Mactan
in Lapu-Lapu City of Central Visayas, Philippines
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Bacolod-Silay City International Airport (8.454 mi) - Sibulan Airport (8.484 mi)
- Tagbilaran Airport (8.519 mi)
- Mactan Cebu International Airport (8.523 mi)
- Ormoc Airport (8.556 mi)
- Camiguin Airport (8.580 mi)
- Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (8.585 mi)
- Surigao Airport (8.629 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 0.000 and 0.000 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 0° 0' 0" and E 0° 0' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Peso - PHP
- Spoken languages:
- Tagalog, English
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 07:38 PM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Asia/Manila
- UTC/GMT offset: 8 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:41 am and 6:48 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -10.558 and -55.953 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
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Explore Mactan
The district Mactan of in Lapu-Lapu City (Central Visayas) is located in Philippines about 360 mi south-east of Manila, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 30°C / 85 °F
| Morning Temperature | 27°C / 80 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 29°C / 84 °F |
| Night Temperature | 27°C / 81 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 6% |
| Air Humidity | 75% |
| Air Pressure | 1009 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 97% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Monday, 18th of November 2024
29°C (85 °F)
27°C (80 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
29°C (85 °F)
26°C (79 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
29°C (85 °F)
27°C (80 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Crimson Resort & Spa Mactan
DAYS HOTEL CEBU-MANDAUE
Shangri-La's Mactan Resort & Spa
MOVENPICK HOTEL MACTAN ISLAND CEBU
Waterfront Airport Hotel & Casino
PARKSIDE ALTA CEBU RESORT
Leope Hotel
The Orchard Cebu Hotel & Suites
Toyoko Inn Cebu
BEST WESTERN MACTAN RESORT
Videos from this area
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Maribago Blue Water Beach Resort Mactan Island Cebu City
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shark feeding in Maribago Blue Water Beach Resort Mactan Island Ceby City
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Marko Brigoli YAW YAN SOMA
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Cebu, Mactan Shrine
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Helmet Diving at Mactan Cebu
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Mactan Shrine, Lapu Lapu, Cebu, Philippines ( 2 )
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Mactan VICE (Very Intense Cebu Excursion) 2007 Jet Ski fun in Mactan Island
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One Pacific - Mactan Newtown Megaworld Corporation
At One Pacific Residence, you own a piece of the Mactan Newtown, a master-planned 16-hectare township that's changing the face of the Visayas. Home to luxury residences, high tech business...
Shangri-La's Mactan Resort & Spa / Шангри-Ла Мактан Резорт & Спа
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Tambuli Airplane Wreck Diving in Mactan Is., Cebu,
Tambuli Airplane Wreck Diving in Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines. Sep 22, 2013. Shot with GoPro HERO3 Silver with the wrist strap mount.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Battle of Mactan
The Battle of Mactan, was fought in the Philippines on 27 April 1521. The warriors of Lapu-Lapu, a native chieftain of Mactan Island, defeated Spanish forces under the command of Ferdinand Magellan, who was killed in the battle.
Mactan
Mactan is an island located a few kilometres from Cebu Island in the Philippines. The island is part of Cebu Province and it is divided into Lapu-Lapu City and the municipality of Cordova. The island is separated from Cebu by the Mactan Channel which is crossed by two bridges: the Marcelo Fernan Bridge and the Mactan-Mandaue Bridge. The Mactan-Cebu International Airport, is located in the island
Fort San Pedro
A. Fuerza de San Pedro. B. ) Cuerpo de Guardia. C. ) Viviendo del Teniente. D. ) Almazanes. E. )Pezo. F. )Mana para los Golas. G. ) Almazanes del Polvora. ]] Fuerza de San Pedro is a military defence structure, built by Spanish and indigenous Cebuano labourers under the command of Spanish conquistador, Miguel López de Legazpi and the Spanish Government in Cebu. It is located in the area now called Plaza Indepedencia, in the Pier Area of Cebu City, Philippines.
Magellan's Cross
Magellan's Cross is a Christian cross planted by Portuguese, and Spanish explorers as ordered by Ferdinand Magellan upon arriving in Cebu in the Philippines on (depending on source) April 14 or 21, 1521. This cross is housed in a chapel next to the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño on Magallanes Street (Magallanes being the Spanish name of Magellan), just in front of the city center of Cebu City.
Lapu-Lapu shrine
The Lapu-Lapu shrine is a 20 metres bronze statue in Punta Engaño, City of Lapu-Lapu, Cebu, Philippines, erected in honor of Datu Lapu-Lapu, a native leader who defeated Spanish soldiers and where the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the midst of the Battle of Mactan on 1521.
Marcelo Fernan Bridge
Marcelo Fernan Bridge is an extradosed cable-stayed bridge located in Metro Cebu, Cebu in the Philippines. It spans across Mactan Channel connecting Cebu Island to Mactan Island. Marcelo Fernan Bridge was opened in August 1999 to decongest the traffic from the older Mactan-Mandaue Bridge. The bridge has a total length of 1237 meters (4058.40 feet) with a center span of 185 meters (606.96 feet). The bridge is one of the widest and longest bridge spans in the Philippines.
Cebu International Convention Center
The Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) is a 3-story structure built by the Cebu Provincial Government for the 12th Asean Summit and 2nd East Asia Summit at a cost of about US$ ten million dollars. It has a gross floor area of 28,000 square metres and is situated on 3.8 hectares of land at the Mandaue City Reclamation Area in Metro Cebu.
