Cebu
Cebu (/sɛˈbuː/ seb-OO; Cebuano: Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu (Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Sugbo; Hiligaynon: Kapuroan sang Cebu; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Cebu), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas (Region VII) region, and consists of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets. The coastal zone of Cebu Province is identified as a site of highest marine biodiversity importance in the Coral Triangle.[5]
This article is about the province in the Philippines. For its capital city, see Cebu City. For the city in Malaysia, see Sibu.
Cebu
Sugbo
6 August 1569
4,943.72 km2 (1,908.78 sq mi)
20th out of 81
excludes independent cities
1,072 m (3,517 ft)
3,325,385
5th out of 81
670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
7th out of 81
3,082,621
Cebuano
Forohanon
Bantayanon
Population data excludes independent cities
-
- Alcantara
- Alcoy
- Alegria
- Aloguinsan
- Argao
- Asturias
- Badian
- Balamban
- Bantayan
- Barili
- Bogo
- Boljoon
- Borbon
- Carcar
- Carmen
- Catmon
- Compostela
- Consolacion
- Cordova
- Daanbantayan
- Dalaguete
- Danao
- Dumanjug
- Ginatilan
- Liloan
- Madridejos
- Malabuyoc
- Medellin
- Minglanilla
- Moalboal
- Naga
- Oslob
- Pilar
- Pinamungajan
- Poro
- Ronda
- Samboan
- San Fernando
- San Francisco
- San Remigio
- Santa Fe
- Santander
- Sibonga
- Sogod
- Tabogon
- Tabuelan
- Talisay
- Toledo
- Tuburan
- Tudela
| 1,066 | |
| + 137 | including independent cities |
| 1,203 |
+63 (0)32
PH-CEB
1st class
Its capital and largest city is Cebu City, nicknamed "the Queen (Catholic) City of the South" having the Second Cardinal, the oldest city and first capital of the Philippines, which is politically independent from the provincial government. The Cebu Metropolitan Area or Metro Cebu is the third largest metropolitan area in the Philippines (after Metro Manila and Metro Davao) with Cebu City as the main center of commerce, trade, education and industry in the Visayas. Being one of the most developed provinces in the Philippines, in a decade it has transformed into a global hub for business processing services, tourism, shipping, furniture-making, and heavy industry. Mactan–Cebu International Airport, located on Mactan Island, is the second busiest airport in the Philippines.
Etymology[edit]
It is unclear whether the island was named sugbó or the settlement where Ferdinand Magellan's crew arrived in 1521. The capital city of the province is also named Cebu City.
The name is possibly derived from a hypothetical Proto-Philippine word *sug(e)bu meaning "to bathe" or "to wade into the water".[6] The word has evolved in the Cebuano language as sugbú, meaning "to dive into water" and also exists in other Philippine languages such as Tagalog and Hiligaynon.[7][6] In fact, there is also another municipality in Batangas, Philippines called Nasugbu, which may also share the same etymological root with the said province.
The modern name is most likely how the first Europeans heard of the name of the place in the 16th-17th centuries, as it was first recorded as Zubu or Çubu, and then eventually it became Cebu. The reason of the spelling change is because Visayans were mostly illiterate in the 16th and 17th centuries.[7][8]
Media[edit]
Cebu is home to a local television station, Cebu Catholic Television Network (CCTN).[a]
Despite having their own local stations, Cebuanos prefer to watch the Philippines's several dominant television networks, namely: ABS-CBN, People's Television Network, IBC, TV5, CNN Philippines and GMA Network.
While national newspapers have a presence on the island, Cebu has English-language local newspapers – The Freeman (under the Star Group), SunStar Cebu and Cebu Daily News (under the Inquirer Group): and Cebuano-language newspapers – SunStar SuperBalita owned by SunStar, and Banat News owned by The Freeman. Each of the local newspapers sell cheaper than their national counterparts.
The Philippine elementary school begins from Grades 1 to 6. The high school program takes six years, from Grades 7 through to 12, taken after graduating from elementary school. Cebu is considered as the main education hub in the Visayas. It has eleven large universities each with a number of college branches mostly throughout the capital, Cebu City, and more than a dozen other schools and universities specializing in various courses such as Medicine, Engineering, Nautical courses, Nursing, Law, Commerce, Education, Computer and IT and other professions.
The most prominent of these universities are (in alphabetical order):
Other notable institutions include: Asian College of Technology in Cebu City and Talisay, Benedicto College, Cebu Eastern College, Cebu Institute of Medicine, a medical school in affiliation with Velez College, The International Academy of Film and Television, established in Mactan in 2004 and Cebu's first film school, Matias H. Aznar Memorial College of Medicine, Salazar Colleges of Science and Institute of Technology, among others.
Cebu is home to one fully accredited international school, Cebu International School, a K–12 school established in 1924.
Cebu is considered to be a hub of medical education, with many international students coming to study medicine in Cebu's medical schools. Some of Cebu's well-known medical schools are in Cebu Doctors University and Cebu Institute of Medicine.
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