Cebu Hotels, Mandaue Hotels and Resorts
Mandaue City Cebu Philippines
Mandaue City Hotels
Europa Mansionette Inn
M.L. Quezon Ave., Cabancalan
Mandaue City, Cebu Philippines
Nikkei Garden Business Hotel
Hernan Cortes Street, Subangdaku,
Mandaue City, Philippines
Maria's Pension
ML Quezon Street, Maguikay, Mandaue City
Mandaue City, Philippines
D' Ancestors Pension
C. Perez Building, P. Burgos St.,
Mandaue City, Philippines
Golden Royal Pension House
A.Del Rosario Street,
Mandaue City, Philippines
Mandaue City Information
Mandaue City has a total of 27 barangays in a total land area of (from: land area of 3, 532 hectares last 1998 data) 4, 410 hectares. Bounded in the North by the town of Consolacion, by Cebu City to the South and West and by the Mactan Strait to the East. It has the shape of a heart situated directly in front of Mactan Island and seven kilometers away from Cebu City.
Historical Background of Mandaue City
Pre-Spanish Era: The locality’s elders often spoke of tales handed down through generation from their forefathers that, Mandaue was once a fertile abode of thick clinging vines known as "mantawi" from which the city got its early name. Long before the coming of the Spanish "conquestadores," Mandaue, with its eastern and southern boundaries facing the Mactan Strait was already referred to as the "merchants’ paradise" in the region. Mandaue’s fame as an early regional trade center, however, allured Moro bandits to its shores who made predatory incursions against the village’s flourishing community.
The successive losses and damages sustained by its inhabitants led to the construction of the now renowned "Bantayan sa hari," a stone edifice, cylindrical in shape which resembles a watchtower. The structure, towering over the locality’s shoreline in a sitio now known as the Barangay Lo-oc, served as a look-out and the settlement’s first line of defense against unfriendly visitors.
In the accounts of Antonio Pigaffeta, the official chronicler of Ferdinand Magellan, he mentioned the village of "Mantaui/Mantawi" as a flourishing coastal settlement nearest to Cebu under the leadership of Datu Lambuzzan. Research studies of local historians also pointed out that even before the coming of the "fair-skinned" foreigners the major growth points of Mandaue were already interlinked with several crude transportation network. It was also mentioned in other accounts that the village was famous for her artistic carpentry and skilled carpenters.
Between 1580 to 1700 when the Spaniards succeeded in taking over majority of the Philippine Archipelago, Mantaui/Mantawi was formally constituted into a ‘pueblo’ or town and then was officially known as town of Mandaue. The locality covered a total land area of about five thousand (5,000) hectares. During the first year of its township, Mandaue has 42 barrios and with an over-all population level of 21,086.
The year 1948 years after the second World War, a new emerging progressive municipality and a more determined community to re-establish the prominence of Mandaue in social, economic and cultural concern. 1964 ushered an era of amore spirited effort towards social and economic development. The same year marked the beginning of a determined bid for a more autonomous local government and the perpetuation of Mandaue as an independent and progressive community. Thus, in June 21, 1969, the City of Mandaue was born.
Topography and Land Features
Mandaue’s territorial span includes 15% highlands, while the greater part of the city is the central plains compromising 65% of its land, 11 of its barangays are distributed along the 5-kilometer shoreline.
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