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Mandaue

Industrial hub of Central Visayas and furniture capital of the Philippines.

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The city links mainland Cebu to Mactan Island through the 1st Mandaue-Mactan Bridge and the 2nd Mandaue-Mactan Bridge.[1] Alongside Cebu City and Lapu-Lapu City, Mandaue is counted among Cebu's three highly urbanized cities and belongs to the Metro Cebu metropolitan area.[2]

Geography and history

Mandaue is located on the central coastal plains of the province of Cebu, Philippines.[3] A community was established in Mandaue by a flourishing group of Austronesian people.[4] Mandaue got its name from thick, clinging vines known as "mantawi" which were abundant in the early times.[3] Mandaue became a chartered city on June 21, 1969 through republic act 5519.[3]

A slope category of 0-8% covers roughly 77.37% of Mandaue, and much of the city's terrain is very flat.[5] Roughly 70% of Mandaue is covered by the Mandaue Clay Loam soil series.[5] Spanish authorities issued a decree that compelled the native inhabitants of Mandaue to relocate into a town.[6] A new administrative structure for the town came about as a result of the 1898 Philippine Revolution.[7]

What the cited sources add

The city government's website states Mandaue was founded on April 7, 1521 and is now 484 years old.[1] The name Mandaue is derived from the legend Mantawi, the vine that grew abundantly in the cove and its bay is called Mandawe.[3] The Mantawi Festival uses music from brass, dance and interpretation to recreate the history and heritage of Mandaue City.[3] Some top corporations in the city represent floats during the Mantawi Festival, projecting Mandaue as an economic hub.[3]

References

  1. "Home", mandauecity.gov.ph. facts only, no text reused. mandauecity.gov.ph
  2. Wikipedia, "Mandaue" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The brilliance of Mandaue City", Mandaue City; "The brilliance of Mandaue City", Mandaue City (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. "The brilliance of Mandaue City", Mandaue City. facts only, no text reused. cebu-philippines.net
  4. Wikipedia, "Mandaue" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "To America and Around the World: The Logs of Christopher Columbus and of ...", Antonio Pigafetta, Raleigh Ashlin Skelton, 2001; "Magellan's voyage: a narrative of the first circumnavigation", Antonio Pigafetta/ Adolph Caso, 1994 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Mandaue" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Land Use", Mandaue City (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Mandaue" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Mandaue", admu.edu.ph; Buzeta Bravo 1850, p. 609 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Mandaue" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Mojares 1999 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Mandaue (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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