Mandaue City

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Mandaue City is a 1st class city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. It is known as the "Industrial Heartland of the Island" and is home to almost 10,000 business establishments, though the vast majority of them are small, family run businesses. The city is one of the two highly urbanized cities in the province of Cebu, with the provincial capital Cebu City as the other one. The two cities are right next to each other and form the core of the Metropolitan Cebu area.

Mandaue lies right across from Mactan Island where Lapu-Lapu City is located. Lapu-Lapu City is the site of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport, the country's second busiest. Mandaue is connected to Mactan Island via two bridges: the original Mactan-Cebu Bridge and the relatively new Marcelo Fernan Bridge. These bridges are the only two routes between the airport and Cebu City.

According to the 2000 census, Mandaue has a population of 259,728 people in 54,882 households.

Barangays

Mandaue City is politically subdivided into 27 barangays.

Alang-alang Bakilid Banilad Basak Cabancalan Cambaro Canduman Casili Casuntingan Centro (Pob.) Cubacub Guizo Ibabao-Estancia Jagobiao

Labogon Looc Maguikay Mantuyong Opao Pakna-an Pagsabungan Subangdaku Tabok Tawason Tingub Tipolo Umapad

History

Mandaue was a fertile area, where the thick vine variety known as "mantawi" grew abundantly. Mandaue first appeared in written history when Ferdinand E. Magellan arrived in this archipelago and sighted what he called the "Merchant's Paradise" at noon on the 7th of April in 1521.

Festival

Mantawi Festival

Unique and exotic, dance steps are accompanied by a different beat, played by a brass instead of the usual drum and bugle. This makes up a one-of-a-kind festivity that entices and seduces the crowd to gather and witness one of the most anticipated celebration in the City of Mandaue, the Mantawi Festival.

In April 7, 1521, Magellan first sighted the island of Sugbo in search for food and supplies for his vessels’ voyage back to Spain. Mandaue at that time was called “Mantawi” - derived from a vine that grew abundantly in the coves of the area. This community with abundant vines has even been mentioned by Antonio Pigafetta as a flourishing settlement nearest to Sebu under the leadership of Datu Lambuzzan.

Through Mantawi Festival, Mandaue City reconnects to its roots as the merchant’s paradise of Cebu during the time of Ferdinand Magellan and its role in Cebu’s economic growth through the centuries. Mandauehanons take pride in their heritage and historic role as Cebu’s economic powerhouse, as the city continues to energize its economy, attracting even more investors and generating more jobs for its people.

Today, the economic excitement in Mandaue City is concentrated on the Mandaue Reclamation area, making it the country’s fastest growth center in the South. The site of the Cebu International Convention Center, the Mandaue Reclamation area now becomes the “New Center of the Metropolis.”

Aside from the Cebu International Convention Center CICC – the venue of the ASEAN Summit in December, other developments in the area includes the construction of Cebu Doctors University for a new campus, the Cebu Boardwalk-a multi use development project that will feature a marina and the Taft I.T Zone which will feature world-class facilities for IT companies.

The proposed Cebu International Trade and Exhibition Center (CITEX) has also been already endorsed by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to JICA for funding.

With all these developments at hand, Mandaue City is now gaining the reputation as Cebu’s new economic driver . . . the city to watch for in terms of economic prowess.

This year, the Mantawi Festival both pays homage to the past and recognize its potential for the future, kicking off with the theme “Taking Roots, Soaring High with ASEAN”.

Participants from all corners of the city will join the celebration as they showcase its unique culture and interpret the city’s trading systems that has become a tool for progress and prosperity of the Mandauehanons. Various contingents will take the entire city in revelry of dancing and merry-making as the parade kicks-off at the Mandaue City Hall and onwards to the Cebu Boardwalk at the Reclamation Area.

New Center of the Metropolis

With Mandaue City as the pivotal venue for the ASEAN Summit, the Mantawi Festival is the initial thrust of the local government’s effort to support the successful hosting of the event.

The year 2006 draws international attention to booming Mandaue City as the industrial metropolis of the south with the construction of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC). Located on a 3.8 hectare reclaimed land worth half a billion pesos, the CICC heralds the foray of Mandaue City as the emerging Covention Center of Asia.

The completion of the CICC is expected to boost the economic dynamism of Mandaue City, which at present is driven by over 10,000 micro, small, medium, and large enterprises. The city accounts for 40 percent of the total export in the furniture sector, thus making Mandaue the furniture capital of the country.

Mandaue City is an attractive investment option for businessmen seeking opportunities in Cebu because of the lower cost of doing business (no sales tax, lower taxes and cost of living), excellent delivery of basic services, and peace and order. On top of its business friendly policies, Mandaue’s sound fiscal management relieves its taxpayers with the burden of unnecessary loans.

During the nine-year term of Mayor Thadeo Z. Ouano, the Father of Mantawi Festival, Mandaue City’s annual income was tripled from P270 million to P800 million, thus growing at a pace twice faster than of the national average.

Today, the economic excitement in Mandaue City is concentrated on the Mandaue Reclamation area, making it the country’s fastest growth center in the South. Aside from the CICC, other developments in the area includes the construction of Cebu Doctors University for a new campus, the Cebu Boardwalk-a multi use development project that will feature a marina and the Taft I.T Zone which will feature world-class facilities for IT companies. The proposed Cebu International Trade and Exhibition Center (CITEX) has also been already endorsed by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) to JICA for funding.

With all these developments at hand, Mandaue City is now gaining the reputation as Cebu’s new economic driver . . . The Mandaue reclamation area is now the “New Center of the Metropolis.”

2006 will be the year expected to create an indelible mark for Mandaue City in both the business and tourism sectors, truly giving homage to its historic role as Cebu’s economic powerhouse.

See also

• Metro Cebu

External links

• [The Official Website of the City of Mandaue]
• [Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
• [2000 Philippine Census Information]

 

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