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Lapu-Lapu City Police Office
Lapu-lapu City Police Office (LLPO) is located in Barangay Pusok, Lapu-lapu City. Lapu-lapu city is a lone district bounded by Cordova on the South and Mandaue City on theEast. The LLPO currently has eight (8) staff offices and three (3) special units. With thirty (30) barangays under its jurisdiction, LLPO is complemented by five (5) police stations for it to efficiently and effectively deliver public services to the community, particularly law and order. They created the “scubasurero” composed of licensed scuba divers who are members of the police force that helps in cleaning and maintaining the natural corals of the sea.
Land Area |
58.10 km2 (22.4 sq mi) |
Population |
292,530 |
Registered Voters |
119,320 |
Population Growth Rate |
3.00% |
Barangays |
30 |
Seaport |
One (1) |
Lapu-Lapu City is a first class highly-urbanized city in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. The city occupies most of Mactan Island, a few kilometre off the main island of Cebu and also covers the area of Olango Island further to the southeast region, plus a few other islands. It is part of the Cebu Metropolitan Area which is located in Cebu City. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of about 292,530 people.
The city is linked to Mandaue City on mainland Cebu by the Mactan-Mandaue Bridge and Marcelo Fernan Bridge. Mactan-Cebu International Airport, the second busiest airport in the Philippines, is located in Lapu-Lapu City. The only aquarium attraction in the Visayas is also located in Lapu-lapu City.
History
In the 16th century Mactan Island was colonized by Spain. Augustinians friars founded the town of Opon in 1730 and became a city in 1961 and was renamed after Datu Lapu-Lapu, a Muslim king who defeated Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. This battle is commemorated at the Lapu-Lapu shrine in Punta Engaño.
Politician Manuel A. Zosa, the representative of the Sixth District of Cebu, sponsored the Bill converting the former municipality of Opon into the present day City of Lapu-Lapu. This was the Republic Act 3134, known as the City Charter of Lapu-Lapu which was signed on June 17, 1961 by former Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia.
Barangays
Lapu-Lapu City is politically subdivided into 30 barangays
Agus
Babag
Bankal
Baring
Basak
Buaya
Calawisan
Canjulao
Caw-oy
Cawhagan
Caubian
Gun-ob
Ibo
Looc
Mactan
Maribago
Marigondon
Pajac
Pajo
Pangan-an
Población(Opon)
PuntaEngaño
Pusok
Sabang
SantaRosa
Subabasbas
Talima
Tingo
Tungasan
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