Mactan Air Base
Mactan Air Base was a facility of the United States Air Force located on Mactan Island in Cebu, Philippines.
Cebu IT Park
Cebu IT Park (formerly known as Asiatown IT Park) is a 24-hectare mixed use business park in Cebu City, Philippines, envisioned to attract locators in the information technology services. It is developed by Cebu Property Ventures and Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Cebu Holdings.
Jon Ramon Aboitiz
Jon Ramon Aboitiz, is a Filipino businessman, and the president of the Aboitiz & Co. , and Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. , part of the Aboitiz Group. Aboitiz descends from a Basque family in Cebu, with ancestry tracing back to the Basque Country in northern Spain. He started with the Aboitiz Group in 1970, after graduating from the University of Santa Clara, California with a degree of B.S. Commerce, major in Management.
Academy for Creating Enterprise
The Academy for Creating Enterprise (ACE) is a private business college. It was founded in 1999 in Cebu, Philippines with the intent of providing basic business training to young Filipinos who want to start their own businesses. The Academy's philosophy can be summarized by the following quote offered by Joseph F. Smith that appears on the website: "Our idea of charity, therefore, is to relieve present wants and then to put the poor in a way to help themselves so, in turn, they may help others.
Subangdaku River
Subangdaku River is a river situated in Sogod, Southern Leyte. It is the town's biggest river lying on the center part of the area that drains to the Sogod Bay. From the name itself in Cebuano means "big river" or "wide river" For years, following the floodings of the river, it created an issue over the province. It has been quarried and rechanneled which caused the incidents. After many attempts, the issue remained unsolved.
Malacañang sa Sugbo
Malacañang sa Sugbo (English: Malacañang of Cebu, Tagalog: Malakanyang sa Cebu, is the official residence of the President of the Philippines in the Visayas region. It is located near the Port of Cebu City along the Mactan Channel. It is situated near Fort San Pedro and within walking distance from the other attractions of the city like the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño, Magellan's Cross, and the Cebu City Hall.
Hilutangan Channel
Hilutangan Channel is a deep water channel that separates Mactan Island from Olango Island.
Magellan Bay
Magellan Bay is a body of water on the northeastern side of Mactan Island near Lapu-Lapu City.
SM City Cebu
SM City Cebu is a large shopping mall located in Cebu City, Philippines. It is the 4th shopping mall owned and developed by SM Prime Holdings, the country's largest shopping mall owner and developer. It is the company's first shopping mall outside of Metro Manila and the 4th largest shopping mall in the Philippines.
Ayala Center Cebu
Ayala Center Cebu is a large shopping mall at the Cebu Business Park in Cebu City, Philippines. It is the first Ayala Shopping Center located outside Metro Manila. It was opened in 1994, and is owned by Ayala Malls. On an average day, more than 85,000 people visit Ayala Center Cebu, with the figure increasing to 135,000 on weekends.
Olango Island Group
The Olango Island Group is a group of islands found in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. It is composed of Olango Island and 6 satellite islets namely: Sulpa, Gilutongan, Nalusuan, Caohagan, Pangan-an, and Camungi. Olango Island and its neighboring islets has a total land area of approximately 10.3 square kilometres . The island group is under the jurisdiction of the City of Lapu-Lapu and the Municipality of Cordova. The island group is a part of Cebu Province.
Mactan-Mandaue Bridge
Mactan-Mandaue Bridge or popularly called The First Mactan-Mandaue Bridge is the first of two bridges spanning across the Mactan Channel and connecting the islands of Cebu and Mactan.
University of the Visayas
The University of the Visayas is an educational institution located at Cebu City, Philippines. It is billed as the first university in Cebu City (for the first/oldest school, see University of San Carlos).
Mandaue City College
The Mandaue City College (MCC) is located at Mandaue City Cultural & Sports Complex, Don A. Soriano Ave. , North Reclamation Area, Centro, Mandaue City. It is the only CHED-accredited local government higher educational institution in the City of Mandaue. It is headed by College Administrator, TERESA H. INOT, DM, CESO VI.
Boracay Convention Center
The Boracay Convention Center (BCC), also known as Boracay Ecovillage Resort and Convention Center, is the biggest convention center in Aklan, Philippines. It is a private ecotourism venue intended for trade events, industry conventions, corporate functions, concerts, and international exhibitions.
Mactan Channel
The Mactan Channel also known as Opon Channel is the channel between main island of Cebu and the smaller Mactan Island. The body of water is located within Metro Cebu separating Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island from Mandaue City and Cebu City in mainland Cebu. It is one of the three channels that connect the Cebu Strait to the Camotes Sea - the other two being Olango Channel and Hilutangan Channel. It is the main passageway for ships navigating between Cebu and Bohol.
Labogon National High School
Labogon National High school is an academic institution under the public school system of the Republic of the Philippines. The school started its operation in 1999 with one freshmen and one sophomore section. The enrollment rate grows to as much as 5% per year. As of 2012, the school serves more than a thousand students with the aid of its 28 full-time faculty members.
Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino
Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino is a four star hotel located in Cebu City, Philippines. The hotel has 562 guestrooms. Hotel function rooms includes the Pacific Grand Ballroom, with over 2,000 m floor area, ten function rooms, and two pool gardens. It was constructed in time for the 1998 ASEAN Tourism Forum.
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