-Lapu City's economy made ₱212.7 billion of goods and services in 2025, ₱375,229 for each person. About 9 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2023.

Economy, 2025Gross domestic productThe value of all the goods and services made in a place in a year: the size of its economy. The PSA measures it for every region, province and highly urbanized city. Counted at 2018 prices, it leaves out the rise in prices, so one year can be set beside another.More in the glossary: ₱212.7 billion^[19]Its gross domestic product at current prices; ₱182.1 billion at 2018 prices.
Growth, 2024–2025: 3.3%^[20]How much more it made than the year before, at 2018 prices.
For each person, 2025: ₱375,229^[21]Its economy divided by its projected population, at current prices, as the PSA works it out.
Poverty, 2023Poverty incidenceHow many of every 100 people live in families whose income is below the poverty line: what a person needs in a year for food and other basic needs, as the PSA sets it for each province. It is an estimate, from a survey or, for a town, a statistical model, so the PSA gives a range it is likely to fall in.More in the glossary: 8.6% of people^[22]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's survey.
Income classIncome classThe Department of Finance sorts provinces, cities and municipalities into classes by their average yearly income over recent years: 1st class has the most. It measures the local government's income, not how well off its people are.More in the glossary: 1st class^[5]

About 9 of every 100 people in Lapu-Lapu City lived below the poverty line in 2023 (8.6%)^[22]

The PSA's survey puts it between 6.3% and 10.8%, with 95% confidence. The poverty line was ₱36,481 a person for the year.

The PSA notes: Those with CVs higher than 10% in 2023 poverty incidence among population should be used with caution.

Public places

90government offices
14hospitals and health centres
94schools
25places of worship
2markets
14stations and terminals
8parks
11beaches
5monuments and memorials

Counted from OpenStreetMap^{[3, 9]}. Schools, places of worship, barangay halls and places known only by a common name, such as a chapel, are listed on each barangay's page.

Where a kind has more than 8, this page shows 6: first those with “Lapu-Lapu” in their name, then one in each of its most populous barangays.

Government offices63

57 more government offices are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See the 30 barangays of Lapu-Lapu City

Hospitals and health centres14

8 more hospitals and health centres are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See the 30 barangays of Lapu-Lapu City

Markets2

Stations and terminals14

8 more stations and terminals are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See the 30 barangays of Lapu-Lapu City

Parks8

Bridge Park · Pajo
Deca Homes · Marigondon
Island Eco Tourism Park · Sabang
Liberty Shrine · Mactan
Millenium Park · Pusok
Rizal Children's Park · Poblacion
Senior Citizens' Park · Pajo
St Dominics Place Basketball Court · Basak

Beaches11

Cebu Beach Club · Mactan
Bankrupt Resort · Marigondon
Hadsan beach · Agus
Marigondon Public Beach · Subabasbas
Shalala Beach Resort · Sabang
Talima Beach Resort and Restaurant · Talima

5 more beaches are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See the 30 barangays of Lapu-Lapu City

Monuments and memorials5

As OpenStreetMap maps them on September 30, 2026. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads Lapu-Lapu City. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (the city council), led by the vice mayor. The mayor, the vice mayor and the council's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.^{[13, 14]}

City classCity classA highly urbanized city or an independent component city governs itself apart from the province around it: its voters do not elect the governor. A component city is part of its province.More in the glossary: Highly urbanized city: it governs itself apart from the province of Cebu^[5]
Legislative districtLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary: Lone district of Lapu-Lapu City^{[17, 18]}

Leaders

The mayor and vice mayor elected at each election since 2001, as COMELEC's lists of the elected name them, and those in office now, as the DILG's directory lists them.

2025–2028In office as of February 2026
Mayor
Ma. Cynthia King Chan^[23]
Vice mayor
Celedonio Baguio Sitoy^[23]
2022–2025
Mayor
Junard Quirante Chan^[24]
Vice mayor
Celedonio Baguio Sitoy^[24]
2019–2022
Mayor
Junard Quirante Chan^[25]
Vice mayor
Celedonio Baguio Sitoy^[25]
2016–2019
Mayor
Paz Corro Radaza^[26]
Vice mayor
Marcial Abapo Ycong^[26]
2013–2016
Mayor
Paz Corro Radaza^[27]
Vice mayor
Marcial Abapo Ycong^[27]
2010–2013
Mayor
Paz Corro Radaza^[28]
Vice mayor
Marcial Abapo Ycong^[28]
2007–2010
Mayor
Arturo Ompad Radaza^[29]
Vice mayor
Mario Ycong Amores^[29]
2004–2007
Mayor
Arturo Radaza^[30]
Vice mayor
Norma Patalinjug^[30]
2001–2004
Mayor
Arturo O. Radaza^[31]
Vice mayor
Norma R. Patalinjug^[31]

