Sabado, Marso 9, 2013
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Province of Cebu Cebu Island is a long narrow island stretching 225 km (140 mi) from north to south, surrounded by 167 neighboring smaller islands, that includes Mactan, Bantayan, Malapascua, Olango and the Camotes Islands.
It lies to the east of Negros Island; to the east of Cebu Island is Leyte and to the southeast is Bohol Island.
30,000 years ago the Negrito race crossed the Asian continent through land bridges. With the disappearance of the bridges, islands were formed, Cebu was formed. Being part of the Malay Peninsula, Cebu was part of the Malay empire around 500 A.D.
Early inhabitants referred to this island as Zebu or Sugbu, whose trade and commerce reached as far as Thailand and China as well as the nearby Malay countries. As seen on the Cebu map, Cebu is known for its narrow coastlines, limestone plateaus, and coastal plains, all characteristics of a typical tropical island. Cebu also has predominant rolling hills and rugged mountain ranges traversing the northern and southern lengths of the island. Cebu's steep mountains reach over 1,000 meters. 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 tip of the province.
Its capital is Cebu City, the oldest city in the country, which forms part of the Cebu Metropolitan Area together with 6 neighboring cities Carcar City, Danao City, Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue City, Naga City, Bogo, and Talisay City and 6 other municipalities found on the Cebu map. Cebu is served by Mactan-Cebu International Airport on Mactan Island, thirty minutes drive from downtown Cebu City.
Cebu is one of the most developed provinces in the country and the main center of commerce, trade, education and industry in the central and southern parts of the archipelago. It has five-star hotels, casinos, white sand beaches, world-class golf courses, convention centers, and shopping malls.
When Cebu was "discovered" by Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, it was truly a discovery, for it opened the eyes of the world to what it did not expect to see. The island, with its natural port, was a logical destination, and its people, so steeped in the ways of trade and commerce, were its greatest natural resources. The island is infamously known as the site of Ferdinand Magellan's death during the Battle of Mactan shown as Mactan Island on the Cebu map.
Fast-forward 436 years, and Cebu remains a discovery. It remains that one bright spot, situated right at the geographic center of the archipelago. It is the fastest growing economy in the country, with an average growth rate significantly higher than that of the entire nation, and any other province.
The Province leads 78 other provinces in gross assets, equity and total income. There is a reason why this small island leads the entire country in exports of furniture, fashion accessories, carrageen, gifts, toys, and houseware. There is a reason why Cebu consistently gets the biggest chunk of tourist arrivals yearly, and has become the tourist gateway to Central and Southern Philippines.
Perhaps, it is because the island is naturally situated to become the center of all this action. It is a natural port as you can see on the Cebu map. More than 80% of inter-island shipping capacity is based here, on this small island. It is the most accessible place to and from all points in the country, with more domestic air and sea linkages than even Manila.
It is naturally safe. It does not lie within any earthquake zone or typhoon belt. There are no volcanoes on the island. The location is sheltered from incoming typhoons and is rarely subjected to the tropical storms that hit Luzon and Manila.
It has the necessary, well-balanced infrastructure to remain competitive, and to sustain development. And yet, within minutes from its cosmopolitan quarters as shown on the Cebu map, you are immediately transported to resort settings and natural wonders. Moreover, an independent, self-reliant, entrepreneurial culture pervades the island, which makes its people eminently positioned to seize the opportunities that nature presented it.
Cebu has had four centuries of being discovered by the world. Discover today this island and its people.
Cebu Philippines Travel Guide, Destinations and Attractions
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Cebu is in the heart of the Philippines. Known to be the Queen City of the South, Cebu has is the oldest and second most important city in the country. Cebu is one of the top priority of tourist because of its world-class beach resorts and diving spots. Cebu's tourist destinations and attraction are found in both north and south of Metro Cebu. Cebu has it's own international and shipping port. Cebu has export processing zones that are helps boost up the economy of the country.
The province is composed of five cities; Cebu City, Mandaue, Lapu-lapu, Toledo and Danao and there are 48 municipalities. Cebu City, the provincial capital, is located on the island's east coast.
Cebu is the shipping crossroads and it is a good jumping off point for island hopping to the tropical islets of Central Visayas. Cebu is the home of the world-class beach resorts and beautiful tropical diving sites in the country. Mactan Island which is adjacent to Cebu has become the tourist package destination especially for Japanese, Taiwanese and Koreans.
Cebu is also the home of the Sinulog Festival which is famous because of its colorful costumes and street dancing. The Sinulog Festival is held every third Sunday of January. Various groups in which are called tribes are wearing beautiful, exotic and colorful costumes to celebrate the religious festival with the image infant Jesus. These tribes are singing and dancing in the streets from morning to evening.
