Mactan
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Mactan is a densely populated island located a few kilometers east of Cebu Island in the Philippines. The island is part of Cebu province and it is divided into the city of Lapu-Lapu and the municipal
damaged Magellan monument in Mactan Shrine
A view from a resort in Mactan where the sun is directly overhead at noon.
A crab in a sea anemone in Mactan
Mactan beach
Lapulapu
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Lapulapu, also spelled Lapu-Lapu, and whose name was first recorded as Çilapulapu, was a Datu of Mactan, an island now part of the Philippines.
Mactan
…the 17th century, the island was already named Mactan. This form is attested in the original copy of the Philippine Declaration of Independence, where Lapu-Lapu was mentioned as the king of "Manktan". This is supported by oral histories, which claim that the name Mactan evolved from the name Mangatang. The name…
Imaginary posthumous portrait of Lapulapu in his elder years, by Carlo Caacbay for the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, 2019 This file has an invalid non-free use claim and may be deleted after Saturday, 20 June 2026.
Left: Lapu-Lapu NHC marker at the Mactan Shrine, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu
Right: NHC marker commemorating the spot where Lapu-Lapu and his men repulsed the Spanish invaders
Lapulapu fish, which is a namesake of the Mactan chief