Mayors and vice mayors of Lapu-Lapu City, by term
Term	Mayor	Vice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026	Ma. Cynthia King Chan^[23]	Celedonio Baguio Sitoy^[23]
2022–2025	Junard Quirante Chan^[24]	Celedonio Baguio Sitoy^[24]
2019–2022	Junard Quirante Chan^[25]	Celedonio Baguio Sitoy^[25]
2016–2019	Paz Corro Radaza^[26]	Marcial Abapo Ycong^[26]
2013–2016	Paz Corro Radaza^[27]	Marcial Abapo Ycong^[27]
2010–2013	Paz Corro Radaza^[28]	Marcial Abapo Ycong^[28]
2007–2010	Arturo Ompad Radaza^[29]	Mario Ycong Amores^[29]
2004–2007	Arturo Radaza^[30]	Norma Patalinjug^[30]
2001–2004	Arturo O. Radaza^[31]	Norma R. Patalinjug^[31]

History & Identity

Stories that tell of Lapu-Lapu City

Lapu-Lapu City is part of this Story, told from its own place.

Film, 0:59
Central Visayas
Central Visayas: the gift found again
In 1521 Magellan gave Cebu's queen a wooden image of the Child Jesus. In 1565 one of Legazpi's soldiers found an image of the Child Jesus in a Cebu house, judged evidently the same.
This Happened Here

And from Visayas, which Lapu-Lapu City is part of:

Film, 0:51
The Visayas
Spain called the Visayans the painted ones
Before they were called Visayans, Spain called them Pintados, for tattoos earned by bravery. Where the word Bisaya comes from, nobody knows for sure; a Bornean legend has its own answer.
Why It's Called That

All Stories

Lapu-Lapu City's fiesta and days

Kadaugan sa MactanFestival · Every 27 April · next Tuesday, 27 April 2027
Lapu-Lapu DayLocal special day · Victory of Lapu-Lapu at the Battle of Mactan · Every 27 April · next Tuesday, 27 April 2027

Everything listed for Lapu-Lapu City in Now

Official name: City of Lapu-Lapu^[5]
Former name: Opon^[5]
Created: Lapu-Lapu was created a city by Republic Act No. 3134, approved on 17 June 1961, from the municipality of Opon.^[10]

How it got its name

The city government says the city is named after the Filipino fighter who defeated Magellan's Spanish force at Mactan; its older name was Opon.^{[10, 12]}

Its story

The city's own page says the city was created from the Municipality of Opon on 17 June 1961 under R.A. 3134.^[12]

The city seal shows the defeat of Magellan by Lapu-Lapu on 27 April 1521.^[12]

The city became a highly urbanized city through a plebiscite on 21 June 2007, according to its website.^[12]

Timeline

27 April 1521
Battle of Mactan, shown on the city seal as the defeat of Magellan by Lapu-Lapu.^[12]
17 June 1961
Republic Act No. 3134 created the City of Lapu-Lapu from Opon.^[10]
21 June 2007
Became a highly urbanized city by plebiscite, per the city website.^[12]

Changes since 1977

As the Philippine Statistics Authority recorded them in its list of places.

July to September 2007
Its city class changed.^[38]

Nearby

Lapu-Lapu City shares a border with Cordova.

How it compares

Lapu-Lapu City beside Cebu, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of Cebu.

Lapu-Lapu City beside Cebu
Figure	Lapu-Lapu City	Cebu	Rank among the cities and municipalities of Cebu
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary	497,813^{[1, 2]}	3,400,522	2nd of 53
Growth a year, 2020–2024Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary	0.01% a year^{[1, 2]}slower	0.54% a year	48th of 53
People per km², 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary	8,453^[7]more crowded	775	2nd of 53
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary	58.89 km²^[7]	4,389.23 km²	37th of 53
People in each household, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary	3.5^{[1, 2]}lower	3.8	not ranked
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary	95.4%^[6]higher	55.1%	not ranked

Shares a border with^[3]

Cordova· Cebu

How far, in a straight line^[3]

Cebu City, the capital of Cebu: 16.0 km northwest
Manila: 577.3 km northwest

In a straight line between the points inside each place farthest from its edges, not by road.

The nearest towns and cities^[3]

CordovaCebu4.4 km southwest
Mandaue CityCebu6.3 km northwest
ConsolacionCebu11.6 km north
LiloanCebu13.4 km north
Talisay CityCebu15.8 km west
Cebu CityCebu16.0 km northwest

Sources

Page updated October 2, 2026. Sources checked by Scene October 8, 2026.

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