Cebu is also known as the country's oldest Spanish settlement and colonial City dating from 15th century. Cebu has several historic landmarks.
There are many colonial houses in the south especially in Carcar the restored Bahay na Tisa and the Moorish-style Church of St. Catherine. Many exotic and beautiful beaches can be found in Argao and Dalaguete. 18th Century church which attracts tourist can also be found in Argao.
Cebu Philippines Travel Guide, Destinations and Attractions
The province is composed of five cities; Cebu City, Mandaue, Lapu-lapu, Toledo and Danao and there are 48 municipalities. Cebu City, the provincial capital, is located on the island's east coast.
Cebu is the shipping crossroads and it is a good jumping off point for island hopping to the tropical islets of Central Visayas. Cebu is the home of the world-class beach resorts and beautiful tropical diving sites in the country. Mactan Island which is adjacent to Cebu has become the tourist package destination especially for Japanese, Taiwanese and Koreans.
Cebu is also the home of the Sinulog Festival which is famous because of its colorful costumes and street dancing. The Sinulog Festival is held every third Sunday of January. Various groups in which are called tribes are wearing beautiful, exotic and colorful costumes to celebrate the religious festival with the image infant Jesus. These tribes are singing and dancing in the streets from morning to evening.
Cebu is also known as the country's oldest Spanish settlement and colonial City dating from 15th century. Cebu has several historic landmarks.
There are many colonial houses in the south especially in Carcar the restored Bahay na Tisa and the Moorish-style Church of St. Catherine. Many exotic and beautiful beaches can be found in Argao and Dalaguete. 18th Century church which attracts tourist can also be found in Argao.
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Located centrally in a group of islands that form the Visayas, central of the three main Philippine island groups, the others being Northern Luzon and southernmost Mindanao, may be one vertigo-inducing central too many. But puissant fortune has positioned this long and narrow island in the auspicious site, in the axis of an archipelago with 7,107 of its fellows.
Its geography is unique, stretching 122 miles, nowhere exceeding 20 miles across; the island is eight times the size of Singapore, and five times the size of Hong Kong. Modern topography maps show the back of a lizard immersed in teeming waters, a jagged cordillera rising 3,400 feet at the apex as its spine, gradually vanishing into plains on both its northern and southern ends. Cebu is long and narrow, allowing easy access to both the bounty of mountain and ocean: markets abound with both fresh seafood and produce. The soil, however, lacks fecundity. Porous and derived of limestone, less than 30% of the province is suited for agriculture. Sugar was major export in the 1840's, where the island became second only to Pampanga and Bulacan, two Luzon towns north of the Visayas. The industry soon fizzled, and only traces of its glory can be found today. Corn replaced rice as a staple because it needed a lot less water than the latter (Cebu has among the lowest rainfalls in the country). Even today, country field meals feature fresh stone-ground boiled corn. Only mangoes can be considered a terrestrial agriculture product the province is identified with, he best ones coming from Guadalupe area. Faced with a limited choice of marketable raw product, Cebuana ingenuity has giving birth to countless incarnations of mango: fresh (both ripe and green), pureed -- as ready-to-drink juice concentration, dried and sliced mango pulp, canned, vacuum, packed ... even the rind is sweetened and dried as a snack food .. the list is almost inexhaustible. The island's relationship with the ocean, however, is altogether a different love story. A combination of legend and archeology pieces together the story of Indonesian and Malay tribal chiefs who landed on these coastal shores, settling on virgin territory. As these people were not a lot bound by communal consciousness, little documentation of their collective lives are available. It is, however, gleaned from the records of the neighboring civilizations that they engaged in trade with, that the early settlers had a well-developed if not impressionable culture, and an existing commercial ethos. Turned toward to the sea, pre-colonial Cebu was already a recognized quay, its main port of Sugbu ("to wade in water", as most arrivals were wont to be especially at low tide) figured prominently in a book called "Records of Various Barbarian Nations" written in 1225 by Chua Ju-kua, Superintendent of Foreign Trade at the customhouse in Chua-chou, of the ancient civilization of China. A full three centuries before the coming of the Spaniards, who would occupy for 300 years, Cebu was already a flourishing trading post. |
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People in Cebu love to celebrate festivals or are fiesta-loving people. Cebu has one of the most colorful and world-renowned festivals in the Philippines and they celebrate it with excitement and high spirits. Cebu celebrates different festivals in different towns and cities. Cebu celebrate fiestas with religious rituals and dancing in the streets to the beat of the drums.
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