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Magellan's Cross (Cebu)
A wooden cross housed in a chapel marking the spot where Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan planted a cross upon arriving in 1521.
6 km · about 10 min drive
AsiaPhilippinesCentral Visayas
Lapu-Lapu City
Central Visayas, Philippines · Asia
About Lapu-Lapu City
Lapu-Lapu City is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Dapitan, 6km from Magellan's Cross (Cebu).
Lapu-Lapu City is in Central Visayas, Philippines, with about 500,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Dapitan, about 5 km away.
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 presentRead more
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.
The second busiest airport in the Philippines, Mactan–Cebu International Airport, is located in Lapu-Lapu City. It opened in 1966 and serves as a hub for Philippine Airlines, and as an operating base for Cebu Pacific and Philippines AirAsia.
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Within an hour or so of Lapu-Lapu City: Magellan's Cross (Cebu) (6 km).
Where is Lapu-Lapu City?
Lapu-Lapu City is in Central Visayas, Philippines, about 5 km from Dapitan.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 497,813
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Central Visayas
- Timezone
- Asia/Manila
- Coordinates
- 10.3103, 123.9494
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